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A day having fun with family in Dutchess County is a day well spent! Whether you're looking to beat the heat or needing a plan for a rainy day, Dutchess has pleanty of great indoor opportunities to play. Forget about work, relax and enjoy, bouncing, learning, skating, climbing or driving.
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Mid-Hudson Children's Museum, Poughkeepsie
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McCann Ice Arena at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie
Whether you are a professional on the ice or have never stepped in the rink before, ice skating is always a fun time! The McCann Ice Arena provides public skating several days during the week. Ice skating is a popular workout, and the ideal activity for family fun and fitness. www.midhudsonciviccenter.org/public-skating.php#.ViEJ5NaFa-I
Gravity Vault, Poughkeepsie
Did you know that there's world class indoor climbing in Poughkeepsie? From party walls with fun shapes to steep boulder problems & bumpy lead routes, there's something fun and challenging for everyone! Staff led programs or open climb times for all ages, ability levels and experience. It's a great way to "rock out" with the kids!
An affordable, family-focused day trip to Dutchess in the Hudson Valley is time well spent. Decompress, unplug, and reconnect with some water park fun, peach-picking, movies under the stars, or a good ole fashioned ball game.
Fishkill Farms, Hopewell Junction (S)
Grab a bag or basket, and head to the orchards early to pick whatever's in season—apples, berries, peaches, nectarines, black currants, cherries, or pumpkins—all grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. Inside the farm market, you'll find fresh veggies, eggs, and baked goods. Time your trip during the Strawberry Festival, Peachtopia, or Fall Harvest Weekends! www.fishkillfarms.com
Splashdown Beach Water Park, Fishkill (S)
"America's Biggest Little Water Park" offers a day of waves, slides, thrills, sun and fun. The Bullet Bowl, Humunga Half-Pipe, and the five-story Arctic Plunge Racer get the adrenaline flowing, while the Monster Wave Pool and Croc Creek Wavy Lazy River dial it down. Little ones aren't left out; the Bob the Builder™ Splash Works™ attraction and the Shipwreck Lagoon are just their size. www.splashdownbeach.com
Movie at the Overlook Drive-in, Poughkeepsie (S)
When was the last time you watched a movie outdoors, from your car? This family owned and operated drive-in has been a local institution since 1955. Watch a first-run film under the stars on the largest screen in the tri-state area—as tall as a six-story building—using state-of-the-art digital equipment. Enjoy hot food and snacks from the concession stand! www.overlookdrivein.com
Hudson Valley Renegades Game, Dutchess Stadium, Fishkill (SE)
Take the family out to a ballgame to watch the Renegades, a Class A, Short-Season minor league baseball team affiliated with the Tampa Bay Rays. Late afternoon and evening games include fun contests and giveaways, and a wide variety of food and beverages are available. Enjoy theme nights and the frequent firework shows after the game. www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t537


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Vera Neumann is my idol. Have I ever mentioned I'm an avid collector of her textiles? Cloth napkins are my weakness, and you can frequently find me browsing Etsy, Ebay and flea markets for her iconic silk scarves. I like to believe we would have been friends. Recently, I've taken to spending the last fifteen minutes or so before bed leafing through this gorgeous book. I haven't any proof, but I'm fairly certain doing so makes my dreams brighter.
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that quote is PERFECT! thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
am ALSO an avid collector of her textiles. and one time made a painting on one of her tablecloths. poshvintage.com has LOTS of her amazeballs hankerchiefs, etc.ReplyDeleteReplies
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Mpls Green Party resolution in support of CeCe
WHEREAS Chrishaun "CeCe" McDonald is a 23 year-old African-American transgender woman in Minneapolis charged with second-degree murder after an incident that began when she was violently attacked because of her gender and race, and;
WHEREAS CeCe was the victim of a hate crime that involved many people, only she was arrested and the only person held by the police, and;
WHEREAS In Minnesota and throughout the country, transgender women of color continue to be disproportionally targeted for hate- and bias-related violence, and;
WHEREAS without strong and vocal support, cases with hate and bias elements (like CeCe's) are too often dismissed by systems and communities unable or unwilling to recognize the unique and complex disparities often experienced by people, especially in the areas of racism and transphobia, and;
WHEREAS Feminism and Gender Equity is one of the 10-key values of the Green Party that calls for the replacement of the cultural ethics of domination and control with more cooperative ways of interacting that respect differences of opinion and gender, and;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Green Party stands in solidarity with CeCe and all transgendered individuals that have suffered hate crimes, her family and those within the community who are working to ensure that she is treated with dignity and respect and has access to safe and supportive legal services
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Six months in China now, loving it...especially the culinary variety. Its bliss.
But more interesting to me is the fact that some Chinese people have been smuggled to 2014 without understanding the variety of race that the world offers. I don't know how this happened but some Chinese people can't seem to draw lessons from the fact that just like their wide range of food and cooking styles, the world was cooked up in the same way.
On Sunday I went I ice skating in Jinan…it went badly, never done it before, but as I was struggling with balancing my 85 Kilograms on the ice, most people could not believe that I was human, or so I believe…I got all the attention on offer, which I liked, but still it underlined the alienation.
In my country, where the food on the average plate does not change much for the rest of the year, if a Chinese or Indian person was walking down the streets, not a head would turn…but here, in a city so big, it can accommodate the whole of my country, an Ethiopian (Because I don't use the word 'black' to refer to any human) was turning heads?
Back on the Ice, one kid could not hold it; she came right up to me and asked, honestly… 'Why are you so black?'
I gasped, but I think am intelligent because I quickly gave her an answer that will live with her forever, I said, 'Honey, in my country, we don't have milk.'
She beamed with surprise and glided away, she was later to offer me some lessons that made me good on the ice.
But she was just a kid, sheer naivety and funny as hell. But what if the questions the kid had lingers in most of the people that see me?
How much does China know about Africa? And how much more does it not know. I met a girl in one of my flirting sprees on Wechat, she is a Masters student as well, and pretty like a girl should be…she asks for a picture of yours truly, I wire her one of me in a jacket and she freaks out with concern.
She asked: 'How come you are wearing a jacket in Africa? Is it not too hot since Africa is in the tropics?'
I told her that actually where I grew up, the temperature never goes past 30 Degrees Celsius and thus Jinan is hotter…she didn't believe me.
I didn't want to even try to explain that not all of Africa is in the tropics.
And it concerns me how some people gasp when I meet them in closed spaces, I sometimes fear one of these days I may cause someone to jump into a cardiac arrest. We surely need more people to people interaction, so that most of these bad things we see should go into oblivion.
I asked one of my friends to list just five things she knows about Africa and the list was exactly as I feared… Hunger; Disease, War, Heat…She didn't complete it, ah, yes, she did…the last one was Mandela.
Now, I am not a fan of folly in Africa, the continent is messed up bad, and some places in Africa are hot and yes, diseases thrive in the African air, insects and human bodies, but if it's all one can list of Africa, then we have a big problem…she of course blamed on the mass media which she said only showed the bad of Africa.
I agreed. Mass Media.
But it's not only the Chinese audience that needs to learn to let go of the stereotypes, when I arrived in China I caught myself asking many of my new friends if they practiced Kung Fu…none of them said yes and one of them said; 'You know, Bright, It's like asking every African if they know how to dance and rap.'
That chastised me. And my people, back in Africa need to learn to let go of the stereotypes about China, the two sides funnily seem to be caught up in a war of ignorance.
My roommate from Rwanda also reports the same thing as me, when we send pictures to our loved ones back home of us eating, people respond with comments like: 'Is that a frog or snake?'
