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New misdemeanor – Drowning while Black.
Small, rich, white towns in southeast Texas are getting a disproportionate amount in federal disaster recovery funds following Hurricane Harvey compared to neighboring communities that are poorer and have a larger minority population, according to a new report by City Lab.
The report pointed out the very affluent and very white community of Taylor Landing, a small town of just 228 residents, which received $1.3 million in funds to help its 22 hurricane affected residents. That comes to about $60,000 per affected resident.
Meanwhile, just 15 miles east, Port Arthur received just $84 in federal funding per person. Out of 54,000 residents — more than a third of whom are black — almost everyone was impacted by Harvey, and the city had a high poverty rate. It received $4.1 million in the same set of federal funds, to be distributed among 50,000 affected people.
The report placed the blame on the way the state and local commissions distribute federal housing funds.
Texas received more than $5 billion ($157 million to Southeast Texas) in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds to pay for buyouts and acquisitions of homes destroyed by the storm and conduct storm mitigation projects to help communities prepare for the next storm, according to City Lab. But a state land management agency called the General Land Office distributes the funds to local governments and two dozen regional boards called Councils of Governments decides how those funds are distributed.
According to the report, state policies distribute the funds, which requires minimum disbursements for buying out properties at $1 million, a formula that provides too much aid small towns and too little to large cities. It did not factor in where the most people live and where the greatest needs are.
Not just housing. Reports of basic rescue services denied to poor during Florence.
KINSTON, North Carolina — Hours after Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina last month, battering the state with heavy rains and flooding, a group of migrant farmworkers woke up to find themselves in waist-deep water.
Isolated in a migrant labor camp in rural Jones County, far from the view of paved roads, the workers called 911 and told emergency officials they needed to be rescued. Then they waited for hours, watching as their mattresses, refrigerators, and other belongings floated by in the rising floodwaters.
But unbeknownst to the workers at the time, a county emergency management team had canceled an effort to extract them, after the owner of the farm where the men were working called county officials to say the laborers at the camp were "fine."
"We were there in the rain and didn't know what to do," a worker who was among those stranded at the camp, and who asked to remain anonymous for fear of repercussions, told BuzzFeed News.
"The water started coming in, but we hoped that it would keep flowing and go down," he said. "Once it got higher than a meter, we had to get out."
Located deep in eastern North Carolina's farming country, Jones County was among the areas hardest hit by Florence. Bracing for the hurricane's impact, the county had declared a state of emergency on Sept. 11, four days before Florence made landfall, and ordered mandatory evacuations for its roughly 10,000 residents.
Men at the camp were told a hurricane was approaching, the worker told BuzzFeed News, but many of them — including himself — had never experienced one before. He said he was not aware of any evacuation order.
Eric Merritt, Jones County's emergency management director, confirmed to BuzzFeed News that the county received the workers' 911 calls on the morning of Sept. 15, and said that first responders, including a swift-water rescue team, were initially dispatched to the camp in response.
The rescue crews had trouble reaching the location because of a road that had been blocked off by rising water, Merritt said. In the meantime, he said, the owner of the farm where the workers were located contacted the county to say that the group of roughly 35 to 40 men were fine.
"We contacted a swift-water team, and by that time the farm owner stated he made contact with [the workers] and they were fine, that they were just in an isolated area," Merritt said. "That they had everything they needed as far as food and water."
It was not clear why the farm owner, Randy Riggs, of Riggs Brothers Farm, called off the county's rescue efforts, or why workers at the camp stayed behind four days after the mandatory evacuation had been issued. Riggs did not respond to multiple messages from BuzzFeed News.
Asked why an emergency rescue would be called off on the word of the property owner, despite firsthand requests from the stranded workers, Merritt said he was not sure.
"He's the actual owner and representative of the property," Merritt said. "In that situation we'll use the information from the most reliable case."
Pressed on whether those asking to be rescued should be considered the most reliable source, Merritt conceded, "I guess in this case, yes."
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The Vicious Cycle
I had an argument on a parent list that I've been a part of for just over a year. I love the organization's leader as she's also Aspie and great to bounce ideas on. But this recurrent theme that I keep seeing keeps leaving me in tears.
Without going into detail about the specifics, I feel that the theme is very important to touch on.
It's about educating, training, accommodating then allowing a person to live independently. As Autistic adults, we know how hard all of these things can be. For myself and many of my knownreaders, we all are pretty permenantly disabled for one reason or another. We made it through our teen years some easily, others much more difficultly. This is the nature of the Autistic life.
When I drive home the three A's of Acceptance, Accommodation and Accessibility, the recurrent idea is that these things are not happening. General population acceptance of our disabilities is definitely not there, but that's something we will continue to work on.
What I find difficult is that within parent circles, it's okay to be accepting of your children's differences, but when it comes to an adult, especially another parent, there is far less acceptance, to the point of personal attack on the person. When I attack an ideology, an organization or other such things, I am not attacking a person. Yet, when I do attack these things, I find myself more often than not insulted in one or more ways. Either because I don't "represent" the "true" "reality" for many Autistic adults, or because I "attack" or "complain" too much and am not willing to "do anything about it." If it's not that, then I am accused of attacking someone personally even if I was very direct in criticizing a group or ideology with no personal flings.
This is difficult enough for me to handle. But then to be further insulted that just because you live with someone with Autism, means that you automatically know what it means to live with Autism. Independence is very difficult for many of us. If I did not have my husband, I would not be considered "independent." So when you're supporting financially, emotionally, and/or physically, an Autistic child, it is not nearly the same thing as we "independent" adults live with every day. What happens when you're gone? How are they going to support themselves?
Many of the programs out there cost exorbitant amounts of money to train your child only for them to live and work in a sheltered program. Is this what you want for your child, or would you rather they be "independent like me?" I know I'm preaching to the choir. But why in one breath are we Autistic parents seen as extraordinary, then in the other unrealistic in what we want to see out of programs and services to address our brethren?
I really want to understand this. My husband says I never will because I'm working from the idea that everything is logical. (He's right, by the way.) If you want your child to be independent, to not want to worry about what happens to your child when you are no longer around, or no longer able to take care of them, why do you scoff at our ideas? Is it so much to ask that instead of training a person to work in a sheltered workshop, that you instead give the supports to work in a normal workplace? If they are having a hard time coping with certain work situations, why are you taking them out of the workplace and putting them else where? Wouldn't 1) Emotional and Job support, 2) Life Coach or 3) Job liaisons help the person stay where they are qualified to be as well as give them the skills to take it to another place?
In the end, if they can no longer work in the sheltered workshop, where will they go? Most likely to a group home or institution if you as parents are no longer able to support them or be there. How is that helping the person? And do you truly think about these things when you set up the "great" programs? Or are you just looking for the next year or two?
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Topic: Reading (01/25/07)
TITLE: Natalie's Glasses
By Sharlyn Guthrie
Natalie approached me, her hand outstretched. "What does this one say?"
"Why don't you try to read it?"
Standing on tiptoe Natalie tugged on my sleeve. When I bent close, she whispered in my ear, "I don't know how to read…I don't have glasses."
