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General Questions about County Property Sales
- Does the property you are selling have a house on it?
On our property listings you will find column headings that describe the information provided in each column. In the improvement (IMP) column it will indicate YES or NO. If a YES applies, that indicates that a structure of some type exist, or did exist at the time suit was filed against the property according to the appraisal records. There have been cases where a structure did exist at the time suit was filed, but at the time of sale the improvement no longer existed. State law mandates that we use the information existing at the time suit was filed. Therefore, we are required to use dated information and it is strongly recommended that you verify information provided prior to bidding on any property offered.
- The property I am interested in has a house on it. Can I access the house to look at it?
Properties that have been foreclosed on by judicial foreclosure (suit filed against property through District Court) do not belong to the taxing jurisdictions until they are actually sold or "struck off" at the sale on the courthouse steps. Therefore, any action to access the property, or any structures on the property, would be considered trespassing. This is why you will not find any signs announcing the upcoming sale of the property posted on the property. To do so could be considered trespassing on property that did not (until actual sale of property) belong to the taxing jurisdictions.
If a property is "struck off" (not purchased by a bidder and therefore purchased by the taxing jurisdictions for the amount owed to them by judgment) and has a structure on it the jurisdictions will not accept the liability involved in making that structure available for viewing by the public. Therefore, only on special occasions will structures be made available to the public. This will usually occur once the redemption periods have expired and the property is offered on Resale.
- Can you help me locate this particular property?
All properties shown as available for purchase or scheduled for "Tax Foreclosure Sale" on the courthouse steps will have a "link" which will bring up a condensed map that should give you nearby county roads or cross streets. From there you should be able to obtain a county or city map and be able to locate the property. You can also contact the Hunt County Appraisal District (903/ 454-3510 / 4801 King St., Greenville) for assistance with the properties location.
- Are there any liens on this property and if so will I be held responsible for them?
In most cases any liens existing against the property prior to sale will be resolved at the time the property is offered for bid on the courthouse steps. Again in most cases if there are liens remaining against the property for which the bidder/purchaser will be held responsible they (the amount of the lien and the identity of the lien holder) will be stated on the "cover sheet" prior to sale or included in the total amount of the minimum bid. Still there is no guarantee that no liens exist on any property. This is why it is almost impossible to get title insurance on these properties. Buyer Beware!
- What are the property taxes going to be on this property?
If you look the property up on our website you can view prior year's taxes and get a pretty good idea of what to expect the annual taxes to be. Or you can call one of our Deputies with the property account number and they will be glad to help you.
- Am I eligible to purchase property?
Check here to see if you owe taxes in Hunt County. If you don't then you are eligible.
- Can I get title insurance on this property? If I can't, how dose that affect me?
Qualifications for title insurance like most insurance policies will depend on the Title Company and the Underwriter. We can not tell you if the property will qualify. We can only advise that if it is necessary that you have title insurance to utilize the property for the purpose for which you are considering purchasing it, that you seek the opinion of the title company.
If you plan to purchase a piece of property with intentions of obtaining a loan to build a house, properties obtained through tax foreclosure or seizures may present problems for you when requesting title insurance to secure that loan.
- Why are there three sales and what are the differences between them?
- The first time properties are offered for sale will be on the monthly Tax Foreclosure/Constable's sale which is always held the first Tuesday of the month at 10AM on the north steps of the County Courthouse.
- Properties offered at this sale that are not bid on and purchased will immediately be moved into our Judgment Property sale. This makes the properties available to be purchased for the minimum bid amount while the redemption periods remain effective.
- Properties remaining in Judgment Bid who's "redemption periods" have expired will be processed for our Resale. Resale properties will have their minimum bids reduced by the taxing jurisdictions and be offered for sealed bids. This sale is an annual event which usually takes place in early spring, and will normally offer a collection of one to two hundred properties throughout the county.
- How do I buy property from the Tax Foreclosure/Constable's Sale?
"Tax Foreclosure Sales" if offered, are held in each county across the state on the first Tuesday of each month on the north steps of the County Courthouse between the hours of 10AM and 4PM. You must be present to bid on properties. You must present the presiding Officer with documentation showing that you owe no delinquent taxes in that county at the time of sale or purchase. In Hunt County we always hold our "Tax Foreclosure" sales promptly at 10AM!
- If I buy property from the Tax Foreclosure/Constable Sale will I have to pay back taxes?
If there are any additional cost involved that will not be considered part of your bid they will be disclosed on our "cover sheet" (property information sheet) available prior to sale.
- What if the property is not sold in the Tax Foreclosure/Constable Sale? Dose the price change?
If a successful bid is not received at the initial sale the property remains available for purchase at the original minimum bid price on our "Judgment Property". This is a first come first serve purchase arrangement.
- How is the selling price determined for the Tax Foreclosure/Constable Sale?
Property will be sold for the taxes owed plus the cost involved (court cost, publication fees, etc.) or the appraised value of the property – which ever is least.
(Example: If the taxes and cost owed are $4000.00 and the Appraised Value of the property is $3600.00, the minimum bid on the property will be $3600.00.)
- If I buy property from a Tax Foreclosure/Constable Sale will I have to worry about a previous owner regaining ownership?
All properties offered on the "Tax Foreclosure / Constable Sales" will have a redemption period. This is a period of time in which the previous owner can buy his property back from the purchaser for the amount paid by the purchaser plus a redemption fee. (See Redemption in the Texas Property Tax Code)
- What is "Judgment Property"?
If a successful bid is not received at the initial sale the property remains available for purchase at the original minimum bid price on our Judgment Property Sale.
- When can this property be purchased?
This is a first come first serve purchase arrangement which can transpire immediately after the property is announced "struck off" to the taxing jurisdictions.
- What if the property is not sold on Judgment Property Sale? Dose the price change?
Properties remaining in Judgment Property Sale who's redemption periods have expired will be processed for our Resale. Resale properties will have their minimum bids reduced by the taxing jurisdictions and be offered for sealed bids.
- If I buy property on Judgment, will I have to pay back taxes?
If there are any additional cost involved they will be disclosed on our "cover sheet" (property information sheet) available prior to sale.
- How do I buy property on Judgment?
Verify by phone the availability of the property and the purchase price. Deliver to us cash, cashiers check or U.S. Postal money order for that amount made payable to the Hunt County Tax Office with your request for written statement form and your deed will be processed usually within 60 days.
- How do I buy property from the Resale?
Click here to read a detailed outline of the sale procedures.
- If I buy property from the Resale, will I have to pay back taxes?
If your bid is the high bid received, your bid amount will be all you will pay for that property.
- Do previous owners have any right to this property once I have the deed?
Any opportunity for the previous owner to redeem the property will have expired prior to the property being sold on the Resale.
- How is the minimum bid determined for the Resale?
The taxing jurisdictions involved with the property will be contacted by our office and a suggested minimum bid will be offered for their consideration. Usually for the properties first appearance on the Resale we will suggest 20% of the appraised value plus the cost involved in bringing the property to sale. The taxing jurisdictions will approve our suggestion or provide an alternate bid they would be willing to accept.
- How many people have bid so far and what is the current highest bid?
Couldn't tell you if we knew the answer.
In an effort to make this as fair and fail safe as we can we have adopted a method of casting "bids" similar to those used in casting your vote. We utilize a voter's ballot box which is locked at the beginning of the sale and remains locked until the conclusion of the sale. All bids are deposited in this box and it is therefore impossible for anyone, even our employees, to know the contents of the box until the conclusion of bidding.
- What happens if I miss the Resale? Can I bid on remaining properties?
Yes. Once we have met our closing date we will "close" the Resale. No bids will be accepted until the Resale is announced (notice will be posted on the website) "open for bid" again, at which point we will accept bids until the posted closing date on the properties listed as remaining on the Resale. On that closing date the Resale will be closed, bids opened, result letters will be mailed out and we will post the remaining properties and another closing date and resume bidding. This process will continue until all properties have been purchased or we are ready to process a "new" Resale listing.
- What if the property is not sold in the Resale, does the price change?
