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Know Thy Food
And "Let thy food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be thy food. ~ Hippocrates
During the last four years I have been sent down the rabbit hole in an effort to uncover the truth about why we are all so sick and unhealthy. Part of my ramblings led me in construing and asking myself a question: is Jenny craig better than Nutrisystem? The deeper I got into it all the more discouraged I became. I uncovered many frightening truths about where our food comes from, how it is grown and raised, and what it is doing to our health. This motivated me to shift my thinking and start seeking out more nutritious food. It was extremely difficult at first, but eventually I was able to sort through all the junk information and became an expert on nutrition and toxicology in the process. I started at the bottom of the latter and began climbing up out of the illusion created by our food industry, chemical companies like Monsanto and even the pharmaceutical industry. Ill spare you the novel of information for the time being and sum up what I have learned by explaining to you the importance of knowing thy food and returning to local sustainable methods of growing the cleanest and purest food available.
The more pure the food, the more pure the body. The cleaner your body, the better you feel and the better your body functions and performs, not to mention the powerful connection to the grander picture that this promotes. I CAN NOT stress enough the difference that pure, unadultered, chemical free and non genetically modified food can make in your life.
Unfortunately, the fact is that our food supply has become TOXIC, as in poisonous and incompatible with our bodies. This has spawned a plethora of degenerative diseases and illnesses from the build up of toxins that we have accumulated over the years of abuse that we have unknowingly subjected our bodies to. Everyday we bombard our bodies with chemical warfare, sending all of our bodily functions way out of whack and all to often expect the doctor to figure out why we are all so sick. I can guarantee you that we are not sick because of the lack of another orange bottle in the medicine cabinet, it is because of the lack of nutritious foods to help us heal and regenerate.
But are we really that sick? I sure don't feel all that sick. Well, quite frankly, most of us are sick, even if we don't realize it. If you don't feel AMAZING every waking day of your life, then you must face the facts. Sickness doesn't necessarily mean a degenerative disease, and can be as simple as under-nourishment and toxicity, which most everybody is a victim of.
It is extremely important to know where our food comes from. Why? The fact is that pure food grown on a commercial scale no longer exists, and even organic is not as clean as it should be. Profit has become more important than our health, and overtime, a very small group of corporations have gained control over the majority of our food supply. This has shifted the interests from local sustainable methods of growing food to large scale operations that rely heavily on the ignorant overuse of chemicals and genetic modification to "promote" growth. This mixed with air and groundwater pollution, along with the chemicals that are being sprayed into our air (research chemtrails), the worlds cleanest soils have become tainted with toxic compounds and depleted of the extremely crucial ecosystem that plants rely on in order to grow the healthy, nutritious and disease free fruits of mother natures labor.
So how do we solve this? Well, first and foremost I advocate growing your own food, as there is no better way to become a healthy person, but most people simply don't have the time or energy to invest into this. That is where we come into play.
Here at Aqua Botanical we have adopted the Aquaponics philosophy and are now in the process of developing the future of St louis' food supply, and we need your help. As we progress we will be focusing our efforts on building community supported systems that will grow the cleanest, most nutritious foods in the world that will be competitively priced with the food you will find at the grocery store, but with one difference; we will not be selling our food to the stores, but directly to you! This process will be slow at first but the end result will be a business that was started in order to develop a method of supplying our locals with the cleanest, most nutritious food available, ANYWHERE. We will also back up our claims 100% and offer free tours of our facility to all who wish to visit and we will heavily advocate this in order for our customers to completely understand the process that there food goes through from seedling and fingerling to table.
I look forward to meeting all of you face to face in the future, and further educating you all on the importance of creating a direct connection with your food and how to become the healthiest person you have ever become. In the meantime, live well and be happy.
Thank you
William Hughes
Clean Food Guru


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It's not so easy.
It never has been.
There are a lot of costumes out there, shawls, robes, hats, jewelry, hair done up in a certain way. Without the trappings of culture and attitude the view remains the same and it remains the key to unlocking our potential as human beings and authentic practitioners.
Simply put, little else matters from the inside. Of course our relative behavior and how we deal with circumstances will have tremendous impact on others and our society as a whole but our commitments and perspective are our own and they must be honored.
Honored in the face of the tremendous adversity of a society that is based on material wealth and a commercialization of everything.
These challenges only make the path more challenging and even more profound for those of us who choose to traverse it with dignity and honesty.
Here is an interview with the great master Khetsun Sangpo Rinpoche on the way we live as practitioners in the world and the diversity of our relationships.
Happy travels!
The Ngakpa Tradition: An Interview with Khetsun Sangpo Rinpoche
Jeff Cox: Not many people in the West understand what ngakpas are, though many have seen photos of these longhaired, white-robed yogis. Perhaps the one that is best known is the late Yeshe Dorje, who was His Holiness the Dalai Lama's "weatherman"—that is, he was called on to control the weather for certain occasions. I'd like to understand more about the pure ngakpa tradition.
Khetsun Sangpo Rinpoche: Ngakpas can marry and have families. Their practice is essentially inward and a true spiritual practice.
Q: Is a ngakpa lineage more involved with working with the natural forces, the deities of the weather, the local deities? Do they have a more shamanic tradition?
A: They are engaged in similar rituals and ceremonies as those in the shamanic tradition but there is a distinct difference. This is, for the ngakpa the purpose and final goal is enlightenment in order to liberate others and self. Usually in the shamanic tradition no one talks of enlightenment—it's only for healings and temporary performance which are maybe only for this life's well-being. The goal is not as high.
Q: I see. You are saying that ngakpas will do similar kinds of things as shamans but the purpose is for creating better conditions for enlightenment, either mental or physical?
A: Yes. Simply, ngakpas do what they do not only for the present moment's well-being but also for future enlightenment.
Q: I see. Is there anything else Rinpoche would like to say about the ngakpa tradition?
A: Buddhist monks take pratimoksa vows, of which there are two hundred fifty-three. But ngagpas, with their tantric vows and the samayas [commitments], there are a hundred thousand they have to keep in their mental level. It's about practice in every single moment to keep all this and not engage in non-virtuous things.
Q: When you say "one hundred thousand vows" it's like saying that at every moment of your day you have to maintain your awareness. It is not that there really are one hundred thousand.
A: Yes, it's metaphorical.
Q: To keep the mind pure all the time.
A: Not pure but just aware.
Q: Aware?
A: You need a very high awareness to keep one hundred thousand samayas. So if people are keeping that kind of awareness, even though they appear outwardly as just simple beings they actually are great beings—they are realized or high practitioners.Otherwise, most people, if they cannot take the ordained vow or keep all the samayas, then they can only make some connection to the Dharma but enlightenment would be very difficult. No matter what you do, if you don't want to take ordained vows then become a lay practitioner. All you have to do is keep all those samayas well and then you become a true ngagkpa.
Q: Are you saying that tantric practice in the ngakpa way is more strict than that of the average practitioner who does tantric practice?
A: Exactly. On the mental level it is much stricter.
Q: So a practitioner in a Nyingma monastery who has taken pratimoksa vows or whatever and is also a tantric practitioner wouldn't have the same expectation as a ngakpa tantric practitioner would?
A: Yes, the difference is that if you are a lay person, in order not to break all these vows every moment you need a high awareness. If you stay in a monastery the vows are much easier to keep.
Q: Okay, I guess the question is: if people were serious about practicing, why would they choose to be ngakpas when it may be easier another way? What is it inside one that makes one choose a ngakpa life?