Uncomprehending, I furrowed my brow. That's when I noticed several children, candy hearts in hand, crowded around Keegan, the only proficient reader in the class and the only other person besides myself who wore glasses. I smiled as the meaning of Natalie's words became clear.
It wasn't hard relating to Natalie's misperception. I could recall asking my grandmother to read me a story when I was a child. "Let me fetch my reading glasses," she had replied, heading for the stand that held her Bible and newspaper. After reading the story Grandma had returned to the kitchen. Then I carefully tried on her reading glasses, hopeful that they would work for me. Instead, the words in my storybook grew fuzz and I felt dizzy. The memory made me smile.
Now here I was, attempting to teach five year olds how to read. The job was often challenging. Today had been encouraging, but on other days I wondered if we were making any progress at all.
If only Natalie were right, and a pair of glasses could make all the difference in the world…
"It's time to practice reading," I notify my class.
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Mike Fuller has been a performing songwriter for over 20 years. He has released 3 CDs of his songs, and another CD as part of a trio. His songs have been used in CD releases produced by Amarillo College and the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce. His music has also been used in the independent film 'What Matters Most', in a promotional film for Habitat for Humanity in Modesto, California and in commercial advertisements for Amarillo College.
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"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." ~Mark Twain
As Mark Twain so aptly infers, everyone comprehends when an act of kindness has been bestowed upon them, because they are outward signs of graciousness towards others. Acts of kindness produce good ripples; they can be contagious! Smile at someone and you put a smile on their face, which in turn puts a smile on someone else's face. Hold a door open for someone and it alleviates their stress, which in turn puts them in a good mood, as they engage with others. Serve food in a soup kitchen and you help someone live for another day, which in turn helps them to move with God's grace to be of assistance to someone else. Whatever the act of kindness, it evokes a positive response. Sometimes it's gratitude (another virtue), and sometimes it leads to something even more wonderful.
About two years ago, a person from my church asked my husband and me if we wouldn't mind transporting an elderly woman to and from church. We said that we would do it, thinking that it would be a nice act of kindness. I expected it to be nothing more than a transportation service, and I expected nothing in return. What surprised me was the gift that I received from God for my act of kindness; for a kindness expressed to a stranger, is a kindness expressed to God. He has blessed me with a wonderful friendship, filled with love. This woman has become a dear friend to me. I visit with her at her home. I love spending time with her. She tells the most wonderful stories from her life. That simple act of kindness two years ago has supremely enriched my life forever.
Why should you embrace the virtue of kindness? We'll address the answer to that question in our next reflection on the virtue of kindness. Don't miss it!
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- In Arizona, scientists conducting research in the Fort Valley Experimental Forest discovered the effects of climate change on ponderosa pine trees.
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Today, the Forest Service is working to ensure that our National Forests and Grasslands are prepared for upcoming changes in climate through adaptation (reducing vulnerability to climate change effects) and mitigation (decreasing the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere). Adaptation strategies include building resistance to climate stressors, such as drought, insects, and wildfire, and increasing resilience to climate change impacts. Mitigation strategies include promoting healthy forests to increase uptake of atmospheric carbon by forests and storage of carbon in soils, vegetation, and long-lived wood products, as well as reducing energy consumption in facilities, vehicle fleets, and other operations.
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"It would be great to wake up in the perfect life…to wake, and be cherished and adored by everyone," she whispered to him. "It would be as though I'd just had a bad dream, and when I woke, I'd be waking up to greet myself. It would be like a rebirth…only a rebirth into perfection and never ending happiness."
He stared at her for a long time as she spoke, watching the corners of her lips twitch as she tried to force the smile on her face to stay in place. Then he noticed something slithering down her cheek, leaving a steam of glitter on her face. He met her glossed eyes. She was smiling at him.
"I'm ready to wake up now."
February 24th, 2016.
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One of the first words my son learned to read was "Stop."
He didn't learn it from a book, but from the neighbourhood stop signs.
When I was an ESL tutor, I learned that one of the biggest motivators for new readers is relevance. People are more apt to want to read something when it is relevant to them.
Signs are great because they're relevant, they're usually fairly simple, and they provide a context that helps the beginning reader. For instance, the word Stop is at the end of a road.
Literacy isn't all about words, however. It's important - and kind of fun - to teach kids the non-verbal signs as well. I ask, "What do you think that sign means?" Usually, the ideas kids come up with are more interesting than what the sign is really all about. And children are generally interested in knowing what the sign really does mean.
As they get a little older, we talk about how signs can be miscontrued. These two signs are across from each other on the same road. The one on the left implies "no parking on Thursdays" but the other sign clarifies "no parking except on Thursdays." My son and I had a laugh trying to figure them out.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Learning to read the signs.
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this is great. I'll link to it,okay?
- September 12, 2008 at 3:16 PM
I've forwarded this link to teachers I know and friends with kids. It looks really helpful.
- September 12, 2008 at 4:14 PM
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Tasmanian prospectors have to ask for permission from any and all tenement holders that have an interest in the area they want to prospect in. Both I and PMAT, as well as others, have asked Mineral Resources Tasmania to change this and bring us more in line with Victoria, though there's been no action yet…. Continue reading
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Discovery The mineral potential of the Moina area was known since at least 1858, when James 'Philosopher' Smith prospected alluvial gold in the Forth River near Lorinna, underneath modern Lake Cethana. Prospecting began in earnest in 1889, with a find of payable alluvial gold at the head of a gully draining into the Dove River,… Continue reading


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Snowball Cookies
by Anne Paddock
Every December, I make my family's favorite holiday treat: Snowball Cookies, a buttery pecan cookie that melts in your mouth. The recipe came from my grandmother who was born in 1910 whose mother (my great-grandmother) came from Switzerland. I don't know if the original recipe came from my great-grandmother (who was an amazing bread maker according to family lore) or if my grandmother started the tradition of passing down favorite holiday cookie recipes. No matter as the snowball cookie is one of those small delights that we all look forward to every December and one I'm sure my daughter will make for her own family one day.
The Snowball Cookie is not one of those beautiful holiday cookies that look too good to eat or that looks better than it tastes. In fact, the cookie looks rather plain covered in white confectionary sugar but the taste will knock your socks off – they're that good. How could a cookie not be amazing with sweet creamy butter and pecans? The recipe is simple with only seven ingredients: butter, pecans, flour, confectionary sugar, vanilla, salt, and evaporated milk. Blended together these ingredients make approximately 60 of the most delicious "snowballs" you will ever taste.
1-1/2 cups (3 sticks or 12 oz) of unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup of confectionary sugar
1/2 cup (4 ounces) of evaporated milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
3-1/2 cups of all purpose flour
2 cups of pecans
Confectionary sugar
- Put the pecans on a cookie sheet and bake in a 300 degree oven for 20 minutes.
- Remove and allow to cool.
- Break the pecans into pieces and set aside.
- Increase the oven temperature to 325 degrees.
- Cream the butter, salt and confectionary sugar with a mixer for about 2 minutes.
