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BEST BEACH FOR: Body whompers, tide pool lovers, and Laguna's 20-somethings.
Visiting our protected Laguna Beach tide pools provide for a fun and informative way for everyone to learn about marine life as well as ocean conservation.
The Best Beaches for Exploring Tide Pools:
Unlike its neighboring cities to the north and south, Laguna Beach is known for its spectacular tide pooling. From the deep, secluded pools at Thousand Steps to the easily accessible rock shelf at Crescent Bay, the city has no shortage of marine life just waiting for you to explore. Anemones, hermit crabs, sea stars – there's a whole world just below the water's surface.
Visit the various pools at low tide and keep an eye on the swell – getting caught on the rocks with waves crashing can be dangerous. It's also worth noting that you can't take anything from the beaches of Laguna, as it's a marine protected area. This is an adventure in which you'll walk away with memories and leave nothing behind.
If you want pools you can fully swim or snorkel in, head to Woods Cove or Thousand Steps. If you're looking for a slightly tamer time, Crescent, Diver's, and Rockpile beaches all have plenty for you to marvel at. For first-timers or anyone eager for extra info, the pools at Main Beach and Treasure Island are easily accessible and often have docents on hand to guide your exploration.


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Colonial Players' Bell, Book and Candle
Colonial Players opens its 64th season with a third take on Bell, Book and Candle a whimsical comedy about the power of love.
Written by John van Druten in 1949 and better known as the 1958 movie, Bell, Book and Candle asks the same questions Bewitched asked many years later on television. Can a witch fall in love with a human? What happens if she does?
Gillian Holroyd (Ali Vellon) is the witch. Her upstairs tenant, a publisher, Shep Henderson (Jason Vellon) is the man she falls for and upon whom she casts a love spell. Gillian's eccentric Aunt Queenie (Carol Cohen) and her quirky Uncle Nicky (Jason Vaughn) add unexpected twists to the brew. The writer of a magic book, Sidney Redlitch (Jeffrey Miller) unknowingly uncovers the existence of the witches and warlocks to become part of the misadventure.
"Love might be the most bewitching spell of all," Director Debbie Barber-Eaton notes in the program. On opening night there were uneven signs of bewitchment.
Jason Vellon made good on Shep's necessary transitions from confused to besotted to angry at being tricked to accepting that love can appear with a spell or without. Cohen's Aunt Queenie was big and overblown, as she should be, following Wonder of the World with another strong performance.
Others seemed timid about playing the scenes as big as they needed to be for maximum impact.
Ali Vellon gave us a very restrained witch. Her infatuation with Shep is spoken but not revealed, her joy in his love is understated and the penalty she pays for falling in love with a human seems to carry no cost to her.
In the same vein, Vaughn's Uncle Nicky was goofy and quirky, but the laughs might be greater had he turned up the quirky quotient.
Perhaps they were nervous over how the last cast member, Bridget the cat, would react to a full house in the round. Ali Vellon, who has all the handling of the cat, kept a firm grasp on her familiar, Pyewacket.
Colonial Players holds just as firmly to its amateur status and community theater values. Yet it grows more professional each year. Show programs have been enhanced with photographs of cast and crew. Posters, brochures and flyers continue their professional caliber of recent years. Company website — thecolonialplayers.org — is excellent, offering more than the expected dates, prices and directions. Here, too, is information on how a season is decided, copies of current and past programs and, in the very definition of corporate transparency, all the organizational governance documents.
Bell, Book and Candle was created in 1949, at the same time creative forces were instigating Colonial Players. Both have proved to have lasting power to entertain and to enchant.
Playing thru Oct. 6. FSa 8pm, Su 2pm at 108 East St., Annapolis. $20; rsvp: 410-268-7373; www.thecolonialplayers.org.

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When Vancouver singer-songwriter Eryn Robertson wanted to make a video for her new single "All the While," she wanted a Sea-to-Sky, on-the-road feel.
She brought in Whistler filmmaker and videographer Andi Wardrop to make it happen. The pair set "All the While" on the road, biking from Hope to Squamish.
Robertson explains: "In the video, I am searching for a sense of freedom and I meet a drifter on the open road who gives me that. It captures a moment in time that we share, and it doesn't last forever, but it's so beautiful that you want it to."
Songwriting from an early age, after formally studying music, Robertson started writing her own songs. "All the While" is part of Robertson's eponymous EP is her first and was released late December.
"I've been writing for a while. Going into it, I had a lot of songs that I wanted to record; I wanted to show who I am as an artist. One of the songs is very pop-indie rock about overcoming that need to have someone to complete you," she says.
"'All the While' is a more vulnerable, intimate song; the third single is more uplifting and really folky. All three are really about wearing my heart on my sleeve."
The song has already been featured on Mountain FM and Roundhouse Radio 98.3FM in Vancouver.
The road trip was supposed to take them to Merritt but the weather scuppered it; instead, they drove back roads and found incredible mountain views, old gas stations and vintage B.C. The video has a dreamy, sepia, 1970s look.