A: Many people begin to follow the ngakpa tradition because to outward appearances the life looks like that of a lay person in which you can engage in everything: you can take a woman or you can drink alcohol. But what they don't initially know is that there are very subtle restrictions and disciplines or awareness that must come with that. It is even harder than staying in a monastery.
Q: Because the practitioners stay in life, they are transforming the conditions of natural life, not an artificial life, which in a way a monastery is. So if your mind is disciplined enough to maintain inward awareness as you are saying, then the ngakpa way may actually have more power?
A: Yes. If you follow all the tantric samayas, you can recognize all those poisons and you progress much faster and much more powerfully than others, but also it is a very dangerous path if you cannot keep all the samayas. Then broken samaya is even worse and it brings worse results. Being a ngakpa is like being a snake in a bamboo hole—you have to go up or down, there is no side way you can exit. It is much more dangerous and risky. There are only two ways: If you really follow the samaya practice you will gain the fastest result, gain enlightenment and help others, or if you break samaya you go to hell.
Q: So it doesn't sound like a job everyone would want. Sometimes people choose this path because they are born into a family of ngakpas?
A: Yes that is one reason, and also, what one prefers. Because of one's physical nature or mental inclination or because one has reached a certain stage to take a consort or whatever.
Loppon (translator): Or if you come from a family of ngakpas—in my hometown, the twenty-five disciples and their descendants in the area kept the dharma in the family. The ngakpas from the family came together in the village and built a temple we call the ngag kang, meaning the ngakpa's assembly hall. We didn't have such formality but because of influence from the monastic tradition we built this temple, gathering on the auspicious days every month to make rituals, and give teachings and empowerments. But this is just a particular family lineage: always the eldest son will become the ngakpa and the rest of the children are sent to the monastery. But of course there are many others not from the family lineage who just want to become ngakpas in order to learn tantra without leaving the social life. There are a lot like that.
Q: The ngakpa path appeals to Westerners but it may not be something that is recommended.
A: No one tells you to become a ngakpa or not; it all depends on your practice. You come to the teaching, you start practice, and slowly progress. When you cultivate your merit, your wisdom is rising and you gain this awareness and then you spontaneously can keep all the practices. Such ones are the true ngakpas, the true practitioner ngakpas. The others are appearance ngakpas, who wear the clothes and leave the hair long. Tibetan lamas are shy to do that in the West but surprisingly many Western students wear these things like yogis.
Q: Yes, these days many Westerners look like ngakpas.
A: Tibetans don't try to look like ngakpas. That is the difference: If you really follow those samayas you are a great practitioner and nobody can see it from the outside. On the other hand those who cannot follow anything but wear the clothes, it is nothing but costumes and emblems that they hold. Everything goes the opposite way if you really cannot hold the samayas.

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Clearly, your Uncle Stevie likes the boogie — just not the disco kind (he eliminated that genre entirely, along with ballads, soul, and overplayed tunes like "Stairway to Heaven," from consideration). Instead, you'll find tunes by Chuck Berry, the Dominoes, and Little Richard. Also making the cut: Elvis (Presley gets three mentions; Costello, one), Bruuuuuuce, the Stones and the Beatles, and two rocking ladies (Connie Francis and Wanda Jackson).
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Posted by gregferrara on December 12, 2014
Anyone who has seen The Public Enemy has probably noticed the same thing: In the opening scenes, where Tom and Matt as young men are seen, the character playing young Tom looks like a young version of Edward Woods and the young version of Matt looks like a young version of James Cagney. But when we see them all grown up, Woods is playing Matt and Cagney is playing Tom. So why do the young versions look the opposite? Because those scenes were shot when the original casting was still in place, which was Edward Woods in the lead as Tom and James Cagney in the supporting role as Matt. William Wellman, during rehearsals and early shoots, saw much more potential in Cagney as the lead and switched them, young lead casting be damned (they never bothered to go back and reshoot the young versions of Tom and Matt). Wellman made the right decision. Cagney simply had a vitality about him that lent itself to the psychotic lead role. Gangster roles would stay with him the rest of his career. Earlier in that same year, Edward G. Robinson had made a splash in Little Caesar and became associated with gangster roles as well. And a few months earlier, in 1930, Humphrey Bogart played his first con ever in John Ford's little known Up the River, with Spencer Tracy. The thirties would see these three actors become the go-to guys for crime but over their entire careers, they became so much more.
Cagney the Comedian: Boy Meets Girl (1938)
Posted by R. Emmet Sweeney on December 2, 2014
By the end of 1935 James Cagney was irritated. Under his Warner Brothers contract he was assigned four-to-five movies a year, almost all in the pugilist-gangster mold. Cagney was getting burnt out on the repetition, just as he was becoming a top ten box office attraction. Seeking a higher salary as well as greater input into his roles, Cagney walked off the studio lot and sued them for back pay. He had become a bad boy on-screen as well as off. He spent his time separated from WB making a couple of small features for the independent Grand National Pictures (Great Guy ('36) and Something to Sing About ('37)). The suit was settled in 1938, and Cagney was back at work at WB. His return film was the inside-Hollywood farce Boy Meets Girl, which was a recent Broadway hit. A rapid-fire parody of tinseltown excesses — it tracks the rise and fall of a literally newborn superstar — it allowed Cagney to stretch his comic chops. He gets to enact all of his mischievous Hollywood fantasies: mouthing off to the unit production chief (Ralph Bellamy), insulting soft-headed actors and inciting extras to riot. Cagney and Pat O'Brien play exaggerated versions of the famously acerbic screenwriting team of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur as they sweet talk their way into the heart of a naive mother whose baby becomes an overnight star. This cockeyed comedy is now available on DVD from the Warner Archive.
Bad Movie Mothers We Love to Hate
Posted by Kimberly Lindbergs on May 8, 2014
TCM is celebrating Mother's Day (Sunday, May 11th) with a great program of classic films showcasing notable mothers. While looking over Sunday's line-up I was surprised to spot NOW, VOYAGER (1942), which features Gladys Cooper as the incredibly cold and domineering mother of Bette Davis. Cooper won an Oscar nomination for her memorable performance and went on to play another overbearing mother in SEPARATE TABLES (1958) who torments poor Deborah Kerr. While considering Gladys Cooper's portrayal of two heartless mothers I started thinking about other horrible movie moms that I've enjoyed watching over the years. Many good actresses have portrayed nurturing mothers who treasure their children but it takes incredible range, a lot of skill and a strong backbone to portray the kind of rotten mother that Gladys Cooper was so apt at playing. In honor of Mother's Day I decided to pay tribute to a few of my other favorite bad movie moms. These women would never be nominated for a Mother of the Year Award but a few of them were nominated for an Academy Award.
Cagney and the Code: Winner Take All (1932) and Here Comes the Navy (1934)
Posted by R. Emmet Sweeney on April 1, 2014
James Cagney was a destabilizing force, able to enliven stock scenarios with his grab bag of gestural curlicues, which could snap from playful to menacing in the curl of his lip. A professional boxer on the set of Winner Take All (1932) was impressed with Cagney's fighting footwork, and asked if he'd ever been trained. Cagney responded, "Tommy, I'm a dancer. Moving around is no problem." Whether it was the sneering violence of his grapefruit-to-the-face in Public Enemy or the grace in which he spins into a dance hall in Other Men's Women, the pre-code Warner Brothers films of James Cagney are repositories of the infinite variety of his "moving around." The enforcement of the production code of 1934 limited the range of Cagney's expressive possibilities, as evidenced in his first post-code film, the subdued armed forces comedy, Here Comes the Navy (1934), which was duly nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award. The Warner Archive has released both Winner Take All and Here Comes the Navy on DVD, lending an opportunity to see how Cagney handled the transition into post-code Hollywood.