- Add the evaporated milk and blend with the mixer for about 1 minute.
- Add the vanilla and blend.
- Add the flour one cup at a time and mix until the dough starts to come together, about 3-4 minutes.
- Sprinkle the pecans over the dough and use a large mixing spoon to blend. The dough will be firm so put some muscle into distributing the pecans evenly into the dough.
- Using your hands, roll the dough into 1-inch balls. The dough is firm (not sticky) and will be easy to use. Place the balls 1 inch apart on a parchment lined cookie sheet.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 15-16 minutes. The cookies will not brown but the bottoms will be a light brown color.
- Allow the cookies to cool and then roll the cookies in confectionary sugar.
Helpful Hints:
- Always use unsalted butter.
- Toasting the pecans before adding to the batter makes for a richer nutty flavor.
- The cookies keep their shape during baking and will not spread.
- King Arthur Flour makes a product called "Snow White Non-Melting Sugar" which is a confectionary type of sugar that is excellent for the topping of desserts. The sugar won't melt or disappear even if the dessert is warm when the sugar is applied. The sugar also won't melt under plastic wrapped desserts. To order, go to: www.kingarthurflour.com
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In the middle of a muddy field next to a reservoir in Kasungu District, a team of scientists are hard at work. Boxes of equipment lie scattered around a patch of dry ground, where Lancaster University's Michelle Stanton programmes an automated drone flight into a laptop perched on a metal box. With a high-pitched whirr of rotor blades, the drone takes off and starts following the shoreline, taking photos as it goes.
Month: July 2018
Leading role: Head Teachers Association improves schools
Kwiputi is one of the better rural primary schools in Mangochi District, thanks to a series of changes driven by Headmaster Mustafa Pemba. Originally from a nearby village, he has a passion for improving the quality of primary education. Most heads stay at the school for two or three years, but Mustafa remained for 11 years to realise his vision.
Working to change things at my school!
UNICEF is constructing new school buildings for Nankhali Primary School in Lilongwe, including six classrooms, teachers houses and toilet blocks. Standard 7 pupil Aness Rodgers shares her experience of the project.
Secondary school scholarship brings Jane closer to her dream
Life has not been easy for Jane Lupale. Before she got a scholarship, she used to miss school because her family couldn't afford the fees. Once she missed school for three weeks straight because her brother failed to pay her fees. But things changed three years ago when Jane received a scholarship.


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Pink Sunset For No One
A Pink Sunset For No One is the eighth studio album from Noveller, the solo electric guitar project from US composer and filmmaker.One of the most adept guitarists of our time, Lipstate returns with her signature breathtaking cinematic, experimental soundscapes. Eloquent and striking, her instrumentals evoke colourful and otherworldly imagery. Lipstate writes in majestic, emotional strokes with pieces ranging from remarkably tense environments to shimmering psychedelic rock or unraveling into something darker.


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B30 Governmental Offices, The Hague
Designed by: KAAN Architecten
For client: Central Government Real Estate Agency (Rijksvastgoedbedrijf), The Hague Floor area: 21000.00 M² Year of completion: 2017
Nominated for: 年度市政空间
About the Project
The Bezuidenhoutseweg 30 is an imposing and powerful 20th Century building in The Hague. The new design is the re-interpretation of the original design's essence and is based on a clear plan to achieve an open and transparent architecture.
Pivoting doors allow the external gardens to enter the foyer area. The entire ground floor is an extension of the public and collective spaces and includes a seminar room, several meeting rooms, a restaurant and an espresso bar. At the core of the building, a large Atrium becomes the quiet heart of B30. Here, Dutch artist Rob Birza was called upon to design a new mosaic floor pattern, a garden abstraction giving life to an internal landscape that is visually connected with the city forest and the new side gardens.
All the workplaces spread in four floors have similar interiors quality by maintaining their own identity. A bright floor plan, natural routing and short walking distances play a major role. All passages are aligned and generate direct view lines through the building to allow an easy way-finding.
New roofs and ceilings characterize the foyers and the new workplaces and are designed in accordance with the structural and decorative coffers of the old Knuttel building (originally built in 1917).
What's unique about it
Most historic buildings are inherently strong, otherwise they would not have survived. However, it is a building's capacity to adapt that determines whether or not it has earned long-term functional legitimacy. A helping hand is sometimes needed to breathe new life into a building.
In staying true to the essence of the original design, it is possible to fall in love with a historic building, to come to understand it and to move forward with a vocabulary of forms and materials that remain close to the original. Through a contemporary translation we can come to a single integrated design, without historicism, in which old and new transition sympathetically into one another and, together, form a unified whole.
This is a way of working that ensures respectful handling of a historic building while also keeping it from becoming a historic relic, merely for conservation.
As founding partner Dikkie Scipio points out: ´We have chosen to interpret the original concept of the building uding contemporary language. We are firmly convinced that this is the most appropriate approach to take.´ B30 now gives space to contemporary ideas regarding government transparency, seen through the original design. A spatial expression of a shared vision that will inspire curiosity and invite research and debate.


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How do you know when a watch is well designed when beauty is often in the eye of the beholder? We look at some differing options to see if we can find an answer
The very idea of "good design" is a slippery one. We all know when something adheres to certain aesthetic principles but start to articulate why one thing looks right while another doesn't and you find yourself floundering. It is partly down to the element of subjectivity – one man's chintz is another's Charles Eames – and when you're talking about taste it's hard to sound objective.
With watch design it is even harder to explain. You will find yourself describing why the layout of the dial is subtly different, how the slight incline of the numerals lends a baroque flirtatiousness to the steel case but you'll eventually admit defeat and end up saying," it just works, alright".
Chanel Première Camélia Skeleton is a revelation in combining mechanics and feminine design
When it comes to exquisitely designed women's watches Chanel has form – the Premier, which it launched 30 years ago, has become an icon then there was the runaway success of the Boy.Friend. Every woman who wore it loved it and it also won an Eve's Watch Award. This year it was its Première Camélia Skeleton that blew everyone away and took home another Eve's Watch Award for best design. For starters, it housed the brand's second in-house movement the Calibre 2, which doesn't really sound like much to get excited about, but which is another incredible feat of watchmaking – a skeleton movement that is in the shape of a camelia, one of the many well-known symbols in Chanel's iconography.
Note it is a "skeleton" not "skeletonised" movement because the Calibre 2 was never a complete movement out from which pieces has been removed, they were never there in the first place. Instead bridges have been shaped into a camellia and then the wheels placed within that structure to create a three-level floral pattern in which the mechanics are hidden.
And it is a beautiful watch. The instantly recognisable angled form of the now 30-year-old Premiere case, which takes its outline from the shape of the Place Vendôme and here is diamond set, acts as a contrast to the looping, almost hypnotic, DLC-coated bridges of the movement.
It is a quintessentially Chanel piece – feminine but without being overtly girly and unlike anything else.
