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Happy Thanksgiving!
I'd like to take this time to wish all my readers a very, happy Thanksgiving. I'd contemplated a piece wherein I list and talk about all the things I'm thankful for, but that would be a very long article indeed.
Suffice to say, I feel blessed beyond measure- a great year, great friends, and many adventures enjoying the beauty and bounty of the land. I wish the same for you too.
Happy Thanksgiving,
Random musings on my favorite pastime- being outside. Also included is the occasional venture into other topics.
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Monday, November 23, 2015
Moving North. Some Unsolicited Advice.
There are three separate types of regulations for Alaska hunters:
1. Non-residents- U.S. Citizens who don't live in Alaska
2. Non-resident Aliens- non-U.S. Citizens who don't live in Alaska
3. Residents- U.S. Citizens who live in Alaska.
Residency is slightly complicated but basically requires moving to Alaska and living here full time for the previous 12 months. Residency comes with a lot of benefits for hunters, the first being that a full bore hunting/fishing/trapping license is a mere $62 and lot of areas and tags are resident only.
For the Non-Resident folks-
I often get asked by people who relocate here about ponying up the substantial dollars for a non-resident license while they're counting down the 12 months to residency. Often thinking they'll get out there for an early win on moose or caribou. Well, a non-resident hunting license is $230 and you'll need a non-refundable moose tag for $400 (or a caribou for $325).
In short- don't. The rationale, few folks can hit the ground running after moving here. Moving here can be a bit daunting and a whole lot expensive. You'll not likely have much (if any) scouting, you'll be unfamiliar with the terrain and regulations and your chances of success are pretty slim without some inside help. If you want to hire a guide then of course all bets are off and you should buy a non-res license. If you are a non-resident alien- you'll need to hire a guide for all big game anyway.
What to do? My recommendation has always been to buy a small game license in that first year. For a couple of reasons. One, small game hunting is a great way to meet other hunters and learn how to read regulations and scout areas. Two, we have some phenomenal small game hunting that is worth spending the time exploring. A non-resident small game license is a mere $20 and is likely the best non-resident hunting bargain up here.
So far, a few folks have taken this advice and most reported they were happy to have done so. One gentleman reported he couldn't manage to find a grouse, much less a moose, his first year here and was happy to have not spent the substantial bucks for a big bowl of non-res tag soup. His second year he had a new resident hunting partner introduced by a mutual friend and some good ideas about where and how to hunt and was successful as a first year resident.
Just some food for thought.
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015
The .223 Debate... Go Big or Go Home
I could approach the topic from the usual way- which is to procure a whole bunch of data and provide a detailed analysis in regards to the foot pounds of energy at differing ranges, trajectory tables and so forth. Since I've actually shot big game with a .223, I could provide an anecdotal example or two as well. But, I'm not sure I really want to do that.
I'm sure the debate will carry on about using the .223 for deer regardless of what I write about.
I will acquiesce that modern bullets have done nothing but improve the .22 centerfire cartridges, in fact all cartridges are more effective than ever with the excellent bullets we have today, but I have a hard time accepting the .223 as a deer cartridge. I've shot a number of big game animals with the .223 and I have to admit, I wasn't really impressed. At close range, with a good bullet... it worked. I also lost the only deer I ever wounded to the .223 as well. I've seen a deer shot with a .22-250 that dropped so fast that I suspected a spinal hit but it was a behind the shoulder lung shot. I could talk about all that stuff in great detail.
But I won't.
I'd like to reframe the question from being about the .223 and other .22 centerfires to virtually all other larger centerfire cartridges out there. What you notice is that when you look at the .270 or the .308 or one of the endless 7mm cartridges.... no one questions their effectiveness as a big game rifle. No one. People will argue about which one is their favorite, or the most accurate, or the most efficient, but not their effectiveness. Elmer Keith loathed the .270 (or at least its most vocal proponent- Jack O'Connor) but still used the cartridge for mountain goat. Even when you step down to the mild .243 Winchester, no one really questions whether you're talking about a deer rifle or not. The only debates I've seen are when you get to elk or moose, but even big Western mule deer are seen as .243 country. Most states that regulate a minimum cartridge start with the 6mm/.243 bore. Why? Because it works. I've seen a few deer and a couple of caribou readily decked with the .243 Winchester.
It's my suggestion that the absence of argument about those standard bore rifles should speak very loudly when choosing a cartridge. Want to kill deer? No one will tell you the .270 won't do the job. Want to deck an elk? Say .30-06 and you'll get little disagreement. Want to kill a caribou? Carry a 7mm and no one will bat an eye. Respond with a .223 for any of those animals and people will be doubtful. With good reason. In Craig Boddington's "North American Hunting Rifles", he pretty well sums it up as "not big game rifles" and leaves it at that. Cooper derisively referred to the .223 as a "poodle shooter". Many people with far more experience than I have are leery of the .223 on deer sized game.
In my experience, the .223 can work...but you need a good bullet and you need to get close and you need to be really picky about your shot. You might be in for a long tracking job or you might want to take head and neck shots. I'm of the opinion that if you need to make those kinds of stipulations, you really should be thinking about a heavier cartridge to start with. Deer are relatively easy to kill and a .270 will pretty much be forgiving of bullet construction and poor angle, but not the .223. In the bigger cartridges you can argue about what works better but they all work. Virtually any of the standard "deer guns" with a soft point bullet will kill most big game dead as Sunday's fried chicken. I can't say that with the .223.
I've never seen the point of relying on the absolute bare minimum cartridge when shooting for blood when far better choices are so readily available.
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Alaïa's technique was formed through traditional couture practice, but his style is essentially modern. He is best known for his svelte, clinging garments that fit like a second skin. Although he is revered in the early 2000s, the 1980s were in many ways Alaïa's time; his use of stretch Lycra, silk jersey knits, and glove leather and suede suited the sports- and body-conscious decade. The singer Tina Turner said of his work, "He gives you the very best line you can get out of your body…. Take any garment he has made. You can't drop the hem, you can't let it out or take it in. It's a piece of sculpture".
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Trogons are one of the archetypal birds of the tropics (Johnsgard and Schmitt). They inhabit tropical forests all around the world and are among the most colorful birds in the world displaying intensely colored, often iridescent feathers (de los Monteros). The name "trogon" comes from the Greek word for "gnawer" as many of the species have serrated edges on the bills which they use to chew their food and dig out their tree cavity nests (Johnsgard and Schmitt). Trogons have no closely related, living bird relatives, and their evolutionary origin probably goes back to Africa (de los Monteros) possibly when that continent was still part of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana (Moyle).
The Cuban trogon (Priotelus temnurus) Is endemic to the island of Cuba (Web Site Of Everything). "Endemic" means that it is a native species that is found naturally nowhere else in the world. It is also the national bird of Cuba whose plumage resembles the colors of the Cuban flag (Neotropical Birds On-line).
The Cuban trogon is ten to eleven inches long with a white throat and chest, a red belly, blue crown, and a green back. Their wings and tails have blue, black, green and white patterns (A Guide to the Birds of the West Indies)(Garrido and Kirkconnell). Males and females are similar in size and coloration while juveniles are similar in size to adults but duller in color (Forshaw). The Cuban trogon perches in a distinctive, upright posture (A Guide to the Birds of the West Indies) and has the unique "trogon toe pattern" of the first and second toes pointing backwards and the third and fourth toes pointing forward a design that allows very efficient perching on branches and tree trunks (Johnsgard and Schmitt). Its tail is distinctive from other trogon species in that it is broadly flared (The National Bird of Cuba). The Cuban trogon is not a very active bird and tends to stay perched in one place for long period of time (Vaurie).
The Cuban trogon is most often spotted in pairs (Forshaw) but seldom joins mixed flocks of other species of birds (Hamel and Kirkconnell). It is an active, energetic singer (Vaurie), and its song , although variable, typically forms the onomatopoeic representation of its common name ("tocororo") (song sounds like "toco-toco-tocoro-tocoro")) (National Bird of Cuba) (Neotropical Birds Online).
The Cuban trogon is a common bird throughout the island of Cuba (Kirwan, et al.) but is especially abundant in wooded hillsides (Danforth) especially in the deep woods rather than in the forest edges (Kirwan and Kirkconnell). It is found in both wet and dry habitats and in both evergreen and deciduous forests (Planet of Birds). Although it is quite abundant on the main island of Cuba it is not found on the smaller, northern cays ("islands") (Wallace).
There are two described sub-species of P. temnurus: P.temnurus teminurus (on Cuba proper) and P. temnurus vescus (on the Isle of Youth). "Vescus" has smaller wings, a shorter tail, and shorter toes, but a larger bill) (Johnsgard). The population of the Cuban trogon is thought to be stable (although no detailed studies have been conducted). It is classified as a species of "least concern" relative to its possible threat of extinction (Bird Life International).
Past conversion of forest into agricultural ecosystems (especially the establishment of sugar cane plantations) negatively affected Cuban trogon populations (Forshaw). It is considered to be an indicator species for the health of a tropical forest ecosystem (Cuba Explorer) and is considered by the indigenous people of Cuba to be a harbinger of good luck and good news (Cuba Explorer). Cuba celebrated both the Cuban trogon and the island's indigenous people (the "Taino") on a 1987 stamp (Cuba Explorer).
Cuban trogons eat various kinds of fruits, insects and berries and frequently grab their food in flight (Johnsgard). They also hover at flowers as they feed on nectar (Planet of Birds). Parent Cuban trogons feed their nestlings masticated versions of their wide variety of foods (Cuba Explorer). The Cuban trogon's tongue is quite long (10 mm or more ) and has a bifurcated tip (Clark). It uses its tongue to explore flowers and to capture some of its insect prey. Internally it has a large gizzard (where food is both stored and mechanically digested) but no crop (a non-contracting sac for food storage seen in many bird species) (Clark).