Precipageddon is upon us!
Posted by Richard Harland Smith on February 28, 2014
It's raining in Los Angeles and we're afraid. Rain does that to us, occurring as it does here so infrequently. Our terra firma is too sun-baked to properly absorb precipitation and there is too much concrete; our storm drains are clogged with leaves and fast food detritus and the rain water pools when it comes down, forming lakes at every intersection and making sluiceways (yes, sluiceways) of the gutters. The natural response of Angelenos to rain is to drive very, very fast, cutting yellow lights in the red and not using turn signals. We can only hope this helps. I am high and dry at the moment and thinking of some of my favorite rain scenes in movies because, as film lovers do, when real life intrudes I go to the movies… [...MORE]
I'm in a fightin' mood!
Posted by Richard Harland Smith on November 15, 2013
Oooh, I'm spoiling for a fight today… a real knock-down, dust-up, take-no-prisoners, no-quarter-given, apocalyptic barney. My knuckles are itching to bite into a set of teeth and my teeth are itching to lay into a row of knuckles. I won't be satisfied until I dissolve in a flurry of biffery, until I drink blood — mine or yours — and if you want to be the one to set me off here's all you have to do… [...MORE]
Reimagining Escape from the Planet of the Apes as a Warner Brothers gangster picture
Posted by Richard Harland Smith on February 15, 2013
If you grew up, as I did, in the Seventies and came of age with 20th Century Fox's PLANET OF THE APES films then it is likely that you have struggled over the past forty years to make a case for the third film in the series, ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES (1971). The franchise entry stands alone for being the only one set in the present time — not in the distant future of PLANET OF THE APES (1968) and BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES (1970) nor in the near future of CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (1972) and BATTLE FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES (1973) — but in today (AKA 1971). ESCAPE drops the only three characters to survive the Apocalyptic blowout of BENEATH into contemporary Los Angeles, where they must conceal from modern man his destiny while enjoying the attention that comes with celebrity and suffering the realities of being branded public enemies. It took me many years to appreciate how thought-provoking ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES really is; as a 10-year-old, I was annoyed that there was no element of fantasy to it (well, apart from intelligent apes with British accents)… no ape army, no nuclear bomb-loving mutants, no wilted Statue of Liberty, no melted Metropolitan Transit System. It was just the LA Zoo, Rodeo Drive, and apes wearing street clothes. And yet… as I grew older and enjoyed many other kinds of movies I began to see reflections in ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES in them… and nowhere more prominently than in the crime genre. [...MORE]
One More Sad Song: Ragtime
Posted by gregferrara on December 12, 2012
Ragtime was released in 1981 to great fanfare. The 1975 novel was a bestseller and everyone wanted to see a big budget movie adaptation of the sprawling epic that takes the lives of one American family (father, mother, son and younger brother) and intertwines them with the lives of famous and fictional figures from American history, such as Booker T. Washington, Stanford White and Evelyn Nesbit. It was originally rumored to be Robert Altman's next project but ended up in the able hands of Milos Forman, at the time a one-time Best Director Oscar winner for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (he went on to win one more for Amadeus in 1984). It was expected to be a huge success and it was, to a degree. The reviews were generally favorable and it received eight Oscar nominations, though none for director or picture. It did respectable box office though nothing like the studios were hoping. Then, it simply faded away. No one talks much about Ragtime anymore, if they ever did, but it's a movie worth revisiting.
Pleasures of the Pre-Code: Forbidden Hollywood Volumes 4 and 5
Posted by R. Emmet Sweeney on July 24, 2012
This astounding publicity shot of a screwfaced James Cagney reluctantly probing the shoulder of a coolly admiring Claire Dodd should sell anyone on the value of Hard To Handle (1933), or of the two new volumes of WB's Forbidden Hollywood DVD series that is releasing it. The way Cagney separates his left ring and pinky fingers – as if he couldn't bear to put the effort into using all five digits – exemplifies his casual mastery (even in PR shoots!) in fleshing out the con-artist cads he played throughout this period. And this is only one of the pleasures found within volumes 4 and 5 of the series, which includes a trio of treats from director William Dieterle, and snappy banter from the likes of Barbara Stanwyck and Joan Blondell. The last edition appeared in 2009, containing a bevy of depression-scarred William Wellman films, but as DVD sales have continued to crater, so has the prominence of this series, with the new editions being released on WB's movies-on-demand line, the Warner Archive.
A Declaration of Love and Independence
Posted by gregferrara on July 4, 2012
Today's the day my facebook feed gets inundated with pictures of James Cagney because, well, you know why. And who can blame my facebook film friends for turning to Cagney as George M. Cohan as the go-to pic of the day? He's wonderful in the role and there's something refreshing about a movie so brazenly and fervently flag-waving as Yankee Doodle Dandy, in part because, unlike other propaganda, it isn't about how bad some other country is but just about how proud of his country this particular song and dance man is. And when that song and dance man is played by Cagney, it's all the more enjoyable. And so on this day when we here in the states celebrate our Independence Day (cue emotional salute from over-acting bit player) allow me to wave the flag just a bit for American movies of yore.
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Tuesday, 22 June 2010
Trolley Project
I've had this idea in my mind ever since I did my Hong Kong street scene painting.
Trolleys are pushed around Hong Kong streets and particularly on Lamma Island as we have no cars,
( we do have Village Vehicle's).
Trolleys help transport many different things from the morning pork delivery to washing machines...they come in many shapes and sizes (and conditions)
The plan is to draw most of them at trolley level so hands and feet might be there but not always the face, still working on them but here are the first few sketches...........
I really want to zoom in to details at some point but I'm trying to discipline myself to zoom out for a while.
(Apologies to people on Lamma, just couldn't get the old farmers face right )
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Oh dear, I'm SO in love with these! Is this a durian (or maybe a jackfruit)? Gaaawd, I wish I could have some of these wonderful fruit you draw! These pictures make me drool all over my keyboard. *g*ReplyDelete
The trolley idea is wonderful! I'm curious to see what comes next! <3
Fantastic bunch of drawings ! Beautifully done: I like them all, either in black and white or in colours. The details and shadings are so well done !ReplyDelete
Beautiful studies!ReplyDelete
What a wonderful project, beautifully begun!ReplyDelete
These drawings are great!!!ReplyDelete
Seeing your sketches individually is amazing, put them in groups like this, and I'm awestruck! I like your theme. And these are wonderful!ReplyDelete
A fantastic idea and great start Debra. I look forward to seeing more.ReplyDelete
What an interesting project! So subtle and yet so sensitive! I mean, I've seen a lot of people using these push-trolleys, but they never came to me as such awesome subject of art, you did a miraculous work here Debra =) I absolutely love them all!ReplyDelete
These are lovely--I can't wait to see the next bunch. Good idea to work on a series.ReplyDelete
Thank you for this intimate and fascinating look at your world! The drawings are wonderful, and I love your attention to detail.ReplyDelete
p.s. Any time you have trouble with a drawing, hold it up to a mirror for a moment (you mentioned having trouble drawing the vendor's face).
A fantastic insight to life on Lamma Island, all transported about on a trolley! Great drawings.ReplyDelete
Fascinating idea! I love your details and the bits of color. Beautifully done.ReplyDelete
Amazing drawings...ReplyDelete
Excellent shades... Pencil or color!! Love them!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for your kind comments everyone!ReplyDelete
Glad you like the idea.