"I've been posting performance videos on my YouTube channel for a while, but this is the first song video and I'm really excited about it," Robertson says.
It became a two-women-and-one-man project, with actor and Lords of Gastown clothing-line owner Nik Dean as Robertson's road buddy, a "bad-boy with heart."
"I made the video because I really wanted to play out the vision I had that I had in my head," Robertson says.
Wardrop says she loved shooting in the Sea to Sky region. They shot "everywhere" between Squamish, Whistler and into Hope.
She has worked as a videographer in Whistler for four years.
"Eryn and I worked together for six months on it, which is cool because a lot of my work takes only a few weeks. We could create a vision we both really love," Wardrop says.
"We had clear communications. As an artist, she is particular about her music and she was the same way in making the video."
Robertson adds: "I came across Andi's video work and I immediately knew she was the person to do this. She really knows how to make something beautiful. She knows how to tell a story that will captivate you visually. It was rough around the edges, but real and it felt like you could be in it."
It's about the little moments people want to hold onto in life, the reason people take photos or make scrapbooks.
"The song is about all the things that you want to say to someone in a moment, but you are afraid to," Robertson says.
"It's a dark, romantic love letter of loss. When you lose someone that important to you, you're losing your sense of home."
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NEW YORK, Jan 8 (Reuters) - It would have taken me just a few seconds, back in September, to note that my kids did not have religious school on the first day after winter vacation. I could even have asked Siri, the voice in my iPhone, to do it. Taking that time would have saved me $93.
Instead, I just assumed that they'd have class, and spent $40 hiring a babysitter to pick them up from school and take them to the lessons. Other expenses piled on as my mistake caused other inefficiencies. By the time I got there, I needed to feed my hungry kids, so add $30 for dinner, plus another $23 to get them home by taxi.
If only I'd had a better system- it turns out all those calendar/shopping list/scheduling programs don't just save time, they can save money. And there are now thousands of organizer applications on the market, many of them free. They range from calendars to shared list program, like GroceryIQ or Wunderlist to financial organizers like Mint, from Intuit Inc. or Pageonce.
"It's one of the best things you can do for yourself," says Ramit Sethi, author of "I Will Teach You to Be Rich," adding that you don't have to think once it's set up.
As I learned the hard way, it's worth tapping into the new organizing apps because being disorganized is expensive. Americans spend nearly $750 million on late financial fees each year, according to Cozi Group Inc., a Seattle firm that offers organizing apps aimed at families. Missed doctor's and haircut appointments can cost $25 to $50 or more per time, and many childcare providers charge $1 per minute for late pick-ups.
"It's mind-boggling," says Robbie Cape, chief executive and founder of Cozi. The average family of four can waste $5,000 a year on last-minute scrambling, he said. "One study found that just by shopping with a list, you could save 23 percent."
A shared calendar, such as the kind offered by Yahoo Inc. or Google, is often the first entry point into the world of organizing tools. In December alone, Americans paid 9 million visits to web-based calendars, according to New York-based Experian Marketing Services, not counting their computer, tablet or phone-based calendars. On Cozi, the calendar is the most popular app, the company says.
The benefit of real-time shared calendars - whether for a family, a small business, or a club - is to reduce duplicated effort. Cape describes this scenario: Mom can put item on calendar for dad to pick up Jenny at daycare at 6 p.m. on Wednesday. She can set up a text reminder or on-device push notification, and she can put it directly on dad's work calendar. Then nobody is late, and there are no fees.
Many people keep their schedules on their phones, synched with their desktop mail programs. On late-model iPhones, the voice-enabled Siri app can schedule appointments for you, so you don't even have to type.
The key to being organized enough to save money is simplicity, says Sethi. So if your email account is with Google or Yahoo, start there. If your whole family uses different services, consider a third-party app like Cozi.
The next step up from the shared calendar is the shared grocery list, often coordinated with a shared calendar. In the best systems, any family member can add items to the list and add the list to another person's calendar, so mom can stop on the way home and pick up the milk that dad ran out of when he gave the kids breakfast.
There are some fee-based systems too, like Our Family Wizard, which is used primarily by divorced families to track custody schedules and costs $99 a year per user. The program also authenticates emails and allows them to be monitored by court-appointed officials, and there is a tool for managing shared expenses.
While that sounds expensive, the overall savings for families in conflict can be enormous. "It reduces litigation," says Bradley Craig, a licensed master social worker based in Grand Prairie, Texas.
Sethi has so automated his own financial life that he says he spends less than an hour a month handling his money. His incoming money is allocated immediately into various accounts and sub-accounts - for retirement, bills and special goals like a new car. His bill payments are automated, and he gets a reminder from his online calendar once a month to check over his bill statements.
"My calendar tells me to do it, so I do it. I don't have to depend on my willpower," he says.
But don't overdo it with multiple reminders: "When people get pinged too much, they stop listening," says Sethi.
Personal finance management programs - like Mint, Pageonce or your bank - will monitor your accounts and let you know when bills are due or balances get dangerously low. The key: pick a service that requires the least amount of input of data, so it doesn't get onerous, says Sethi, who uses Mint.