Although its ability to hover is a most impressive aspect of its flight repertoire, it is, overall, a fairly clumsy flyer typically capable of only short and "noisy" flights (A Guide to the Birds of the West Indies).
The Cuban trogon does not build a nest (A Guide to the Birds of the West Indies). Instead it utilizes either natural tree holes (formed by rot in older trees) or abandoned holes of woodpeckers as incubation sites for its eggs (Cuba Explorer). This species, then, has an absolute requirement for older, sometimes dead, trees in their habitat (Neotropical Birds Online). It is seldom able to reuse a tree hole because of rot and tree or limb collapse (Johnsgard and Schmitt). Further, the Cuban trogan nests later in the Spring/Summer season than many similar bird species in Cuba possibly so that they can have access to freshly used and just abandoned woodpecker holes (Forshaw).
The Cuban trogon does not migrate (in fact it does not leave the island of Cuba!) but it may move seasonally between forest, shrub land and riparian habitats (Planet of Birds).
The normal clutch for the Cuban trogon is three to four eggs that are white to white with a bluish tint (Froshaw)(Garido and Kirkconnell). Both parents are active in feeding the nestlings, but few details about the duration of incubation, length of nurturing or nestling development, or the timing of fledging have been determined (Bird Life International)(Forshaw).
An unusual anatomical feature of the Cuban trogon is its extensive intestinal section called the caecum (or "cecum"). The Cuban trogon has a very long caecum (36 mm) which makes up 20% of its intestinal length (Clark). This is the highest percent of caecum seen in any trogon species (DeW). The caecum in a bird is typically represented as two blind sacs or dilations off of the lower intestine just at the beginning of the rectum (The Wonder of Birds). The caeca are thought to be digestion chambers in which resistant food molecules (like celluloses in leaves) can be broken down by bacteria of the bird's microbiome (The Wonder of Birds). Why a bird species that eats so little cellulose would have such an extensively developed caecum, though, is not easily explained.
General References:
Caeca. The Wonder of Birds. N.d. Web. 30 July 2015.
Cuban Trogon. A Guide to the Birds of the West Indies. Princeton. N.d. Web. 29 July 2015.
Cuban Trogon. Cuba Explorer. 2015. Web. July 29 2015.
Cuban Trogon. The Web Site of Everything. 2010. Web. 29 July 2015.
Cuban Trogon Priotelus temnurus.Bird Life International. 2015. Web. 29 July 2015.
Cuban Trogon (Priotelus temnurus), Neotropical Birds Online. 2010. Web. 29 July 2015.
Cuban Trogan (Priotelus temnurus). Planet of Birds. 2011. Web. 29 July 2015.
Cuban Trogon (Priotelus temnurus) The National Bird of Cuba. Cuba Naturaleza. 2015. Web.29 July 2015.
Forshaw, J. M. Trogons: A Natural History of the Trogonidae. Princeton and Oxford. Princeton University Press. 2009. Print.
Garrido, O. H. and A. Kirkconnell. Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba. Ithaca. Cornell University Press. 2000. Print.
Johnsgard, P. A. Trogons and Quetzals of the World. Washington and London. Smithsonian Institution Press. 2000. Print.
Kirwan, G., A. Kirkconnell, and M. Flieg. A Birdwatchers Guide to Cuba, Jamaica, Hispanola, Puerto Rico, and the Caymans. Cley, United Kingdom. Prion Ltd. 2010. Print.
Scientific References for Cuban trogon:
Clark, Hubert Lyman. "Notes on the anatomy of the Cuban Trogon." The Auk (1918): 286-289.
Danforth, Stuart T. "Birds observed in the vicinity of Santiago de Cuba." The Wilson Bulletin (1928): 178-182.
de los Monteros, Alejandro Espinosa. "Phylogenetic relationships among the trogons." The Auk (1998): 937-954.
DeW, W. "Relative Length of the Intestinal Cæca in Trogons." The Auk (1918): 480-480.
Hamel, Paul B., and Arturo Kirkconnell. "Composition of mixed-species flocks of migrant and resident birds in Cuba." Cotinga 24 (2005): 28-34.
Johnsgard, Paul A., and John Schmitt. "Marvelous, Mystical, Tropical Trogons." Papers in Ornithology (1999): 28.
Kirwan, G. M., and ARTURO KIRKCONNELL. "The avifauna of Pálpite, Ciénaga de Zapata, Cuba, and the importance of the area for globally threatened and endemic birds." Pitirre 15 (2002): 101-109.
Moyle, Robert G. "Phylogeny and biogeographical history of Trogoniformes, a pantropical bird order." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 84.4 (2005): 725-738.
Vaurie, Charles. "Field notes on some Cuban birds." The Wilson Bulletin (1957): 301-313.
Wallace, George E., et al. "Winter surveys of forest-dwelling Neotropical migrant and resident birds in three regions of Cuba." Condor (1996): 745-768.
Flickr. Yahoo . 2012. Web. 27 July, 2014. <http://www.flickr.com/photos>
(Use via Creative Commons)
1. Cuban trogon on broken tree (A. Hopkins)
2. Cuban trogon on small branch (J. Oldenettel)
3. Cuban trogon on tree on hillside (M. Gringo)
Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Project . Web. 24 July, 2014 3 August, 2014
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1. Cuban trogon on branch (L. Gooch)
2. Cuban trogon on branch against sky (D. Sherony)


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The day has arrived. That one day on your calendar that you look forward to year after year. Yes, it's Pi Approximation Day! …okay, even I can hear the crickets chirp. You don't have to tell me that a day dedicated to the celebration of pi sounds a bit ridiculous. But that doesn't mean that we shouldn't be thankful for our knowledge of pi.
A brief history of pi
Pi is a mathematical constant equal to about 3.14 (but with a gajillion digits after). It's a fixed ratio of the circumference and diameter of any circle. Pi is an irrational number, which means it can't be expressed as a fraction of two whole numbers. There are a few decent approximations such as 22 divided by 7, hence why 22nd of July is Pi Approximation Day.
We've know about pi since about 2000BC. There is evidence to suggest that both the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians had a pretty good approximation of pi, within 1% of the true value. However, it wasn't until 250BC that the first calculation of pi was achieved.
The Greek mathematician Archimedes used polygons to approximate the area of a circle and hence calculate pi. Today though, we have computers to do calculations for us! Thanks to some clever algorithms and countless robot lives, we now know pi to over a trillion digits.
More than a number
But knowing pi to that many decimal places is pretty useless. Applying pi knowledge is far more important. As pi has been around for 4000 years, it is one of the oldest researched topics of all time, embedded in almost every facet of our society.
Pi has been so integral to our civilization, that it's even thought that the ancient Egyptians used pi to help construct their pyramids. Today, applications are just as significant. Pi is used in engineering to construct components and control moving parts. It's used in astronomy and astrophysics to calculate orbits and sizes of heavenly bodies. It's even used in TV and radio to optimize signals that are sent to your home.
Beyond the physical world, pi can also be seen as a pillar for the power of human cognition. There are some people, sometimes referred to as 'pi poets', who have set bench marks for human memory capabilities by memorizing pi to many thousands of digits. The current Guinness World record holder is Lu Chao from China, who can memorise pi to over 67,000 decimal places!
Easy as Pi
Lu Chao and others like him use mnemonic techniques to remember digits. One of the most common mnemonic techniques used is to create a story or poem, with the letter length of the word corresponding to a number. For example 'Pie, I want a whole allotment of pretty tasty pie'. The first word has three letters, the second word has one letter and so on. The sentence corresponds to the first 10 digits of pi: 3.141592653 (although one must remember we're talking pie, not pi)
The fact that we can apply mnemonic techniques to memorise pi to such lengths is a testament to human achievement (albeit Lu Chao probably had too much time on his hands…). Even more impressive is our ability to translate these mnemonic techniques to other academic spheres. Author Mike Keith wrote an entire book using the first 10,000 digits of pi. Whether that's genius or madness is up to you. Either way, it's pretty impressive.
Celebrate, have some pie
So what will you be doing this Pi Approximation Day? Reflecting on pi while eating some pie? Why not try creating your own mnemonic story using pi. Perhaps you could create a haiku to enter into the annual RiAus Sci-Ku Competition?
Whatever it is you do, let us know in the comments. Happy Pi Approximation Day! And as Rebecca Black would say 'Its Pi Day, Pi Day, gotta get down on Pi Day'.


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September the 17th, 11:30 p.m. - Jonathan Blake's apartment
The party was small, but a good one anyway. As he did every time his flatmate traveled back home to visit his parents, Jonathan had gathered a few friends for dinner, drinks and a movie or something else. Tonight, he had invited his ex-girlfriend, Megan Philips, and two friends, Karen Reynolds and Austin O'Connor. They had eaten dinner, and Jonathan had played and sang a little afterwards, while they all drank a little. He had suggested Megan could stay in to spend the night, and been told it wasn't going to happen, as well. They had dated for a while, but Jonathan didn't seem to be the monogamous type, and Megan thought she deserved better. They were still friends anyway.
Once Jonathan had run out of ideas for songs, or gotten tired of playing, he excused himself to go put his guitar away. It didn't take too long for him to come back, carrying a box. He placed it on the table, and then went in the kitchen for a few more cans of beer and a couple cans of Coke for those who would be driving out of there.
As soon as he had handed everyone their cans, Jonathan sat next to Megan, who slid a little farther away from her friend. "You hurt my feelings, Meg", he commented, in a light-hearted intonation. "I won't do anything, come on, sit closer".
Megan shook her head and slid closer to her friend, mostly because she was curious about what he had in the box. It was a simple cardboard box, without any identification, so she wouldn't be able to guess what was in it. After teasing Megan a little, Jonathan looked around. "Hey, guys. I got this from my roommate. He said it was in his house and he brought it along with some other stuff, but he didn't even know why he had it".
After this announcement, Jonathan finally opened the box and removed two items from it. One item was an Ouija board, and the other was the planchette that had come along with it. Once he was sure everyone had taken a good look at the items, he launched the suggestion. "Do you think we should try it?", he asked, his expression making clear Jonathan was between curiosity and fear.