E*phi, the fruit on the top is a jackfruit which grows in Hong Kong but on top of a durian box...if you smelt durian your mouth would not be watering, it's a fruit that is banned from flights in Thailand
(I think this trolley was to transport rubbish from the fruit market in Hong Kong)
What a fascinating project. These are beautiful drawings!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous28 June 2010 at 14:56
What a lovely idea. Google "Julie Oakley" for my sister's illustration blog.ReplyDelete
Rachel (on Lamma with three dogs)
All are fantastic. The hands are absolutely exquisite!ReplyDelete


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Start the Year Right
We have nearly reached the start of 2018 and you are now on your training journey.
Let's make sure we hit 2018 rolling in the right direction!! Working as an endurance coach means I have lots of athletes all heading towards their 2018 goals and it's key we get people on the right path from the start of the year - remember your event will come round quicker than you think.
My first tip is don't give up! It can take from 4 – 6 weeks to notice physical changes as your brain will be making your body cope over this time. So if you're a first timer and new to this, or perhaps your motivation is lacking, don't give up.
My second tip is keep regular and steady... Consistency is the best way to train for endurance, even if your sessions are short, your body will build and adapt if you create a consistent pattern.
My third Tip is rest well; take a resting heart rate while in bed in the morning and then do this two or three times a week, if you find your resting heart rate increased by more than 10 beats you could be doing too much so take a short break of 1-2 days.
My fourth tip is to keep the fun in it. Find others to train with, stop at cafés, set Strava challenges etc and all these things will help keep you focused and out training which is the most important thing.
My fifth and final tip is to keep a food diary. Go and buy a small note book and keep a daily record of what you are eating, look at how many calories you are burning in training and if consumption is high, have a look at what you can change or cut out.
Following the above tips will help you start out 2018 on the right path and ease you into your Sportive journey in a positive way.
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Husband and Wife bought a home, then sought refinancing to borrow $700,000. Based on the appraisal of the home,which showed exceptional upgrades, Lender specified in the deed of trust that "fixtures now or hereafter a part of the property" were secured collateral. After the couple defaulted, Lender scheduled the home for a foreclosure sale on June 14, 2010, but told the Husband and Wife they could stay in the home until the end of the month. Wife e-mailed Lender on June 9, 2010, demanding $10,000 in exchange for the keys to the house and threatening that the home would not be left in good condition otherwise. The house did not sell to a third party at the foreclosure sale. When Lender went to view the property, it found "total destruction," including missing doors,counter tops, appliances, cabinet doors and drawers; trees cut down and plants torn up; black dye and spray paint spread over areas of the house; and extensive damage to the pool, whirlpool, and rock facing on the house. Both Husband and Wife were convicted of violating Pen C §502.5 by intentionally harming a lender by removing statutorily specified improvements, including fixtures, from the home. Husband and Wife appealed; the court of appeal affirmed the convictions.
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About the Eastern Health Sciences Campus
The Eastern Division is part of the larger Health Sciences Center in Morgantown. We provide community-based direct clinical experience. The Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia is comprised of nine counties - Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan, Hampshire, Mineral, Hardy, Grant, Pendleton and Tucker. Through our community and rural partnerships, we provide cutting edge health professions education and top quality health care.


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Notebook graphics will be user-replaceable within a year. That's the verdict of Nvidia 's general manager of notebook graphics Rene Haas, speaking at a briefing for journalists in London.
Haas went a step further on previous Nvidia statements that have shown the corporation's commitment to producing interchangeable laptop graphics. When pressed on how long it would take to emerge he replied: "I think sometime this year you'll see something".
MXM is Nvidia's open standard for transposable notebook graphic card modules - first debuted by the company back in 2004 "MXM leads to later design decisions," Haas said, promoting MXM's appeal for chassis designers. "Down the road we'll see user-interchangeable graphics. Stay tuned."
Nvidia unveiled the MXM format back in 2004, when it said it would open the card format up to all manufacturers. It makes laptop graphics cards swappable in exactly the same way that desktop graphics cards are today.


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- Free WiFi
- Great for families
Steps-Hotelfrom €37
- Standard Single Room
- Standard Double or Twin Room
- Economy Twin Room (2 twin rooms are sharing 1 bathroom)
- Economy Quadruple Room, Shared Bathroom (2 rooms are sharing 1 bathroom)
- Comfort Studio
- Standard Triple Room
- Family Room, 2 Bedrooms (2 adults, up to 3 children max16years)
- Apartment, 2 Bedrooms
More great choices
What's around Steps-Hotel
Top spots nearby
Recommended by this property
- Prime Time Theater (9-minute walk)
- Humboldthain Park (17-minute walk)
- Gesundbrunnen Shopping Center (18-minute walk)
- Plötzensee (21-minute walk)
Getting around
- Berlin (TXL-Tegel) - 9 min drive
- Berlin (SXF-Schoenefeld) - 33 min drive
- Berlin-Gesundbrunnen Station - 28 min walk
- Berlin Central Station - 6 min drive
- Karl-Bonhoeffer-Nervenklinik Station - 12 min drive
- Nauener Platz U-Bahn - 6 min walk
- Seestrasse U-Bahn - 8 min walk
- Leopoldplatz U-Bahn - 11 min walk
At a glance
Key facts
- 39 rooms
- Arranged over 5 floors
- 24-hour check-in
- Check-out time is 11 AM
Required at check-in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Free nearby parking
Payment types at the property
At the property
- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee shop/café
- Snack bar/deli
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- One meeting room
- 24-hour front desk
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Garden
- English
- German
- Italian
- Spanish
- Turkish
In the room
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Yard
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
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Steps-Hotel's small print
Also known as
- Steps-Hotel
- Steps-Hotel Pension Berlin
- Steps-Hotel Berlin
- Steps-Hotel Hotel
- Steps-Hotel Hotel Berlin
- Steps-Hotel Motel Berlin
- Steps-Hotel Motel
- Steps Hotel
- Steps-Hotel Berlin
- Steps-Hotel Pension
Some facilities may have restricted access. Guests can contact the property for details using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
This property does not have elevators.
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check-in or check-out:
- A city tax is imposed by the city of Berlin. Business travelers with proof of business-related travel are exempt from this tax. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
Optional extras
Buffet breakfast is offered for an extra charge of EUR 7.5 for adults and EUR 0 for children (approximately)
We have included all charges provided to us by this property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the unit you book.
Recent reviews
Good 7.6 From 65 reviews
Friendly Staff, good location, very clean rooms.
Old hotel. Needs to be remodelled. Noisy guests. Not the best place to stay in Berlin, even for the price. No TV in the room.
A bit difficult to find after dark. No parking spots for hotel. You have to look for one near by on your own. No elevator. I stayed on 4th floor and had to walk those stairs few times with luggage. Shared bathroom had a weird smell but you can smell that only on the corridor. Rooms are minimalistic:. beds one table and closet. No TV set. Room was clean and front desk friendly. Good for sleep only. WiFi slow as hell.
Friendly staff, reasonable breakfast for price in Berlin. Main drawback is lack of a lift. Hotel info does not advertise lack of lift. 5 flights up with suitcase is a workout.
Good size for a big family. Friendly, helpful staff who made us a pizza very late at night. Seemed to be in the middle of a residential neighborhood.
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LCD Soundsystem is one of my favorite bands, and the favorite band of Stone Soup guest blogger Thomas. Unfortunately, they will no longer be producing music together, and planned a final, farewell show at Madison Square Garden. This farewell show is the subject of much media frenzy because, apparently, no one was able to get tickets for it. One Slate writer recounts her experience trying/failing to get tickets:
At 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 11, Ticketmaster was scheduled to put tickets to the show on sale. At exactly 10:50 a.m. on Friday, I went to Ticketmaster's site and set up the appropriate purchase page. At 10:58, I started refreshing constantly. At 11, poised and ready, I got … nothing. The site said there were no tickets available. I reloaded the page madly, and then tried with a new browser window. No tickets. Not even in the nosebleed section.