We usually just play along and agree that its actually python and dog pizza…but I have not seen a dog being eaten and even if it did get eaten, I have never found reason to see if it's bad. I remind people that in Africa, like in my country, some people like monkey meat, some people would detest that…
One's meat is another's poison, they say.
That said,
Top on the list is the question I got from a professor I met in one of my travels here in China, he asked to confirm if what he heard from his friend in Africa is true.
'My friend works in Africa and he said Africans are lazy, is it true?'
I wondered if that friend has been all over Africa gauging productivity levels and measuring work outputs. I wondered if the question should have even risen, but in my classic Socratic irony, I agreed with him and added that Africans just love to party and dance.
And though my country has never fought a war and is not hot as hell and has so much milk, I will pretend that we have no milk to explain my colour of my skin to the kids and that we have war to explain my being original Africanness. I will hide the fact that I have never been inside a hospital unless for a dental check up to agree with the ubiquity of disease that haunts Africa.
In reality, I have not even seen an Elephant or any of the famous 'big five or big 30' animals; I live in a city and not in a jungle.
And disease? Well, I didn't even know how to answer that.
As for the colour of my skin, well, I was born like that and it was not because I wasn't born the other colour, I have nothing to prove to anyone and if anything, anyone wondering why I don't look like them should first why they don't look like me…
We need more people to people interaction.
Can use more milk? Me on the Ice (Picture by Craig Watson)
(Opinions of the writer in this blog don't represent those of China Daily.)
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- Reply Report snowipine
- Heart to heart, can, bridge the gap.
Wish you have a happy experience in China!
- Reply Report Judy_Zhu
- I think what you can do here on the forum is to introduce more about your homeland as well as Africa. There are so many things to distract us common people in our daily life, thus we hardly have time to learn something about the continent far away. If you can do something to help circulating your culture, it will be great. Wish you a happy time in China!
- Reply Report 小米1972
- Well written!
- Reply Report huaren2323
- Well written wonderful article Mutafire. I emphatise with you. I go along with Judy and snowipine, tell us more about your country and we try to bridge the gap. My son is on a Medical and community service mission again to Kenya next month. He had been building watershed/artesan wells to conserve water for agriculture. Doing vaccination for children and track HIV victims. He had learned from the herders and farmers there more than the books can teach him. I am sure with the vast continent as Africa there are much more variety and realities that people need to see and hear about. I am humbled with your sory of how little I know about your continent. Tell us more...By the way, I will archive your story as this may well be what overseas Chinese experienced when we first landed in other countries. While some overseas chinese are in restaurant and laundry business, many are professionals now. Gosh we went through what you are going thru with this experience. Help us better understand. what does muta means? and a suffix fire? muta- fire? hope you are not on fire ?
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- Thanks for sharing your story here! We have highlighted your story to the homepage.
- Reply Report mutafire
- Thanks, you will definitely hear more from me, and i have been checking your works too... 'Muta' is an extract from a Rwandan word 'Mutabaruka' which means someone you cannot defeat...i got it from a Jamaican poet, Allan Hope.
huaren2323: Well written wonderful article Mutafire. I emphatise with you. I go along with Judy and snowipine, tell us more about your country and we try to bridg ...
- Reply Report RonJaDa
- Well written mutafire. My experiences are only mild compared to yours,. Even my friend who went to China to teach English 11 years ago had different reaction. He went to a more remote community to teach as he wanted an experience. When he got there e had several surprises that he had not anticipated.. He was the first foreigner to live in that town (at least first Caucasian foreigner for a while) I have enjoyed him retelling me stories of how great an experience he had there even though he knew no Chinese. I myself growing up in rural Canada had never met a non-caucasian until I was 17 cnd I now celebrate Toronto's multicultural culture.
- Reply Report KIyer
- Good article! Brings back memories of learning what some little kids think of dark-skinned people in the USA, looking at me, then recently from India. It was quite en'lighten'ing.. so to speak.
I am originally very dark, have become a few shades lighter living in cold climates for a long time now.
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- Dude, Jinan is a back-water place culturally, not an International city like Shanghai or Beijing. So if you find some city-dwellers asking you some weirdo questions related to your race, marriage or even your political views , don't get worked up. They have no ulterior motives or other bad intentions; it's just de rigueur for some local inhabitants to poke their noses into each other's private matters . It's called 豪爽 in Shangdong, where chivalrous, outspoken foreign lads have no trouble finding friends in Jinan, which is part of Shandong.
If you are loth to answer some questions posed by them, just be evasive. You really don't have to take the trouble to answer all the questions. I think some of them will still take you as friend once you decide to swat away the most mortifying questions.
Just remember that two things count lots in Shandong culture: loud speaking and and wine-drinking. You will have more local friends by acting like them or accepting local cultural habits.
Have a nice stay in China.
- Reply Report mutafire
- Right on, champ...it is back-water, and apart from a few weird stuff, the place is cool indeed...would not pass it for Shanghai or GZ where life is expensive and foreign culture is as dominant as local...
tedbrent: Dude, Jinan is a back-water place culturally, not an International city like Shanghai or Beijing. So if you find some city-dwellers asking you some ...
I mean, you cannot even get laid without having to speak of marriage...hahaha
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- WOW!that explains my whole life too in china.lucky enough to be here for six months before answering a question like that.brace for more senseless questions. a no reply will be the best answer.don't boil up with unfriendly questions.educate them if your heart tells you to, if not,walk away and get yourself busy with what ever brought you here.welcome bro.like the article.
- Reply Report mutafire
- Thanks, buddy, i think in a 100 year's time the world will be very mixed and people will not be as uninformed as at now...that is if we don't have WW III in between.
chessgame: WOW!that explains my whole life too in china.lucky enough to be here for six months before answering a question like that.brace for more senseless que ...
- Reply Report mutafire
- Yes, I sure am
tedbrent: You mean to say you are a foreign expat living in Jinan?
- Reply Report mutafire
- Yes, even the first Caucasians to hit Africa caused a stir...but that was in the 1890's now...nobody cares and that is what this part of the globe needs to start doing.
RonJaDa: Well written mutafire. My experiences are only mild compared to yours,. Even my friend who went to China to teach English 11 years ago had different ...
- Reply Report mutafire
- Indeed, but its good that you are here, the next one that looks like you will be more natural to the population...
KIyer: Good article! Brings back memories of learning what some little kids think of dark-skinned people in the USA, looking at me, then recently from India. ...
- Reply Report chessgame
- hi.can i be abit personal?are you a paysan?mutafire sounds like the names paysans would like.hahahhaa
- Reply Report mutafire
- Paysan? I will have to Google that, i have no idea...
chessgame: hi.can i be abit personal?are you a paysan?mutafire sounds like the names paysans would like.hahahhaa
- Reply Report Fishsign
- Great article. Cross cultural experiences should be a requirement for everyone in the human race. After 2.5 years in a smaller City in China, my wife and I still have "rock star" status. Sometimes that means exuberant young people wanting to know you and be your friend and on occasion we're met with disdain and unfriendliness. Although, I should qualify that and say that we are an older Caucasian couple; and, I'm the one who is treated with disdain while my wife is catered to. Overall, the people here have been very nice.
- Reply Report mutafire
- nice is the word, someone paid for my bill at the local Mcdonalds and called his wife who knows English and i had to speak to an excited wife and a husband who didnt know a word...its a big experience, i like it...very much
Fishsign: Great article. Cross cultural experiences should be a requirement for everyone in the human race. After 2.5 years in a smaller City in China, my wif ...