Corum Golden Bridge Ladies Ronde is one of the most iconic designs in contemporary watchmaking
Also like nothing else around is the Corum Golden Bridge Ladies Ronde. It has echoes of the Chanel Première Camélia Skeleton, with its openworked movement that almost exists as dial decoration, but this is bolder in its colours and dimensions.
The Golden Bridge has been an icon for the brand since it first came out in 1980 but this year's iteration, with the coloured precious resin panels framing the mechanics, is its best yet. The panels frame the linear mechanism emphasising its unusual structure, but also add vibrant colour pop. Placing the rectangle of mechanics in a round watch creates a clever juxtaposition of styles that shouldn't work on paper but does on the wrist.
Manufacture Royale ADN Street Art is a true fusion of watchmaking art and design
Colour, especially when it's bold, has the potential to illicit a Marmite situation – in interior design terms there are people who would rather live in a white box and those who think hot pink is a neutral. It is the same with watches – there are those who think a dial should be in a tasteful neutral and then there's the people who are no doubt on the creative team at Manufacture Royale. Inspired by the echoes of graffiti on the New York subway after the municipal painters have tried to conceal the scrawl, its ADN Street Art watch is bold, brilliant and probably not to everyone's taste.
The bridges are coloured using a technique involving computer-printed film that is dissolved in water into which they are then dipped. The imprint is so unique that Manufacture Royale approves each design with the future owner. After that it almost seems incidental to mention that this is also a flying tourbillon.
Bulgari Serpenti Twist Your Time! shows how design can endure, whatever the era in questions throws at it
It's an amazing piece of art but it might have a way to go before it becomes as iconic as the Bulgari Serpenti. Being afforded the status of icon is a sure sign that you've hit on something when it comes to a beautifully designed watch. Bulgari's Serpenti design has been a part of the brand's design lexicon since the 1940s.
This year's iteration has been given a modern update with the introduction of interchangeable straps but it is also a scaled-back nod (all puns intended) to the time in the late 1960s when the Serpenti first got its reptilian head. It is a perfect example of how design can endure, whatever demands the era in question throws at it and goes to show that good design is often a question of superlative breeding.


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January 13, 2011 – Poppy Harlow looks into one of the biggest gold mines in the U.S. for an exclusive look at how modern day gold is mined.
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We all remember the BLM / Bundy Ranch standoff which occurred in 2014.
Most people don't know, the Nevada land grab was NOT about "cattle". It was about Gold Butte,Nevada. Gold Butte is an old dormant butte volcano, and an old GOLD MINING TOWN which was shut down by the government between 1905 -1908. During World War 1 a large majority of the copper and silver used in the war came from around this location in Clark County Nevada.
Ironically, 100 years ago is the time where Bundy claims his family began ranching the area. It is odd that the families that stayed behind AFTER the government shut down the post office (on purpose shut down to cut off supply to the town)…. turned out to be ranchers — and that was 100 years ago.
Bundy, an old man now in 2015 must have been passed down a "family secret" about the Gold deposits, silver deposits, and other precious metals in the ground at Gold Butte, NV.
The whole BLM land grab in 2014 was about Gold. Which is why Harry Reid wanted to strip mine the area and build a "solar farm" on Gold Butte after they level the mountainside and get the contents of the stripped surface and subsurface.
Gold Butte is located about 33 miles southeast of Glendale.
Mica was first discovered here in 1873, and then gold in 1905. By the next year, a post office was built. A gold rush in 1908 brought in more people, and the townsite now had a hotel, livery stable, post office, mercantile, and several residences. Another camp named Copper City was started two miles west at the site of the short-lived Lincoln copper mine.
By 1910 the gold rush was over and most mining operations ceased. No buildings remain, only a couple concrete slabs / foundations, two graves, and several old mine shafts.
Mining is thought to have begun in the 1700's when the Spanish left remnants of their efforts in the form of arrastras. An arrastra is a large flat rock hollowed out over which a donkey would drag another rock to crush the ore. There are four known arrastras in the Gold Butte townsite area.
In the 1800's mica was being mined and shipped from the area. Gold was discovered in 1906 and by 1907 Gold Butte was booming with a speculated population of 2,000. By 1909 the boom went bust and the post office was removed from the townsite of Gold Butte. Mining continued in the area as the Grand Gulch copper mine produced much of the needed copper for World War 1. The wagon trails that carried the copper to the St. Thomas railroad spur can still be followed to this day. The wagon masters' signatures in wagon wheel axel grease tell the story on the sandstone walls of Mud Wash.
Now move forward to 2015, and we have Galice Oregon, and a repeat situation of the BLM coming in to a Gold mining town to seize land for their own use.
Again we have locals who mine the land , who have a miners claim (by law) on land that is public use.
Just like Nevada , Bundy, and Gold Butte, in Oregon we have Gold HILL nearby.
A butte and a hill could be considered very much similar. Nearby volcanoes at each location tell the tale of the rich mineral deposits which must exist at both locations in NV, and OR.


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Yates, Ted: The 70's-The Hits and The Trivia
Fun book here from author Ted Yates for all those folks who just can't get enough of all things musical from the glorious decade that was the 1970's. More of an overview of the decade by year and what was popular on the charts, it's a charming way to look back on each year, and, depending on your age, relive all the great songs that you heard on the radio and the albums that burned up the charts. Prog & metal fans might not find a lot to sink their teeth into, but if you hold a soft spot for some of the classics by acts such as The Bee Gees, The Carpenters, The Eagles, ELO, The Rolling Stones, Peter Frampton, Cheap Trick, Doobie Brothers, Grand Funk Railroad, Bad Company, Captain & Tennille, Carol King, 3 Dog Night, Aerosmith, ABBA, Led Zeppelin, Elton John, and countless others, chances are you'll find much to reminisce with this book. Plenty of 'one-hit' wonders & novelty hits are discussed along with the chart mainstays, and for our normal readers, be on the lookout for mentions of Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Yes, Genesis, ELP, Jethro Tull, KISS, and many other prog & hard rock bands that crept into the mainstream during the magical decade. Though there are some inconsistencies and incorrect facts throughout (it's "Calling Dr. Love" there Mr. Yates, not 'Calling Mr. Love"-get your KISS songs correct!), for the most part this is a pleasant read for someone who is an obvious fan of all things 70's.
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10:58am PT by Josh Wigler
'Walking Dead' and 'Game of Thrones': The Difference Between Two Staggering Cliffhangers
[Warning: This story contains spoilers for the seventh season premiere of AMC's The Walking Dead, as well as the sixth season of HBO's Game of Thrones.]
During a conference call with reporters on the morning after the Walking Dead season seven premiere, the episode's director and series executive producer Greg Nicotero compared negative reactions to the zombie drama's latest string of violent killings to his own take on another juggernaut series: Game of Thrones.
"I'm a big Game of Thrones fan and I've been shocked at the turn of events on that show, but I still love it," he said. "It's unfortunate that people want to take a negative spin on it, but as far as I'm concerned, I'm dedicated to watching a show because I want to see where the story goes next."