Properties that are not purchased (minimum bid received) will remain available to receive bids on a monthly basis until we are ready to produce another "new" Resale. At that time all remaining properties will again be processed (minimum bids lowered) for the next Resale.
- What is the purpose of this "request for written statement" form?
Before your bid can be accepted and property transferred to you, we are required by state law to ensure that you do not have delinquent property taxes owed to any taxing jurisdiction in Hunt County. The "request for written statement" form provides the information required for verification of property ownership.
- Do I need to put a request for written statement form in each bid?
Yes. Make a copy and submit a copy with each bid submitted.
- Do I need to enclose a payment with my bid?
No. If you are the high bidder on a property you will receive a letter instructing how and when payment is required.
- What do I write on the envelope?
On the face of your bid envelope following is the only information we would like to see appear: Resale Bid
Account # R******
Date 00/00/00
If you are mailing your bid in please place your bid envelope inside another envelope to be used for mailing purposes. Make a notation on the outside of your mailing envelope "Sealed Bid Enclosed".
- Can bids be faxed?
No. To allow faxed bids placed the responsibility of receipt on our employees and it removes the confidentiality that is required.
- I am out of state, what accommodations will your county make for me?
Information provided by our website. It is suggested that you retain someone to act in your interest if you are not available to conduct business yourself.
- After I win the bid what happens?
You will notified by mail and instructed on how and when to remit payment.
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Two students face another pair of students across a classroom table. 11-year-old Christina Kontzias, a sixth-grade student at Forestville Elementary, looks at 11-year-old Max Boyd, a sixth-grade student at Great Falls Elementary, and gently prods him with questions.
"Why do you feel the need to bully someone?" asks Kontzias. "How would you feel if somebody bullied you?"
Her partner, 10-year-old Jaclyn Marmol, a fourth-grade student at Timber Lane Elementary, chimes in for support.
"Do you think it's right to bully them?" she asks.
Boyd stares at the notebook in front of him.
"No," he replies.
"Pretend that you're in their place for a second," says Kontzias.
At this juncture, 13-year-old Karina Guerrero, an eighth-grade student at Longfellow, interrupts the discussion.
"That's really good," she says, letting Kontzias know that she is on the right track.
This was one of many group discussions carried out last week in a three-hour Peer Mediation Training session sponsored by the Safe Community Coalition, Inc. The SCC is an all-volunteer organization begun in 1995 to promote community safety through a variety of educational programs. It serves the area defined by the McLean and Langley High School pyramids, and last week's peer mediation training was the sixth time that the organization sponsored the annual event.
The training program was held at the Lutheran Redeemer Church in McLean on Monday, Dec. 5, and students in McLean and Great Falls in grades four to six were eligible to register. Through skits and roll-play exercises, students were able to learn the art of peer conflict resolution from middle-school and high-school peer mediators.
"The purpose of this program is to train young students to mediate just as a trained counselor would," said Lana McNulty, a member of the SCC who helped to organize the event.
STUDENTS FROM THE LANGLEY SCHOOL introduced the program by performing a skit that illustrated peer mediation in action. Then, students broke down into smaller groups and worked with peer mediators from Longfellow Middle School and Langley High School. Each group tackled a number of different conflict situations.
"They talk about how to start a mediation, they go over the roles of a mediator and the rules of confidentiality, and then they use storytelling to go over issues and needs, and they use the problem-solving process to brainstorm resolutions," said McNulty. "The whole time they are practicing mediation."
12-year-old Lauren Meeker, a sixth-grade student at Great Falls Elementary School, says she registered for the program because she enjoys "helping other people."
"We did one [exercise] on bullying, and we did one about stealing because people accuse other people, and then there are misunderstandings," said Meeker. "In some situations the solutions come right to you, but others are a lot harder."
14-year-old Tayyaba Feroze, an eighth-grade student at Longfellow, completed the SCC peer mediation program when she was in elementary school, and worked as a junior mediator at last week's training session.
"My friend suggested that I do it because I was always a really good problem solver," said Feroze. "I've been having a great experience helping a lot of people."
SCC MEMBER AND PROGRAM COORDINATOR Evelyn Fox says that not every conflict requires the involvement of a school administrator, which is one reason why she believes it is important to teach students how to settle their own disputes.
"But anyone who learns to mediate will benefit from it," said Fox. "It's useful in school, it's useful at home when you need to mediate with your parents – it's a life-skill."
Jan Auerbach, president of the SCC, says that she believes the peer mediation training program has two major strengths.
"One is that it focuses on elementary-school students, and we are finding that a lot of behaviors are being formed at that period," said Auerbach. "And the other thing that I really love is the peer aspect. You have high-school and middle-school students working with elementary-school students, and they are learning from their peers, and in many ways they are taken more seriously than the adults in their lives."
For Lana McNulty, the SCC program is important because she believes "conflict resolution is a wonderful way to solve a problem."
"You can go before a teacher, but then you are not given any choices, you can go before a principal but again you are not given any choices. ... so for a student to be able to go to other students their age and have them guide them through it, then there are definitely choices."

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Thirteen Marines arrested at Camp Pendleton in July — some charged with human trafficking, some with drug distribution and some with weapons offenses — will leave the Marine Corps immediately, with no criminal record, rather than continue with the legal process.
The Marines, most of them pulled out of battalion formation, one by one, on July 25 have "submitted and have approved pre-trial agreements requesting separation in lieu of courts-martial" or going before a review board, 1st Lt. Cameron Edinburgh said Tuesday, Dec.3.
Six others have pleaded guilty to charges at courts-martial and another four Marines are awaiting trial.
It is unclear if the Marines who pleaded guilty will face jail time. If they do, Edinburgh said, it's not immediately known if that time would be served in the brig at Camp Pendleton or with a civilian agency.
Lance Cpl. Jose Garcia is one of the 13 leaving the Marine Corps. His defense counsel, Capt. Charles Whitman, was the first to raise questions of "actual unlawful command influence and apparent unlawful command influence" for the arrest, out of battalion formation, by 40 to 50 Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents.
Whitman said such action violated his client's rights.
In October, Whitman filed a motion to dismiss Garcia's case, after a video of the arrest was made public by communication strategy officers from the 1st Marine Division, the command that oversees the 5th Marine Regiment.
"The headline (of the mass arrest) was jarring," Whitman said Monday, Dec.2. "In the Military Justice System commanders are placed in a position with incredible power and there are reasons for that. But, when they run afoul, there's a method where they need to be held accountable."
Whitman called Garcia's separation from the Marine Corps "a favorable outcome."
"The government withdrew and dismissed the charges and offered my client the opportunity to separate from the Marine Corps without any criminal charges," he said.
Garcia's was the first in a series of hearings centering on complaints by attorneys representing the Marines arrested by the NCIS agents, who worked together with the command. On Nov. 5, a military judge found the mass battalion formation arrest unlawful and a violation of the Marines' rights.
The arrests occurred at Camp San Mateo, where the 1st Batallion/5th Marine Regiment headquarters are located.
Marine Col. Stephen Keane, Garcia's hearing judge, told the 1st Marine Division to come up with adequate remedies for what he perceived as "actual unlawful command influence and apparent unlawful command influence" or it could be devastating to their case.
Unlawful command influence occurs when a commander uses the position of authority to influence court proceedings. Apparent unlawful command influence is when the appearance of unlawful command influence places an "intolerable strain" upon the public's perception of the military justice system.
The command was given until Nov. 25 to resolve the issue, but Garcia's pre-trial hearing was rescheduled for Dec. 2. Garcia, who served in the infantry unit, will now be processed out of the Marine Corps immediately, as will the other 12 Marines.
"There is no evidence of him being connected to smuggling or transport of illegal aliens. That is why the UCI (unlawful command influence) in this case is so aggravating — because he was lumped in with them," Whitman said of Garcia. "I think they saw the writing on the wall and wanted this out of the media.
"The court's ruling is a good thing for the Marine Corps," he said. "This is a deterrent and is working the way it should. It's a win for everyone. It should give the public confidence that the military justice system is working."