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1. Assonet / Freetown State Park Splash Pad
2. Boston Children's Museum
3. Visit a waterfront - Plymouth, Newport, and New Bedford are a few of our favorites! Be sure to grab a lobster roll from Woods Seafood or Gene's Seafood!
4. Buttonwood Park Zoo
5. Edaville USA - you can check out our most recent trip here!
6. Children's Museum of Easton
7. Watch a Drive in movie - check out Mendon or North Smithfield, RI.
8. Go camping for the night - I'm dying to check out Normandy Farms.
9. Roger Williams Park Zoo - you can check out when we met the Easter Bunny there!
10. See a movie for cheap during the day! - I'm in love with the newly redone AMC theaters. They have reclining chairs, seat delivery of snacks and drinks, and our local one even has a bar! Okay, maybe you don't need the bar at 11 am, but you can score tickets under $6 at many places if you see a show before 12 or 1!
11. Canobie Lake Park
12. Fenway Park Tour - literally the cheapest way to see the park!
13. The Providence Children's Museum
14. Southwick Zoo
15. Blueberry Picking - Find your local places here.
16. New England Aquarium
17. Take a Pirate Cruise with Plymouth Cruises Aboard Lobster Tales
18. Capron Park Zoo and Splash Pad
19. Santa's Village - check out our recent visit here!
20. Story Land
21. Eric Carle Museum
22. Six Flags New England
23. Go on a picnic or grab an ice cream cone for the park.
24. Travel up the Cape and maybe spend the night! - Our favorites are mini-golf, ice cream and spending the night at Eastwood or at the Sea Crest Beach Hotel!
25. Check out a local library - Our local one in Acushnet just got a great new home! While you're at the library, see what they offer for free or discounted park and museum passes because our local library offers free and discounted passes to many of the places on this list!
So there you go!
Something to do every day until it's time to go back to school! What are your favorite local summer activities?
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Logan Men Crush Lakers
February 4, 2016
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MATTOON - The John A. Logan College men's basketball team raced to a 55-33 halftime lead en route to a 97-74 Great Rivers Athletic Conference win over Lake Land in Mattoon Wednesday.
Sophomore Devontavius Payne gunned in 28 points to pace the Vols, who reached the 20-win mark against only three losses.
Payne drained six triples. Ranell Crossland followed with 21 points in one of his strongest performances of the season.
Jalen Perry added 14 points, all in the first half.
"We had fun tonight. That's all we talked about in practice this week and I think it showed in the way we performed In this game," said Vols head coach Kyle Smithpeters.
Logan improves to 11-2 in the Great Rivers Athletic Conference.
The Vols next play host to Wabash Valley at 3 p.m. Saturday. It is "Carbondale Day" at the college. All Carbondale residents get free admission to the game and all Carbondale students get a free popcorn and soda compliments of Banterra Bank.


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It's a long, long way from Mold, Wales to Hong Kong, China. But Welsh farrier Ian Hughes already knows the way. (University of Liverpool Equine Hospital photo)
Lameness specialist Ian Hughes of Wales is farrier at the Ashbrook Equine Hospital in Cheshire, England, as well as the farrier and lecturer on farriery at the University of Liverpool's equine hospital. It wasn't easy for him to take nine weeks out of his life and head to Hong Kong...but he's now on his way!
Ian left on a long, long flight today and by tomorrow will be setting up the forge and shoeing clinic where he will be working as official farrier for both the Olympics and Paralympics. British farrier Kelvin Lymer and the Hong Kong Jockey Club's Greg Murray will join Ian during the Games, but Ian will also be staying on to be the farrier for the Paralympics in September.
The horses start arriving in Hong Kong later this week, and Ian wants to make sure that he has the forge up and operating in case he is needed. While some countries send a farrier, many do not, so Ian should have plenty to do, with 240 horses expected for the Games and 78 for the Paralympics.
Hong Kong has been getting ready for Ian, whose vast orders for supplies were shipped months ago from Europe. Ian was the farrier for the "Test Event" in Hong Kong last summer, so he has worked in the new forge. He has done some work on redesigning things, and expects that the forge will have air-conditioning on the shoeing floor this year, although not in the forge itself.
Getting on the plane for Hong Kong means a huge logistics task for Ian--not in relation to the Games, but in relation to his business at home. In addition to serving the vet hospital in Cheshire and the University's hospital, Ian has a regular client list based all over the countryside.
"Trying to organise your business and livelihood to withstand the main person to go away for nine weeks with no input at all has proven as difficult as organising the Farriery Department (for the Olympics)," Ian said yesterday in an email.
"At least with Hong Kong you are only dealing with half a dozen people and their ideas and thoughts," he went on. "With my business, we literally have hundreds of clients all concerned that their horse or pony will continue to get the best attention."
Security is very high in Hong Kong and Ian must be careful what he says by email and telephone, but you should be hearing from him and the other farriers from time to time over the next few months via the Hoof Blog.
Ian is a specialist in lameness and does a lot of research, as well. He was a co-author of a paper published recently in the Equine Veterinary Journal on (hoof) wall strip surgery.
Congratulations to Ian and all the farriers who are making the trip to Hong Kong. Watch for more news from them as it comes in! Please understand that professional standards prevent them for discussing the horses they work on while the Games are on. Likewise, Ian is not open about the brand names of products that he ordered to be shipped over.


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Dr. Gilmour Becina in the town square of Santa Cruz. Becina, like thousands of other Filipino doctors, has retrained as a nurse in hopes of a job in Canada or another western country. . (Ann Sullivan/CBC)Capital Health plans to hire 500 nurses from the Philippines, and Dr. Gilmour Becina would love to be one of them. Becina doesn't earn enough as a doctor in the Philippines to send his children to university, so he's done something unheard of in Canada: He has retrained as a nurse.
It's a growing trend in the Philippines, where thousands of doctors are retraining as nurses each year, in the hopes of working in western countries like Canada.
CBC Radio's Ann Sullivan met Dr. Gilmour Becina in the social security office in Santa Cruz, Philippines.
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Got a bit on my plate for the next month or so, so posts will be sporadic until mid-October. Keep an eye out for Leg of Lamb on Twitter though…
Month: September 2012
Hot Photo Friday – Roger Minick
Power of Stevie
Dreams Revisited
Every self respecting girl loves a bit of Fleetwood Mac. If you're in Melbourne you can get a Stevie fix this Friday care of Kirsten Perry's show Stevie Dreams, opening at Lowrise Projects. Featuring decorated sheepskins, ceramic raindrops and the fruity video above, it's the perfect time to bust out your finest crushed velvets.
Der Tiefenglanz II
Leg of Lamb's haunted by Der Tiefenglanz II – an exhibition at Starkwhite, Auckland, featuring a series of collaborative works by photographer Gavin Hipkins and jeweller Karl Fritsch. (This isn't the duo's first collaboration; they worked together on Der Tiefenglanz at Hamish McKay Gallery earlier this year). The artists' working process loosely falls into two parts – Hipkins begins by selecting a series of images from his extensive visual archive and then prints them onto aluminium, before handing them over to Fritsch for modification.
Each print is muted, and the imagery they bear is sometimes barely discernible, becoming clearer only at certain angles. The works' enigmatic quality is amplified by their very 'objectness'. Fritsch's mastery of materiality – his interest in the texture of things – pushes Hipkins' images into three dimensions. There's a brilliant tension between Fritsch's seductive use of precious materials (like cognac diamonds, smokey quartz and amethyst) and the sometimes violent way in which they intersect with the prints. Reproductions of cubist busts and hippies at play are bored into, scratched and studded with gemstones. There's something Fontana-esque about these interventions. There's a real physicality to them. Far from static, these strange objects hum.