Even without Nicotero evoking the Seven Kingdoms, it's easy to bring Game of Thrones into the current Walking Dead conversation, especially in terms of season finale cliffhangers and their eventual resolutions. The Emmy-winning Thrones closed its fifth season with the death of a central character, Jon Snow (Kit Harington), the light fading from his eyes forever, even if some people saw things differently. (Gulp.) Similarly, Walking Dead ended its sixth season with the death of a central character, except in this case, the victim's identity was unknown. The moment plays out from the casualty's point of view, staring up at the snarling Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) as he slams his precious baseball bat Lucille into the unnamed character's head, over and over again.
Both cliffhangers yielded the proper response: "What happens next?" In the case of Thrones, how could that show go on without Lord Snow, our eyes and ears and boots on the ground in the overarching White Walker conflict? In the case of Dead, which one of 11 possible murder victims actually kicked the bucket — and if it's Daryl (Norman Reedus), when do we start rioting? Immediately? Next week?
But there are a few staggering differences between the cliffhangers, one of the biggest being this: hope, or lack thereof. In the case of Jon Snow, fans had every reason to believe the 998th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch would return from the dead. Yes, dead is typically dead when it comes to Thrones, but sometimes, dead is only mostly dead, especially when Red Priests of R'hllor are on standby — as in the case of the frequently killed Beric Dondarrion and his resurrections at the hands of Thoros of Myr … or the case of Jon Snow and Melisandre, as many fans guessed and as it ultimately played out. While Snow's death is an absolutely crushing twist in the moment, there's overwhelming reason to believe the character's days are not done. There's hope, and plenty of it.
There's no hope in the Walking Dead scenario. Sure, fans could hope that their favorite characters wouldn't meet Negan's bat, but there was no question that somebody was going to die — and unless the show played it completely safe, it was going to be someone who mattered. There would be no Red Priests, no dumpsters with which to save the departed. The show was about to kill a beloved character in brutal fashion, and fans had a full six months to steel their stomachs.
What's more, many viewers already knew the likely identity of one of the victims: Glenn Rhee (Steven Yeun), who famously dies the same way in the Walking Dead comic books. Any fan with an internet connection and the curiosity to unearth the answer had plenty of time and opportunity to learn about Glenn's comic book fate. The same can be said about Jon Snow (even though his temporary death is the character's most recent stopping point in the books, fans had been theorizing for almost five years about why and how Jon would return from the dead), but in that case, we're talking about something worth looking forward to, something worthy of hope. When it comes to Glenn, there was only reason to dread and fear the inevitable — and indeed, the inevitable landed, even if it landed with a bit of a twist. (Rest in pieces, Abraham.)
Jon's rebirth and Glenn's death were both heavily foreshadowed. In Jon's case, as outlined previously, rules were in place for his comeback. In Glenn's case, Walking Dead cleverly teased out his fateful rendezvous with Lucille over the course of two seasons. In season five's premiere, Glenn nearly gets bashed in the head with a baseball bat in Terminus. Eight episodes later, Glenn finds a baseball bat in a garage. Shortly before his death, during the raid on the Saviors' satellite station, Glenn sees photographic evidence of Lucille's carnage on the wall — the closest thing to someone seeing the future on The Walking Dead, ghostly visions of Sunday supper notwithstanding.
But one can argue that those carefully laid teasers, which some fans viewed as nothing more than winks and nods to the comic book crowd (about that…), were thrown in the trash during season six's infamous "Dumpster Gate." In the season's third episode, "Thank You," Glenn appears to be ripped apart by walkers, but not so fast! It was another man's body, roughly laid on top of him, that became zombie chow, giving Glenn enough cover and time to sneak underneath a nearby dumpster and wait out the herd. Viewers were aggravated, annoyed, furious … choose your word, but very few would use "excited." Really, many viewers were mystified by the twist, knowing that Glenn's impending comic book fate was looming on the show. Why fake Glenn's death here and remove him from the show for several episodes, only to decisively kill him a half-season later? Just to throw viewers off the scent? Just to give a little tiny sliver of hope — only to beat that hope out of the season one veteran's head right in front of his ailing pregnant wife?
Compound "Dumpster Gate" with the finale's cliffhanger ending, the resulting six months of half-speculation and half-acceptance over Glenn's likely demise, 20 full minutes of season seven's premiere without an answer to the killings, Abraham's death serving as a momentary misdirect, culminating in Negan casually killing Glenn as almost an afterthought. Swirl all that together, and it certainly looks like Walking Dead heavily trolling Glenn's death, or at best, extending the comic books' single most iconic moment as much as possible on the show. But just because you're in possession of the world's single greatest slice of pizza, doesn't mean you should try to extend the life of that slice across multiple meals. (Apologies if that makes no sense; pizza is very vogue when it comes to discussing Walking Dead right now.) With Snow, not only was there hope that he's coming back from the grave, but it's a carefully laid twist with only one real "troll" moment — the long wait for Melisandre's magic to take hold, which really only lasts about 30 seconds.
Another key difference between the Jon's-death and Negan's-victim cliffhangers: finality, and not just as it pertains to the characters, though there's certainly that. Walking Dead co-creator Robert Kirkman famously designed his story as a zombie movie that never ends, and so far, he's stayed true to his word, with the comic books currently at issue No. 159 and counting. The show has already been renewed for its eighth season, the premiere of which will mark its 100th episode. Kirkman has said that he has an end in mind for the comics and the show (and has also said the two will be different if the comics outlast the show), but right now, there's no sense of when to expect that ending — and given the show's concept as "a zombie movie that never ends," it's worth wondering if the end will ever really come at all, or if the series will outlast its current cast, and everybody will wind up like Glenn sooner or later.
Game of Thrones, however, does have an ending in sight. There are two more seasons, and then no more. No more Jon Snow, no more Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage), no more Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke), no more anyone. (Not until the prequels and the spinoffs anyway, but even then, HBO's inevitable follow-up is likely to focus on different stories, characters and corners of the world than the ones focused on in Thrones.) That's a fundamental difference between watching Walking Dead and watching Thrones. Through all the shocking beheadings, Red Weddings and Red Viper brain-bashings, viewers stick with Thrones because all of that visceral misery is woven into the fabric of a story that's building to a definitive and imminent end. For The Walking Dead, without that finish line in sight — and with the growing suspicion that there might not be a finish line at all — perhaps it's too much to ask some viewers to get hooked into one man's six-year journey from frightened pizza delivery boy to courageous husband and father-to-be, then watch that same man's death drag out over the course of a season, and reach its denouement in a stunning display of gore, without any guarantee that it wasn't all for nothing.
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"It's not so much a particular situation, but rather the process of loving her and sharing her with my boyfriend that has enhanced our lives.
Roxanne has awoken maternal instincts in me that I wasn't aware I had.
She has shown me the I can be responsible and diligent if something is important enough.
She makes my boyfriend and me feel like a family.
I do a lot of the walking and feeding because I can, but when my boyfriend is home he adores her and they spend a lot of time playing together.
It's wonderful to watch them."