Megan shook her head on a negative right away. "No", she replied firmly. "I don't think so, I mean... it shouldn't be done just like this, just... for fun", she explained her answer. "I don't think any of us has anyone we would really love to communicate with, right?", Meg asked, taking a look around.


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Reading the maps : a guide to the Irish historic towns atlas
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I was overwhelmed last night as I watched this video. We had gone to Willow Creek and they showed this video at the end of the service.
When the video was done I was so wondering why God still has us here. Please join us in passionate prayer that the Lord will move miraculously and sell our house despite this market so that we can get busy in the work God is doing in Swazi.
Have yet to find a philosophical somewhere I am content to call home. Due to a lot of personal reason encountered along this journey, I have mostly stepped away from writing for now. Still, sometimes something stirs me and I need space to hash out my thoughts. So welcome to my little space along the journey.
Sunday, November 02, 2008
A Thousand Questions
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|After our trip to Paris we were exhausted and allowed ourselves to sleep in. Our manager from the ship Annabel now works at Legoland in Windsor, and we decided to head there for a visit!
The drive was about 45 minutes. She works as guest experience manager at the Legoland Windsor hotel. She was at the doors greeting us when we arrived. We were amazed at the intricate Lego theme through out the hotel – it was tiny about four floors but so awesome! She gave us free passes for the park.
The park is made for young children but we still really enjoyed it. First ride we did was Atlantis where you sat in a submarine and rode through an aquarium. Next we walked over to mini land. It has Lego replicas of all the places we've seen this vacation. So cool! It even has the nasa space center in Florida which I thought was random.
Next ride we went on was a sky ride that took us for a tour over the mini land. Next we walked through a Lego Star Wars exhibit. Right as we started I said to Lauren I don't like it in here it's dark and I feel like I'm gonna trip. Two seconds later I tripped and broke my flip flop. I walked through the rest of the exhibit shoeless. When I got out Lauren tried to fix it with a hair elastic. That lasted 3 seconds. We found a store that sold flip flops but obviously couldn't find a pair in my size. I ended up buying an ugly pair of flip flops for 14 pounds that were a size to small. Lauren was like why do these things only happen to you!?
We then went on legolands biggest roller coaster. It was a good time. We met up
We then ate at the hotels restaurant. We got Lego shaped fries for the table and I got chicken taziki skewer thing. The English love their curry, which is so strange to me. After the restaurant we drove into Windsor and went to tesco for a bit. Then I saw the Windsor castle!! The queen was in because they raise a certain flag when she is there. We had so much fun with Annabel we couldn't stop laughing. We fell right back into and we couldn't believe we hadn't seen each other in 18 months! On the drive home I was talking to Lauren how Annabel was only on the ship for 5 weeks and it's amazing how close we are with each other. Being back on land gives you much better perspective into ship life. 5 weeks at a land job would not create the friendship our ship job did.
The next day was an early morning to head to a place called Thorpe park which is an amusement park. We went with Lauren's boyfriend and his friend tom. We had a fun day riding various roller coasters. It's a lot like six flags. Some of the coasters were really intense! It ended up being a really nice day. We've really lucked out with weather!
We came back to James house to get ready to go out. He ordered Chinese food and I couldn't believe how different it was from American Chinese. The only menu similarities I found were boneless spare ribs and chow mein. We ordered Kung po chicken, crispy chili beef, prawn toast, prawn crackers and egg fried rice. The prawn toast was like sesame toast stuffed with prawn filling, I didn't really like it. The prawn crackers I loved, I have no idea how to explain them it's like a airy chip, google it you're interested.
We then got dressed to head out to the clubs in south Hampton. We had a good time there was a lot of American music at every place we went, more American than English. The English love the techno pretend Spanish music, it was hilarious. It was weird to be amongst 18 year olds (that is the drinking age in England). We had a good time! Today were heading back to Lauren's house to have dinner with her family, we will relax there for the rest of the weekend !
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After London we slept in for a bit :). Once we got dressed we headed out to ASDA , a store kind if comparable to walmart. I enjoyed that (obviously). The drive was about an hour- and I love driving through the back roads of England. Through the hills and trees and tiny weird highways. The funniest part about England is you'll be driving for miles through curvy winding back roads. You won't see a single convenience store or gas station. But you will see a pub. Cute little pubs almost every five miles. Even in Lauren's small neighborhood they only thing in walking distance is a pub. I don't know how these pubs survive in the middle of farm lands without even any houses near by but it seems to work!
We arrived at a shopping center in south Hampton. The center is pretty close to the water and I could see a few cruise ships! There is a store all the nursery girls used to talk about called Primark It's comparable to forever 21 – super super cheap clothes and Accessories. Here I got a Big Ben shirt and some English socks. Made for some cheap souvenirs! We walked around the shops some more until it was time to head back.
Lauren took me to the pub where she used to live and work. We got drinks and sat in the garden. The pub was so big , it had three levels and she told me she lived on the top. So English!
From there we went to met our old ship friend Lou. She was our nursery manager, and her and Lauren now work together. It was so fun for the three of us to be together. I was so happy to see her and we talked ship gossip most of the time. I love that I can go almost anywhere in the world and meet up with people from the ship :).
We came home and got packed for our Paris adventure! We went to bed at 1130 and had to wake up at 3 am to get to our train that left from London at 540. So running on a few hours of sleep and having such a Long day ahead of us worried us a bit. Driving through London as such an early hour (4 am). I got see lots of parts I hadn't seen initially. We did so many of the tourist bits the day before I didn't see the "real" London – where the people actually live and work. I recognized a few places from the movie Parent Trap :).
I also saw Harrods, as we drove through Chelsea. It was so so beautiful!
We arrived at St. Pancras station. We had to go through customs and security. We took the euro star, which was about 2 1/2 hour ride. Beautiful views of England and Paris. We were nervous about navigating our way around Paris, neither of us able to speak French. We knew we had to take the metro to the office of the tour bus we wanted to take. We did really well with that, switching over two lines and when we walked out of the metro the office was right there! When we first stepped onto the metro a man was playing the accordion… It couldn't of gotten any more French.
The bus we bought tickets to was called LE open tour. A double decker bus that makes 50 stops in Paris and you can hop on and off whenever you want to. We first accidentally hopped on a line we didn't want to take first. The yellow line, which brought us all through the heart of the city . Which ended up being pretty awesome because we saw so many things without getting off the bus. The bus is also equipped with headphones so you get a lovely audio tour while your driving around. We saw things like moulin rouge, opera house , and lots of other really old buildings.
We then got on the right track and hopped on over to the green line. The first stop we got off at was the Lourve. So many people there!!! Such a gorgeous place and it was so huge!!! Lauren's tourist book gave us a tip on a secret entrance and we didn't have to wait in the absurd line which saved us so much time. When we first got there we did a really tourist thing and pAid 1.50 € for the bathroom. We knew that there had to be free bathrooms around but we couldn't take it we had to go so bad!!! It costs us 12 € to get into the museum which was disappointing but we had to see the Mona Lisa . The Lourve is so huge and filled with so much art we didn't even see a fourth of it . You can probably spend two days there just soaking in all the art. We saw two major things Mona Lisa and Venus de milo.
Next stop was the lock bridge! We bought locks from a street vendor and Lauren and I both wrote our names and our boyfriends names on the lock and found a nice spot on the bridge and threw the keys! It was so to do it's something I've always wanted to do!
We then stopped at Norte dame – which was stunning . We got a baguette sandwich and ate it on the street with a view of Norte dame and we couldn't of been happier. This sandwich was SO tasty .
During our trip to Paris Lauren and I were HYPER aware of our surroundings. Being real conscious of being pick pocketed. We didn't allow ourselves to be relaxed and kept a constant hand our baggage. (Which was so tiny we traveled very very light) we never ran into trouble, or witnessed any trouble thank goodness !
We drove by the arc de triumphs. Decided not to get off the bus cuz we had a wonderful view of the arc right from the bus!
Next stop was Eiffel Tower ! It was amazing to pull up to it and see it in real life. Of course the bottom was under renovation so you couldn't look up it. But it was amazing none the less. Park around it was very un impressive. We spent some time there in the grass but it was honestly just Nothing.
Our last stop was Sacre croux. Amazing amazing building. Lots and lots of stairs and wonderful gardens and fountains. Beautiful views of Paris skyline. We got street crepes here and split a Brie cheese baguette . It really doesn't get better than that.
We took metro back to the station where Lauren got smooshed in the doors and I almost lost her she screamed for me and I pulled her into the train.
Every part of Paris is gorgeous . There's not a new and a old part . It's all old and every building is just built with such detail. Like in other major cities there are usually 2 or 3 landmarks that are old and have beautiful Architecture but for Paris it's literally every single building ! What a break taking city.
Train ride back was beautiful watching the sunset over hills of Paris and then hills of England. It was a 22 hour day but we enjoyed every second!
Today was most exciting part of the trip yet -London! We woke up around "half seven" left the house and drove an hour to Lauren's "nan" and "granddads". After spending some time there eating toast we walked to the train station called stoneleigh. Let me tell you when they say mind the gap they actually mean it . The gap is large but inside the train is pretty great. There's small handles on top of seats to make it easy for people to move about. And in the standing areas there are a bum cushion to lean against . It's the little things really.
We got off at Waterloo station. Walked outside and there was the London eye! We had already bought tickets so we just hopped right on. Lauren also got us fast pass tickets so we skipped the line! We got into our pod and began our adventure over the city! It was really cool to see an aerial view of London!
When we got off the eye we walked over the west minster bridge- right up to Big Ben. The streets have signs painted on the ground to tell you where to look when crossing the road – it's so hard to get the hang of . Then we walked over to west minster abbey. One thing I noticed about London is that women wear sneakers in their work attire. Nylons dresses and sneakers Lauren says they change before they go into work . It was so strange to see .