Paceonce says it sends out more than 200,000 reminders a month about bank overdrafts, 300,000 to users who are paying finance fees on credit cards and 3 million bills-due reminders.
The reminders seem to do a better job of changing user behavior than all the high overdraft fees, says Steve Schultz, chief operating officer at Pageonce, based in Palo Alto, California.
Pageonce followed 380,000 users from June 2012 to the end of November and found that their bank overdraft occurrences decreased 12.4 percent after getting reminders. The company estimated these users saved $1.3 million in overdraft fees over that time.
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Courses for Curtin staff
At Curtin, it's important for staff to have knowledge and respect for Indigenous heritage and ways of working. As part of Curtin's Reconciliation Action Plan, the University has developed the Indigenous Cultural Capabilities Framework (ICCF), which takes a staged approach to promoting an understanding of Indigenous culture, knowledge and history.
Stage one: Cultural awareness training
Part one: Ngalang Katajininy (Our Knowledge / Our Learning)
In this training, Professor Simon Forrest will take staff on a journey that involves finding out what the Indigenous Cultural Capabilities Framework is at Curtin. Ngalang Katajininy (Our Knowledge/Our Learning) involves a number of interactive activities to introduce you to Aboriginal history, values and world view. It outlines an overview of Western Australian history and highlights local Perth history and Nyungar language.
You can register your attendance in iPerform within the Staff Portal. For more information, contact:
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Part three: Nyungar Language and Culture MOOC
Stage Two: ICCF On-Country Immersion Trips
This cultural development On Country Immersive trip is led by Curtin's Elder in Residence, Professor Simon Forrest. In this learning experience on Country you will visit many Aboriginal significant historic sites and hear stories from Indigenous Australians. Nyungar ways of knowing and doing are explored in practical ways to build on your competency in understanding and interacting with Aboriginal peoples and societies. There are four location based trips offered to staff: Pinjarra, Roelands, Swan Valley and Mogumber/New Norcia.
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My 9 year-old nephew Justice loved it, I liked it, and lots of "hardcore gamers" I know HATE it. I say "to each their own."
In yet another case of "what are you looking for in a game?" Here's an in-depth review worth reading:
The video game X-Men: Destiny is based on the X-Men comic book series. Mike Carey (writer from the X-Men: Legacy comic book series) wrote the story for the game. It flows really well with the X-Men story arcs before the current Schism/Regenesis stories.
When you start playing X-Men: Destiny you choose to be one of three all new characters (Aimi Yoshida, Grant Alexander, and Adrian Luca) and you get one of three new mutant powers (Energy Projection, Density Control, and Shadow Matter).
As you play the game you find "X-Genes" around the map that unlock one of three ability types: offensive, defensive, and utility. You get a limited ability in one of those three types from another mutant such as Wolverine, Gambit, Iceman, or many other established characters in the franchise. These abilities can be leveled up using points that you acquire through gameplay like defeating enemies.
You'll be asked to make certain choices along the way that determine what your faction is: X-Men, or Brotherhood. However you can help both sides and stay pretty neutral for most of the game, it's up to you.
The Good
I LOVE the X-Men. If you really enjoy seeing your favorite characters on screen in different formats, this game is worth playing. This alone may be enough to overcome all other faults in the game. IF you want to see these characters on screen in a new game, this is your only option.
You get to make a decent amount of choices along the way. The game plays differently depending on character, core power, X-Gene, and faction choices you make.
There is a lot of replay value. You can start over with a different character and a different power, while equipping different X-Genes and see how things are different playing through again.
The new powers are cool. The characters are cool too, but the powers are great. The execution of these powers in a game don't show just HOW cool they are, but in other mediums, if these powers join the X-Men universe, it'll be cool to see.
I think the game is great for kids. There isn't gore or extreme violence. Sure you beat people up, but the guys don't seem to DIE as much as disappear into thin air. With multiple teleporting characters in the game, the subject of death isn't really an issue. My nephew thoroughly enjoyed the game.
The Bad
Linear. As much as the "choice" factor let's you "find your path to your own destiny" the gameplay is very linear overall. You are on a path — though it curves around debris – that is essentially a rail you can't deviate from. There is almost NO open world exploring whatsoever. Even when you choose to do an alternate mission you often teleport away, fight, then teleport back.
There's a lot of button mashing. You can use combos and you have powers that activate by slightly more complicated button pressing (Hold RT and press X) but hitting X over and over again proves effective and efficient.
The story seemed really short. It didn't take long to beat the game and considering all the time devoted to button mashing, I wish there had been more actual content.
Most of the enemies take a few hits, fall down, then disappear after expelling yellow, green and/or blue orbs for XP, Health and Energy. Fighting is pretty repetitive and unrealistic.
I don't like Magneto's look in this game. I don't like the design of his outfit or how it looks in the game AT ALL. There are others I don't like, but I REALLY don't like Magneto's look.