text: The Jordan Brand is spreading its wings into the "lifestyle" category with these sneakers. The Air Jordan Phyl has a straightforward style takes on the simplicity of Chuck Taylor's along with other classic basketball sneakers that go as far back as the 1950's. They were inspired by MJ's influential high school basketball coach Clifton "Pop" Herring, and their simple design begs for them to be executed in a variety of colors, materials and patterns.


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Iannetta's homer seals Angels' comeback win
Catcher goes yard in eighth after three-run seventh; Richards K's seven
ANAHEIM -- The Angels are a totally different band this season, showcasing a harmonious sound track. Mike Trout is feeling it, and so is Garrett Richards, another foundation piece for the franchise's future.
"This is a special team," said Richards, the kid with the golden arm. "Nobody quits. Everybody thinks we're going to win till the last out of the game. It's a great group of guys. Winning takes care of a lot of things."
Chris Iannetta lashed a line-drive home run into the left-field corner in the eighth inning on Sunday, lifting the Angels to a dramatic, come-from-behind 4-3 victory that gave them the weekend series against the Royals in front of 36,114 at Angel Stadium.
The Angels have won 12 of their past 16 contests to storm to within 1 1/2 games of the A's, tops in the American League West, a division the Halos last won in 2009 -- the year they drafted Trout, Richards and another sterling young starter, Tyler Skaggs.
"The team chemistry right now is unbelievable -- we all love each other and pick each other up," said Trout, the future face of, by many evaluations, the entire sport.
Trout's RBI double off hard-throwing Kelvin Herrera preceded a clutch two-out, two-strike, two-run single by David Freese that brought the Angels even at 3 in the seventh. Iannetta had jump-started the rally with a leadoff single against former teammate Jason Vargas, who handcuffed the Angels on three hits through 6 1/3 innings in his confrontation with young gun Richards.
Iannetta was 1-for-5 in his career against Vargas when he stepped in to open the seventh, having struck out in his first two at-bats.
"Facing Vargas," Iannetta said, "that might have been the first hit I've gotten off him. I have a hard time seeing the difference between his fastball and changeup. I finally put the barrel on a ball and it felt good."
The mild-mannered catcher wasn't sure if the emotional lift he got from starting the rally in the seventh carried over to his at-bat against Tim Collins, the diminutive lefty.
"Every at-bat is an individual event," Iannetta said. "Collins gave me a pitch to hit and I put the barrel on it."
Collins fell to 0-3 as Angels reliever Michael Kohn claimed his second victory in three decisions, and Ernesto Frieri bagged his sixth save.
"I just missed," Collins said of the pitch Iannetta sent rocketing into the seats in the corner. "I was trying to go away. You can't miss your spots in those situations. That's what I did, and that's what happens."
Vargas had to feel confident walking off the mound with a three-run lead with one out in the bottom of the seventh, his fifth victory with the Royals appearing fairly secure.
But the Angels staged a rally that has become a staple during their recent surge, producing four hits and two runs against Herrera, whose ERA rose to 1.96.
"Our guys put some professional at-bats together," Iannetta said. "A string of really good at-bats."
One of those, greeting Herrera in a pinch-hitting role, was by Raul Ibanez. The ageless one also contributed a defensive gem in left field, where Collin Cowgill had earlier made a pair of highlight-reel catches.
"Huge play Collin made [on Eric Hosmer's sacrifice fly in the third inning]," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "He almost got the guy [Pedro Ciriaco] at home.
"The bigger one was probably the one Raul made on [Jarrod] Dyson [leading off the eighth]. [Dyson] has game-changing speed. For Raul to make that play for the first out in the inning was a great play."
When Vargas gave up the single to Iannetta in the seventh, it was the first hit he'd surrendered since a bunt single by Erick Aybar in the second inning.
Richards had moments with his electric stuff, striking out the side in the fifth on his way to seven K's. But a three-run third inning built on four hits, a walk and a balk had his team facing an uphill climb. Pitching coach Mike Butcher had a message for Richards as the inning ended.
"Butch came in and told me, `Let it go,'" Richards said. "That's what I try to do, is give us a chance to win. There were some negatives, positives, some learning lessons today. I always try to go deep in the game. If I go deep, I'm doing my job."
When C.J. Cron followed Freese's two-run single in the seventh with an opposite-field single to right, Albert Pujols rolled home from second, but he was ruled out on a close play at the plate. Scioscia challenged the call, but it was upheld.
"We've got these experienced veterans -- Albert, Freese, Raul -- who have been there and know what it's like to get there," Trout said.
A 10-game ride through the AL West starts with Monday's opener of a four-game series in Seattle, followed by three each with Oakland and Houston.
The Angels are anticipating the return of Josh Hamilton, another weapon of note, on the trip.
"We're having a blast," Trout said. "The clubhouse is loose, and we're winning."


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Are you "dating your children"? My husband usually takes one of them to a movie, the park or to the rink. I like to eat, so I'm the go to parent for lunch, donut or ice cream dates.
Our only rule is that the child picks the activity or what they want to eat and the parent has to enjoy it, even if it's not something we really want to do. It's about them, not us.
It's easy to be "too busy" for our kids. As parents, we're so used to the daily tasks of running a household and work that we sometimes forget to truly connect with each child.
"One more minute." "Go play with your brother." "Sorry, maybe next time."
It's amazing how much better behaved and affectionate our children are to us and to each other when we do one-on-one activities with them outside the home. I always look forward to family fun day and date nights with my husband, but I also look forward to spending quality time with each one of my kids.
Some of my favorite photos of them are from our little dates. Pure joy and connection.
Hopefully they'll still want to hang out with us when they're teens. A mom can dream.
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Henri's Cloud Nine completes a weekend workshop with top pageant dress and prom dress designer, Sherri Hill.
"These pageant gowns will be amazing."
New York City, NY (PRWEB) January 09, 2012 — Henri's Cloud Nine completes a weekend workshop with top pageant dresses designer, Sherri Hill. Last weekend, Sherri Hill and Henri's Cloud Nine worked with Miss Ohio, Miss Michigan, Miss Nevada, Miss New York, Miss New Jersey and Ohio High School and Collegiate pageant attendees to design custom pageant dresses for the national pageants.
In this workshop, pageant attendees worked one-on-one with Sherri Hill and Henri's to develop a custom gown for each attendee and unique, trend-setting designs that define the future look of the evening wear competition. Each attendee personally consulted with Sherri Hill and Henri's to develop the right gown styling, color combination, fabric selection and beading to highlight their figure and flawless features.
The workshop was followed by a New York-style birthday bash for Fidel Berisha, the official photographer for the Miss USA/Miss Universe pageants and Sherri Hill.
"These pageant gowns will be amazing," stated Christopher Widdoes, Creative Director for Henri's Cloud Nine. "The designs are inspired by the unique beauty of each girl, combining her personality, preferences with Sherri Hill's incredible talent and our 25-year experience designing formal gowns."
Sherri Hill's expertise in special occasion dressing has made her one of the top names in the pageant fashion industry. In addition to dressing the top pageant winners like this year's Miss USA, Alyssa Campanella, she also dresses the stars; Kendall Jenner, Cassidy Gifford, Paula Abdul, Kylie Jenner, Carrie Underwood, Selena Gomez, Shanola Hampton, Tiffany Fallon, Martina McBride, Nicole Polizzi and many more.