Looking Forward – Suji Park
Suji Park – Mollusca, Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling Street, Dunedin. Exhibition opens September 14th.
Some recent work by Angela Brennan
These works (and others) are included in the exhibition Angela Brennan, Stop Humming Glen Gould at Niagra Galleries, 245 Punt Road, Richmond, Melbourne, until September 29th.


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PUBLISHED: 16:08 25 November 2016
An 83-year-old man had been jailed for historic sex offences involving three young girls spanning three decades.
John Coates, originally from Gustard Wood, began his offending in the late 1960s but it is only in the past two years that his victims, now adults, felt able to come forward.
The paedophile's offending went on until the 1980s while he was living in Gustard Wood, Wheathampstead.
He was found guilty by a jury earlier this year of three offences of indecent assault and three offences of indecency with a child.
Coates, who now lives in Cambridge, appeared at St Albans Crown Court on Thursday (17).
Trial judge Stephen Warner told Coates: "You treated them as objects for your own gratification."
The judge said that having read reports on Coates, compiled since the end of his trial, it was clear he was still in denial and had expressed no remorse for his victims.
Coates was jailed for five years and nine months and told his name would go on the sex offenders register.
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3 Divers At 3 Price Points
The humble dive watch is perhaps the most popular category of watch available today, tracing its origins back to the wondrous and dangerous adventures of Jacques Cousteau and others like him. Equipped to explore the last unknown frontier on Earth, it's no wonder that the dive watch is as inspirational and appealing as it is. That, and you can wear it in the swimming pool. The question is, if you can't quite stretch to the quintessential dive watch, Rolex's Submariner, which dive watch should you get?
TAG Heuer Aquaracer WAY2012.BA0927
If there's one thing TAG Heuer isn't known for, it's dive watches. Racing watches, chronographs, style icons, yes—but the dive watch doesn't seem to register much in TAG Heuer's history. Except that, it does.
Not long after the successful release of the calibre 11 automatic chronograph movement, things turned quickly south for then Heuer, and indeed the rest of the industry too. There was a new player in town, Japan, producing increasingly affordable quartz watches that turned the entire Swiss industry obsolete in just a handful of years.
By 1979, it was clear that Heuer needed to diversify, and it was to the popular—but not yet iconic—Rolex Submariner to which the brand turned its attention. An idea was born: take the specification and aesthetic of the Submariner, throw in a few tweaks, make it a fifth of the price and put it on sale. And that's what Heuer did, and it really did work.
Its affordability made it a break-out success, much to then-CEO Jack Heuer's surprise. The range expanded, offering different sizes, shapes and colours, and has done ever since. The name may have changed to Aquaracer in 2004, but the ethos remains the same: produce a high-quality Swiss dive watch that undercuts the Rolex Submariner by a significant margin.
So the Calibre 5 movement may not be TAG Heuer's own, but it's solid, reliable and affordable to service, points which probably weigh more on the mind of someone purchasing this £1,850 entry-level premium dive watch. The specification overall is very good: 300m of water resistance, anti-reflective sapphire, screw-down crown and diving extension. The only things left wanting is a flip lock on the clasp for extra security.
If you're looking for that more reasonable way of getting yourself a luxury dive watch, the Aquaracer is a hard proposition to ignore—and whether you knew it or not, has been for the last 40 years.
Breitling SuperOcean Heritage A17321
If you thought TAG Heuer's dive watch history was surprising, Breitling's will be even more so. 1957 was a particularly good year for watchmaking, what with Omega releasing the Railmaster, Seamaster 300 and Speedmaster, but it wasn't the only watch manufacturer to develop something for the deep that particular year.
Just as TAG Heuer was known mostly for its racing chronographs, Breitling was equally famous for its aviator wrist computers, but the boom in the diving industry meant that it was virtually a given that every mid-tier watch company needed to make a dive watch whether it wanted to or not.
Given how much persuading it took for the AOPA, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, to get Willy Breitling to convert his engineer's calculator watch, the Chronomat, into a pilot's watch, the Navitimer, I can't imagine the decision to build a dive watch was an easy one—it was, however, a very sensible one.
The 1957 SuperOcean did two things for Breitling: firstly, at the time, it's superior 200m water resistance made it a commercial success for the brand; but more importantly, it paved the way for Breitling watches to be not just for aviators, but for adventurers of all kinds.
Fifty years after the inaugural release of the SuperOcean, Breitling re-released the design as the SuperOcean Heritage, a watch that takes inspiration from that 1957 original while leaving behind some of the more eccentric design twists. The big arrow hour hand, plus the signature 'B' logo, are original, as is the surprisingly sparse bezel.
For £3,000, an early SuperOcean Heritage with the calibre B17—essentially an ETA 2824—can be yours; pay around £500 more and the updated SuperOcean Heritage II with the B20 movement shared with Tudor will be within reach.
Omega Planet Ocean 184.108.40.206.01.001
Understanding how the Omega Planet Ocean came to be is a little tricky. On the face of it, it should seem straightforward, but the reality is more akin to one of those long, rambling stories your aunty used to bore you with that seemingly went on forever with no hope of relief.
The Planet Ocean's story doesn't even start at the start; the best place to begin is some nine years into the tale, with the surprise release of the Seamaster 300. It was one of three sports watches designed to bite back at Rolex's 1953 Submariner—but it wasn't the first Seamaster.
If the original 1948 Seamaster didn't have that hallowed name on the dial, it would be nigh-on impossible to categorise it in the same league as the Seamaster 300. The 1948 Seamaster was designed to keep out moisture and dust, something novel and new for a wristwatch at the time—but it would only be another five years before the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms and the more freely available Submariner would make it seem rather pedestrian.
So, the Seamaster 300 was a complete reinvention of the model, reborn as a top-tier dive watch with all the bells and whistles. But the old Seamaster wasn't to be wasted—it was still a popular watch, and so it was shuffled to one side as the De Ville collection.
Then, in 1993, the Seamaster was completely reinvented as the shape we all know from Brosnan's Bond, but not wanting to wipe the Seamaster 300's visage from the catalogue completely, Omega launched the Aqua Terra ten years later as a nod to the brand's first proper dive watch.
But as nice as the Aqua Terra is, it couldn't stand as the only memory of the Seamaster 300, and so after a further two years, the Planet Ocean was unveiled. Now, for around £4,500, it offers a slew of high-tech, top spec features for a nice saving over Rolex's Submariner, such as a Liquidmetal-filled ceramic bezel, 600m of water resistance and an in-house, anti-magnetic, co-axial calibre 8900 to boot. It's taken a while to get here, but it's more than worth it.
So just because a Submariner is unobtainable doesn't mean that the world of premium divers need be out of reach. These three are just a taste of what's available, either to sit pride of place on your wrist—or at least to tide you over until you can get that Submariner after all.
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Yesterday, I completed the last step in my preparations to go to India...my shots. Ow. Or maybe I should say, Ow, ow, ow, ow. I had four injections. Two in each arm. I'm not a very big baby when it comes to a little physical pain. But at least it's over.
I have my visa, my passport and my health records. Now all I have to do is pack and look forward to a 24 hour flight. Can you say, 'jet lag'?
I think it will all be worth it to visit a country so rich in history and culture. When I was young, I studied the Hindu religion for a semester. It's fascinating, and I'm thinking I might set some stories there. (That Brahma really got around!) LOL
There are literally thousands of Hindu Gods, but I was taught that 3 reigned supreme. Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu. Not everyone in the western world would recognise depictions of these dieties. But the most popular God you'd recognise in a second.