The Ugly
Overall the graphics are mediocre at best. There are many issues with the polish of the game. You try to climb up on piles of debris and you can find yourself standing in mid-air with jagged mistakes sticking up now and then as you rotate the camera. There were aesthetic flaws that I haven't seen in new games often. It seemed at times that I could be easily convinced that this game was made for an older console and quickly scaled up for the next-gen consoles in a short amount of time.
X-Men: Destiny was developed by Silicon Knights and published by Activision.
Here's a lot more info, with some SLIGHT spoilers ahead:
Core powers
When you start the game, you get to choose a core power after you pick your character:
Energy Projection: The power to project blasts of concussive force from conduits in the hands and envelop the body in raw energy. Energy emitted from the mutant delivers concussive force to it's target. The energy can be shot at various levels, from rapid bursts to focused beams. Even contained discharges of energy can be separated from the body and detonated. This mutation gives the ability to engage enemies from a safe distance and keep them at bay with detaining effects.
Density Control: This power grants the ability to control the density of one's body mass. It can be focused into the fist for a heavy hit or distributed throughout the entire body, making the mutant indestructible. Parts of the body that are influenced are so dense they turn into an obsidian stone. The power comes with superhuman stamina and durability allowing the mutant to endure attacks from large groups of enemies.
Shadow Matter: This power allows the mutant to control the immediate unseen dark matter around the body and manifest it into solid shape for an instant. The mutant can craft indestructible weapons out of thin air, move them with lightning speed, leaving no trace of a weapon. Tapping into this ether allows for full body matter displacement, making movements appear instantaneous. The powers mutation also tempers one's reflexes and movement speed, making it easy to take on multiple opponents or deal sever damage to a single opponent.
Playable Characters:
Aimi Yoshida: Born in Fuji City, Japan, Aimi was smuggled out of Japan by her mutant parents before their family could be incarcerated in the new mutant camps. She arrived in San Francisco hidden on a tanker ship. She is too young and frightened to appreciate her parents' motivations for sending her away, instead feeling only the bitterness and anger of abandonment.
Grant Alexander: Born in Sandersville, Georgia, Grant is a college freshman who dreams of becoming a professional football player. He hopes to land a spot this year on the University of California, Berkeley, varsity squad. Grant has no interest in politics and knows little about the ongoing mutant/human conflict.
Adrian Luca: Born in Los Angeles, California, Adrian is the son of an anti-mutant extremist who was killed in battle. His father's associates called themselves "Purifiers," and under their care Adrian was educated to hate all mutants and conditioned to seek revenge for his father's murder. The Purifiers have trained Adrian to be a soldier in their army of "pure-blooded" Homo sapiens.
Non-Playable Characters:
Lots of established characters from the X-Men universe interact with you in the game. You also aquire X-Genes and costumes from many other characters you may be familiar with. I'm sure there may be more, but this is who I can remember seeing in some form or another:
Emma Frost
the Purifiers
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Charleston has had a special quick response team of officers strategically located throughout the city so that they could answer an emergency at any public or private elementary school within moments.
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We were housed in new barracks- which looked more like a school dorm building. I think I had been expecting the old wooden type barracks from World War II. The first few weeks were blisteringly hot in the daytime. Especially on the Parade Ground where we practiced our marching and drilling. Some guys would pass out. We also had to do exercises in the morning and afternoons. In between these times we were learning to swim, shoot rifles and fight fires. We were also in the classroom alot.
We learned Navy History, U.S. History, Maritime Law, Standing Orders, the Uniform Code of Military Justice and knot tying. At night we were confined to our barracks and shined our shoes, folded our laundry and generally studied for the tests that we had each day. Failing a test got you set back a week so no one wanted to fail.
There was also a period of adjustment for many of the recruits who had never been away from home. There were several fights- nothing serious- just attitude adjustment when necessary.
I was one of the older recruits- being over 21. The younger guys were the hardest to deal with. They came from high schools with a Rambo type attitude. Sometimes they needed a reality check.
I had not joined to march and learn tricks so the Company could win "flags." I had joined to go to sea and had no interest in marching. I was also coming off of several years of using barbituates, so I was a bit restless. This lead to my being a less than enthusiastic marcher. When they said left I went right and vice versa. I was approached concerning this by several of the guys in my squad. It was getting pretty nasty and finally the shit hit the fan. I was approached by the Recruit Petty Officer, which is a make believe rank for a recruit to learn how to lead. This guy was from Philadelphia and a black guy. Race had nothing to do with it. He told me to meet him in the "drying room" where we placed wet clothes to dry after scrubbing them. Never one to back away from a fight I met him there after lights out- the whole company knew what was coming down and waited in their bunks for "Cuffy" to emerge from the drying room after having kicked my ass. They were a little bit disappointed.
You've seen the fights in movies- they go on forever with chairs being busted over someones head etc. Real life is much different. Someone has to throw the first punch and take the risk that they may lose. Since I had been invited to this party by Cuffy I figured it was up to him to strike first. Instead he began to talk to me- stuff like- "I don't want to kick your ass but..." I got tired of the bullshit and hit him first. We then struggled a bit with one another but not too many punches got thrown.