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leozzy posted a topic in Altair HyperStudyHello Everyone, I would be really appriciated if someone can answer my question. I dont know if it is possible in Hyperworks to do implicit parametrisation. I am currently working on a cross section shape optimization of a b Pillar. This b pillar consists of 3 metal sheet. Outer inner and the reinforcement. Reinforcement should go up and down in the y direction Outer and inner pillar should be parametrised in x direction. I have already made required morphing and saved them as shape. This is called as an explicit shape parametrisation while the geometrical conflict and overlapping can only be prevented by having a smaller margin of movement. In order words when i move the reinforcement more than 12mm outside pillar and reinforcement will cause an overlapping. Is there any way to control this? When the outer pillars are wider there is whole bunch of space that reinforcement in y direction to move. But if move it than there will be overlapping when it is narrower. Such as in the picture belows. Hope i could explain my problem.


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Take measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19. A face mask is required by several municipalities throughout the Grand Strand. MBACC has compiled a list of resources for businesses to plan for and respond to the virus. Read More
Myrtle Beach Area Chamber CEO Reappointed to Travel and Tourism Advisory Board
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Brad Dean, president and CEO of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, has been appointed by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker to the Travel and Tourism Advisory Board (TTAB).
First chartered in 2003, TTAB serves as the advisory body to the Secretary of Commerce on matters relating to the travel and tourism industry in the United States. The board members represent a broad spectrum of the travel industry, including hotels and restaurants, financial services, transportation services, as well as a variety of small and large firms from across the country.
"The travel and tourism industry supports millions of American jobs and is a major driver of our nation's economy," said Secretary Pritzker. "The Travel and Tourism Advisory Board offers important guidance and strategies that facilitate collaborative efforts between the public and private sectors to ensure that America remains an attractive destination for international visitors for years to come."
The TTAB provides advice that helps the government address emerging issues affecting the travel sector, prioritize travel and tourism policies that will stimulate growth, and solve industry-related problems at many levels. Board members collaborate with other government agencies as part of the Tourism Policy Council, which advanced the development of the President's National Travel and Tourism Strategy. The Board will continue its efforts to ensure Strategy's goal of drawing 100 million international visitors to the United States by 2021 is achieved.
"I'm honored to be reappointed to the Travel and Tourism Advisory Board and am pleased to have the opportunity to represent the Myrtle Beach area at a national level," Dean said. "I look forward to working with travel industry colleagues across the country, where our goal will undoubtedly be to help promote, protect and improve our respective business communities, both locally and nationally."
The newly appointed members of the Travel and Tourism Advisory Board are:
1. Brad Dean, CEO, Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, Myrtle Beach, S.C. *
2. Chair: John Sprouls, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Universal Parks and Resorts, Orlando, Fla. *
3. Vice Chair: Margaret McKeough, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Washington, D.C. *
4. Vice Chair: Greg Stubblefield, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Enterprise Holdings, St. Louis, Mo. *
5. George Aguel, President and CEO, Visit Orlando, Orlando, Fla.
6. Ted Balestreri, President and CEO, Cannery Row Company, Monterey, Calif.
7. Helane Becker, Managing Director, Cowen and Company, New York, N.Y. *
8. Thella F. Bowens, President and CEO, San Diego International Airport, San Diego, Calif.
9. Bruce Charendoff, Chief Public Policy Officer, Sabre, Southlake, Texas
10. Henry Cruz, Senior Partner, The CrossBrook Organization, LLC, Alexandria, Va. *
11. Todd Davidson, CEO, Travel Oregon, Salem, Ore. *
12. Fred Dixon, Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel, NYC & Company, New York, N.Y. *
13. Kurt Ekert, President and CEO, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Minneapolis, Minn.
14. Elliott Ferguson, President and CEO, Destination DC, Washington, D.C. *
15. Mike Gallagher, Co-founder and Co-chairman, CityPASS, Victor, Idaho *
16. Adam Goldstein, Co-founder and CEO, Hipmunk, San Francisco, Calif.
17. James Hagen, Secretary, South Dakota Department of Tourism, Pierre, S.D. *
18. Nick Hentschel, Vice President, AmericanTours International, Los Angeles, Calif.
19. Taylor Hoang, Owner, Pho Cyclo, Seattle, Wash.
20. Adam Medros, Senior Vice President for Global Product, TripAdvisor, Needham, Mass.
21. Steve Morrissey, Vice President, Regulatory and Policy, United Airlines, Chicago, Ill.
22. Mary Motsenbocker, President, International Tourism Marketing, Inc., Englewood, Colo.
23. Susan Presby, Owner/Director of Sales, Mt. Washington Cog Railway, Bretton Woods, N.H.
24. Tricia Primrose, Global Chief Communications & Public Affairs Officer, Marriott International, Bethesda, Md.
25. Olga Ramudo, President and CEO, Express Travel, Miami, Fla. *
26. Sherry Rupert, President, American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association, Albuquerque, N.M. *
27. Adam Sacks, President, Tourism Economics, Philadelphia, Pa.
28. Gary Schluter, General Manager, Rocky Mountain Holiday Tours, LLC, Fort Collins, Colo.
29. Marty St. George, Executive Vice President Commercial and Planning, JetBlue Airways Corporation, New York, N.Y.
30. William Talbert, President and CEO, Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau, Miami, Fla. *
31. Denise Thevenot, Executive Director, Louisiana Tax Free Shopping, New Orleans, La.
32. Ernest Wooden Jr., President and CEO, Los Angeles Tourism and Convention Board, Los Angeles, Calif.
*Denotes reappointed Travel and Tourism Advisory Board member
Travel and tourism is the United States' largest services sector export and supports 1.1 million American jobs. Inbound international visitors to the United States spent an estimated $84.1 billion on U.S. travel and tourism-related goods and services from January to April 2016, a four percent increase from a year ago.
For more information, go to www.USChamber.com.
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About The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce
Since 1938, the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce has stood as the unified voice of the Grand Strand's business community. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has awarded the MBACC its five-star accreditation, one of only several chambers in South Carolina to earn this distinction. The MBACC serves Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach, Little River, Atlantic Beach, Garden City Beach, Loris, Conway, Aynor, Murrells Inlet, Litchfield Beach and Pawleys Island. For more information, visit MyrtleBeachAreaChamber.com. The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce is the proud recipient of the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives' "2015 Chamber of the Year" award.


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We had the boys' birthday party the other week. This year we just did one party for the both of them since they're birthdays are just a couple weeks apart and since we'd be inviting pretty much all the same people to both parties... Plus with Easter to plan around it was just too much. They wanted different kinds of cakes though so we had 2 cakes and we sang "Happy Birthday" twice.
First was all the prep and luckily my mom came early in the week to help me with everything. I couldn't have done it without her!!! First we had to get everything ready for the goody bags. We personalized some Hershey miniatures with a special think you from the boys:
Then I printed out some coloring pages with the boys' favorite characters on them and I wanted to include some crayons with them. Also wanted to include some sidewalk chalk since my boys LOVE that. But I didn't want to just throw the crayons and chalk in the goody bags loose, so I put them in bags with topper that match the mini candy bars. One side of the topper is a message from Owen and the other side is from Riley:
After that, the bags were ready to assemble with pencils, pencil sharpeners, erasers, stickers, small homemade coloring book, crayons, sidewalk chalk, and mini candy bars. Tucked it all in a brown paper bag that I'd stenciled each kids' inital on and Owen decorated (with my mom's help) and then tied the bags with some jute. I wanted to do something to add a little more color to it, but we just didn't have time so they're a little "Uncle Knit Knot"-ish.
It was a little warm in the sun, but we had the canopy set up and it wasn't too bad in the shade.
The kids had fun driving the cars around:
And Eric's boss loans us his small bounce house every year for the party but now that the kids are getting bigger we thought we needed something more so we rented a large one to go with it so the little kids could be on one while the big kids were on the other.
Then there's the gift that keeps on giving (don't ask!!):
Riley's cake request was originally for a Buzz Lightyear cake. I'd looked and looked online for some ideas for this but was really not feeling creative about it nor looking forward to it. Then he came up with the idea of a Frank cake. For those of you who have not seen the movie Cars 8 billion times, Frank is the combine tractor that chases Lightning and Mater out of the tractor field when they go tractor tippin'. My mom helped me out with this and luckily it came together very easily and turned out pretty much just like I imagined. And Riley loved it, so that's what mattered.