Ganesha--the elephant-deity riding a mouse. Ganesha is one of the commonest mnemonics for anything associated with Hinduism. The son of Shiva and Parvati, Ganesha is depicted as having a curved trunk and big ears, and a huge pot-bellied body of a human being. He is the lord of success and destroyer of evils and obstacles. He is also worshipped as the god of knowledge, wisdom and wealth.
The last time my husband was in India, he brought me back a beautiful carved statue of Ganesha. And bringing this back to romance, that trip was an eye-opener for both of us. We had never been apart that long since we met in 1990. (Yup, we're going on 20 years.) We were miserable without each other. We talked on the phone a few times, and then the power went out. I had a cell phone with spotty reception, so talking became impossible. I finally went to my in-laws house and used their phone--but I woke up my husband. Oops. Time difference. He didn't mind. We were both just so glad to hear each other's voices.
When he got home, he vowed that if he had to go there again, he would take me with him. Now, two years later, we're going over there together. There's a 3 day weekend because of an Indian holiday, so we'll have a few days to get out and explore. I may stick close to the hotel while he's working just to be on the safe side.
I'll have my laptop with me so I hope I can take some notes as I soak up the atmosphere. I've set books in places I've visited before, like Maui; New Orleans; Daytona Beach; Las Vegas; San Francisco and always found it helpful to do a little brainstorming while I was there--even on vacation. So, don't hate me because I'm on vacation in eighty degree weather. I'm working. Really. Honest. I mean it.
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Sometimes change is necessary. Sometimes change makes no sense.
The odds for Sunday's GoBowling.com 400 race at Pocono are out. There's a change at the top, though I'm not sure if it makes any sense when you look at the data.
The Blue Deuce Is On Top:
Brad Keselowski is the favorite at 4/1. That's not a typo. Keselowski is certainly a contender for the 2014 Sprint Cup. But being the favorite at Pocono is an interesting choice.
Keselowski has a win at the track. He has four finishes of 10th or better in his nine career starts. These numbers are good. But Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon and Denny Hamlin all have higher average finishes at Pocono than Keselowski.
There's also this guy named Jimmie Johnson who has the best average finish among active drivers at Pocono. Seventeen times the No. 48 has finished tenth or better. Only seven times has Johnson finished outside of the top 10.
All things considered, I don't see why Johnson isn't the driver at 4/1, although at 5/1 it's not like Johnson is being disrespected.
Hendrick Or Bust:
Jeff Gordon, who has the most points of everyone by the way, is 7/1 and coming off a win at Indi. Kasey Kahne, who has been coming on as of late, it 12/1. Dale Earnhardt Jr., who doesn't have any real history at Pocono is 8/1. In all, Hendrick drivers have 12 wins at the track. It could easily be 13 on Sunday.
Long But Good Odds:
Two drivers find themselves in different stages of flux. Denny Hamlin, docked a bunch of points on a story nobody seems to be talking about, is at 10/1. This seems high. Carl Edwards, who left Roush Fenway Racing, is 60/1. This seems crazy.
There's another chasm among familiar faces. Tony Stewart, who has yet to heat up, is 12/1 even though there's no indication that spark will ever arrive. Ryan Newman and Clint Bowyer have both done well at Pocono and had some recent flashes; they are 25/1 and 40/1 respectively.
Pocono is known for a tricky triangle; Sunday's race could prove to be tricky for those trying to pick a winner. Here's how your favorite driver stacks up for Sunday's GoBowling.com 400.


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Is your life as the one-armed Wolf full of challenges you can almost overcome? Are you sometimes overwhelmed by notable boss confrontations? Don't worry; we're here to help. By now, you may have checked out some initial tactics in the initial Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Strategies blog. You now also have the capabilities to slay the Chained Ogre, General Tenzen Yamauchi, Gyoubu Masataka Oniwa, and Shinobi Hunter Enshin of Misen in our first Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Boss Tactics blog. Now for another bout of strategic swordplay; read on for helpful combat notes and takedown tips.
Juzou the Drunkard
Nogami Gensai is nearby; a friendly fellow who can help you with the fight, and make it significantly easier thanks to him distracting Juzou, thus allowing you many free hits. Bring him into the fray after you clear the weaker soldiers in the courtyard, so he lasts longer against Juzou.
Does Juzou feel too powerful to beat in battle? Then it's strongly recommended you make progress elsewhere first. For example, beating Gyoubu and other bosses first grants you additional attack power, and you're likely to gain more upgrades to health and/or posture, which makes the fight far easier.
Should he miss with an attack, make Juzou pay by darting in to strike, before retreating out again. Any sweeping attacks from his sword should be leapt over. Whenever he drinks or spits poison onto his oversized sword, these techniques take him a while; allowing you to move in for some quick strikes. Should he resort to palm-based attacks, keep your distance.
Focus on dealing Vitality damage and remain close and countering; jump-kicking his sweep and dodging his grab.
Then defeat him with the Combat Arts Skill Ichimonji; a heavy, one-hit overhead sword strike, and if you don't have this Skill yet, progress elsewhere before returning here with it as part of your combat repertoire.
Lady Butterfly
Lady butterfly is an extremely tough boss to face at the very beginning of your adventure. She's far more manageable after you beat one or two other bosses and obtain a few upgrades, particularly those for your medicine gourd.
If you're trying to beat her with only one or two healing gourd uses, you're going to have a hard time and should probably explore elsewhere first.
If she's moving on or off the wires, or moving through the air, a shuriken will inflict a critical hit and knock her back to the ground. She can block shuriken when she's standing and not moving, so wait until she's in transit to throw them.
This fight is all about aggression. If fighting her feels like it's taking a long time, you're probably not being aggressive enough. When possible, attack her and keep her blocking; when she deflects one of your attacks, be ready to deflect immediately, then continue the aggression once again. Use shuriken to interrupt her before following up with chasing slice to close the distance and keep the pressure on.
This fight is extremely hard to win if you don't properly counter Lady Butterfly's sweep attacks. She has no thrust attacks, so if she's on the ground and you see a perilous attack marker, you know you're safe to jump toward her and kick-flip off her to deal huge posture damage. For more info on how to do this, try the "Countering Sweep Attacks" training with Hanbei the Undying at the Dilapidated Temple.
Great Serpent
Approach the Great Serpent with a great deal of care and attention. Find the snake in the Ashina Castle Outskirts, moving across the rocky terrain and through the long grass to an abandoned palanquin. Wait inside, then thrust your sword into the giant snake's eye when prompted, before avoiding its thrashing as you escape across the rest of the bottomless valley.
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Urban Technology – The application of aerospace development to city problems.
Urban Transportation – The conveyance of, or means for conveying, people and goods in and around cities.
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The Dual Diagnosis Program is part of the Regional Specialized Mental Health Program of the North Bay Regional Health Centre. The clinical team strives to optimize the quality of life of adults diagnosed with a developmental disability and serious mental illness by providing a psychiatric consultation and ongoing treatment through a consultative/liaison model, ultimately reducing the need for hospitalization or institutional care.
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- comprehensive psychiatric assessment and treatment
- assessment and monitoring of medical/therapeutic outcomes to prevent initial hospitalization or re-hospitalization
- linking clients to available community services
- providing individual therapy and skill teaching to clients when community services are not available
- providing support and education to client's support network
- consulting with inpatient clinicians at admission or readmission
- participating hospital discharge planning
- liaising with primary health care providers and psychiatrists
- monitoring medication main and side effects
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In 2017, Campland accommodated 121,974 site nights worth of reservations, with one of the highest occupancy rates on record. The average occupancy rate in July 2017 reached 80.3 percent, with virtually no vacancy over the Fourth of July holiday and other busy summer weekends. Campland's annual visitors include tens of thousands of San Diego families, many of whom book reservations up to two years in advance.