Then he wanted to talk about how we should walk out of the drying room and in what order! I said "Fuck you" as I pushed him aside.You could hear the collective gasp from the rest of the company as I walked out first. Cuffy had stayed behind and several guys rushed in to see if he was okay. Several guys walked back past my bunk, kicking it and letting me know that this was not the end. Hell, I didn't know anything had begun!
So we did this 2 more times- like a ritual. The last was the best and put an end to the whole drama- which was like Public School when someone would say- "Meet me after 3 o'clock." This last guy was the company boxer- broad at the shoulders and slim at the waist. Also typical weak knees. So he threw the first punch, which glanced off my forehead. My response was a kick in his knee and a caution that he should stay down. He started to get up so I kicked him just under the chin. That finished it.
The next day I was summoned by the Company Commander- a Chief Petty Officer named Spencer. He asked me what the trouble was and I told him, "I joined to see the world and sail the seas. In 5 weeks the only water I have seen is showers and shitters!" He asked why I wouldn't march. I answered that the Navy was a stepping stone for me to join the Merchant Marines when I got out. I was not interested in Mickey Mouse marching for flags.
So we arrived at a compromise- I would be the Navy's first "non marcher." Instead of marching I would be the new Company Clerk and take head counts, draw up the watch bill etc. So the rest of bootcamp passed pretty easily.
By October it began to snow. I mean snow! And we had "Snow Watches". This was a task no one wanted. 24 hours a day there was someone with a shovel posted outside the barracks. If any snow fell he had to shovel it immediately. So you would hear the scraping of the shovels on the sidewalks all night and day- even when it was a flurry. Going from the summer heat into the fall months really stretched our health thin and we had a bit of flu going around. But mainly we were getting stronger and learning how to deal with the "Chain of Command."
One of the best things that happened to me in Great Lakes was the day we were first allowed to go to the store. We marched there early, before the Px was open for the regular Navy guys. We had lists of what we were permitted to buy, with all the costs deducted froim our first paychecks at the end of boot camp. We were allowed soap, shaving cream, razors, toothpaste and floss. I snuck a transistor radio and some batteries in my stack. It seemed an eternity until it was my turn at the checkout. All the while I was afraid that the radio would be discovered and I would be sent back to week one. This was already week 6.
Somehow, somewhere there is a God that watches over fools like me. The woman at the register looked at me, looked around and just tossed the radio and batteries in the bag, saying nothing. She didn't charge me because if she had it would have been a strike against her for not following orders. She knew what we were allowed to buy.
So wherever you are, whoever you are, thank you for that kindness.
With my radio concealed in my pillow at night I was able to listen to AM stations from all over. Also FM for a bit of music, but mainly I played that radio on AM using those little pink earphones. I think that radio helped me get through bootcamp. It was my little secret.
After about 6 weeks they let us go to Chicago on liberty. I suppose they wanted to see who would get falling down drunk or in a fight etc. But it was great. Everyone got gloriously drunk. Some had to be carried back. But we got a good look at Chicago and the Miracle Mile.
Twice during boot camp my friends sent me a bit of pot to smoke. This is where being the Company Clerk came in handy. At night, before Taps I would write myself a pass and go for a walk by myself. I would smoke a thin joint and then head back to the barracks. I remember one particular evening when I took a guy named Zotosky with me for a walk. It was 10 degrees and snowing lightly. It is one of my favorite memories of boot camp.
After 12 weeks or so we had to put in for duty stations. This was a silly exercise because you only got what they gave you. I really lucked out and was assigned to a fleet oiler. The USS Neosho would be my first ship. And the fact that it was an oil tanker fit right in with my plans to go into the Merchant service after the Navy.
In mid December we graduated- I did not invite my folks and had myself posted as a volunteer to escort everyones relatives from the parking area to the Drill Hall where the ceremony would be held. It was pure heaven to walk and talk with normal people after so many months.
So with boot camp behind me I headed back to New York, this time by plane. We were wearing the new CPO type uniforms which looked kind of like a stewards outfit. More than once I was approached by someone wanting me to carry their bags. I explained the uniform and accepted the apologies. But the third time I had an inspiration. A woman approached me and handed me her bags saying, "Follow me young man, I'm running late." I kept behind her making a sharp left into the men's room. When I came out I had no bags with me.
Saturday, January 16, 2016
It's Only Me- Chapter 15- Learning the Ropes
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Well any house with teenagers I suppose.
From every corner there is noise…TV playing to itself – no1 daughter was home and has gone for the train but the TV is still on. Music in the kitchen – the husband has the radio on. DVD playing upstairs – no2 daughter in her room and zombies dying on the Xbox -no1 son!
Me? I am sitting in the corner of the lounge with the laptop blogging (quietly). I'm with Dave Walker whose cartoon this is …and will be turning things off for lent!!