Twitter was abuzz with chatter on how it was impossible to obtain LCD Soundsystem tickets. The Onion's AV Club joked, "Anyone who's glanced at their Twitter feeds this morning knows that the inability to purchase tickets to LCD Soundsystem's Madison Square Garden farewell show rivals Mubarak's exit for topic du jour."$50 tickets appeared shortly thereafter for thousands of dollars apiece on reseller websites like StubHub. As the Slate article explains, and as the LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy ranted about, the problem was caused by scalpers who used computer programs to circumvent Ticketmaster's [pathetic?] Captcha system and snap up all the tickets within seconds of release. A few pre-sales, and hold-backs from the band and venue, may have reduced the actual ticket supply. The illegality of paperless tickets (in New York)–where fans must present the purchasing credit card on the night of the concert–eliminated one method of solving the scalping problem. Anyway, Murphy mitigated the problem by announcing the band would play four additional shows at Terminal 5 before the MSG concert, which he hoped would depress ticket prices for the MSG show and, in an ideal world, screw over the scalpers a little bit.
A lot of people have mourned the naivete of James Murphy, and called for an auction-based system where fans could buy tickets closer to their actual value. Matthew Yglesias writes:
Optimal allocation of LCD Soundsystem tickets requires demand-responsive ticket pricing. But good rock bands are not composed of narrow-minded amoral profit-maximizers. Consequently, they're motivated to price tickets at a lower level than the market will bear leading, in turn, to middlemen getting the rents. What's needed is a way for bands to price tickets at demand-responsive levels in a way that's consistent with the norm that the guys in a cool band shouldn't be narrow-minded profit-maximizers. The best solution here, I think, is charity. Someone (Bono?) needs to set up a trust fund to which bands will allocate the excess revenues that accumulate when the market price of concert tickets exceeds the "fair" price as determined by the bands' moral intuitions. In that case, instead of a situation where "[t]ickets with a face value of $49.50 were going for 12 times that" on a secondary market you'd have a scenario where tickets are going for $500 and $450 out of that goes to the trust fund. The fund could take the money and give it to poor people in Africa and India.
In fact, I don't think there's anything suboptimal about the ticket pricing. The goal of selling tickets is not merely to make money, or even to ensure your fans can see you, but to generate buzz about your music/record and in so doing increase sales. Buzz is created when there is high demand for a scarce product–when tickets are unobtainable, not when the price is set high enough that just enough people buy them to fill the venue.
Felix Salmon blogs about this (coincidentally I had the same idea and started writing this post on the 17th, but I was too lazy to finish it, and he published it on the 19th) and compares it to IPO pricing.
People sympathetic to the band, like Rob Cox, claim that LCD Soundsystem and its promoters didn't understand the economics of scarcity when they put the MSG tickets on sale. I, by contrast, think they understood the economics of scarcity all too well — and successfully used it to generate buzz and publicity. What really happened here, I think, is akin to the IPO of theglobe.com back in 1998, where the supply of new shares was so tiny that the price soared from $9 to $97 on the first day of trading. In turn, that generated lots of headlines, and ensured that the number of people who had heard of the website increased by orders of magnitude.
Supply and demand for concert tickets aren't static numbers which then get reflected in prices. There are complex feedback loops here too: scarcity and price mechanisms can feed back into increased demand for tickets. Certainly this story has meant a large increase in the number of people who know that LCD Soundsystem is playing its last-ever gig at MSG in April. It's surely naive to think that all the second-order effects here were completely unintended.
In fact this occurs all the time in IPOs. For an investment bank (underwriter), setting the price for an IPO can be tricky because since there is no existing trading of shares, it can be hard to value the company and decide how much to pay for an unknown quantity. In a phenomenon called "underpricing", the share of an IPO will tend to jump up significantly within the first day of trading, i.e. there is a large percentage difference between the "offer price" and the share price traded on the first day:
Since the 1960s, this 'underpricing discount' has averaged around 19% in the United States, suggesting that firms leave considerable amounts of money on the table. Underpricing has tended to fluctuate a great deal, averaging 21% in the 1960s, 12% in the 1970s, 16% in the 1980s, 21% in the 1990s, and 40% in the four years since 2000 (reflecting mostly the tail-end of the late 1990s internet boom). Clearly, underpricing is costly to a firm's owners: shares sold for personal account are sold at too low a price, while the value of shares retained after the IPO is diluted. In dollar terms, IPO firms appear to leave many billions 'on the table' every year in the U.S. IPO market alone.
There are many theories rationalizing this apparently irrational phenomenon (many addressed in the paper linked to above), and they can also be made to apply to concert ticket pricing. Julian Franks argues that it is advantageous for the pre-IPO shareholders to underprice because it leads to oversubscription and rationing–an investment bank will have to reduce the block size of shares sold to their customers because so many of them want to purchase the IPO, and the bank wants to satisfy many customers. This rationing can create diffuse shareholder rights, and discrimination on who is sold large shares of the company. From a band's point of view, cheap ticket prices may be better if you want the opportunity for poorer, younger, and more hip/exciting fans to predominate in the audience rather than wealthier, but more subdued fans–Brooklyn vs. Westchester. They'd rather have fans willing to camp out for tickets, than those who will only click a button to pay higher prices.
Underpricing is also beneficial for the underwriters of an IPO. The paper cites a study which "find[s] that overpricing (but not high levels of underpricing) lead to a decrease in the lead underwriter's own stock market value, whereas moderate levels of underpricing are associated with an increase in stock market value". One explanation is that underpricing and the subsequent rise in stock price enhances the reputation of the underwriter because the IPO went really well, and future companies will seek to go public with that underwriter. Similarly, a sold-out venue or sky-high ticket prices is much more beneficial to the reputation of a band manager or concert organizer than an event that is full, but with no additional demand for tickets.
So when LCD Soundsystem and other bands decide to offer their tickets at low face-value prices, they're making a strategic economic decision that is mirrored by companies like VISA and I-banks like Goldman Sachs–hardly the stuff of charitable fools. Even if paperless tickets were made legal, or some perfect Captcha system emerged to prevent any scalper from purchasing a large quantity of tickets (but secondary markets like StubHub would still exist), bands and band managers would/should still endeavor to underprice their tickets.


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The job market has been tight for a while now, while the costs of a college education continue to soar. Facing this reality, people who are planning to get a degree need to be more selective than ever about which path to choose. This applies equally to young people entering college for the first time and adults returning to school to improve their career prospects.
Featured Engineering Programs
- BS in Biomedical Engineering Technology: DeVry University
- Bachelor's in Mechatronics: ECPI University
- MS in Electrical Engineering: DeVry University
In general, the degrees that are most valuable to employers right now are ones that prepare students with practical skills in technical fields. Whereas people graduating with degrees in the liberal arts often face dismal job prospects, those with engineering degrees are likely to find many job opportunities awaiting them. With this in mind, let's look at the college majors that result in the highest paying salaries. This data comes from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
1. Petroleum Engineering
With starting salaries approaching six figures, this college major tops the list as the most lucrative. Mid-career salaries for petroleum engineers are $163,000, a comfortable living by most people's standards. This is an exceptionally well paying salary for a job that only requires a four year degree.