Owen wanted a Star Wars cake. It HAD to be blue with stars all over it. I took the easy way out and just bought some Star Wars people to go on it, so it ended up being a cake and present all in one! Owen can be a little picky about his cakes and tends to get upset if it doesn't end up the way he envisioned it, so I was a bit nervous with this one. Turns out he LOVED it! Yay!
All in all, it was a good day. Owen even said it was his best birthday ever (and he had a firetruck at his 3rd birthday party so that's really sayin' something!).
A few extra pics of the birthday boys:
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
5 comments:
- gottaluvboyz said...
It looks like they had a great birthday, Evonne! You, your mom, and the boys did awesome making it special:)
- May 7, 2009 at 6:49 AM
- Party of Five said...
Wow, you and your mom did a great job! Looks like a successful party. Your boys are getting so big! I don't think I've seen pictures of them in awhile.
- May 8, 2009 at 2:36 PM
- Melody Kingsley said...
I love how creative you are. I know the boys will always remember their birthdays. You are such a wonderful mom.
- May 9, 2009 at 11:28 AM
- Wendy said...
AWESOME!!! I wish we would have been around to come that that shin-dig! ;-) HAPPY BIRTHDAYS OWEN & RILEY!! :)
- May 10, 2009 at 8:35 PM
- Matt said...
Creative! Happy Birthday to them from Brazil - Parabems!
mary virginia
- July 12, 2009 at 1:59 PM
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Unfortunately, things don't always work out as I might like--like this danged chapter. Yes, I'm looking at you, Chapter Six.
You see, Chapter Six has had many beginnings--one was too dull, the second in character, solid writing, but it led to a big brick wall for me; and third, well, third isn't giving me a hell of a lot to work with in the feelings department--I sense lots of repetition, and I'm writing it suspect of where it's going to lead me. That's always a good frame of mind to be in while you're writing. NOT.
I don't mind spending a little time getting the words, so long as I get the right words. But I have to admit, it's getting itchy for me. I want to write! I want to write dang it, but when the right words aren't coming then it doesn't lead me anywhere.
So, Chapter Six, if you're going to play with me, then I'm going to play with you. That's right, I'm going to go there--I'm going to write something outlandish and I'm going to throw my all behind it to make it good.
Chapter Six--prepare to be written.


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The Tale of Custard the Dragon by Ogden Nash
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- Choose the correct alternative:
(a) The poem, "The Tale of Custard the Dragon" is written by
(i) Ogden Nash
(ii) Robin Klein
(iii) John Berryman.
Ans: (i) Ogden Nash.
(b) Belinda lived in a
(i) cottage (ii) palace (iii) little white house
Ans: (iii) little white house.
(c) The name of the little black kitten is
(i) Blink (ii) Ink (iii) Mustard
Ans: (ii) Ink.
(d) Belinda called the dragon as
(i) Custard (ii) Mustard (iii) Blink
Ans: (i) Custard.
(e) The dragon's mouth was like a
(i) chimney (ii) mantelpiece (iii) fireplace
Ans: (iii) fireplace.
(f) They all heard a …… sound.
(i) sweet (ii) nasty (iii) buzzing
Ans: (ii) nasty.
(g) The pirate was equipped with
(i) pistol in his left hand (ii) pistol in his right hand (iii) pistols in both hands.
Ans: (iii) pistols in both hands.
- Say true or false:
(a) Belinda had a little black kitten named Blink. Ans: False.
(b) Belinda had a pet dragon named Custard. Ans: True.
(c) Belinda had a pet tiger named Mustard. Ans: False.
(d) The dragon had big sharp teeth. Ans: True.
(e) The dragon's mouth was like a fireplace.
(f) Percival was the other name given to the dragon. Ans: True.
(g) A thief had entered Belinda's little white house. Ans: False.
(h) Custard finished off the pirate by gobbling. Ans: True.
(i) Custard had been compared to a robin. Ans: True.
(j) Custard agreed that he alone was brave. Ans: False.
- Name the poet of the poem, "The Tale of Custard the Dragon".
Ans: The poet of the poem, "The Tale of Custard the Dragon" is Ogden Nash.
- Where did Belinda live?
Ans: Belinda lived in a little white house.
- What was the name of the little black kitten?
Ans: The name of the little black kitten was Ink.
- What was the name of the little grey mouse?
Ans: The name of the little grey mouse was Blink.
- What was the name of the little yellow dog?
Ans: The name of the little yellow dog was Mustard.
- What did Belinda call the little pet dragon?
Ans: Belinda called the little pet dragon Custard.
- Name the pets of Belinda.
Ans: The pets of Belinda are Ink, Blink, Mustard and Custard.
- Who possessed the big sharp teeth?
Ans: The dragon called Custard possessed the big sharp teeth.
- How did the dragon's mouth look like?
Ans: The dragon's mouth looked like a fireplace.
- What did the dragon have on his toes?
Ans: The dragon had daggers on his toes.
- With what, did the poet compare Belinda's braveness?
Ans: The poet compared Belinda's braveness with a barrel full of bears.
- Who chased lions down the stairs?
Ans: Ink and Blink chased lions down the stairs.
- Whom did Belinda tickle?
Ans: Belinda tickled Custard, the dragon.
- Whom did Ink, Blink and Mustard call Percival?
Ans: Ink, Blink and Mustard called Custard Percival.
- The dragon was called Percival. Who called it Percival?
Ans: Ink, Blink and Mustard called the dragon Percival.
- Who, according to all pets and Belinda, was coward?
Ans: According to all the pets and Belinda, Custard was coward.
- What happened when Belinda laughed?
Ans: The house shook when Belinda laughed.
- What sound was heard by all of them?
Ans: All of them heard a nasty sound.
- How did Ink react when it heard a nasty sound?
Ans: Ink cried "meowch!" when it heard a nasty sound.
- Who entered Belinda's little white house?
Ans: A pirate entered Belinda's little white house.
- What did the pirate carry in both his hands?
Ans: The pirate carried pistols in both his hands.
- How was the pirate's beard?
Ans: The pirate had black bushy beard.
- With what, was the pirate's one leg made of?
Ans: The pirate's one leg was made of wood.
- Why did Belinda cry for help?
Ans: Belinda cried for help because a pirate had entered her house.
- How did Custard look like when he clashed with the pirate?
Ans: Custard looked like a robin at a worm when he clashed with the pirate
- How many bullets did the pirate fire?
Ans: The pirate fired two bullets.
- Who ate the pirate?
Ans: Custard ate the pirate.
- Who amongst the pets was judged as brave?
Ans: Amongst the pets, Custard was judged as brave.
- What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
Ans: The rhyme scheme of the poem is – aabb.
- Give rhyming words of the following :
house, wagon, Ink, teeth, nose, bears, rage, age, sound, right, wood, dragon, hit, gyrate
Ans: house – mouse, wagon – dragon, Ink – Blink, teeth – underneath, nose – toes, bears – stairs, rage – cage, age – cage, sound – around, right – bright, wood – good, dragon – flagon, hit – bit, gyrate – pirate.
- Short Type Questions : Marks : 2/3
- Where did Belinda live? Name the pets possessed by her.
Ans: Belinda lived in a little white house. The pets possessed by Belinda are Ink, Blink, Mustard and Custard.
- Who was Ink? Who was Blink?
Ans: The name of the little black kitten was Ink. The name of the little grey mouse was Blink.
- Who was Mustard? Who was Custard?
Ans: The name of the little yellow dog was Mustard. The name of the dragon was Custard.
- Briefly describe the physical features of the dragon.
Ans: Custard the dragon looked terrifying. It had big sharp teeth and claws like daggers. Its mouth was like a fireplace and nose was like a chimney. It had scales underneath.
- Why did the dragon cry for a nice safe cage?
Ans: The dragon cried for a nice safe cage because it was a cowardly dragon.
- Why is the dragon called 'cowardly dragon'?