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quote: Originally posted by martymar25Hi Guys I'm a newbie to the forums and I'm in need of some advice. I will try my best with all of the details. My wife and I made our first investment in real estate with a Multi Family Property. At that time business was great, the economy was great and we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. We built a 3 unit townhouse complex 1 3bed 2 1/2bath which we intend to live in and 2 2bd 2 1/2bath we planned on renting. At this time we are just weeks from total completion but there was a time things got touch and we were almost in foreclosure.
We owe 490k with a 30y mortgage @ 7.5% interest mortgage (Yes our mortgage rates are very high here).We just got an appraisal done and the property is worth over 805k. Because of the economy the rental rates are down and we can make about 1900pm in rent per unit. But the total expenses after insurance and property tax is 4400 pm.
Should we sell both units now and payoff the mortgage and be content with being debt free?
Should we sell the end unit for more than half the mortgage to ensure that when we sell the middle unit the sales price is enough to pay off the mortgage or is this something I should not worry about?
Or should we rent them for a year while making property improvements then try to sell them for more a year from now?
Sorry guys I know this was a bit lengthy but I tried to included all of the details
quote: If you cant stomach the losses and dont want to take a risk then sell out now and be debt free. You will sleep more sound at night.
quote: Originally posted by littleroc02usI come with a different opinion. You speak of nearly foreclosing on the complex and since I don't know what your income is that worries me greatly. So you built this complex without any money down and have a huge mortgage, to me that is a big mistake, because where is your margin? I personally would rather have more paid off on the property thereby taking in more income with less payments. I'm just worried your going to lose your shirts if you don't have renters.


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Loyd the next-door Monster by Tim Kaney
Since becoming a father of an amazing son, I have many times thought about the lessons of life he will learn and how many I might be able to help him understand. What better way than through a book?
Not sure yet what Loyd would do, but it might be about teaching kids to remain objective and not judge other by what society says about the type of person they are, look-like, or hang-out with.
At the very least, it was nice to do some fun sketching.
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Kuwait central bank looks to regulate e-payments
New e-payment instructions are part of plans to advance the local banking sector
The Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) has issued instructions for all service providers, including companies and institutions, to register in its electronic payment system.
All service providers are required to regulate their e-payment transactions in line with established regulations, the CBK said in a statement posted on its official website.
All e-payment methods are subject to the scrutiny of CBK, the statement added, citing the bank's governor Dr. Mohammad Al-Hashel as saying that the new instructions are part of plans to propel the local banking sector.
On these plans for growth, Al-Hashel said that a team of experts and specialists has been assembled to look into the most cutting-edge financial services and products.
He highlighted the widespread use of e-payment methods in Kuwait, assuring clients of foolproof security despite the alarming rise in global banking fraud.


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Nickelodeon to Participate in First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move Campaign to Tackle Childhood Obesity
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NEW YORK, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Nickelodeon President Cyma Zarghami announced today that Nickelodeon will join the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, in her nationwide Let's Move www.LetsMove.gov campaign to solve the problem of childhood obesity in this generation. Nickelodeon will offer its resources and research to the campaign, including kid and family-targeted PSAs featuring the First Lady, and special programming events on its channels and websites.
"Nickelodeon is honored to work together with the First Lady and to be part of the Let's Move campaign to stop the rise of childhood obesity," Zarghami said. "This is an issue we have been addressing for many years and we are pleased to offer our resources and research expertise about kids and families."
For almost seven years, Nickelodeon has empowered kids with resources, tools and the information they need to live healthier lifestyles, and has committed millions of dollars and air time to health and wellness messaging through its "Let's Just Play" pro-social campaign and grants program. Nickelodeon's involvement in Let's Move will augment the campaign's goal to increase healthy schools and kids' physical activity, improve the accessibility and affordability of healthy foods, and empower consumers to make healthier choices in their lives.
Nickelodeon has a legacy of addressing important issues to kids including health and wellness. Its "Let's Just Play" campaign has motivated more than one million kids to get out and play during Nick's annual Worldwide Day of Play, and 500,000 kids to pledge to live healthier lifestyles through its Let's Just Play Go Healthy Challenge. Along with partners such as Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the NFL, The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, William J. Clinton Foundation, American Heart Association and thousands of local schools and community-based organizations, Nickelodeon hosts thousands of health and wellness-themed events annually around the world.
Additionally, Nickelodeon has awarded approximately $3 million in grants to schools and after-school programs to help create and expand opportunities for physical play. Nickelodeon and "Let's Just Play" have been recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, CTPAA, Kaiser Family Foundation, Institute of Medicine and the Federal Trade Commission as an example of how media can make a positive impact on kids' lives.
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International Conferences on Improving Use of Medicines (ICIUM 2011, ICIUM 2004 and ICIUM 1997)
ICIUM 2004 Since the first ICIUM conference in 1997, the field of essential medicines had encountered difficult new challenges. Health reforms and decentralization had taken place in many settings, and health care through the private sector was growing rapidly. New financing schemes to support access to essential medicines were being explored. Several new global initiatives had been established to improve medicines access for people with HIV, TB, and malaria.