Since petroleum is a fundamental to powering everything from automobiles to heating systems, there is no reason to believe that this career is going to become obsolete in the foreseeable future. People graduating with degrees in petroleum engineering can often find jobs with companies involved in oil production.
2. Chemical Engineering
Second on the list is another technical degree in the field of engineering. Chemical engineers can expect starting salaries of over $50,000 and to be earning six figures by mid-career. Anyone who finds chemistry interesting would probably enjoy chemical engineering, which is essentially the practical side of chemistry.
Chemical engineers may be involved in any number of tasks, from developing new technology and processes to overseeing safety procedures for corporations or government agencies. This is another technical degree that will most likely be quite valuable for some time.
3. Nuclear Engineering
Although nuclear energy is not as widely discussed as petroleum, it remains a field where a great deal of work and research is conducted. Nuclear engineers may conduct research to develop nuclear based technology for the public or private sector.
They may also be involved in supervising operations to ensure that safety measures are properly in place. Nuclear engineers may even develop technologies used in the medical profession. The median salary for a nuclear engineer is close to $100,000.
4. Electrical Engineering
Still another lucrative degree in engineering, this one also pays mid-to-high five figures to start and six figures for mid-career engineers. This field covers a broad range of jobs and industries, as electricity and electronics are fundamental to powering so many devices and processes.
Some of the specialties that electrical engineers may be involved in include electromagnetism, integrated circuits, digital computers and signal processing. They may work for companies that produce personal technology or systems used in the business world.
5. Computer Engineering
Computer engineering is a field that combines aspects of computer science and electrical engineering. This being the case, people pursuing this major will often take some similar courses as those majoring in electrical engineering or computer science.
In this case, however, the focus will be more in the direction of developing computer hardware or software. They may be involved in creating new designs for personal computers or microprocessors. For this reason, they are often employed by companies that build computers as well as those that depend heavily on computer technology for their products.
6. Aerospace Engineering
Continuing the pattern of engineering degrees dominating the top-ten position, aerospace engineering, which was previously known as aeronautical engineering, is another profitable major for technical-minded students. This field is mainly focused on research, design and testing of spacecrafts and aircrafts.
The field of aerospace engineering is roughly divided into two specialties. One is concerns with aircrafts, the other with spacecrafts that operate beyond the earth's atmosphere. This is another field that is sure to expand in the future, as this type of technology is essential for so many industries, from transportation to the military.
7. Materials Science and Engineering
This is a lesser known but still important type of engineering that includes characteristics of chemistry and physics. Materials science and engineering studies the properties and benefits of materials, especially those commonly used in industry, such as metals, plastic, textiles, rubber, glass and composites.
Materials engineers may also be involved in forensic engineering, which deals with the technical causes of product liability. Since this is something that is crucial for corporations to protect themselves against lawsuits, materials engineers are in high demand.
8. Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineers deal with some of the most commonly used and profitable products and technologies in the world. This includes medical devices, heating and cooling systems, weapons, robotics, transport systems and much more. Jobs for mechanical engineers often involve designing and testing a variety of gadgets and devices.
Mechanical engineers essentially apply heat and mechanical power to a variety of tools and systems. This is a field that emerged during the industrial revolution more than two hundred years ago and continues to flourish today.
9. Industrial Engineering
Industrial engineering is one of the specialties of engineering that deals as much with people and organizations as it does with technology. This field is concerned with finding the most efficient and profitable systems and processes that can be best implemented by businesses and other organizations.
Industrial engineering connects several different disciplines, including management sciences, ergonomics, safety engineering and various social sciences. This is a degree that could prepare one for jobs in many different careers, including health care, finance or any organization looking to optimize its operations.
10. Software Engineering
This field involves applying the principles of engineering to software, which is something that evolves at an ever quickening pace. Software engineers seek ways to develop and improve software for all different purposes.
Although this major has the Number Ten ranking, the starting and mid-range salaries are comparable to the other types of engineering degrees on the list. Starting salaries are typically over $50,000 and mid-career software engineers can expect to earn around $90,000.
The Value of Pursuing High Demand Degrees
As you can tell from the above list, all of the top paying degrees are in technical fields involving engineering. These are not easy majors by any means, as they require rigorous study in subjects such as mathematics, the physical sciences and computer science. Someone completing a degree in one of these fields, however, will probably not have to worry about finding employment.
What makes these degrees especially lucrative is that they can be completed in four years or less in most cases. In many other fields, one needs a master's degree or perhaps even a phD to expect to reach a high paying position. For people who are ambitious and enjoy technical subjects, these degrees represent a real opportunity to find a lucrative and rewarding career.
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- AAA is an established, reputable organization that operates through regional member clubs
- The clubs typically offer flexible payment options and a variety of discounts
- AAA club members have the ability to upgrade their insurance packages
AAA was founded on March 4, 1902. AAA is a non-profit organization whose clubs, including the Automobile Club of Southern California, have offered low-priced emergency roadside assistance for years.
AAA was formed because there was a lack of well-maintained roads for vehicles.
As you consider purchasing car insurance through an AAA club, you should be aware of some benefits and options offered.
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One of the benefits of buying auto insurance from an AAA club is that you will likely be offered a 12-month policy for a set premium price. Most other insurance providers offer only a 6-month policy.
AAA clubs also generally offer different payment options so you can pay on flexible terms.
AAA Club Auto Insurance Discounts
When you buy auto insurance from an AAA club, you can receive a variety of discounts. Typically, you will receive the greatest discount when you buy more than just one policy.
- Auto and Home and Life – You can save up to 19.4 % off your auto policy and up to 20% off your homeowner's policy.
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Monitor mixing for bands made easy. Stop the volume wars.
Mixing in ear monitors for your house of worship applications.
The freedom to create an individual mix and stay in the creative flow.
Distributed audio with myMix.
Monitor mixing and communications for musicians, tech crew and more.
myMix is a decentralized, network based, audio mixing system for up to 500 audio channels. Its intuitive user interface with a large LCD display showing device and channel names makes it ideal for personal monitor mixing and other AV applications. myMix can be used as a stand alone or integrated with any mixing console. Integrated multi-track recording and playback options offer additional functionality.


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SuperNova awards to recognize those bringing change in business applications
The Oscars, the Emmys and the Grammys are all behind us, but award season is far from over.
Paul Greenberg's CRM Idol contest is locked and loaded and we hope to soon share some of the innovative and interesting things being done by unheralded vendors in the CRM space.
In the meantime, enter a new program — this time for companies actually implementing business applications. Ray Wang and Constellation Research launched the SuperNova awards today. From the award announcement post:
Few, if any programs, have recognized individuals for their courage in battling the odds to affect change in their organization. The Constellation SuperNova Awards celebrate the explorers, the pioneers, and the unsung heroes who successfully put new technologies to work. More importantly, these leaders have created disruptions in their market.
While the CRM Idol awards are unique in recognizing small, unheralded technology vendors, the SuperNovas offer something that might be even better for those running enterprise applications – real world examples of challenges and innovation from the front lines. I've agreed to be a judge for the social business categories and I'm looking forward to it but there are four other categories as well: mobile enterprise, cloud computing, advanced analytics, and emerging technologies.
Already these two awards have given me some extra insight into the market, namely that highly regarded industry analysts, experts and observers are as likely as anyone else to "reply all" to a widely disseminated email string. I'm sure there will be plenty more instructive – and useful – information on deploying, implementing and ultimately disrupting, this market to come.
In the meantime, the SuperNova awards website is still under construction but all the details for submissions, rewards and criteria are available at Constellation Research. And what would an award program that includes social business be without a twitter account? You can follow the process at @SuperNovaAwards.