Then from there we walked to a couple of squares. We saw some guards walking around- which I assumed was changing of the guards … They didn't have red coats or furry hats I was told that was for special occasions. Horse guard parade led us to beautiful park which is how we walked to bucking ham palace . Tourists everywhere! Pretty cool to see and I was so amazed at how close and walkable every attraction was.
We then were starving and went on a hunt for a place that yelp said had the best fish and chips. We are outside under a tent next to a couple that ended up being from Boston – who were very familiar with Dartmouth. Small world. Our fish and chips cost us about 18 pounds. They were so tasty. The place is supposedly world famous and rightfully so. Thanks yelp! We then found a place with macaroon filled with gelato . We tried that so tasty! Then sat at the next bakery we saw we had the funniest sarcastic French waiter .
From there I found an English grocery store marks and Spencer's . It was so posh. I had a ball!! Then we figured out the bus system and took about 35 minute bus ride to London bridge. It has aqua accents so I especially loved it. When I saw the London bridge it made it so real .
Funny things about to London – some parts are SO old and some parts are SO new. Modern modern buildings right next to buildings that were hundreds of years old. In turn everything is under construction .
Getting around is so easy! We bought a travel card that got us on the train, the tube and even the red double decker buses! It's brilliant!
Every inch is under security cameras. You look anywhere and you literally see 8 security cameras. Streets , parks , buses and trains . You're being watched. Police were only evident in front of big landmarks – but not really anywhere else! I felt much safer than I originally thought I would .
Tipping is optional. If you tip- it's only if the server did an excellent job and then it's only 10 % tip!
We saw the whole city in six hours! Exhausting but wonderful!
Hopping Across the Pond
I've recently embarked on my first journey to Europe! Lauren my english friend from the ship came to visit me and now I have gone home with her. I Filled her trip with the most we could, including Boston, Martha's Vineyard, Newport, Providence and even NYC! We are certainly tired from our American portion of the trip, its nice to be here now.
Our flight left at 1045 at night but it was delayed. Which meant we spent extra time in the airport and extra time on the plane when we landed. 9 hour plane ride… it was horrible. But it was the first time I was served meals on the plane. I got pasta dinner which was tasty and a croissant for breakfast. When we arrived to London it was about 11 am. Lauren's boyfriend and her boyfriends friend picked us up. It was hard for us to fit our luggage into the tiny english car. Driving on the wrong side of the road was an adjustment for me. Seeing all the english version of American cars was hilarious. It took us about an hour to get home from the airport. I was excited to fly into Healthrow airport although I didn't see much of it.
Lauren's parents are on holiday so we have the house to ourselves for the week which is nice. I love her house. She lives in a place called Hampshire. The roads are so tiny here and everything is very hilly. She has a lovely back garden ( backyard). One problem is she has 3 kitties, and I'm highly allergic. The house is decorated so cute, and it feels so English. Lauren had me tea and crumpets, I really tried to like tea but I just cant. The crumpets she served with butter. Her stove has a toaster built in, just for crumpets. The fridge is small and behind a cupboard. Everything in general is smaller here. The freezer and laundry is in a separate room you have to go outside to get to. They have built this great glass sun room that is super nice. The garden is built on a hill. It has two separate patios in the hill and everything is super private.
The first day I was here we relaxed a bunch and then went grocery shopping. I enjoyed seeing all the English groceries, American versions of some of the products. I Got a lot of tasty things, digestives. cadbury chocolate, mullen yogurt, pretzels and hummus, cornish pasties. My grocery shopping cost me 15 pounds. Most credit cards here have chips in them and you insert them rather than swipe. So at a cash register it takes a while and they actually really check your signature. My first meal Lauren made me was a collection of things found in her freezer, potato pancakes, fish and prawn cakes and chicken. Lauren got crisps ( chips) at the store, prawn flavoured .Which sounded so disgusting to me but when I actually ate them they were so tasty! On the way home we stopped for gas and when Lauren went in the store to pay the man said your friend in the car looks really tired. Hahaha We watched American TV and went to bed early.
Woke up this mornin at 11 am. Which means I got 13 hours of sleep. We hung around and she made me a scone which had clotted cream, jam and strawberry on it. It was so delicious. We took a walk around the neighbourhood. The roads are small and kind of scary to walk, we also walked a foot path. It is so pretty out here in the country of England. All the houses were very english, all cottage like. There is a bar down the road I hope to get to soon. The funniest part is that none of the houses have addresses. Each house has a name, which is how to distinguish between each. Laurens house name is Rosebank, I don't understand how that works when your giving someone directions Lauren said it is quite difficult.
London tomorrow and I cant wait!!!
English words I've learnt :
Lay-by : small parking spot off the road
Holiday – vacation
Petrol- Gas
Hen Party: Bachelorette
Cinema- movies
Flannel – Wash Cloth
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Smitten with the Mitten
Recently I traveled to Michigan to visit family out there. I had such a wonderful time I would like to share with everyone! I had an extremely long lay over time and travel day, and that was Exhausting!! But I finally made it to Holland Michigan at 728 p.m. after leaving my house at 730 that morning. My cousin chris picked me up and it was very weird because he has a grown up job, and his own apartment and the last time we really spent time together was in high school in the marching band. haha. (since he went to college in Ohio).
The next morning Chris left me a note and I was left to explore holland on my own. He lives four miles away from downtown, and I had no idea where I was going but I was determined to be a good traveler and find it all on my own!!! I rode into town crossing a highway, train tracks and everything else I stopped and took pictures along the way. Holland is known for its tulips, but obviously no tulips were in bloom. This was the first time ever I visited Michigan in the Fall.
So it was really cool to see all the nice foliage. I locked up my bike to a rack, and then roamed around. I met my cousin for lunch at the cutest little cafe EVER. I got a toasted chicken salad sandwich, and apple cider donut. Except they forgot my apple cider donut at first and then gave me THREE for the mistake. I mean come on people, I was trying to be somewhat good. hahaha.
The cafe had antique tables and chairs, all mismatched and just had the best atmosphere. I then spent the afternoon going into all the shops downtown had to offer. Downtown Holland is the CUTEST downtown I have EVER been too. Everything is so kept up, clean and charming. There was not a tacky store in sight, or dirty, everything was just so cute and classy. Here are somethings I came across downtown.
Hope College is located in Holland, and as I walked from store to store I was asked twice if I was a student there. I felt so awesome, and was flattered people still thought I was a student.Holland also even has a fireplace on the sidewalk in their downtown area. how presh!!!
For dinner we drove to my aunts house in South Haven where I spent the next night. We had a lovely chicken dinner and then, spent some time with family. I made blue and yellow jello shots for the upcoming game!
Friday morning I spent with my grandfather. He is such a funny man and I was excited to get to spend some one on one time with my G-papa. He is a business man, and never stops of thinking of business, he showed me all his business adventures, and how he'e made all his deals, and all the houses he's built. The morning I was there he had a friend looking at cars for him in Pennsylvania so that was exciting for him as well.
We drove around South Haven, my favorite town, where my mother grew up. It was weird to see it in the off season.
We visited my Aunt Emmy, and went to My moms houses she grew up in as a child.
We went to my grandparents old house, one I have great memories of as a child. He also had an antique mall on the property, which is still up and running by someone else and it was very cool to go here as well.
We then went to his new business venture, which is a storage area that he has renovated and made beautiful! He has a little office inside of it as well, with many antiques, and when we were leaving he said hold on one second I just need to clean the place, and whips out this old, old vacuum, that actually works!
We then had lunch at McDonald's where he goes everyday and they even know his order there and usually have it ready when he walks in. I mean it can't get any more precious. We had a lovely day and I am so happy I got to spend quality time with my Grandpa!
After my time with G-papa My aunt and I headed to Detroit to pick up my mom from the airport.We walked around Ann Arbor eating fro yo and buying michigan apparel for game day. Chris met up with us later in the night, and then we seperated with parents. We decided that we needed rain gear because the game day forecast was rain. I wanted to go get boots from the local store, we went around 12 am and turns out our parents were there too. That was pretty funny running into them, I have size 11 feet, so the cute michigan boots didn't fit me. the only thing in my size were "Tingley Rubbers" which were rubber outsides that went over my shoes.
Saturday morning was game day and was we expected the weather was crappy. Light rain and a little bit chilly. My mom and Aunt Coleen arrived looking as nerdy as ever. It was pretty funny. We set up the "tailgate" which was inside, sloppy Joes, fruit, chips, dips, all the good stuff. We indulged in jello shots, peppermint patty shots, rum and orange juice, and I promptly threw up. I rallied though and soon enough we headed out to the game. We all had poncho's and I greatly appreciated the beauty of the poncho, they are just an awesome invention. We walked through tail gate parties, where my mother was hit on. (ew). Came across the drum-line outside the stadium and followed them into the stadium. That was fun, and made me miss colorguard.
It was homecoming weekend at University of Michigan. At the beginning the had all winning University of Michigan Olympians on the field, that was cool, and the alumni band and cheerleaders which was just funny. We had awesome seats, and we danced and just had a great time at the game. There is a lot of traditional things they do at the game that was cool to see. My favorite was the slow motion wave. Whenever Michigan scored the student section would pick up the smallest girl next and hoist them up and down for every point. The score was 40 something to zero, so I am sure it got very tiring for them.
We were so exhausted from the day- drinking, standing, in the freezing rain for hours and hours on end. That night instead of going to the bars me and my cousins just layed on Erika's bed and just chatted about life, and it was just as fun.
On Sunday we walked around Ann Arbor, and ate food, like Jimmy Johns subs, they were pretty cheap and yes, they do make them quick. Insomnia cookies, whats better? I saw a lot of the U of M campus, and Erika and I did silly things that we read from a book when we were out shopping. That night we went to the movies and I got the student discount because I still have my BSC ID ( I will be using that thing for years to come because it has no date on it of when I attended school). We saw trouble with the curve, and we loved it. JT was so AWESOME in it.