Ans: The dragon is called a 'cowardly dragon' because it used to cry for a nice safe cage.
- "Belinda tickled him, she tickled him unmerciful ……" Why?
Ans: Belinda and her pets used to laugh at the dragon for its cowardice. She tickled him to taunt and make fun of him.
- How did all the pets and Belinda react when they heard a nasty sound?
Ans: When Belinda and her pets heard a nasty sound, Mustard growled, and all of them looked around. Ink cried "meowch!" and Belinda cried "ooh".
- Describe briefly the pirate.
Ans: The pirate had black bushy beard and a wooden leg. He held pistols in his hands and a sharp cutlass in his teeth. It was clear from his activities that he meant no good.
- How did Custard face the pirate?
Ans: Custard faced the pirate boldly. He jumped up, snorted like an engine and clashed his tails like irons in a dungeon. Then, making a clattering and clanking sound and squirming, he attacked the pirate like a robin at a worm. He gobbled the pirate in the end.
- How did Custard prove that he was a brave dragon?
Ans: When all the others including Belinda were terrified to see the pirate, Custard jumped up, snorted, clashed his tail and attacked the pirate and gobbled him. In this way, he proved that he was a brave dragon.
- Why did Ink and Blink gyrate in glee?
Ans: Ink and Blink gyrated in glee because the pirate that had entered Belinda's house with pistols and a cutlass was attacked and gobbled by Custard the dragon.
- How did Belinda and her pets behave when the pirate had been killed by Custard?
Ans: When the pirate had been killed by Custard, Belinda embraced him, Mustard licked him and Ink and Blink gyrated around him.
- How did all boast of their false bravery?
Ans: After the pirate had been killed, Mustard boasted that he would have been twice as brave if he had not been confused. Ink and Blink said that they would have been thrice as brave.
- Who amongst them was actually brave? How did he show his bravery?
Ans: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Six athletes will represent Guernsey on the track and road at next year's Commonwealth Games to be held on the Gold Coast in Australia to be held 4th-15th April 2018.
Guernsey Commonwealth Games Association (GCGA) have named a maximum team allocation of 33 athletes plus team officials. Island 400m record-holder Cameron Chalmers had previously been named in the initial wave of selections and will be joined by his younger brother Alastair as they both make their senior Commonwealth Games debuts following successful 2017 seasons. The latter has been selected for the 400m hurdles and he will not be Guernsey's only representative in that discipline as he'll be joined by Island Games silver-medallist Sam Wallbridge. Both men recorded personal bests over the barriers in 2017 and will be 18 and 21 years old respectively when the Games begins next April.
The three young quarter-milers will be deployed in the 4x400m relay as well as their individual events due to the discretionary selection of Athletics Development Officer Tom Druce as the fourth member of the quartet. Druce will also fulfil the role of assisting athletics manager Dave Legg with relevant technical coaching duties and will pass on his experience and help oversee the youngsters' final preparations for the Games. Manager Legg expressed his delight at the opportunity to field a relay team and said it would be fantastic for the youngsters' development.
Druce's 2010 Games team mate Lee Merrien secured selection with a solid showing at the recent Frankfurt Marathon – he has indicated in the media that he fully expects to return to something nearing his best form in the Gold Coast. It will be Merrien's fourth Commonwealth Games appearance – his first being back in 2002 when he received a late call-up for the Manchester event.
Merrien's protégé Sarah Mercier is the female presence on the team. Following a summer ravaged by injury issues, the long distance runner has been handed a discretionary place in the 5,000m. Mercier claimed two Island records at the previous Games in Glasgow and her early season 2017 form on the road, cross country and indoors for the first time was enough to convince both the Guernsey Athletics and GCGA directors that she was deserving of nomination and selection. Like all of the selected athletes – Mercier is required in due course to declare she is free of injury and fully fit to perform to her best in Gold Coast next April.
The Guernsey Athletics confirmed team can be downloaded below.
Photo: Lesley Chalmers
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The mountains are omnipresent in Haute-Savoie, making it the premier skiing area in Europe, and one of the most popular areas in France for British holiday home buyers.
Sharing a substantial border with Switzerland and Italy, and its sibling department of Savoie due south, the department is at the centre of the Alpine skiing domain.
The mountain areas lie primarily to the east and south east, with the central Alpine zone dominated by the Mont-Blanc massif, the highest mountain range in Europe.
To the north are the plains bordering the shores of Lake Geneva, whilst to the south-west is the capital city of Annecy, which also has its own lake. Forest area covers 42% of the department, most of which is classified an area of outstanding natural beauty.
There are four main skiing domains - the Pays du Mont-Blanc (Chamonix, Mégève), the Portes du Soleil (Avoriaz, Abondance, Morzine), the Grand Massif (Flaine, Morillon, Les Carroz), and the Aravis (La Clusaz, Le Grand Bornand).
Under the influence of economic growth of the Geneva metropolitan area the department is one of the most dynamic in France, with the population doubling over the past 40 years, to reach 806,000 inhabitants. Since 2006 it has risen by 14%, the largest increase in the whole of France.
There are around 70,000 foreign nationals who live in the department, of whom around 16,000 are Swiss and 4,000 who are British.
Most of the population growth has been in and around Annecy, and along the border with Switzerland, with many inhabitants who commute for work to the Geneva metropolitan in Switzerland. In contrast, in most mountain areas the population has either stagnated or declined.
The increase in population in the west and north has resulted in a substantial annual housing building programme of around 8,000 a year, most of which have been constructed along the border with Switzerland and the Annecy conurbation. There are now around 500,000 homes in the department, with the majority (300,000) being apartments.
The main housebuilding programme has also been supplemented by between 1,500 and 2,000 new second homes and holiday lets a year in the ski resorts, many of which have been built using the tax breaks available for individual investors, under such schemes as 'Besson', 'Perissol' and 'Robien'.
As a result, a quarter of the housing stock in the department comprises second homes, most of which are located in the ski areas to the east and south-east. In several resort communes over 80% of the properties are second homes, such as in Les Gets, Morzine, Arâches-la-Frasse, Morillon, and Châtel. In the Chamonix-Mont-Blanc commune over two-thirds of the 15,000 residential properties are second homes, around a quarter of which are owned by foreign nationals. There are also several hundred British nationals who live permanently in the area.
Overall, according to the Notaires de France, in the past 5 years house prices in the department have risen by an average of 2.9%, to reach €360,000, whilst the average price of apartments has increased by 2.6% to €3,350m².
However, there are very substantial internal variations, ranging from increases of around 25% in some areas, to double digit falls in some other areas. Average prices in the department are similarly contrasting, depending on location, with houses ranging from €247K to €742K, whilst for apartments average prices range from €2,260m² to €5,500m².
The graphic below divides the department into communauté de communes, inter-municipal councils that are gradually taking the place of the local commune as the local administrative centre within each department. These councils are in a state of transition, and many have merged or are in the process of merger, so the administrative areas are not up-to-date. The colour coding of the map should be ignored but the numbers correspond to municipalities listed in the table.
The table shows the average movement in house and apartment prices for each of these municipalities, for the 5-year period 2012-17, as well as the most currently published average prices for each area.
As usual, the table should only be used for general guidance. These municipal areas are large, some covering a quite disparate area, and prices will vary, depending on the size, type, location and condition of the property.
You can also expect to pay a premium in the best and highest ski resorts. Topping the pile of the resorts is chic Megève, located in the Pays de Mont Blanc, where apartment prices average over €7,000m², the most expensive area for ski property in the department.
Similarly, in the Aravis mountain range, in the municipality of Vallées de Thônes, lies the resort of La Clusaz, where prices for an apartment average between €6,000m² and €7,000m².
Expect to pay between €5,000m² and €6,000m² for an apartment in the resorts of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Les Gets, and Morzine, and between €4,000m² and €5,000m² in La Grand-Bornand, Comblouz, Les Houches, and Manigod.
Prices are more modest, between €3,000m² to €4,000m², in Châtel, Praz-sur-Arly, Morillon, Thônes, Araches-la-Frasse, La Chapelle-d'Abondance, Samoëns, La Balme-de-Sillingy, Douvaine, Les Contamines-Montjoie, and Saint-Gervais-les-Bains.