So, be sure to enter your own projects and at the very least tune in for some innovative thinking and problem solving when the winners are announced.


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Unbeatable Location in Highland Park, NJ
Unbeatable Location in Highland Park, NJ
Unbeatable Location in Highland Park, NJ
Unbeatable Location in Highland Park, NJ
Welcome to Parktowne Apartments
Perfectly situated just across the bridge from New Brunswick in Highland Park, NJ, Parktowne Apartments offers city living at a great value and absolute comfort. Our studio, one and two bedroom apartments provide plenty of options for even the most discriminating urban dweller. Our mid-rise building, near the Raritan River has select units that include private balconies for an added touch of luxury.
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Ideal amenities await you both inside your apartment and throughout our community. Rent includes heat, gas for cooking, hot and cold water, and central air conditioning—something you'll be glad to have in July and August! You will enjoy our beautiful courtyard complete with a fountain and seating area year round.
Shopping, dining, entertainment, education, recreation and easy access to highways are all close by. Highland Park and New Brunswick city centers, as well as the train to New York City, are all within walking distance. Enjoy open green spaces at nearby Elmer B. Boyd Memorial Park, Donaldson Park and Johnson Park. The New Jersey Turnpike, Routes 1 and 18 and Interstate 287 are all a short drive to get you where you need to go.
Rutgers University is only minutes away, making our apartments perfect for students and educators. Ditch the car—you won't need it! Everything you need is just quick a walk away.
Call or stop by during our office hours, Monday through Friday from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, and we'll be happy to show you around so you can get a feel for our lovely apartments and ideal location.
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Port Aransas in Texas is an exposed beach break that only works once in a while. The favoured conditions for surfing are during the hurricane season. Works best in offshore winds from the northwest. Usually gets local windswells, but groundswells do happen and the ideal wave angle is from the southeast.. Surfable at all stages of the tide. It's sometimes crowded here. Take care of rips, obstacles, sharks and jellyfish.
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Visitor Reviews of Port Aransas
"Port A. is one of the classic little beach get-away spots in Texas. The other place that rivals it is Port Isabel in South Texas. Port A. has seen a lot of growth in the recent decades but it's got so much character still that it always puts a smile on your face. Good fishing, fun surfing (mostly a longboard wave) and lots of great places to eat. The jetties at sunset is a must do. Please remember to pick up your trash on the beach!!!"
Pat Judd from UNITED STATES - 30 Nov 2011
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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Port Aransas:(click location name for more details)
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- Fourth closest break7 mi
- Fifth closest break12 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Port Aransas:
- Closest wave buoy63 mi
- Second closest wave buoy103 mi
- Third closest wave buoy187 mi
- Fourth closest wave buoy252 mi
- Fifth closest wave buoy398 mi
Tide stations nearest to Port Aransas:
- Closest tide stationAransas Channel1 mi
- Second closest tide stationPort Aransas, Holiday Beach1 mi
- Third closest tide stationPort Aransas1 mi
- Fourth closest tide stationAransas Pass8 mi
- Fifth closest tide stationPort Ingleside, Corpus Christi Bay9 mi
- The closest passenger airport to Port Aransas is Corpus Christi International Airport (CRP) in USA, 45 km (28 miles) away (directly).
- The second nearest airport to Port Aransas is Kingsville Nas Airport (NQI), also in USA, 83 km (52 miles) away.
- Third is Alice International Airport (ALI) in USA, 97 km (60 miles) away.
- Palacios Muni Airport (PSX) in USA is 127 km (79 miles) away.
- Valley International (Harlingen) Airport (HRL), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Port Aransas and is 188 km (117 miles) away.
This is the Surf-Forecast page for Port Aransas, Texas. Use the tab navigation above to view Port Aransas sea temperature, Port Aransas photographs, Port Aransas detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Port Aransas webcams, current wind from Texas live weather stations and Port Aransas tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Port Aransas.


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Passion and Purpose; Hope and Charity Part 1
A slogan entitled "Passion," which hangs in my office, states: "Many things will catch your eye. Only a few will catch your heart. Pursue those!" As men and women hurl themselves headlong into life, they are mostly driven by necessity, that which immediately appears to be essential, rather than by passion, which is the birth of one's purpose for and in life. In fact, Americans have become so unaccustomed to the caring manifested by passion that they often associate passion with irrationality, bigotry, fanaticism or extremism. When most people think about "passion," they envision some steamy scene from a television show. But passion is not simply sexual excitation, although the word can be used in that way.
Passion, in its essence, is an "intense, driving feeling; a strong liking for or devotion to some activity or concept." Passion is what makes a person get up early in the morning, work hard all day, and go to bed late at night looking forward to the next day. It is a cause of great sadness that today's society is so devoid of true purpose-driven passion. Speaking to a group of young people, I told them, "If I could give you one gift, it would be the gift of passion: the caring about something with such enthusiasm and intensity as to give purpose and meaning to the rest of your life." Many Americans only vicariously experience passion through the eyes and lives of athletes, movie stars, or musicians. Ultimately, passion and purpose are what make life worth living.
How does a person develop passion? Passion is not an end product because it is a derivative of purpose. A passionless person is purposeless, and a person with a purpose for life will, by the nature of their purpose, be passionate. In another age, the Apostle Paul said, "For my determined purpose is …" The entirety of Paul's life was directed toward his purpose, which he could identify and explain to others. And his purpose gave direction, drive, determination and definition to his life. Paul's purpose was that he might know – that he might have personal, intimate knowledge of – his God and his Lord, Jesus Christ.
Paul's confession points out that only one's God is worthy to be one's purpose for life, and from that purpose comes one's passion. Everyone has a God they serve, even if they don't know it. Actually, passion and purpose can be directed toward good or evil. Terrorists have a purpose and a passion, but it is evil and misguided, no matter what the goal. Compulsive gamblers have a passion, driven by a senseless purpose, which destroys their lives. And each person, whether or not they know it, worships the object of their passion, whether a habit, an organization, a government, an ideal, or a Being.
In her book "The Temple Bombing," Melissa Fay Greene chronicles the Oct. 12, 1958 bombing of the Reformed Jewish Temple in Atlanta, Georgia, which was portrayed in the movie "Driving Miss Daisy." Opposite the title page of Greene's book there is a quote from "Gates of Heaven" that states:
"The gods we worship write their names on our faces, be sure of that. And a person will worship something, have no doubt of that either. One may think that tribute is paid in secret, in the dark recesses of his or her heart, but it is not. That which dominates imagination and thoughts will determine life and character. Therefore it behooves us to be careful what we are worshipping, for what we are worshipping we are becoming."
It is true: one's passion, determined by one's purpose for life, will be reflected in one's countenance, conduct, character and companions.
Also, hanging in my office are four etchings by Dale Rayburn. Titled "Southern Disciples," the etchings depict four men's worn faces that reflect the image of the god they served. One titled "Tequila" portrays the deeply furrowed brow of a man whose best friend is a bottle. The furrows reflect the scars and ravages of alcohol in one whose life was lived serving that god. Another titled "Dinner in the Park" depicts a lonely man, eating a cold meal from a can, having lived in service to the gods of indolence and sloth. A third titled "Echo" reflects the shadows of the life of a man who now sits alone on a retaining wall, looking over an empty valley. His life and face "echo" the emptiness of a life lived in the worship of the god of self, in neglect of personal relationships, in one who is alone in the world. The fourth, titled "Blind Man's Bluff" shows a man strumming a guitar, with sunglasses concealing the emptiness of his eyes, which can no longer see the dimensions of the passion of his youth, eyes that stare but cannot see. These disciples of strange gods reveal the truth that purposelessness in life leads to a life without passion and without hope.