"Campland on the Bay is proud to be an important economic driver for Mission Bay Park and the city of San Diego," said Jacob Gelfand, Campland's vice president of operations. "Campland's growth in occupancy over the past decade illustrates how the demand for waterfront camping and recreation continues to rise.
"We're seeing more and more millennials investing in both new and vintage RVs, campervans, tents and other forms of camping as an affordable, friendly-friendly way to access the laid-back fun and natural beauty that makes Mission Bay the jewel of San Diego and an envy of the world."
Campland on the Bay first opened in 1969 as one of the first commercial leaseholds in Mission Bay Park. Campers routinely line up before dawn to reserve their favorite campsite up to two years in advance. Campland employs 150 people and attracts not only San Diego residents but also visitors who patronize neighboring businesses during their stay, helping to support the local economy. On April 4, 2017, the City Council voted unanimously to grant Campland on the Bay a three-year lease extension with two, one-year options, which would further extend the lease to November 2022.
"People in the community who have never visited Campland on the Bay may not know the open secret that local San Diego campers hold deep in their hearts," said Sean Schwab, co-chair of Friends of Campland, a San Diego citizen group of more than 2,500 campers dedicated to preserving Campland on the Bay for future generations.


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Let's get ready to FAFSA!
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is how you apply for federal grants, including the Pell Grant, as well as work-study funds, student loans and scholarships.
If you plan to attend college between July 1, 2018, and June 30, 2019, you should fill out your FAFSA now!
Tips for Completing the FAFSA
1.) The official FAFSA website is fafsa.gov. You should never be asked to pay to complete the FAFSA. It's always FREE.
2.) Fill out the FAFSA form as soon as possible. Some financial aid is awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, and some states and colleges run out of money early. Even if it seems like your school's deadline is far off in the future, get your FAFSA done ASAP.
3.) It's important to get an FSA ID before filling out the FAFSA form. When you register for an FSA ID, you may need to wait up to three days before you can use it to sign your FAFSA form electronically. An FSA ID is a username and password that you use to log in to certain U.S. Department of Education websites, including fafsa.gov. You AND your parent will each need your own, separate FSA IDs if you both want to sign your FAFSA form online. Create an FSA ID at: StudentAid.gov/fsaid.
4.) Colleges can't see the other schools you've added, so you should add ALL colleges you are considering to your FAFSA form, even if you aren't sure if you'll apply or be accepted. You can add up to 10 schools at a time.


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I learned in Santa Barbara, my first two-day show, that I get pretty tired by the end of day 2. I kept that in mind throughout this show, but I still couldn't beat the exhaustion. I drank a Coke in the afternoon, I hung out in the shade, I resisted the urge to piddle around ... I was still tired. My last test of the show wasn't until 2:17. By 1:30 I was considering scratching so we could just get home.
I ran across Brian Isbell, one of the riders in my class, and joked about being tired and hot. He commiserated, but then gave me a big Atta Girl! which boosted my resolve and got me in a better frame of mind. In fact, throughout the afternoon he gave me several welcome smiles that encouraged me to stick it out. I am glad I did.
We scored a 62.679% for Training Level test 2 which earned us second place out of a class of 6! This gave us yet another score for our CDS Plate and a back-up score for the RAAC. The Rider Performance Award scores must be from four different judges so I only get to use one of Sunday's scores. That's okay though. I'll take a score above 60% any day of the week even if it doesn't count towards any kind of award program.
Here are the score sheets. Check out the 8 and the lovely steed! comment!


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"Let's Get the Party Started," screamed a Drudge Report headline Monday morning – in 48-point Arial, no less. Then it linked to a drab Associated Press story on Bill Clinton's role in the convention, and the "relentlessly upbeat" approach of Democratic Party organizers. "This is going to be the most harmonious convention we've had in years," promised convention chairman Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico.
But leave it to Drudge to spice things up. Reporters were still making it through Fleet Center security, and his site had already posted titillating tidbits like "Teresa tells reporter: 'Shove it....'" (Drudge exclusive), "Internal fight over how much Bush bashing at convention," "Fort Boston," "Network anchors express disappointment in convention air time" and "Iowa first lady slammed blacks, Easterners and Southerners as bad speakers." This last one linked to a Boston Herald report on Christie Vilsack, who 10 years ago apparently penned some "inflammatory" columns for a local newspaper that derided the way African-Americans, Southerners and other groups speak English. Vilsack, whose husband was on Kerry's short list of potential VP nominees, had already been rewarded with a prime-time speaking role at the convention.
Oh, the irony.
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Blah, blah, blog: Knight Ridder has a blogger. So does MSNBC, which borrowed Newsweek reporter Howard Fineman for the convention. The Associated Press has three bloggers. Chris "Hardball" Matthews touts Hardblogger. Not to be outdone, CNN.com hosts a multi-headed blog and monitors millions of other blogs in real time.
Blogs here, blogs there, blogs everywhere. What's going on?
This absorption of the blog model by mainstream media has left Josh Marshall, who operates Talking Points Memo, almost speechless. "When I see the mainest of mainstream outfits buying into the concept or the model, I really don't know what to think," Marshall wrote. "The best way I can describe my reaction is some mix of puzzlement and incredulity."
I think what's going on is the same thing that happened to cable news. A rash of ideologues rose up to lasso big ratings on Fox News, proving that objective journalism isn't nearly as entertaining as good ol' fashioned punditry. Now blogs are having a similar impact.
Four years ago, online news organizations were first credentialed for the convention – and that was pretty big news. This time, it's blogs. Maybe the big media story in 2008 will be that every delegate will have his or her own reality show, streamed over the Internet.
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Blogmentary: In a column last week called "Blogging Against Convention," I included some creative suggestions courtesy of blogger and media consultant Susan Mernit on ways mainstream media and blogs could combine forces to cover the convention.
One was for a cable news outfit like CNN to partner with bloggers and local "citizen/journal reporters" to "moblog local campaign and election events." Then I remarked that as sound as her suggestions were, "mainstream media outlets will be loath to adopt them. Imagination is in short supply at the CNNs and Fox Newses of the world."
This is what I get for making glib prognostications. The very next day, CNN announced it was joining with Technorati, a startup that monitors more than 3 million blogs, to provide real-time, on-air blogmentary on the convention. This is a far cry from something a CNN flack told Mernit last year about the latest media craze: "CNN.com prefers to take a more structured approach to presenting the news. We do not blog."
Technorati's announcement, while generally met with enthusiasm in the blog community, was not universally acclaimed. Then again, what is? "CNN will only corrupt blogging!" posted a user on Jeff Jarvis' BuzzMachine. "The mainstream media looks to control subject matter. Just the opposite of blogs." Another warned: "So blogging (and all its lauded benefits) will be remediated, filtered and appropriated through the lens of mainstream TV media. Are you sure this is such a good thing?" A third wondered, "Can the CEO of a tech firm (with iffy technology at that) out-wonk Wonkette?"
One problem with Technorati's coverage of political blogs is the interface: It's nearly impossible to make sense of all the information hurtling at you – some of it good, some bad, much of it ugly. Under three categories – Liberal, Conservative and Convention Bloggers – are "heds" and "deks" like: "Inside the Convention Hall" by Mathew Gross, "Reval Firms Make Presentations from Westport Now," "Ten Recurring Economic Fallacies" from Ken Hagler's Radio Weblog and "Ted Kennedy Drink Watch: Not Drunk Yet" courtesy of Wonkette. ("Faster than you can say Chappaquiddick, convention observers are asking one question ... how drunk is Ted Kennedy?")