The cheapest locations, between €2,000m² and €3,000m², are in the communes of Vetraz-Monthoux, La Roche-sur-Foron, Saint-Jean-d'Alups, Sallanches, Passy, Taninges, Thollon-les-Memises, Bonneville, Rumilly, and Cluses.
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The development of an integrated platform on Apple's iOS 5, for social networking Web sites like Facebook, MySpace and Foursquare - following the success of the Cupertino company's Twitter app - is something that is probably very dear to the hearts of all social networking addicts.
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bed bug treatment cause literally billions of dollars worth of structural damage across the United States, so it's no surprise that so many property owners are expressing completely valid concern regarding termite control. While most termiticides are only approved for application by a licensed pest control specialist, there are some steps that property owners themselves can take toward preventing serious structural damage due to termites. These steps begin with understanding the signs of a termite infestation.
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Termites only emerge from their hiding places in soil, mud tubes, and wood on an infrequent basis, so it can be difficult to determine whether or not there is a termite problem before serious damage has been allowed to occur. The best way to identify the problem early is to perform periodic examinations of any exposed wood using a flathead screwdriver or another similar tool to tap on it and expose any hollow spots. If bed bug removal sounds hollow, chances are there are termites burrowing beneath it.
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The best way to prevent a termite infestation is to make the structure seem less appealing to these pests. This can be done during construction by using a concrete foundation and ensuring that a ventilation space is left between any wood and the soil outside and covering exposed wood surfaces with metal or specialized sealants. Unfortunately, though, most property owners don't have the luxury of full control over the construction process and must take action to retrofit their properties instead.
There are still plenty of steps that can be taken toward termite prevention in existing structures, though. Keeping the soil around the structure dry by ensuring adequate maintenance of gutters and drainage systems, filling any cracks in the foundation, and ensuring that no trees and shrubs are allowed to grow against exposed wood can all help immensely in making a structure look less appealing to termites.
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The only sure-fire way to get rid of termites is to call in a Pest Control specialist. Exterminators have access to products that are not available on the consumer market such as specialized termiticides that require licenses for application and know how to use techniques such as erecting physical barriers, baiting, and putting down fungus treatments to eliminate any insects currently infesting the structure.
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Termites become more difficult to control the longer they are allowed to proliferate throughout a structure, so it's always best to call a pest control specialist as soon as signs of termite damage begin to appear. If swarms of termites are already being noticed throughout the building, taking action immediately can make the difference between sustaining serious structural damage and being able to control the attack and successfully prevent future damage.


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"Particle by particle, I'm flying apart. I see you no more. My eyes dissipate. The protons fall away like dried grapes in the bunch. The electromagnetic charge fades. I've lost my Higgs."
Mars beats his ears till they bleed to block the cry of the worm waiting down the corridor. Quotidian, he is brought to the worm, to lay prone beneath its aphotic face, its rapacious lips that suck and chew. His healer is named The Good Doctor Sullivan. He vowed a cure for chaos gone wild in Mars's blood.
Athena clutches Mars's arm, but she can't feel his skin, muscle bone or hot blood. The chemo burned her nerve endings.
The worm sings down the corridors of Athena's love, her need. It has burrowed into their flesh, sipped their souls:
Soul seeks sensation.
"Sorry," Athena says.
"Don't let them take me," Mars says.
Nurse Wolfe hunts at the threshold to the private limbo waiting zone of the Oncology Ward. She juts out a three jointed digit and beckons Mars. The mouth waits. The mouth hungers.
Master mouth mutilates.
"It's not so bad, God of War," Nurse Wolfe says. "Just a few minutes a day under the black face. It growls, and you're on your way."
"Keep me close, Athena," he says. "Don't loosen your fingers."
"My fingers don't feel your flesh," Athena says. "I try to hold on, but my arm grows weak. You're flowing away from me like a melt water stream from the mountains. I long to see mountains again. I can't climb anymore. My hammer is melted. I've lost it."
The portal vortex sucks his body into the corridor of the Radiation-Oncology department. He holds to her arm for traction, foundation, but her wheelchair yanks forward.
Fingers feel faint.
"If you let go, they'll shoot their rays and beams through my molecules. I'll fade and break apart, and my atoms will dissolve and become energy; and the energy will lose form and drift apart to void."
"Forgive me," she says. "Or I'll float in Hades a mindless shade."
Her hands slip. He collapses into the row of uniform plastic seats, into the magazine table and box of children's toys. A ratty puzzle box flips over. Its pieces rain on the brown rug, scatter and fall in a random pattern close to the paradigm for which they'd been designed. He discerns a mountain river flowing away in the vision depicted on the visage of the component cardboard motes.
Wanting water wanes.
Mars gazes on the mixed motes, on their inchoate visions, and the image fluxes, changes and rearranges. He views his life before his white cells went wild, when he was not a victim of thermodynamics and chaos. Cancer infects other people outside his borders, characters in books and on telly who were born to be nailed to crosses, to suffer and be called martyrs then forgotten. His crimson hair flowed in wild strawberry fields, now burned clean. He owned his name. They'd taken it, stolen, ripped it away and promised him it was for a salubrious reason of a new healing season.
"I blame you, and I might forgive you," Mars says to Athena. She's lost her name, also. "I'll try to forgive you. I am flawed."
She turns her wheels and looks away. Her hair has grown chemo, and it glows in the sallow halogen lights like dying daffodil flesh trampled by careless boot.
Nurse Wolfe holds her hand out to him. It curves and flows with snake's body, grooving and oozing to her triple jointed finger, calling him forward, to face the face that spits radiation lace.
Fear fiery face.
"Find my name," Athena says.
Nurse Wolfe guides him from the waiting room, down the corridor. Shadows bite his feet. He stumbles when he walks, weakened by the toxins and cosmic rays the healer employs to devour his temple, chipping the marble, smashing the altar and burning the fig leaves laid out for him in sacrifice.
She leaves him at the linear accelerator chamber. Minions in black lead garments lay him on the block of ice. They strip his depleted body and chain him to the frozen table. The worm emerges from the ceiling, vomiting its ebony face, eye lining to eye. In the screen, he sees his future—buried beneath black soil and the roots of an apple tree digging into his flesh. The sun shines on his grave. The snow falls on the grass. No man or woman weeps at his marker.
Leave low love.
"A woman I loved. I remember her. A goddess. Her hair flashes like sunlight and blinded my eyes. The high priests burned away her legs and grafted wheels to her hips. They stole her womb and ripped away her name. I loved her soul, but she is fading. Why can't I remember?"
Obsidian screen growls. Crimson fingers emerge from the worm flesh and burrow into his forehead. It cracks his skull, drilling deeper, trespassing on his mind and deeper yet. Below it seeks the core of his crystal dreaming. It sucks the marrow of his night reveries, drinking high and wobbling from intoxication. It has no dreams in its manufactured mind.
Dreamed delusions.
Lost loves.
Memory miracles..
The worm soaks him in cosmic rays, curing and killing, healing him if he can endure the holistic poison. He burns anew, hollowed and reset, sans his dreams.
"My molecules rip apart. The magnetic bond breaks. Gravity. Electromagnetism. Strong and weak nuclear forces. The weakest force. She felt so real."
The worm works. His skin fades, dissipates to chunks of muscle and bone. The chunks break into motes, and the motes spread to atoms. He rides the cycle. Void. Matter. Man. God. Man. Matter . . .
. . . and void.
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T. Fox Dunham resides outside of Philadelphia PA—author and historian. He's published in over 100 international journals and anthologies and writes for Team Obama. He's a cancer survivor. His friends call him fox, being his totem animal, and his motto is: Wrecking civilization one story at a time. http://www.facebook.com/tfoxdunham & Twitter: @TFoxDunham


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Technology (+78%)
Technology surpassed banks this year as the category contributing the largest share of brand value to the BrandZTM Top 100 Most Valuable Chinese Brands. The nine technology brands in the BrandZTM China 100 comprise almost a quarter its total value.