Monday I woke up and walked the neighborhood. I took pictures of almost every fraternity house I could find because I have such a fascination for them, I think they are so awesome, sorority houses as well. I loved exploring it by myself and finding my way through town. Later in the evening Erika and I went shopping and then decided to go out for the night. We went to local grocery store, and there was one of those mechanical horses and it was ONLY A PENNY. Its name was Sandy so I wanted to ride it really bad, I couldn't believe it was only a penny. I took a picture on it and my cousin put in a penny, as soon as she put in the penny this woman came over to us and said "excuse me there is a 65 pound weight limit on that, you're going to burn the motor out."I was SO UPSET! My cousin said "well its a good thing she's only 64 pounds!" hahaha. Later that night ee went to a college bar called Charley's. Unfortunately it was just the pub menu at this time, so we got pub food and a really cool drink called "The Bubbling Cauldron". It was served in a huge mason jar, like HUMONGOUS and it was bubbling because there was dry ice in it. We loved it and it was super tasty. We then went to another bar, which had three dollar you call its, so basically every drink was three dollars and we took it upon ourself to try every drink we could. Cinnamon Toast Crunch which was made with Rum Chata, I love rum chata :). Dirty Bong Water, which was pretty tasty, White Gummy Bear, Superman, Key Lime Pie, Some sort of lime green and blue bomb that I didn't like too much. We then went home and picked up paint to paint the rock! There is a rock on campus that gets painted almost every night and Erika and I decided that we needed to paint it as well. We had so much fun painting it and were laughing the entire time.
We decided to put Lindz and Erika "Were the two best twins that anyone could ever have" G-mama, Jay, an Anchor, 2012, And our states. We thought the rock looked really awesome, and I got paint everywhere. The next morning we went to go check out our rock and we put too much paint on it so almost all the words dripped down, but it was still sort of readable. We headed to lunch to the Famous Zingerman's, where they filmed the five year engagement. They make their own bread, cheese, meat, so everything is like organic and unprocessed, which means one sandwich is fourteen dollars. But it has a really cool atmosphere, and the sandwiches cant be beaten so it was worth it.
Every time my cousin and I are together we buy underwear and then write memories on it from the trip. This time we got halloween underwear, and we wrote on it in the parking lot of McDonald's outside the Airport.
This trip made me learn a lot about myself by spending time with the other side of my family. I am a lot like my Aunt Coleen, more than I have realized in years past. She loves to entertain, and have guests, and just by the way she set up the tail gate it was exactly how I would of have done it. I think we both take pleasure in throwing fun events and planning and decorating for them as well. My cousin Erika and I are more alike than we realize, we have the same taste, some of the same clothes, and pretty much the same life.
It was such a wonderful trip and it was fun to see Michigan in the Fall and spend some time with the other side of my family that I rarely get to see! I hope they can come visit me in MA sometime soon!
Fun day with Science
….said no one…ever. UNLESS. You have been to the Boston Science Museum. Then a fun day with Science is almost guaranteed. Heres how the story starts- Lindsey surfing the web late at night instead of reading, like I should be doing- on the Library website to renew the book for the second time that I have finished the other two times, because I have been spending too much time on the computer… anyways, found out you could get the library passes ONLINE. great. I also got the discount library passes to different places with the kids, but never for myself. Why not try for one? Whats the harm? So I tried for the day pass to Boston Science Museum. and… I got it! So exciting!
Everyone should check their local library every so often, not enough people do and it is literally such a great resource for everything. They have so many free events all the time for children and adults, on my library website you can download free music! Rent movies, rent CDs and then upload them to your itunes, and never pay for music again. I mean cmon people lets rediscover the magic of libraries. like Matilda did, and look she turned out to have super power. So it cant hurt to try.
Our admission was reduced to seven dollars for each person for up too four people, for a family, that can save you a BUTT load of money. When I used the library pass for me and my three kids, we went with another family only two kids one adult, and they payed double what we payed. P.S. my library even has a free beach pass… who knew?
So I grabbed my partner in crime. My fellow sort of unemployed cousin- we both have schedules right now with usually unset hours. She drove to boston because she just bought new car, and off we went. The Museum was surpassingly easy to get to right off the exit. When we got to the Museum it was DEAD. It was wonderful!! September a great month to visit because there were NO field trips going on, and since it was a thursday children were in school. I am really enjoying the freedom of it all. I only work MWF's, so that leaves me with Tuesdays and Thursdays, since my days are limited, I am trying to live up every day.
Now I have not been to this museum since second grade so I was really excited to go. I have very fond memories of this field trip with my beloved second grade teacher. In the lobby the stair case is a PIANO.! YOu go up and down the stairs and each stair is a different key. For 22 year olds we spent far too much time on the stair case, I was just trying to play mary had a little lamb, but decided it was impossible after ten minutes of exhaustive running up and down, splits and skipping stairs.
Before we went into the actual Museum, we decided to have lunch at the Museum Cafe. The Cafe has so many options to pick from I could not believe it. Complete with Salad Bar! So this paleo/ cave woman was happy. The view was incredible from the dining area, right on the Charles River, with a great view of Boston's sky scrapers. There is something about fall in the city that I love. I think its because it is the perfect temperature for city walking, and the foliage is beautiful and boston is just such a green city were there are many trees to appreciate the seasons and weather. I clicked a pic of our view, can you see the paddle boarder?
The first room we went into was all models. What I loved about this Museum is yes, it was kid friendly, but also made for adults, the challenges they had, were difficult and it took me a while to get most of them, mostly because I wouldn't read through directions.But I mean I learned about nanotechnology and how they are going to use it to cure cancer, (hopefully because cancer sucks). We had a lot of fun solving the different challenges, such as making sure disease didnt spread to my fish I was breeding, guessing items, diagnosing patients with cancer using CT scans, x rays, stopping the spread of cancer, lifting 500 pounds, guessing scents ( my favorite and expertise, my friends call me a blood hound) categorizing shells, and sneaking through the forest to hid from birds.
We stumbled upon this electricity room which was was happening to just start a show as we walked in. This show emitted electricity to music, it was so strange yet so cool, like purple lightening bolts making music. Sarah volunteered, and the man rubbed a balloon on her head and made static electricity. Her hair shot right up. It was also funny because she was broadcasted on huge T.V.s either side. I could not stop laughing and clicking pics of her. Here are a few:
After that, we found a HURRICANE machine, you know the kind you see in the mall, which I thought we would for sure have to pay extra for, but NO! So awesome, it reached up to 78 miles per hour winds, not something I would wanted to experience in real life but simulated it was awesome. We laughed and laughed.
I think the thing I was most amazed about was the Dinosaur bones. Like they found an ENTIRE dinosaur bones in the earth, and I was standing next to it. I just couldn't fathom how old the bones were, and how cool it was to like see a Dinosaur up close, Can't be real that those creatures actually used to roam the planet. Blows my mind! They also had a metal structure of a Dinosaur that since nobody was around, I decided to climb into, it made me feel pretty cool. hahahaha. I am so happy however Dinosaurs are extinct, and I am not a prey for dinosaur. Just their feet are HUGE!
We wrapped up the day, and headed to Boston College! Our mutual friend is attending BC graduate program for nursing, and she is also an RA with a nice room! It was weird being on a college campus again, its always an adjustment and watching her and her room mate do homework made me realize how much i DON'T miss the stress of college, and homework, my life just has so much freedom now I am really learning how to enjoy every moment of it. We watched the Premiere of Grey's Anatomy. Seriously. NINE seasons Grey's has been doing this to me. NINE. It was such an emotional episode, and I definitely do not agree with what has happened to a lot of the characters.
Being a tourist in our own state was a great time. I think it is very important to travel, even if its only 20, 3o miles away. As I grow older I am finding more things located around me that I had no idea existed. I am taking this time that I was given and trying to enjoy every moment of it, while getting projects done, traveling, and spending time with family.
Perfect summer day!!
Summer is coming to a close, and this makes me incredibly depressed. Trying to live up my last few days and squeeze in as many summer activities as possible.
Saturday night I went to the fray and Kelly clarkson concert with my best friend. Had fro yo and then went to some place called like 10149 or something and it was pretty expensive but there was a happy hour going on and we got FOUR appetizers they were all five dollars, and we felt like the fat king and queen who just have course after course brought to them.
We then drove to the concert which was at the Comcast center in Mansfield and I loved that venue. All outside but some parts are covered. Carolina liar opened and they were really really good. I need to download more of their songs. Before the concert i downloaded the set list in order and put it on my iPod so we could listen to the whole concert all the way there. All of the sudden Kelly clarkson was on stage and she did so great. It was so cool to actually see people who could perform live. The fray which I think was my favorite of the night was also great. They played such amazing songs!
After the concert we ate left over pizza in traffic and stopped at the 24 hour Walmart on the way home the one I used to frequent in college because it was right next to my school. That made me a bit nostalgic.
The next day I went sailing with my uncle. What is so special about sailing with my uncle is that he got this boat for free and fixed it up over the course of a year and made it sail-able. So not every trip is a perfect sail, but it's ALWAYS an adventure.
This was the first time that I was going to sail, previously I had only sat in the harbor. Sailing today was my uncle joe, cousins Paul and christine and their friend Tony. We set out to catch the 3pm bridge it only opens every hour on the hour, and we made it! Out on the open sea we sailed along perfectly, I was very afraid of sea sickness, but it never happened. We sailed by the local town beach and waved to my parents who were just specs on the beach. We decided to swim!! No need to anchor we just wanted to jump in. I was SO afraid to jump in for some reason, maybe it was the recent great white shark attack or the fact that I just watched shark week, but after two tries I JUMPED IN. when I was mid air it was the best feeling knowing that I was about to do it!! We got up on the boat and jumped again, and this time did a lap around the boat, which sounds easy but was so hard because the boat is very long and was not anchored. Their friend tony slipped and fell on the boat and when ever i think about how he almost went overboard I laugh out loud. We ate lunch and headed back to shore and made the 6 o clock bridge back.