Henri's Cloud Nine is the leading US retailer of Sherri Hill dresses and carries a full line of Sherri Hill pageant dresses, Sherri Hill prom dresses, homecoming dresses and Sherri Hill social occasion dresses. Pageant attendees travel across the US to visit Henri's two locations in Minerva and Columbus, Ohio and to be fitted with these exclusive dresses. Henri's sponsors the Miss Ohio High School and Collegiate pageants http://www.henrispageant.com. Pageant fittings are available by appointment at 800-952-3560. Sherri Hill dresses are available for purchase online at to http://www.henris.com.
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After staff found that the floor of the front hall has been compromised, archaeological work has begun at Boardman House in Saugus, Massachusetts. Initial investigation found that modern floorboards had been laid on top of the original floorboards which, in turn, had been laid on "sleepers" set directly in the soil. An air space of eighteen to twenty-four inches below the floor boards would be ideal to improve air circulation and discourage insects.
Prior to doing any digging that might be required for proper repair, Historic New England is working with an archaeologist to determine if artifacts or evidence from the history of the house would be compromised by the work. This involves digging "test pits" both inside and outside the house. Thus far, these pits have yielded signs of prior repair efforts – some of which were originally mentioned by Historic New England founder William Sumner Appleton in 1917. Additional test pits will be dug over the next week. The final analysis may yield interesting clues about either the earlier construction of the house or subsequent repairs. Stay tuned as we learn what these findings reveal.
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CESSDA ERIC was launched on 14 June 2017 in Bergen, Norway.
CESSDA provides large scale, integrated and sustainable data services to the social sciences. It brings together social science data archives across Europe, with the aim of promoting the results of social science research and supporting national and international research and cooperation.
Having evolved from a network of European data service providers into a legal entity and large-scale infrastructure under the auspices of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI), it became an ERIC (European Research Infrastructure Consortium) in June 2017.
CESSDA was recognised as an ESFRI Landmark in the ESFRI 2016 Roadmap in the field of social and cultural innovation. CESSDA is owned and financed by the individual member states' ministry of research or a delegated institution. Norway is hosting CESSDA, and the main office is located in Bergen.
CESSDA ERIC along with several of its Service Providers (ADP, CSDA, GESIS, NSD, FORS, UKDA) will be particularly involved in several work packages including: WP4: Interactive tools for cross-national surveys, WP5: Training and dissemination, and WP6: New forms of data - legal, ethical and quality issues.


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I'm sharing this not for me to pass an e am but praying for a good friend of mine to Pass his exams…. I know you can do it!
Always remember that everything has a reason. FIGHTING!!
I found it on Facebook and wanted to share it here…. love it to the bits!
"She doesn't care if other girls message you, but she does care if you try to hide it from her.
She doesn't care if you hang out with your female friends, but she does care if you do it behind her back.
She doesn't care if you're out with your friends, but she does care if you're going to ignore her messages almost the entire time.
She doesn't care if you go out and party without her, but she does care if she finds out something happened with another girl and you didn't tell her about it.
She doesn't care if you don't wanna post up pictures with her online that much, but she does care if you don't let the world know that she does exist in your life.
She doesn't care if you don't have much to say to her, but she does care if you don't tell her the little things like "Good morning" or "Good night" or "I miss you" or "I love you".
She doesn't care if you need time and space away from her, but she does care if you're using that "time and space" as an excuse to claim that you're single and go do whatever you want.
She doesn't care if you guys argue and fight every now and then, but she does care if things aren't getting any better between you two because you're not learning anything from them.
Bro, she's willing to compromise with you on a lot of things, but all she asks is for you to not take advantage of that because if you do, you're not going to like the person she's gonna be towards you."
— Teddie Nguyen
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I've been working here in UAE particularly in Dubai for years and enjoying the weekends with lovable friends is the only thing that can make my stressful days during weekdays disappear. I did treat myself and visiting into the busy city of Abu Dhabi enjoying the nightlife and ladies night with my lovely friends.
July 28, 2016 at night me and friends traveled by bus to Abu Dhabi it took us 2 hours to reached AUH. Spent the night at our friends flat and had a drink after dinner. Love to be with these crazy pals can't resist the craziness when around them video…
The next day we got up early to pick a friend from Dubai…doing some simple crazy things while on our way to Aloft hotel… see here …. to spend our night there, before the pool party begins Aloft Hotel offered free drinks from 11am 'till 4pm so grab while the iron is still hot! hahaha
Anyhow…I only heard Liquid Rain Pool Party on Facebook or from a friends mouth. Never thought that after years of being here in UAE i can experience the so called LIQUID RAIN POOL PARTY at ALOFT Hotel AUH… as I've always heard the hottest, coolest and wettest Liquid Rain Pool Party in Abu Dhabi.
It's the time of the year to make the most of the hot weather and it's time to take the party to the pool, and it will be perfectly perfect enjoying the night with your lovely friends….
at ALOFT Pool side…
I will let the photo do the talking (am excuse my fats this time… i swear gonna spend more next time loosing weight hahaha)! video here
photo credit:Aloft Hotel FB Page
around 3am we called it a night… the next day travel back to Dubai to face the real world of living… ^^
August 5, 2016 another weekend in Abu Dhabi with another set of lovely friends…
Friday morning 5th of August by bus we went to Abu Dhabi…
took a taxi going to our nest for tonight…
at Beach Rotana.
No pool party this time only swimming… either on the beach or in the pool (and no alcohol too aaiisssshhhh^^). And we choose pool as it was too hot and we prefer the water from the pool hahahaha which i can see no difference though ^^…
after swimming we went back to the hotel to change, actually our plan was only to spend the night in the hotel chatting and doing crazy nothing with the gels, but since all are just to crazy to dance so I search for a bar who has ladies night offers and glad to found 3… So decided to do bar hopping while can drink and be drunk for free…
Our first stop Societe Bar at Sofitel Hotel… oh yeah!! drink all you can until 1am.
after drinking a few glasses of vodka with cranberries and red label with a coke we decided to jump to another bar which is at MAD Yas Island in which we need to travel for 30 minutes to reach the venue and unfortunately we didn't manage to enter the bar and I'll make sure to make another blog for that because me and friends are so disappointed on how the guards treated us.
Anyways, we still have 2 hours before the bars in AUH will close, so we rushed to our next and last stop which in Cheers Bar at Al Ain Palace Hotel.
then we call it a night around 3:30 am….
It's time to bid our goodbyes in Abu Dhabi the next day… 'Till we see each other again Abu Dhabi!!!!
When I feel lazy and crazy at work…..