Tencent, the Internet portal, ranks number one, displacing China Mobile, which has led the BrandZTM China ranking since its inception in 2011. The search engine Baidu ranks fifth.
Both Tencent and Baidu continued to evolve into online ecosystems to compete more effectively with ecommerce giant Alibaba for consumer time and advertiser revenue. Tencent, for example, bought a 15 percent stock share of JD.com and linked it with its WeChat messaging service to provide seamless shifting between ecommerce and social media.
Similarly, the Internet portal and media company Sina conducted an IPO (Initial Public Offering) of Weibo, its social media subsidiary. As Alibaba owns about 30 percent of Weibo, the transaction facilitates contact between Weibo users and merchants on Alibaba sites.
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Great First Day!
We had a great first day today. Besides going over rules and procedures, our students participated in a mixer activity, used iPads to participate in a poll about math facts, constructed a line plot graph, and began using student planners.
Just a reminder that the first math timing is due tomorrow. Directions are printed on the back side of the timing sheet.
Finally, be sure to sign up for Remind101. Details are on the information slip included with the parent packet given out on Supply Night or sent home today with your child.


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If you are like me, then you may have thought about replicating the parts on your own. I sometimes wish I had a milling machine but then again I would just get myself into trouble making parts that just aren't profitable. I think these might fall into that category but maybe not. On the other hand I wouldn't hesitate to try and make them if this where only a hobby for me.
So thats what motivated me to take the time to share these photos. Maybe you just might want to make some for yourself. It is mostly brass and a few other materials that are readily available. The photos should be self explanatory. Click on the images to enlarge.
If any machinist out there is making these or you all hear of some place that is producing them let me know.


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This post is going to be all about what I am planning on reading this November, and I have a theme! The theme for November is…….Royalty Month! So, what does Royalty month mean? Well, all the books that I am planning on reading this November have some sort of royalty in them. I am super excited about all these books and I can not wait to read them all. Now let's get into the books. Continue reading "Coming Up in November : Royalty Month"
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After a prolonged period of stalled similarity, the vertical transportation industry is finally in a state of flux, as leading companies such as Otis, Kone and ThyssenKrupp seek to surpass each other with radical new ideas and concepts to suit and drive the buildings of tomorrow Bureaucratic red tape is stifling inventive design in all aspects of the European building industry, especially in the vertical transportation (VT) area, where every elevator looks very similar to the next - rather like the automotive industry, where most brands are indistinguishable from each other and, design-wise, are extremely dull and uninspired. There are, of course, notable exceptions in both the automobile and building industries. These usually occur where signature design houses or architects want to create a statement and bring the elevator in harmony with the environment, as for example with Kone's installation at the Richard Rogers-designed Lloyd's Registry of Shipping building in London.
In these circumstances, building designers, owners and lift manufacturers welcome new concepts of lift engineering with open arms.
But with so little imagination frequently shown outside this top end of the market, it is refreshing that elevator companies are now introducing designs and products that are of a good design, making the VT systems safer, user friendly, and using less building volume. These are not limited to the multinational companies, which have mind-blowing research and developments budgets, but are also coming from the smaller national and local companies, which are developing and testing ideas and concepts that enable them to fulfil a vital role in their market sector.
The VT industry is not just confined to providing lift and escalator systems for mediocre international buildings that could be in London, Berlin, Madrid, New York, Singapore or Tokyo, or super-fast elevators in super-tall buildings, which get volumes of media coverage. A high proportion (more than 80 per cent) of all the VT systems) installed go in buildings with fewer than 30 floors, and provide universal access to public or private premises. If we take an imaginary journey through a modern building we can see these new products in everyday use.
Radical rethinking The world's largest lift company, Otis, has recently been thinking radically about what, up to now, had been considered traditional projects whose designs haven't altered for decades. To break into the machineroomless (MRL) markets, the boffins at Otis launched their second-generation lift machine several years ago, referred to as GEN2. This turned the concept of lift drives upside down with its radically different and effi cient design of drive machines, using highly flexible belt drives. The GEN2 machine, although very compact, can provide the motive force to drive the most commonly available lift sizes and speeds.
Otis has also looked at the escalator (which, incidentally, was Otis' trade name - until the word was deemed to be generic, rather like 'Hoover' and vacuum cleaners).
These look the same worldwide, despite manufacturers' attempts to change handrail profi les, balustrade materials, lighting and truss cladding. It would take an expert to differentiate between the manufacturers just by visual inspection.
The next step Otis' approach was to look at all aspects of design, and especially at the potential hazards to users, although the strict European Code EN115 already ensures a very high degree of safety. With the launch of The NextStep escalator, Otis has taken a radical design approach, especially in the area of step design, as this is an area of possible entrapment. Its design eliminates the gap between the escalator step and the side of the escalator, because the step is now a combined single module. Not only has the step been totally redesigned, but additional safety improvements are also incorporated in the design of the comb plates and handrail entry junctions, and there is an overall space saving of 15 per cent on previous designs.
This is significant, with rentable office-space values rising each quarter, making any space saving obviously worthwhile.
Sculptural approach For many people with disabilities, escalators are not a feasible option. They need a lift or a ramp. Most disabled lifts are of a standard design, using conventional drives, and the lift cars are box designs with limited ranges of finishes and information systems.
Therefore it is refreshing that Paul Britton (technical director of Doppler), together with Arup, looked at the overall design of disabled-access lifts and ignored the conventional industrial-looking access lifts.
They took a clean sheet of paper and looked at every aspect of the design mechanically, electrically and architecturally. The finished lift is not only extremely functional but is also a piece of moving sculpture. It moves in a space that blends into the building without the need for structural steel members, large expanses of sheet steel or industrial methods of fixing components together.
In coming up with the correct design of lift, the words 'sculpture' and 'architectural designs' dominated the process. Therefore the choice of materials, components and fabrication was blended into the finished lift. The stainless steel tubular hydraulic rams and guides provide the smooth vertical lines. Architectural welding, LED illumination, a glass lift-car floor and secret fi xings all blend effortlessly into a functional lift, which is also a unique piece of moving sculpture.
Better control The multinational lift companies have made signifi cant advances in lift-control design since the days of the lift operator over a century ago, but even today, and even with the most intelligent systems available, lift controls are unable to determine how many people are waiting in a lobby. Traditional lift-control systems only know that a call has been registered in a lobby or in the lift car. They do not know how many people are behind the call (it could be one person or 20) or where they want to go. They could all be going to the same floor, or to 20 different fl oors. Ideally the lift control would assign a lift which had space, but conventionally what arrives is just the nearest lift, or a lift travelling in the same direction. Therefore lifts may arrive to answer a call with space for say three people, yet 15 may be waiting and will have to re-register the lobby call again - not a very satisfactory arrangement.
That is, up until now. Schindler Top Range Center has developed its Miconic 10 ID control system. Not only has Schindler integrated its successful Hall Call Destination (Miconic 10) control system, it has also taken passenger movement into a new dimension with personalised passenger applications that satisfy individual passenger requirements and provide optimal lift performance based upon their needs. This individualisation provides improved lift traffic capacity, travelling time and security.
Making space In the modern building, the needs of the handicapped must be considered, but also those of VIPs (very important people) and CIPs (commercially important people). All these groups need more space in the lift cars, for reasons of physical space requirements, individual security or confidentiality.
With the Miconic 10 ID system, this is now achievable by the use of smart cards, PIN codes, key rings, watches or combinations of these methods of individual identification.
This means the occupants of the building or visitors are security checked prior to the journey, and the call station assigns the right lift car based on the intending passenger's needs and security rights.
Doubling up Not to be outdone in the radical thinking process, ThyssenKrupp's research and development division has decided that it would be a good idea to have multiple lifts (the Twin System) in the same shaft.
This concept has been used before with the Double Deck lift, in which two lift cars are fi xed together and travel up and down together. The problems with this system is that, although the Double Deck lifts were very efficient in terms of core volume used (a saving of 30 per cent is considered to be typical), the lift drive and control systems had to cope with large dynamic loads. This made the costs per unit unacceptably high.