Although Technorati offers a handy search engine, it was down for portions of the convention. When it worked, though, it did the job. I keyed in "Michael Moore" and got almost 1,200 posts over the past seven days, many of them insults and other thinly veiled invective. Then I typed in "Bush hater" and got 10 posts, half of which were used to describe Michael Moore, but also employed as a compound adjective for Joe Biden, The New York Times columnists, Hollywood director Roland Emmerich and Ron V., who is apparently some shlub who works at a San Francisco post office.
The Technorati/CNN partnership wasn't the only to emerge last week. Media Bistro announced it was launching TVNewser, a blog covering the TV news business. Written by Brian Stelter, a college sophomore who founded cablenewser.com six months ago, the new site mixes gossip, news and interviews with TV news personalities like CNN anchor Judy Woodruff.
It used to be that if you wanted to make a name in journalism you had to spend five years covering school board elections in Small Town, USA, before you got a shot at one of the big papers. Online news changed all that in the late 1990s, making it possible for young reporters to work on their game at a dot-com. Now the blog phenomenon is producing a number of successful young writers able to publish their own material – without the need of a publisher. Stelter is 18. Meanwhile, Jesse Taylor, who co-founded Pandagon right after graduating from Swarthmore, blogs for a living – and he's only 21.
Expect many more to come.
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Blogger falls for prank: Billionaires for Bush scammed their first victim before the convention even started: Daniel Rubin, a Philadelphia Inquirer reporter who blogs for Knight-Ridder. Rubin wrote, "Outside the Fleet Center, as the media swarm arrives and the sidewalks are so hot you could broil a lobster, a silver pickup truck bears the bumper sticker: 'Bush '04. Four more wars.' I can't tell whose side the driver is on. Yeah, I remember the Republicans chanting 'Four More Years' for Nixon in '72, but this guy's not serious is he?"
Uh, no. Billionaires for Bush is a left-leaning group that satirizes politics by posing as well-dressed, well-coiffed Republicans, attending protests and chanting slogans as, well, street theater, I guess. Their goal is to both confuse and inform at the same time, as odd as that is to contemplate. For instance, on April 15, tax day, they gathered in front of the main post office in Manhattan and chanted, "Corporatize the U.N." and "We bought this president, and we want to extend his term four years." Others in tuxes waved signs saying, "Taxes are not for everyone" and "Thank you for paying our fair share."
And when Karl Rove visited a Manhattan nightclub to raise money for the Bush-Cheney ticket, Billionaires for Bush members infiltrated a group of 100 environmental activists, with Sierra Club protestors shouting, "We want the truth and we want it now!" and Billionaires for Bush protestors screaming back, "Buy your own president!"
The group – based in New York but with satellite groups in other cities like Boston – was founded by author and lecturer Andrew Boyd (aka "Phil T. Rich") as a way to expose what Boyd believes are the Bush administration's lopsided economic policies. Another member, Wil B., a hip-hop activist from South Central L.A. whose Billionaires for Bush nickname is (of course) "50 Billion," and his backup singer, "Ho Lotta Bling," have put together a music video. Other members – with monikers like "Thurston Howell IV," "Iona Bigga Yacht" and "Pam Perd" (Get it?) – are, in real life, writers, artists and environmentalists.
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Call security: Some people think security at the convention is over the top. Police sharpshooters, POW-like holding pen for protestors, surveillance cameras, body searches. Then there's James Atkinson, who believes that security at the convention may have looked impressive, but was anything but airtight.
Atkinson, founder of Granite Island Group, spends his off hours much like he does his work time: tracking spies, sweeping for bugs and plugging security holes. Recently, while scoping out the convention site for a client who was planning to attend the Democratic Convention, he couldn't help but notice how porous the security was.
"The Fleet Center is perhaps one of the worst possible places to hold this convention," Atkinson said. "You would almost think the Republicans selected it."
So he decided to conduct his own informal study, then post his findings on Cryptome, a website dedicated to security issues.
Some of the problems Atkinson uncovered include:
• "Unsecured manholes, access panels and grates around Fleet Center ... and you really cannot secure the cover until the area below it has been deemed safe." Atkinson concluded it would be possible for a terrorist to stash hundreds, if not thousands, of pounds of explosives or chemical weapons here.
• "The temporary communications trailer (Verizon) has been installed right at the edge of the street and is a plywood trailer with a fiberglass/sheet metal shell." It would be an easy target to destroy or sabotage. Atkinson says he actually traipsed through the Verizon trailer unescorted and uninvited, and flung a fistful of red and black poker chips behind the switching cabinet.
• The VIP parking areas, located directly below the Fleet Center's security office, were devoid of anything remotely resembling security. Atkinson noted that the area could be destroyed by a car bomb, taking out at least a quarter of the building. "In fact, someone driving a Hummer, Suburban or another large SUV filled with explosives would easily collapse the building and cause thousands of casualties."
• People carrying large backpacks passed though unsecured areas, and neither security forces nor police were present. "Any of these people could have easily slipped something nefarious into the hundreds of unsecured areas in and around the DNC."
• Although Boston police made a lot of noise over the installation of video cameras at the convention site, Atkinson was unimpressed. The cameras are cheap, made in China, poorly installed and malfunction in strong light – and the cables connecting them run along the elevated Green line. If anyone gained access to the cables, the camera system would go dead. It's just "eye candy," Atkinson summed up.
After the posting, which included several pictures, a woman claiming to be from the Department of Homeland Security's National Infrastructure Coordination Center called Cryptome, asking why Atkinson submitted his reports to Cryptome instead of to Homeland Security. (You can read an entertaining account here.)
Atkinson's response: They didn't ask, and it's not his job to do theirs. He also doesn't know why the agency is so mad. He wasn't the one relying on smoke and mirrors to give the illusion of security.
Besides, he said, "It's not like I posted the blueprints of the Fleet Center."
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The Coulter-geist: USA Today spiked a column it had commissioned from Ann Coulter, the verbally well-endowed, rabid right-wing columnist. I can just imagine the eyes of the paper's editors popping open when reading her opening salvo: "Here at the Spawn of Satan convention in Boston, conservatives are deploying a series of covert signals to identify one another, much like gay men do." Coulter was just being Coulter, so you can't blame her. USA Today editors had to know what they were getting when they commissioned the piece. The paper tapped National Review editor Jonah Goldberg to take her place.
- Adam L. Penenberg is an assistant professor at New York University and the assistant director of the Business and Economic Reporting program in the department of journalism.*


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Hi Guys,
Last weeks I've been working very hard for my current customer. Together with a team in the Londen, UK and a team in Hyderabad, India I'm working on a very interesting project. We're creating a CRM system for the London office of my client which will connect to a global CRM implementation and which will also have a self service web interface. This project does take a lot of time and that's the reason why I have not been posting much.
Right now I am in India at our offshore development team. They are doing a great job and it is a pleasure to work with these guys. They make my stay here a real pleasure and an unforgettable time. Here are some pictures.
I hope to have a little bit more time now to post more interesting posts. I have some interesting topics ready, just need to make them real posts :)


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BuddhiBox Yoga Subscription Box Review + Coupon – April 2017
It's BuddhiBox review day! If you're new to BuddhiBox, it's catered to peeps who enjoy yoga, healthy living, and mindfulness. This subscription box is set up so that each month you'll receive 4-6 thoughtfully curated products (samples and full sized items) from ethically-sourced and socially conscious companies. BuddhiBox also chooses a charity to donate proceeds to each month.