Each human being will give his or her life to something, whether worthy or not. The sad reality is that even passivity can become one's passion, when purpose in and for life is neglected long enough. Out of such passivity come depression, despondence and ultimately death. Often that death is not physical, but is found in the death of one's dreams, hopes, aspirations – of one's purpose for life — which at one time seemed so focused, but which was lost through fear, sloth, or lust. These images of vacuous lives and faces reveal that passion and purpose are not possible without hope. Neglected long enough, one's purpose and passion gives rise to hopelessness, which is the death knell of joy, peace and vitality.
Purpose, passion and hope are not synonyms, but they are interdependent, for you cannot have one without the other. "Purpose" gives dimension and definition to life, but the power to pursue purpose is provided by hope and is sustained by passion. Without hope, purpose will not be pursued and passion will not be experienced.
Dr. James L. Holly is CEO of Southeast Texas Medical Associates, LLP (SETMA) in Beaumont.


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Pop Rocks: The Inside Story of America's Revolutionary Candy
In 1976, the two hundredth anniversary of the American Revolution, General Foods Corporation launched a candy that became a cultural phenomenon. William A. (Bill) Mitchell invented Pop Rocks Crackling Candy in 1956 as an attempt to create an instant carbonated drink. His invention languished in the research laboratories at General Foods for twenty years until an unforeseen series of events compelled the company to venture into the confections industry, where they had no products or experience.
Pop Rocks was a huge and instant success with kids. The fruit-flavored candy contained entrapped bubbles of carbon dioxide, which when released created tiny explosions with sound effects. Almost immediately, the candy was bootlegged, a fifteen-cent package selling for one dollar on the streets of New York. At the same time, rumors circulated that if a person ate Pop Rocks while drinking a carbonated beverage, the carbonation combination would blast one's stomach apart. One such victim was allegedly "Mikey," the cute boy in the Life cereal commercials. As a research chemist at General Foods during the Pop Rocks heyday, Marvin J. Rudolph led a group assigned to bring Pop Rocks out of the laboratory and into the manufacturing plant. During that time, he was awarded six U.S. patents based on Pop Rocks production improvements, and one for Increda-Bubble, a popping bubble gum.
Drawing on interviews with food technologists, engineers, marketing managers, and members of Bill Mitchell's family, Rudolph takes readers from the day Pop Rocks were invented to the present day, where they are still being manufactured around the globe.
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Marvin J. Rudolph has been a food product developer for thirty-five years for such companies as General Foods Corporation (merged into Kraft Foods), Ragú Foods (purchased by Unilever), Lehi The Farmers Dairy, and Arthur D. Little, a technical and business consulting firm. He holds nine U.S. patents in such areas as confections (Pop Rocks processing; Increda-Bubble), snack foods, and ice cream. He is a frequent speaker on managing innovation and strategic partnerships within the food industry. He holds a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was raised, and now lives in Sharon, Massachusetts.


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County Invites Residents to Join Albemarle Against Hunger Food Drive
Albemarle County employees are holding a food drive to benefit the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank – Albemarle Against Hunger – running now through Friday, December 14, and citizens are invited to join in the effort. The Food Bank is in dire need this holiday season, and employees believe their donations can make a big difference for local families. In past years, the Albemarle Against Hunger food drive sponsored by Albemarle County employees collected 800 pounds of food, which the Food Bank equates to 625 meals, and over $1,400.
Collection points are set up in several locations:
These areas are accessible for public donations between the regular business hours of 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Please, no glass containers.
According to Food Bank officials, the most needed items include canned meats, canned vegetables, canned fruits, canned stews and soups, grains, boxed pasta and non-refrigerated beverages.
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Open The Door to the Newest Insidous Chapter2 min read
Universal Pictures & Blumhouse Productions provide us with the 2018's first new release, Insidious: The Last Key. The fourth film in the franchise finds Adam Robitel taking on directing duties this time around, while franchise veteran Leigh Whanell returns to handle the script.
Set around 2010, Last Key serves as a sequel to the previous film and prequel to the first two films. New homeowner Ted (Kirk Acevedo) finds himself spooked by some strange shenanigans that are going on in his home. He decides to call Elise for help, who is always eager to bust some ghosts until she discovers it's the house she abandoned as a young adult. Utilizing a non-linear narrative, the film may be a bit slow paced for some, but the payoff is worth it.
I was immediacy intrigued when I heard that Whanell's script would be the backstory of the franchise's real heroine Elise Rainer (Lin Shaye who makes her fourth appearance). Ava Kolker & Hana Hayes portray Elise as a child and teenager, and the casting is spot on, with Kolker & Hayes both capturing some of Shaye's mannerisms. Part of what makes the film work is Elise's relationship with her father Gerald (Josh Stewart) and younger brother. Stewart is downright mean and scary as a dad who would rather abuse his daughter than embrace her gift.
Fan favorites Tucker (Angus Sampson) & Specs (Leigh Whanell) also return to provide some comic relief as Elise's sidekicks. For the most part, I enjoyed Insidious: The Last Key. As it is the fourth film in the series, by now I know what to expect. While Robitel's direction isn't as tight as the series former director's, there is still enough jump scares to make the film enjoyable for fans of the franchise.
I also tip my hat to Blumhouse for utilizing the always enjoyable Shaye as Elise. The studio and franchise creators could have done away with Shaye's character and cast someone younger or rebooted the series. Thankfully they decided to use the 74 years young Shaye who still proves to be an excellent scream queen.
With a proper ending for the franchise that wisely doesn't leave it open for a sequel, The Last Key just may be the last time we see the franchise on the screen. As a fan of the series, I wouldn't mind if this is the last one of the big screen. I would much rather see a TV series focusing on a young Elise and her battles with various entities from the further. If you're in the mood for a good old-fashioned PG -13 scare fest then I recommended checking this one out.
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One of the little joys of unemployment is that I have all this Copious Free Time to spend doing things like well, looking for work and such. Mind you, there's only so much work you can look for before the whole process becomes a nuisance, so in the other bits of my CFT, I've started a couple of groups.
The first is a meetup group for people who are writers, artists, musicians, singers, songwriters, poets, or indeed any other form of creation in the Perth area (that's Perth, Western Australia, rather than any of the others). It's called "Friends to the Muses", and the website is over on meetup.com
The second is a new community (asylum) here on IJ. It's called overthinkers, and it's the home of the Overthinkers Club. The Overthinkers Club is an organisation called into being by stopthatgirl7, as a way of connecting all of those of us who write fanfic but get bogged down in trying to explain various game artifacts (eg: why are there so many kanji visible on signs in Midgar) in ways which make sense as a plot artifact, rather than just saying "because the localisation team couldn't be bothered translating everything". I've been a member for years - I've written long screeds about the political and economic makeup of Middle Earth at the end of Lord of the Rings, and worked out a continuity whereby the universes of "Firefly" and "Blake's 7" could work together, thus allowing a smooth crossover for characters from the one universe to show up in the other. So, if you're another one of these people who tends to focus in on an obscure niggle in the background, and from that creates massive works of fictional history, or political treatises or similar, drop in to overthinkers and meet some kindred spirits.


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Livarno Lux Cordless Torch sold at Lidl recalled
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Kompernass Handelsgesellschaft mbH is recalling the product Livarno Lux Cordless Torch due to a potential safety risk when recharging the product.
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The product was sold in stores throughout Lidl UK on the 14th January 2016
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