Came home and had pizza at the house with the kids and then headed out to get ice cream with Bertha. I wanted to go to this one place because I saw caramel caribou cookie dough on the menu once. It is 3.99 just for a small..pretty disgusting considering in high school me and berths frequented dock side for dollar cones of cotton candy ice cream. But I knew it was too good to be true when the ice cream HAD NO COOKIE DOUGH. I went up and asked where the cookie dough was hahaha and she said there is two kinds and she would give me a scoop of the other one.. She gave me PEANUT BUTTER SWIRL..I hate peanut butter so this was just bad all around. Decided to save the night by going to Pam's hotel to swim in the pool…one of my favorite activities.
I now have now have one full week of work left and then off to finding a real world job…..
Just a Perfect Day
I know Ive switched this over from my college blog to my crafts, DIY, do pinterest recipes really work blog, but I just need to to talk about this MARVELOUS day I had.
I went to Martha's Vineyard and it was just so PICTURE PERFECT.
So woke up, and ate my three different kind of cereals, and headed to Alyssa's house from there we New Bedford so we could take the New Bedford Ferry. It was wonderful. My cousin works at the Fairfield Inn so we got a parking pass from there and parked there for free, short walk to the ferry where we had tickets reserved, hopped on this wonderful ferry that was not packed at all, and we got lots of space and a table even!
Ferry ride over was beautiful, we drank mimosas that we snuck on and that made it all the better.
We got off the boat and Alyssa's brother Jack was waiting for us at the dock and took us to the boat that Alyssa's parents had parked in the harbor.
When we got to Alyssa's Family boat, Cracker Jack's, we took the dinghy to the beach! Laid out on the beach and it was the most precious wonderful day.
We waited for my cousin Sarah to come in, and when she did we waved and jumped up and down as she pulled into the harbor, we boated over to her, picked her up and headed into town. We did a little shoppy- shop. Went into a bunch of different T shirt stores, and we got ice cream at Mad Martha's.
Then we stopped in at Johnny Cupcakes, I LOVE johnny cupcakes, and they had in store exclusives that were just vineyard shirts, and I wanted them all, but I didnt get them all. I got a ANCHOR key chain, and a bumper sticker. We went into the classics, Vineyard Vines and Black Dog.
Then we walked to the green grass with the gazebo right on the water, and hung out there and enjoyed life for a bit, but not long enough.
We then went to the Sand Bar, which was a bar on the water where the ground was the sand. It was SO AWESOME. We got frozen drinks and nachos, and everything about it was wonderful.
From there we went on the Famous, Oldest Carousel, Flying Horses. It is especially fun because you catch the rings as you go round and round, and if you get the brass ring, you get a free ride, and of course Alyssa got the brass ring, and got the free ride and we all watched her go around for her free ride, it was pretty funny.
After flying horses we walked back to the boat and hung out and enjoyed appetizers just enjoyed the beautiful day.
We then walked over to Nancys/ Donovans Reef. They make the BEST frozen drinks for only 8 bucks. Cheap for the vineyard, and even around here. I got a raspberry pancake drink, and the others got , bahama mama, mango daquiri, and pina colada. Fried seafood and I got a Gyro.
Then it was time for us to take the ferry back :(. We sat outside for a majority of the ride back and got swept away by the wind .
We had a great day, and I am looking forward to my next Vineyard Trip!


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A seafaring dog was left alone in a dinghy this week when its skipper tumbled overboard, leaving the poor pup alone in a rather dizzying sort of predicament.
The dog's human was picked up by another boat soon after falling into the water near Townsville, Queensland, Australia, on Tuesday, but things weren't so easy for the canine passenger still on board, reports the Courier-Mail. Footage taken from the shore shows the dinghy and dog making an endless series of "donuts" (and not the delicious kind) as rescuers scramble to regain control of the vessel.


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The most epic party in Tampere will be thrown on the 28th of July at the culture center Kuivaamo in Lielahti, Tampere. There will be two amazing artists, a DJ, good food and of course some refreshing drinks as well.
At Case Neverland you will get the experience of a huge house party at the best location in Tampere.


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In light of COVID-19, please make sure you check with your travel and activity or attraction providers before travelling. You can get the most up-to-date information on COVID-19 in Wales at the Public Health Wales website.
Beautifully preserved Chepstow Castle stretches out along a limestone cliff above the River Wye like a history lesson in stone.
There's no better place in Britain to see how castles gradually evolved to cope with ever more destructive weaponry – and the grandiose ambitions of their owners. For more than six centuries Chepstow was home to some of the wealthiest and most powerful men of the medieval and Tudor ages.
Building was started in 1067 by Earl William fitz Osbern, close friend of William the Conqueror, making it one of the first Norman strongholds in Wales. In turn William Marshal (Earl of Pembroke), Roger Bigod (Earl of Norfolk) and Charles Somerset (Earl of Worcester) all made their mark before the castle declined after the Civil War.
magnates and power-brokers were constantly on the move. Chepstow was just one residence in their vast estates – an impressive shell into which they would bring their gold and silver vessels, rich silk and brightly painted furniture.
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Open all the time
1 March 2020 - 30 June Daily 9.30am - 5.00pm.
1 July - 31 August Daily 9.30am - 6.00pm.
1 September - 31 October Daily 9.30am - 5.00pm.
1 November - 28 February 2021 Monday to Saturday 10.00am - 4.00pm, Sunday 11.00am - 4.00pm. Closed 24, 25, 26 Dec & 1 Jan.
Last admission 30 minutes before closing.
Prices from April 2020 - March 2021:
Adult - £7.70
Family (2 adults and up to 3 children) - £21.60
Seniors £6.10
Juniors (Aged 5-17) / NUS / Armed Forces and Veterans - £4.60
Children under 5 - Free
M4 Eastbound Junction 23 or Westbound Junction 21 and take the M48; at Junction 2 take the A466 & A48 for Chepstow.
: 1 mile from Chepstow station
- Disabled toilets
- Gift shop
- Picnic site
- Public toilets
- Regional Tourist Board Member
- Accepts groups
- Children welcome
- Disabled access
- Dogs not accepted (except guidedogs)
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I have always been fond of the striking style of black and white checkered flooring. Checkered flooring has a rich, ancient history; to the Masons, the checkered floor represents the duality of life, good vs evil. Checkered flooring may be a symbol of luxury to some; others may reminisce back to the 1950's checkerboard vinyl floors in kitchens and diners. For me, I simply love the dramatic effect it brings to a room.
A Checkered Path
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Bad Day at Black Rock
I LOVE Supernatual. Sam and Dean got a hold to a lucky rabbit's foot. Sam touched it and had unbelievably campy good luck. He, of course, lost the rabbit's foot and his lucky went to the crapper. What the boys didn't know is that once you loose the rabbit's foot, it leads to death. This episode gave us the usual Sam and Dean antics. Sam lost his shoe, gets punched in the nose and shot in the shoulder. Dean gets the power moves like throwing a writing pen so precisely that it plugs the hole of a gun that's pointed at him. He also gets the great line of "I'm Batman".
Throughout the whole thing, crazy but cute chocolate hunter guy [edit: Gordon Walker] that Sam and Dean were responsible for putting in jail is plotting Sam's death. He is in league with a Jesus- freak hunter guy and sidekick. No offense... watch the episode to see what I mean. This guy had bumper stickers like: (source)
"How would Jesus drive?"
"Don't make me come down there. -GOD" and
"Bethlehem or bust"
In the end, the boys did a ritual that broke the spell. All is NOT right as rain though. They still have Gordon after them, there are hundreds of demons roaming about Earth, Dean has less than a year to live and I'm still waiting on another appearance of their incredibly sexy father.
I'm catching up on TV shows, YAY!
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Supernatural: Lucky/Unlucky Rabbits Foot Episode
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Decisions on Bank Applications
Michigan Community Savings Bank, successor to Community Schools Credit Union
Re: Michigan Community Savings Bank, successor to
Community Schools Credit Union
Rochester Hills, Oakland County, Michigan
Application for Federal Deposit Insurance (Bank Insurance Fund)
The undersigned, acting under delegated authority, has fully considered all facts and information relevant to the factors set forth in Section 6 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act as they relate to the application for Federal deposit insurance, and the establishment and operation of the Community Schools Credit Union offices as bank branches, by Michigan Community Savings Bank, and has concluded that the application should be approved. Michigan Community Savings Bank is a proposed full-service mutual savings bank located at 310 West Tienken Road, Rochester Hills, Michigan. The proposed branches are listed below.
Lake Orion Branch
670 Lapeer Road
Lake Orion, Michigan 48362
Lake Orion High School Branch
495 East Scripps Road
Lake Orion, Michigan 48362
Rochester Adams High School Branch
575 East Tienken Road
Rochester Hills, Michigan 48306
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED, for the reasons set forth in the attached Statement, that the application submitted by the bank for federal deposit insurance and for the establishment and operation of branches, be approved subject to the following conditions:
1. That the applicant maintain a Tier 1 capital ratio (as defined in the appropriate capital regulation) at not less than eight percent throughout the first three years of operation and that an adequate allowance for loan and lease losses be provided.
2. That deposit insurance will not become effective until the applicant has been granted a charter as a depository institution, has authority to conduct depository institution business, and its establishment and operation as a depository institution have been fully approved by the appropriate state and/or federal supervisory authority.
3. That the bank shall operate within the parameters of the business plan submitted to the FDIC. Furthermore, during the first three years of operations, the bank shall notify the regional director of any proposed major deviation or material change from the submitted plan 60 days before consummation of the change.
4. That the applicant will submit, for approval, the names of two candidates for the position of Director of Michigan Community Savings Bank, to the Chicago Regional Director within 90 days from the Conversion Date. The candidates should have significant business experience, and be involved and prominent in the community. Upon approval by the Regional Director, the Michigan Community Savings Bank will add these candidates to its Board of Directors.