I usually do unnecessary things when I'm bored, lazy and feeling crazy at work… ^^ since it's almost weekend here in UAE so too lazy to do anything… hahaha


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As you might suspect, Asia's biggest megastar arrived with a bang in Brooklyn. The 28-year-old G-Dragon, formerly of K-pop boy band Big Bang, played Barclays Center amid his four-continent world tour, Act III, M.O.T.T.E., or Moment of Truth the End, a three-part performance chronicling the oeuvre of his solo career (which began in 2009) and the perpetual tension between his larger-than-life persona (G-Dragon) and his more introverted, actual self (Kwon Ji Yong).
For the South Korean performer, who many have compared to Michael Jackson in terms of both talent and career arc, commanding the stage comes naturally. G-Dragon has been training for this moment for essentially his entire young life: working tirelessly among the lower rungs of the then-nascent Korean pop and entertainment industry in the 1990s and signing onto mainstream label YG Entertainment (LVMH is a current investor) in the early aughts. With Big Bang, G-Dragon and his bandmates—T.O.P., Taeyang, Seungri, and Daesung—went on to sell more than 140 million records, propelling themselves into superstar status both at home and throughout the rest of Asia and breaking records in Japan, Taiwan, and mainland China. The rest of the world soon took note. "I wasn't trying to be famous when I started making music. I mean, that wasn't the first thing I wanted," G-Dragon told I-D in June. "But, of course, I see more and more people getting interested in Korean culture, and I'm so proud about it. I'm honored in a way. I love my country, so I'm more than happy to see it shine. It's going really fast; there's a good and a bad side to it, but I try to take the best of it. I still want to try new things so I can learn about them and then teach those things to younger people."
The rising tide of popularity of Korean pop music—consider the current prominence of Billboard-award winning bands like BTS—is also characteristic of a broader, cultural sweep known as hallyu, or the "Korean Wave," a transnational flow of state-sponsored soft power in which music, television, fashion, beauty, aesthetics, and cuisine are all exported for ready consumption, giving birth to an enduring era of irrefutable Korean cultural currency. The effect of hallyu has not gone unnoticed: China's government recently imposed a ban on K-pop stars, television dramas, and beauty products from entering mainland China as a retaliatory effort against the bilateral, U.S.–South Korean installation of the THAAD missile defense system.
With the rise of the Korean Wave also came G-Dragon's own staggering celebrity. A consummate breakout artist, he is known for his outré, gender-fluid fashions and slick, signature swag. His wide range of performance styles—rapping a lyrical verse one minute, singing falsetto sotto voce the next—perfectly captures the allure of K-pop's unique synthesis: It's part pop, hip-hop, and EDM, with the occasional interspersing of English words. Where K-pop really nails it, though, is with music videos, in which outsize outfits and non-narrative worlds of fantasy, fun, and intrigue converge—these are the blueprints that viral successes (think: Psy's "Gangnam Style") are made of.
As the undisputed K-pop king, G-Dragon has not only transcended this label, but also his genre, and he does so by pushing boundaries and retaining a tightly drawn veil of mystique. It's no wonder he has also captured the admiration of fashion's elite, like designers Karl Lagerfeld, Hedi Slimane, and Jeremy Scott (he even began his own fashion line, PeaceMinusOne), and collaborated with such artists as Missy Elliott, Justin Bieber, Diplo, Baauer, Skrillex, and M.I.A. "I am going through an important phase in my life," the musician recently told Hello Asia!. "Instead of focusing on showing a trendy new look and sound, I've worked on this album as if it's my last."
A by-product of the wildly inventive K-pop process is that the music and the performance are always an amalgam of sorts. Because the content of his work isn't rooted to a particular sense of place, culture, or time, G-Dragon is able to move around in new spaces and openings, sliding through the full-scale range of creative ingenuity and identity. Often deemed androgynous or gender-bending in a society that maintains traditional, patriarchal values and a noted adherence to manufactured beauty ideals (and plastic surgery), G-Dragon has no qualms sitting atop a white throne in an effete burgundy velvet smoking tuxedo with a matching choker and drop earrings, or crooning a ballad one minute and spitting rhymes among a scantily clad, all-female ensemble the next. "We are still hungry," G-Dragon told I-D. "Korean people, including me, want to go faster and faster. In music, in fashion, in art, too. One shot, one kill: That's my mentality."
His chameleon-like style and irrepressible persona continue to set hearts aflutter—his is an aura and aesthetic where, for some, it's not merely enough to just aspire to date him, but to be him, as is the case of China's latest K-pop inspired "boy band" Acrush, comprised of five handsome girls borrowing from his legacy and tableau. But G-Dragon, soon approaching mandatory inscription into South Korea's military service, seems to have far evolved from the persona he helped to create, opting instead for the more introspective and grown-up man Kwon Ji Yong has become. This concert is "more like a present for myself," the star told Hello Asia!, citing a desire to achieve "something meaningful" that he can recall fondly, a person who has made a real impact, and "I don't want that person to be G-Dragon."
"Who am I?" G-Dragon asks the audience in a pretaped monologue during his second act at Barclays, a shiny sequined red kimono glistening as the camera playfully conceals his face—the audience, in suspense, hopes for the slightest reveal. The image cuts out as text appears. "Do you know who you are?"
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Founded in the 17th century, Cleveland which is situated near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River is a buzzing city with the manufacturing segment taking predominance over others. This industry is a direct result of this city's waterways, canals, and rail connections. Today, along with manufacturing, Cleveland also has other prominent industries such as financial services, medical, and healthcare segments.
Cleveland most popular locality is Downtown Cleveland which is the main business area. This part of the city houses the business and civic centers. Downtown Cleveland also has the Warehouse District where industrial buildings and apartments are located.
Cleveland is mostly recognized for its Rock n' Roll hall of fame museum. Its visitors throng the markets for its baked products and everyday visitors arrive in this city to get a glimpse of its museums and art galleries. With so many diverse recreational and business facilities, Cleveland self storage units are a necessary outcome and several both public and personal self-storage locations are available here. From wine to commercial storage the units here offer varied options for residents and visitors.
Popular companies such as Simply Self Storage, Uncle Bobs, and CubeSmart offer smart self-storage businesses here. Costs typically vary according to amenities, size, location, and quality. A typical 5'x5′ unit situated about 8 miles away could cost around $70 per month. But interestingly enough at the same distance a 5'x10′ unit may cost only $10 more. What is the logic behind the pricing is not very clear, but it is apparent that competition is thick and companies try to beat each other in the race to acquire customers by bettering the offers made by competitors.
Sometimes pricing goes by location and while a storage unit in Westlake (44145) may cost $3, a storage facility in Cleveland (44128) could cost $82.
Cleveland offers more than 35 self-storage facilities and many of them offer 24 hour camera vigilance, storage space for vehicles like cars and boats, drive up facilities. They also offer boxes and other supplies at nominal costs.
While Cleveland's population changes and inflow of tourists alters according to climatic conditions, self storage unit remains a preferred choice for both residents and visitors. Today, Cleveland is recognized as an American city that is improving because of the current Ohioan governor but still has a ways to go because of some its anti-business policies. What creates added demand for self-storage facilities is the climatic conditions. Cleveland's extreme temperatures of hot summers and cold winters also makes climate adjusted storage facilities a prerequisite for this city.
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