There are different subscription options that vary in price and get cheaper with duration, but the low commitment month-to-month option is $32.95/month. Btw, you can peep my past BuddhiBox reviews here.
*Save 10% off any BuddhiBox subscription when you use my affiliate link: http://bit.ly/buddhibox10
April's goodie box, which I'll delve into in just a bit, also came with a BuddhiBox info card with an inspirational Piero Ferrucci quote on the back, a recipe for Green Superfood Energy Bars, and an instructional yoga card for the pose Trikonasana a.k.a. Triangle pose.
April's BuddhiBox included:
The Argan Project Argan Oil, $15 – Argan oil is an anti-aging beauty essential. I slather this stuff on mah face nightly to help keep my skin soft and as wrinkle-free as possible – it's full of vtamin E and is composed almost entirely of essential fatty acids. Since it's a staple en mi casa, I got excited to see this bottle of argan oil pop of in April's BB. The Argan Project oil is sustainably sourced and freshly pressed by partner co-ops who employ female argan oil producers. Love it!
Neelu Kaur Yogini Bliss Ayurvedic Essential Oil,* $25 – *melting* This sweet and spicy essential oil blend is right up my alley. It has strong notes of vanilla (my absolute fav) with rose, ylang ylang, mandarin, Amyris, geranium, cinnamon, and cardamon. Seriously swooning over here, and the name is so appropriate, too. I could bliss out on this scent all day. Imma stash this in my purse STAT for quick pick-me-ups. And this is just a minor detail, but I appreciate that it has a metal roller ball (versus a plastic one) – it's rolls effortlessly and is easy to apply.
Your Tea Organic Deluxe Tea Sampler,* $20 – Whoa, this sampler box has 60 tea bags in it! I'm a YUGE frickin' tea drinker, so naturally this excites me. This is Your Tea's Anti-C detox blend created with traditional Chinese medicine principles. I cannot wait to try it! I was looking at their box insert that described their other blends, and they all sound so fun. I'd like to eventually try them all out – Happy Tea, Energy Tea, Sleep Tea, Sex Tea (oooh), Hangover Tea (mmhm), Skin Magic Tea, Tiny Tea, and more!
BuddhiBox Faux Suede Wrap Bracelet,* $22 – This simple and beautiful wrap bracelet (which could be worn as a necklace, too) is made with a faux suede cord, natural beads, and lava stones. You can place essential oil on the lava stones since they're porous and will keep the scent. This is basically a a really cute aromatherapy necklace – how cool is that? The colorful pouch it came in adds a lovely touch, too.
BuddhiBox Mat Carrying Strap, $15 – While I'm all set in the yoga mat strap department, these things are so friggin' handy. I'm so grateful BuddhiBox always has our backs when it comes to yoga accessories. I'm definitely gonna hang on to this one as a back up in case I ever misplace my current one.
Viter Energy Mints sample pack, $1 – Caffeine mints… kind of genius. This is a 3-pack, and each piece contains 40 mg of caffeine plus impressive amounts of niacin, B6, B12, and folate. It does contain sucralose, which I'm not crazy about, but I did try one of these, and they definitely WORK. I've got one in my system as I type this and I'm feelin' the ZING!
* = BuddhiBox faves
Overall impression: This was a solid box with insane value – $98 worth of goodies, WOW! This box was pretty impressive, and I'm especially excited about the Yogini Bliss essential oil blend, detox tea, and aromatherapy necklace.
I highly recommend giving BuddhiBox a try – quality mindful products, amazing value. It would make a great gift for a friend, loved one, or yourself! They also have a fantastic online shop if there's a specific item you've got your eye on.
What do you guys think of BuddhiBox?
Box was sent to me for consideration. Opinions are my own. Post contains affiliate links.
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PENNE ALL ARRABBIATA is pasta in a sauce made from garlic, tomatoes, and red chili peppers cooked in olive oil. The dish may have chopped fresh parsley sprinkled on top
Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 15 minutes
Yield: 4 servings
3 anchovy filets, rinsed and chopped
6 leaves fresh basil
1 pinch salt
ground black pepper to taste
2/3 cup red wine
1 cup fresh sliced mushrooms
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
Heat the extra virgin olive oil in a large skillet and saute the onion until transparent. Add garlic and saute until soft, then the pancetta and cook until bubbling and transparent.
Add the capers, mushrooms, olives, hot red pepper, anchovies, salt (use only a pinch because of the anchovies), ground black pepper and wine.
Simmer until the wine is reduced by half, then add the tomatoes. Cook for 10 minutes longer, add the basil leaves, then toss in the cooked pasta and sprinkle generously with cheese and parsley. Serve immediately.
- 150 g fresh parsley or 150 g flat leaf parsley (This is about 2 bunches) or 150 g fresh parsley, finely chopped.
1- Add one cup of boiled water and one cup of bourghul (bulgur) in a small bowl and mix. Place a tea towel over the bowl so the steam is unable to escape. Set aside until cool.
2- Finely chop the parsley, spring onions and tomatoes and place them into your separate large salad bowl.
3- Juice all the fresh lemons and pour it over the salad mixture. Add olive oil, black pepper and salt in the salad mixture. Mix well.
4- Place over the cool bourghul and mix well.
5- Serve.
6- Refrigerate any left overs for about 2-3 days.
· 4 teaspoons ground sumac, soaked in 4 teaspoons warm water for 15 minutes
· 3 tablespoons (or more) fresh lemon juice
· 2 tablespoons (or more) pomegranate molasses
· 2 small garlic cloves, minced
· 2 teaspoons (or more) white wine vinegar
· 1/2 teaspoon dried mint
· 3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil (Boulos)
· Kosher salt
· 2 8-inch-diameter pita breads, halved, toasted until golden brown, broken into bite-size pieces
· 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
· 3 medium ripe tomatoes, chopped, or 4 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
· 1 pound Persian cucumbers, or one 1-pound English hothouse cucumber, quartered lengthwise, thinly sliced crosswise
· 6 scallions, thinly sliced
· 2 Little Gem or baby romaine lettuces, or 1 small head romaine lettuce, trimmed, cut crosswise into 3/4-inch strips
· 2 cups (loosely packed) flat-leaf parsley leaves
· 2 cups purslane leaves or additional 3/4-inch-strips romaine lettuce
· 1 cup fresh mint leaves
· Ground sumac (optional)
Sumac, a tart, citrusy spice, is available at specialty foods stores. Pomegranate molasses can be found at some supermarkets.
Combine sumac with soaking liquid, 3 Tbsp. lemon juice, 2 Tbsp. pomegranate molasses, garlic, 2 tsp. vinegar, and dried mint in a small bowl. Gradually add oil, whisking constantly, until well blended. Season with salt; add more lemon juice, pomegranate molasses, and vinegar to taste, if desired.
Place pita pieces in a medium bowl; pour oil over and toss to coat. Season pita to taste with salt. Mix tomatoes and next 6 ingredients in a large bowl. Add 3/4 of dressing; toss to coat, adding more dressing by tablespoonfuls as needed. Season with salt. Add pita; toss once. Sprinkle sumac over, if desired.


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ShopOnline.Solar ecommerce site is to make available multiple manufacturer / vendor solar products under one umbrella in India.
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Stunning 2BR/2.5BA + 1 den at The Monroe!
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After three decent days in the saddle I wanted an easier one. I thought about getting on the rollers to move the legs and work on nice clean pedal strokes... but the rollers were in the car, and that meant going down stairs and well... it just felt like too much effort.
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