5. That if federal deposit insurance has not become effective within twelve months from the date of this ORDER, or unless, in the meantime, a request for an extension of time has been approved by the FDIC, the consent granted herein shall expire at the end of the said twelve-month period.
6. That until the conditional commitment herein granted becomes effective, the FDIC shall have the right to alter, suspend or withdraw said commitment should any interim development be deemed to warrant such action.
Dated at Washington, D.C. this day of April, 2001.
John M. Lane
Associate Director
Division of Supervision
Re: Michigan Community Savings Bank, successor to
Community Schools Credit Union
Rochester Hills, Oakland County, Michigan
Application for Federal Deposit Insurance (Bank Insurance Fund)
Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 5 and 18(d) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1815 and 1828(d)), an application for federal deposit insurance with membership in the Bank Insurance Fund and for establishment and operation of branches, has been filed on behalf of Michigan Community Savings Bank (the bank), a proposed state chartered mutual savings bank with offices at 310 West Tienken Road, Rochester Hills, Michigan (Main Office); 670 Lapeer Road, Lake Orion, Michigan, 495 East Scripps Road, Lake Orion, Michigan; and 575 East Tienken Road, Rochester Hills, Michigan.
Michigan Community Savings Bank is the proposed successor to Community Schools Credit Union, a $35 million institution that has served the educational community in the northeast corner of Oakland County Michigan for 46 years. Oakland County is the third wealthiest county in the country, and it ranked second in private sector employment growth in the 1990s. The conversion will allow the bank to broaden its customer base and product offerings; nonetheless, management plans for only modest growth and little change in business strategy.
For the purposes of this proposal, the investment in fixed assets is reasonable, capital is adequate, future earnings prospects are favorable, and management is considered satisfactory. Corporate powers to be exercised are consistent with the purpose of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. No undue risk to the Bank Insurance Fund is apparent.
Accordingly, based upon a careful evaluation of all available facts and information, the Associate Director, pursuant to delegated authority, has concluded that approval of the application is warranted.


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Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.
The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers.
These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who's one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world today.
So for a few moments, take a break from your daily routine, have a laugh and enjoy these funny cartoons.
Feel free to leave your comments and suggestions below as well as any related stories of your own…
A little outdated
What's the bad news?
Never a dumb question
Can you relate to these situations? Please hare your funny stories and comments below…


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During the current national crisis we are reliant on donations to take the place of our usual fund-raising activities so that we can continue to feed the cats in our sanctuaries and pay for their veterinary needs.
Please, if you can, consider making a donation through Paypal or contact us for other methods of payment.
Like many charities, we rely on fund-raising events and donations to do what we do. If you would like to help us, and the cats we care for, you can make a donation online by using the button below.
Thank you!
We need more volunteers! Can you help?
If you can offer some time to help with our fund-raising events, please contact Kristen 015242 51898. We need people to man stalls and help serve at coffee mornings. We also need people with good communication skills to approach businesses in the area (Bentham, Ingleton, Burton, Kirkby Lonsdale, Hornby) for raffle prizes and gifts. And we'd be delighted to offer help to anyone who might be willing to organise events on behalf of Bentham Pet Rescue.
Please note: we plan to scale down our bric-a-brac and book sales due to difficulties storing and transporting goods. Thank you to everyone who, in the past, has kindly donated items for sale.
However we would still appreciate donations of raffle prizes and good quality pet bedding and accessories.
We do our best to keep all our cats happy, healthy and loved but having to live in the confines of our sanctuary is no substitute for being in a cosy home.
Sadly, being old can be a big disadvantage when people come looking for a new pet. Some of our cats have been with us for quite a while now with no offers of a 'forever home'. If only people could see how much they have to give and what good company they can be, especially for someone who spends a lot of time at home – perhaps someone as old as they are!
We know that caring for cats can be costly, particularly as they grow older and may need medication. That's why we have started a new scheme to offer support to anyone who would give one of our elderly residents a foster home. For the very special cats marked with the symbol ♥ we'll offer to provide food and cat litter, and arrange visits to the vet, if you will look after them for us.
We'd like them to live the rest of their days in a loving home. Can you help? Contact Pat Roberts on 015242 63048 if you can.
Help at the sanctuary
Are you a cat lover? Could you spare a few hours a week to help out at our sanctuary?
The rota always needs regular and reliable volunteers over the age of 18 for cleaning the cats' pens, cuddling and playing with the cats, and also for covering holidays. If you can spare 1 or 2 hours per week please contact Pat at Burton in Lonsdale 015242 63048 , or send us an email.
Trapping and neutering feral cats and strays
We always need helpers to assist with our work in catching strays and feral cats, especially in the Settle area. We also need help to transport them to and from the vets at Settle or Kirkby Lonsdale.
The operation of catching the cats in our Trapping, Neutering and Release Programme (TNR) is done with a humane cage trap. Every care is taken to reduce the stress and trauma experienced by each cat whilst confined in the trap and during transportation to and from the vet. After neutering, they are then cared for in our feral recovery unit until they have made a full recovery and healed. The duration of their stay varies but is usually around 5-10 days for female cats but less for males.
We will always return feral cats to their 'home' territory. This is (almost) always better for such cats than being taken into our sanctuary which they find extremely stressful. In our experience it very difficult to find suitable new homes for feral cats and it is not fair to keep confined for any length of time creatures that are used to living freely.
The benefits for the feral/stray cat population through this programme are many but the most important is for the females: having no more kittens means their health generally improves. There can also be a reduction in injuries attributed to fighting amongst male cats. This in turn can reduce the risk of infection from wounds and contracting diseases such as Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) through bites. (FIV – known as Feline Aids – cannot be contracted by humans.) The TNR Programme is the best way to reduce, humanely, the population of stray living wild and feral cats.
If you could devote some of your time to help with this valuable work, please contact Pat Roberts on 015242 63048 for a chat, or send us an email.
Other ways to help
- Donate unwanted gifts for raffle prizes
- Foster a cat (or a dog) for a few weeks
- Transport boxes of books to and from book sales
- Make a regular donation by standing order and gift-aid it
- Transport boxes of books to Animal Care at Lancaster to exchange for cat food
- Make cakes for coffee mornings
- Sell raffle tickets for our Christmas draw
- Organise your own event to raise funds
- Offer storage space for books ready for re-sale
- Monitor a cat trap in your area to help catch a stray
- Sell goods for us on eBay
- Offer to help on our stall at an event – perhaps just for an hour
- Join our fund-raising group
If you can help in any way, please get in touch by email.


text: Congrats to my friend Lindsey of A Pear to Remember for reaching almost 2,000 viewers! If you want to learn how to cook delicious, healthy food (or even if you'd rather just look at some fantastic pictures of delicious, healthy food) check out Lindsey's blog! She's a modern-day Julia Child who teaches us all how to cook with (and appreciate) fresh ingredients.


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It's been a long time since I've chimed in with a review, but it's a disservice to give Cho Dengeki Stryker anything less. What started as a fun action story ended with an incredible world and an even more powerful message. This is Overdrive's finest hour.
Cho Dengeki Stryker is a visual novel by the company Overdrive (makers of my previous favorites Deardrops and Kira Kira) that follows a man named Yuuki Yamato after he makes a wish to become a superhero at a terrible cost: losing all his memories.
What follows is initially a fun romp with some eccentric characters before it slowly morphs into a much grander saga featuring impressive worldbuilding, plot twists, and deeper characters than you'd initially think.
Quick note, Cho Dengeki Stryker is a rerelease of the original Dengeki Stryker visual novel with three added routes. That brings the total to seven routes/story arcs in all. Important to note for later.
Solid Start With Fantastic Twists:
As I said in my first impressions after playing the first route, Cho Dengeki Stryker began as a solid superhero action story, and it seemed poised to continue this trend heading into the next arc, but it goes far further than that by the end. Overdrive is very aware of the world they've built and use facets of this world as plot twists that work fantastically well in advancing the characters, the plot, and illustrating how Yuuki's wish had much farther-reaching consequences than initially intended.
This narrative is told through all seven routes, two of which are "true" endings for their respective releases. It's an expansive story that has a lot to tell.
Well-Done Narrative Framing:
Speaking of the world, Yuuki's wish seemed, at first, to be a simple way start the story. It was fun, it was a bit absurd, but otherwise it seemed to be right at home in the story. As the story goes on, the narrative carefully pulls back the seams on the world and exposes the depth and consequences of this wish, which end up answering several questions along the way. I was impressed by how my one question after the first route ended up being an important plot point in the narrative.
Spectacular Aesop:
Through all of this, Cho Dengeki Stryker has one key message to send its readers which, in hindsight, permeates most of the narrative. While I won't expound on it for spoilers reasons, it's easy to say that the Aesop ends up being one of the finer points of the narrative and wraps everything up in a nice bow.
Whenever Masaaki Endoh and AiRi show up, you know it's on. I mean it, it's on.
Enforced Playing Order:
There's a lot to be said for how much the enforced playing order of some of the routes ends up improving the story, but it still feels like a cheat in some ways. I'll leave it at that.
Convenient Plot Holes
Like so many visual novels, some routes conveniently forget things that should be rather... important. I'm talking things like some big-bad in one route won't ever show up in another, either by handwaving or maybe some contrived reason. This happens very visibly in the first route, where the big bad of literally every other route is never seen.
Chou Dengeki Stryker is an Overdrive visual novel from top-to-bottom. It starts off light and fun, but it gradually settles into a cycle of comedy, action, and existential exploration. There's a lot to love about Stryker, from the genre shifts to the impressive Aesop that Overdrive expounds on in both the original game's true ending, and the expansion's true ending.
While it has some flaws, I'm willing to overlook them due to the shear awesome it can bring to the table, in both action and narrative tenacity. They exploit the world to reveal a number of interesting discussions over the nature of the wish Yuuki made and how that has affected all the characters, and Yuuki himself.