In April 2004, 472 leading multi-disciplinary researchers, national and international policy makers, patient advocates and clinicians representing 70 countries gathered in Chiang Mai, Thailand, for the Second International Conference on Improving Use of Medicines (ICIUM 2004). Participants reported on the advances made since ICIUM 1997, developed consensus on strategies for improving use of medicines in light of the new and challenging global medicines environment, and a global research agenda to fill gaps in knowledge.
ICIUM 1997 In April 1997, 272 researchers and policymakers from 43 countries gathered in Chiang Mai, Thailand for the first International Conference on Improving Use of Medicines.
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Swedish avant-garde rock band DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA is writing material for its next CD, tentatively due in 2011. The group states, "New album is coming along slowly but surely. We have around 11 songs in various stages of completion at the moment and we're still counting. Some working titles are: 'Día De Los Muertos', 'Voodoo, Mon Amour!' and 'Aurora'. Expect some Turkish pop mixed with black metal and Chinese boy choirs among other things. We're hoping to get the recordings ready some time during the spring of 2011."
Drummer Andreas Halvardsson left DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA in January 2010 for "personal reasons" and was replaced by Petter Karlsson (ex-THERION, HOLOCOASTER).
DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA's latest album, "Sing-Along Songs For the Damned and Delirious", was released in Europe in September 2009 via Ascendance Records. The CD's cover art was made by the acclaimed Swedish illustrator Peter Bergting, most notable for his work with the graphic novel "Gängkrig".
Recorded at In Flames studio in Gothenburg with producer Roberto Laghi (IN FLAMES, SONIC SYNDICATE, MUSTASCH, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR), "Sing-Along Songs For the Damned and Delirious" came in two editions for the stores. The "normal" edition was a four-panel digipack containing the CD and a 12-page booklet, while the "special" edition, limited to just 2000 copies, came in a gorgeous eight-panel digipack containing the CD, a 12-page booklet and a bonus DVD featuring all sorts of goodies, like live footage, behind-thescenes material and photo albums.
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A castaway finds himself washed ashore a beach at the foot of a towering city. His curiosity draws him into the urban expanse he finds before him. Whilst in the city he tries to get in touch with the society.
A film by Jonas Ott
Music by Christian Aregger
Music recording by Daniel Wehrlin
Sound Design by Wouter Messelink
Made at Academie St. Joost Breda, 2012.


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Grand Prix of the Comunitat Valenciana
Honda gets the Triple Crown of Moto GP and Dani Pedrosa says goodbye
This past weekend the last appointment of the 2018 season was played at the Ricardo Tormo circuit, located in the Comunitat Valenciana. A special event for being the Grand Prix that closes the season and in turn, being the last GP of Dani Pedrosa.
During Friday's free practice session, the rain made an appearance, forcing both FP1 and FP2 to stop. However, Marc Márquez managed to make a quick lap to 1'39.767 while Dani Pedrosa made the fifth fastest time, 1'40.467.
On Saturday, Márquez had a fall and received a strong blow on his shoulder. Even so, he recovered quickly to get back on track and get the fifth fastest time. The rain also made an appearance but it was no impediment for Pedrosa to get a good time and secure the third place, which would allow him to start from the front row in the last GP of his sports career.
After spending two days where the water was protagonist, Sunday was no less and forced to stop the race and postpone it half an hour until the conditions improved. Marc Márquez was one of the bad guys because he went down on the seventh lap and could not participate in the second race. Dani Pedrosa had more luck and came out 4th in the second race scheduled for 11 laps. The conditions were very complicated but finally finished in fifth position. Thanks to its result, it obtained 46 points of final advantage with which HRC could secure the championship of the team, thus obtaining the Triple Crown in Moto GP, along with the title of pilots and the constructors who had already obtained.
In this way, Dani Pedrosa says goodbye and ends an 18-year career at the GP where he has won three world titles (125 in 2003, 250 in 2004 and 2005) 19 pole positions, 54 victories, 153 podiums and 64 fastest laps.
The following season Marc Márquez will be accompanied by Jorge Lorenzo, the new signing of the Honda Repsol Team. Next Tuesday the 2019 season begins with the first trainings but it will not be until the month of March that the first race will be played at the Qatar circuit.


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Immunotherapy superior to chemotherapy for lung cancer in international trial involving cancer researchers
DALLAS – September 28, 2015 – An international team of cancer researchers that included UT Southwestern Medical Center physicians announced "game-changing results" using the immunotherapy drug nivolumab to treat certain lung cancers that failed to respond to first-line therapies.
Researchers compared an immunotherapy and a chemotherapy drug in patients with non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose disease continued to progress after first-line chemotherapy. They found that nivolumab improved overall survival and was generally well tolerated. The results, reported today in the New England Journal of Medicine, are significant because options for patients whose lung cancer progresses after initial treatment are limited.
"This clinical trial shows that people with lung cancer not only live longer when treated with the immunotherapy drug nivolumab, but their quality of life is better and toxicities are fewer and less severe," said Dr. David Gerber, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern and a contributing author to the study.