ThyssenKrupp was mindful of these concerns, and decided instead to install multiple lifts in the same lift shaft. By using sophisticated lift-traffi c algorithms, it is possible to ensure that the safety spacing of lifts is maintained so that you can not only have both lifts travelling in the same direction, but also have them moving away from each other or on a converging path.
With its Twin System, ThyssenKrupp is also using its Hall Call Destination control system. This allows the individual lifts to be kept apart, because the passengers' destinations are determined and stored in the lift-control memory. This radical design is in daily operation and is not just a concept design. Perhaps one day we will see three or more lifts in the same shaft.
Rethinking the door Smaller companies that manufacture lift components have also been innovating, mainly in the generic areas of design. It is an established fact that approximately 80 per cent of recorded worldwide lift breakdowns are related to lift doors and their associated sub-systems. For the visitor or residents of a building, the lift landing doors give the fi rst impression. Global Lift Equipment is now offering a new range of bespoke lift-door drives. These can work with designer fi nishes at the commercial end of the market, and with the very special explosion-proof designs that petrochemical applications require. Within the Global range of specialist doors, there are both framed and frameless designs. The latter are provided with reinforced top tacks and larger-diameter door rollers due to the weight of the individual door panes, and carry a fire-rating certificate.
Global has also launched the first ever variable-voltage variable-frequency (VVVF) circular design of lift door, available in stainless steel or glass. This type of door allows the lift designer to have not only rectangular lift cars but also designs that incorporate circular doors and lift cars.
Safe as planes Users of lifts take it for granted that lift installation is one of the safest methods of transport available worldwide. Only air travel is safer on the miles travelled ratio, making the lift the safest method of transportation available without the need of the user to take a test prior to using it.
However, design developments in lift shafts and motor rooms are making journeys even safer, very reliable and more effi cient. They do this by using intelligent controllers that are being marketed to the independent sector of the lift industry.
LiftStore has recently launched a new concept in lift controllers with its ETHOS design of controller. This is a 16-bit or 32-bit internal CPU with a processing capability of 30 million instructions per second. Since the reliability of lift systems is so important, and any poorly designed control systems will without doubt lead to failures, the LiftStore ETHOS control system has undergone an enormous amount of development. The resultant design is an extremely reliable control system for groups of up to four lift cars, which can be used on new and modernisation projects.
Evacuation strategies What is the future going to be for lifts in the next generation of buildings? The key word is evacuation. As new buildings become taller, wider and deeper, there is not just a need to get all the occupants including those with disabilities into the building during peak periods. There is also a real and moral need to get people out quickly and safely in an emergency situation. These conditions are classifi ed as 'imminent catastrophic events' (ICE). During an ICE, lifts in future buildings will have to be used to assist in the total or partial evacuation of the building, instead of reliance being placed solely on the traditional emergency staircases.
Arup R&D has developed a lift-analysis simulation program that considers not only how the lift groups move the waiting passengers from the upper and lower levels of the building, but also the waiting time in lobbies and the fl ow rates in the stairways and corridors. The program can determine the number of lifts, speeds, capacities and design variables such as acceleration and rates of changes in acceleration together with the number of stairways and flow rates of people on the stairs. This design platform allows the designer not only to see the effects of a free-flowing design in the lift shafts and stairways; it can also allow for various ICE scenarios where there may not be 100 per cent lift capacity, or where an emergency staircase may be blocked or the flow rate of people reduced, due to the presence of less mobile people in the stairwells.
It is therefore not enough just to design, advise and specify the correct size, speed and drive of lifts to get the occupants into the building within international guidelines for waiting intervals, handling capacities and percentages of people transported in five minutes. Now the question being asked is how long it will take to evacuate the building during an ICE.
The future of lift engineering is exciting.
Multinational companies are developing new and inventive ideas by revisiting conventional thinking. The smaller design and component companies are not content with traditional tunnel vision, and are thinking how to design lifts and sub-system components that are architecturally acceptable. This should suit the client who does not want a run-of-themill lift installation but, like many building owners, has a fear of non-generic lift equipment. As a result, this sector of the lift market is buoyant, with specialist component companies offering architectural lift glass doors and intelligent lift-control systems to provide the much-needed flexibility in design of lift components.
This all means that new or modernised lift design need not be restricted to traditional square boxes from standard catalogues using mediocre manufactured systems and industrially designed components. The only limitations to lift-system design today are within your imagination.
Roger Howkins is a vertical transportation specialist with Arup
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United today paid tribute to county cricket champions Yorkshire who clinched the title at Lord's yesterday.
Despite losing several players throughout the season as a result of international call-ups - including Joe Root, the world's number one batsman and Blades supporter - the White Rose county took the championship for the second season running.
United Managing Director Mal Brannigan said: "This is a terrific achievement by the Yorkshire squad - particularly as they have gone through the county season unbeaten. Our congratulations go out to the squad, the coaches and management team: it is just reward for all the hard work that has been put in, on and off the field by Martyn Moxon, Jason Gillespie and Mark Arthur."
It is the first time Yorkshire have won back-to-back titles since 1968. The Blades are hoping to mark the occasion by inviting the Tykes to a forthcoming fixture at Bramall Lane (in its 160th anniversary as a sports ground) where cricket was frequently played by the county. Of course, Bramall Lane was the original home of Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
"It will be a wonderful opportunity for our fans to greet Joe and the rest of the squad at Bramall Lane as heroes," added Mr Brannigan.


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It's about time Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner says officers will hand out tickets for indecent exposure to nude riders in the Naked Bike Ride in downtown Boulder tomorrow. They knowingly will be exposing their genitals in view of someone else in a manner that causes an affront or alarm. Basically, that is the criteria for a ticket for indecent exposure, so they should get that ticket.
Beckner has warned the nude bike riders, too, which was fair since last year Boulder police didn't issue tickets for the very same thing. What's changed is complaints are up.
The affront or alarm I feel is not in seeing a nude body nor even an ugly or painted nude body. The affront is to my sense of respect, modesty and decency. I don't go downtown during the bike ride, but who isn't to say anyone with my kind of thinking couldn't accidentally happen upon the ride?
The fact nude riders are trying to use their private parts in their public protest doesn't protect them. Indecent exposure isn't a form of protected free speech. So, the police are going to protect the public with tickets.
I'm not saying everyone feels the "affront" or "alarm." The Camera's online poll suggests lots of people don't care, but the law didn't ask for a percentage. What makes me feel a little more comfortable about society is knowing a growing number of people with my kind of decency are speaking up and that the police chief is responding.
I have a suggestion for the police as they pull over nude bikers to issue tickets. Police should have cover-ups available, maybe even something itchy.


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Wandering Monster at Marsden Jazz Festival 2016
Sam Quintana's Wandering Monster made their second Jazz North Introduces appearance at the 25th Marsden Jazz Festival on the main stage at The Marsden Mechanics. Playing shortly after mid-day on the Saturday the band played an uplifting set which received a standing ovation from members of an enthusiastic festival audience.
Next festival date will be in early 2017 at Southport with further showcase dates across the year leading up to a final date at Scarborough Jazz Festival 2017 at the end of September 2017.
Wandering Monster is:
Sam Quintana – Bass
Ben Powling – Tenor Sax
Calvin Travers – Guitar
Aleks Podraza – Piano/Keys
Tom Higham – Drums
About Wandering Monster
Since getting together in the autumn of 2014, Wandering Monster has honed a sound which demonstrates a combination of intricately arranged off-kilter grooves, in your face hooks and lengthy collective improvisation sections. Influences taken from the rhythmic complexity of modern jazz are juxtaposed with the intensity of classic blue note recordings.
The band features, Ben Powling on tenor saxophone, Calvin Travers on guitar, Aleks Podraza on piano/keyboards and Tom Higham on drums. Also associated with projects such as Zeitgeist and Stretch Trio, these musicians are amongst the most active on the Leeds music scene.
Their debut two track EP was recorded at Leeds Fold and was released on the New Jazz Records label in March complete with a live video from the recording by Maria Alzamora.
Listen to the Wandering Monster EP wanderingmonsteruk.bandcamp.com
For more information about booking Wandering Monster please email bookingsATjazznorth.org (replace AT with @).