Chou Dengeki Stryker was an excellent ride, and one that I'm willing to recommend to those in for the long haul. While it doesn't seem like a deep story at first, you'll be surprised how far down it goes by the end.
Chou Dengeki Stryker is available through Steam and Mangagamer. It's also on limited-edition hardcopy if you're into that sort of thing.
My name is Dex, I find myself without a lot of time these days, but when I have it I play incredibly long visual novels.


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- Member: Brad
- Title: The World Moved On
- Premiered: 2006-11-17
- Categories:
- This Will Destroy You There Are Some Remedies Worse Than The Disease
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So a while back, I read something on ANN about Gin-iro no kami no Agito, or, Origin ~Spirits of the Past~. It sounded really interesting and the trailer looked kick ass. Plus, it was a Gonzo movie. It was bound to be quality. So when it became available on Region 2 DVD, I quickly snatched it up, but I really didn't have any immediate plans for it.
This changed when VicBond007 IM'd me about two days before his submission deadline and asked if I had anything new to send to AnimeUSA. At the time, my newest video was a romance/drama video, and since I assumed that that category was already pretty flooded (plus I had already submitted it to 3 cons, which is my limit per video), I began brainstorming what I could do in two days, and Origin was the definite first thing that popped into my head. At this point, I had rough ideas for what I might do with the source, and it mainly boiled down to an instrumental action video. Well, also recently I had picked up the new album by an AMAZING new post-rock band, This Will Destroy You (the album is "Young Mountain". Go get it). The last song on the album really stood out to me, and so, I got to work.
I started by editing the song down. The original song is 6:18, and I was able to edit it down to 2:36. You might notice one of the edits in the song. I won't say where it is, but suffice to say, believe me I TRIED to make it sound as good as it could, but that was the best I could do :-
By the time I had the source ripped and prepped and my audio ready, I essentially had 18 hours left before the deadline. I had my work cut out for me, but I was able to get the entire thing done in essentially 2 days, with the largest chunk of it done on the first day. It ended up being a very enriching editing experience. Everything seemed to flow just the way I had it in my head. All in all, I ended up being very pleased with the outcome. I wouldn't say it's my best video ever, but nonetheless, I like it :)
Programs Used: Adobe Premiere 6.5, Adobe Photoshop CS
Time spent editing: 16 hours
Opening audio: Boards Of Canada - Sherbert Head
Ending audio: M83 - Violet Tree
It's a pretty beefy encode, so if you are viewing it and notice that it seems to be lagging, you might be better off viewing the XviD version.
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No More Plastic Wings
The body of the new A-Class is protected against corrosion thanks to fully galvanised panels, cavity sealing and seam sealing. As the picture shows the new model features steel wings. Click on the image for a large picture.
Overall 54 components in the new A-Class can be partially manufactured from high-quality recycled plastics - equivalent of 21 percent of all the plastic components
The bodyshell and body structure of the new A-Class with robust members at the front, sides and rear


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Prior to adopting the current system of having all City Councillors being at-large, Councillors represented their geographic ward. Over time the wards increased from two to three to four and then to six in 1957 when much of Cornwall Township was annexed to the City.
These images illustrate the various ward boundaries over time, but in relation to the original Square Mile and to the historic waterfront of circa 1878.
The small blue square in two of the maps represents the Cornwall General Hospital, which was immediately east of the Square Mile. The Town boundary was altered to include the hospital.
Although not illustrated, Beaconsfield was in existence in the Township during the time of the second and third maps. Beaconsfield was in the area currently bounded by Cumberland Street, Water Street West, Brookdale Avenue and Second Street West. Immediately north of Beaconsfield was Laflecheville and Fairview; they were in existence during the time of the third map.
Under the two ward system each ward was entitled to elect two members and those four had the right to choose a fifth. If the four could not agree then the fifth was chosen by the voters. The five elected one among them to serve as president of the Board of Police.
To return to our main post on Historic Cornwall neighbourhoods, please follow this LINK.


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COVID-19: UB Planning and Response • Updated 5/21/2020
The UB News Studio is available to the media for live or recorded interviews with UB faculty on breaking news, critical issues or research discoveries.
For help reaching an expert on deadline, please contact UB's media relations team at 716-645-6969 or email@example.com.
John D. Atkinson
Assistant Professor of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Expertise: sustainability, greenhouse gas emissions, air and water pollution control, materials science and engineering, adsorption, life-cycle assessment
Phone: 716-645-4001
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Joseph Atkinson
Director of the Great Lakes Program
Expertise: Great Lakes water levels, flooding and water pollution
Phone: 716-645-2220
Email: email@example.com
Elizabeth Bowen
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Expertise: homelessness, homeless youth and young adults, health issues affecting homeless populations
Phone: 716-645-1258
Email: email@example.com
Ian Bradley
Assistant Professor of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Expertise: wastewater treatment, algae, algal blooms in the Great Lakes and elsewhere
Phone: 716-645-4004
Email: email@example.com
Stuart M. Evans
Assistant Professor of Geography
Expertise: climate change, dust and dust storms, weather, atmospheric science, precipitation, monsoons, lake effect snow
Phone: 716-645-0491
Email: email@example.com
Daniel B. Hess
Chair of Urban and Regional Planning
Expertise: transit systems, urban transportation, urban revitalization
Phone: 716-829-5326
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Heather Orom
Associate Professor of Community Health and Health Behavior
Expertise: Health disparities, illness risk perception
Phone: 716-829- 6682
Email: email@example.com
Kristin Poinar
Assistant Professor of Geology
Expertise: climate change, Greenland Ice Sheet, ice sheet modeling, sea level rise, Antarctica, Great Lakes ice cover
Phone: 716-645-4286
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Samina Raja
Professor of Urban and Regional Planning
Expertise: food access, food systems planning, food and urban planning, local government food policy
Phone: 716-829-5881
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Robert G. Shibley
Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning
Expertise: urban design and planning, urban revitalization, postindustrial cities, Buffalo and Western New York, the Rust Belt
Phone: 716-829-3981
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Contact: Shibley can also be reached through David Hill in UB Media Relations (716-645-4651, email@example.com) or Rachel Teaman in the School of Architecture and Planning (716-829-3794, firstname.lastname@example.com).
Robert Silverman
Professor of Urban and Regional Planning
Expertise: shrinking cities, fair housing, affordable housing, gentrification, community development, nonprofit organizations, community-based organizations in urban neighborhoods
Phone: 716-829-5882
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Henry Louis Taylor Jr.
Director of the Center for Urban Studies
Expertise: urban development, housing, gentrification, distressed neighborhoods, shrinking cities, race and class, U.S.-Cuba relations
Phone: 716-829-5458
Email: email@example.com
Elizabeth K. Thomas
Expertise: climate change, Arctic ice sheets, precipitation, lake effect snow, sea level rise, monsoons
Phone: 716-645-4329
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Lillian S. Williams
Associate Professor of Transnational Studies
Expertise: U.S. social and urban history; African American history in the U.S. and Western New York; women's history
Phone: 716-645-0798
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¬ Duties on agro-processing equipment and machinery to be removed
¬ Massive road construction and irrigation in food basket areas
¬ Pension scheme for cocoa farmers, et al
Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said government will use the 2018 budget, scheduled to be presented to Parliament in a month's time, to support an ambitious agriculture transformation agenda.
The Vice President said the Marshall Plan for Agriculture will build on successes of the Planting for Food and Jobs initiative, one of government's flagship policies launched earlier this year.
The Vice President made the announcement at the Agribusiness Investment Forum in Accra, jointly organised by the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) and USAID-FinGAP Agric.
"Coming into office under the leadership of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, we were convinced that for the agricultural sector to really take off government must take leadership and also send the right signals to investors that it is ready to put its money where its policy priorities are," he stated.
The Marshall Plan for Agriculture (MPA), which will be unveiled in next year's budget, will focus on ramping-up investments under the flagship Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) policy, channeling investments into improved seeds, subsidised fertiliser, and storage among others.
Another key feature of the MPA will be the removal of duties on agro-processing manufacturing equipment and machinery, as well as the implementation of a grant funding facility for agribusiness start-ups.
Dr. Bawumia also stated the Marshall Plan has already identified some key road projects that will be constructed in selected food basket areas across the country.
Apart from roads, selected food basket areas like the Afram Plains will have a comprehensive irrigation scheme.
"We are talking about de-risking the agriculture and agribusiness sector through a sustainable Agriculture Financing Scheme and Crop Insurance Scheme. We will also establish a Pensions Scheme for Cocoa Farmers," the Vice President said.
Dr. Bawumia added that, "Implementing the Marshall Plan for Agriculture will lead to structural transformation which, in turn, will catalyse economic activities and connect major sectors in the Ghanaian economy. It will lead to higher farmer incomes, value addition, jobs and the opportunities that come with being globally competitive."
The Marshall Plan for Agriculture will also create the conditions necessary for attracting private capital, local and international, into large-scale commercial agriculture and agribusinesses, he added.
A trillion-dollar food basket
The World Bank's "Growing Africa: Unlocking the Potential of Agribusiness" report projects that Africa's farmers and agribusinesses could create a trillion-dollar food market by 2030 if they can expand their access to capital, electric power, better technology and irrigated land to grow high-value nutritious foods
According to Dr. Bawumia, the Marshall Plan for Agriculture is the Akufo-Addo government's response to the question of what the country needs to do to take advantage of these upside potentials and be a part of the opportunities for lasting transformational structural change in the sector.
"Our answer to this is anchored in the overarching development strategy of this government. At the heart of the economic transformation plan of this government is a strategy of Inclusiveness," he said.
"In essence, we want a transformation of our economy that positively impacts the majority of our people, particularly the majority that has been excluded and 'left behind' over the years, as a result of structural deficiencies in our developmental trajectory."
Source credit: Richard Annerguaye Abbey,Online Editor of The Business and Financial Times. Originally published here.
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