According to the National Cancer Institute, lung cancer is the second most common cancer for both men and women, and the top cause of cancer death. While it affects more than 221,000 Americans each year, 5-year overall survival is only 17 percent, and the survival number is far lower for metastatic lung cancer
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of nivolumab for squamous non-small cell lung cancer in March and previously had approved the drug to treat patients with treatment-resistant metastatic melanoma and melanoma that can't be removed via surgery.
Nivolumab is an immunotherapy drug that works by inhibiting the cellular pathway known as PD-1 protein on cells that block the body's immune system from attacking cancerous cells.
"The idea behind immunotherapy is to kick-start the body's natural immune response to a cancer. Cancer develops and grows in part because it has put the brakes on the immune response. These drugs take the foot off the brake, allowing the immune system to accelerate and attack the cancer," said Dr. Gerber, Co-Director of the Lung Cancer Disease Oriented Team and co-leader of the Experimental Therapeutics Program at UT Southwestern.
Dr. Gerber, also a member of the Division of Hematology and Oncology in the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, said immunotherapy is one of the greatest medical advances in cancer treatment in the past 30 years. Nivolumab treatment is promising because the drug is effective, often well-tolerated, and appears to be beneficial in several types of cancer.
The study compared nivolumab to a standard chemotherapy drug called docetaxel, which is one of the most commonly used FDA-approved second-line treatments for advanced NSCLC.
Donna Fernandez of Rockwall, Texas, said nivolumab has improved her quality of life. A smoker for 40 years, Mrs. Fernandez was diagnosed with NSCLC several years after quitting smoking in 2007. She's been fighting stage 4 lung cancer for the past three years and needed another option after her initial round of chemotherapy wasn't successful. She decided to join the trial at UT Southwestern.
"No one thought I'd still be alive. I'm not just alive – I'm living life to the fullest," said Mrs. Fernandez, who receives treatment every two weeks, and except for a little fatigue the next day, she said she is able to continue with her normal activities, including agility training with her dogs.
The phase 3 clinical trial followed more than 500 patients who had non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): 287 received nivolumab and 268 received the chemotherapy drug docetaxel. The one-year survival rate was 51 percent in the nivolumab arm versus 39 percent in the docetaxel arm. The most common reported side effects with nivolumab were fatigue, nausea, decreased appetite, and weakness, and they were less severe than with docetaxel treatment. In a minority of cases, patients treated with nivolumab also developed autoimmune toxicities affecting various organs.
In addition to studying safety and efficacy, the trial examined the protein biomarker PD-L1, which is believed to play a role in suppressing the immune system. The study results suggested that patients with a higher level of PD-L1 in their cancers may experience the greatest benefit from nivolumab, which targets the related molecule PD1. Using a biomarker helps oncologists predict which patients will do best on which treatment, and plan their treatment accordingly. Other promising predictive biomarkers for cancer immunotherapies include the degree of immune cell infiltration within a tumor and the number of mutations a tumor has.
"The more mutations a cancer has, the more foreign it appears to the body, thus marking it for immune attack," explained Dr. Gerber. "With lung cancer, we see the greatest number of tumor mutations – and the greatest benefit from immunotherapy – among individuals with the heaviest smoking history."
UT Southwestern has taken part in a number of nivolumab trials, including the squamous NSCLC trial and a phase 1 study examining nivolumab combinations with chemotherapy, targeted therapies, and other immunotherapies. Other types of cancer have also shown benefit from nivolumab and other immunotherapies.
"We have seen promising effects against some lymphomas, colon cancer, ovarian cancer, bladder cancer, and other malignancies," said Dr. Gerber.
This study was funded by Bristol-Myers Squibb, which worked jointly with investigators to collect and analyze the study results. Dr. Gerber reported non-financial support from Bristol-Meyers Squibb outside the submitted work.
The Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center is the only NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center in North Texas and one of just 45 NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the nation. Simmons Cancer Center includes 13 major cancer care programs with a focus on treating the whole patient with innovative treatments, while fostering groundbreaking basic research that has the potential to improve patient care and prevention of cancer worldwide. In addition, the Center's education and training programs support and develop the next generation of cancer researchers and clinicians.
The Simmons Cancer Center is among only 30 U.S. cancer research centers to be named a National Clinical Trials Network Lead Academic Participating Site, a prestigious new designation by the NCI, and the only cancer center in North Texas to be so designated. The designation and associated funding is designed to bolster the cancer center's clinical cancer research for adults and to provide patients access to cancer research trials sponsored by the NCI, where promising new drugs often are tested.
About UT Southwestern Medical Center
UT Southwestern, one of the premier academic medical centers in the nation, integrates pioneering biomedical research with exceptional clinical care and education. The institution's faculty includes many distinguished members, including six who have been awarded Nobel Prizes since 1985. The faculty of more than 2,700 is responsible for groundbreaking medical advances and is committed to translating science-driven research quickly to new clinical treatments. UT Southwestern physicians provide medical care in 40 specialties to about 92,000 hospitalized patients and oversee approximately 2.1 million outpatient visits a year.
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I decided to join OC-tober – a challenge where you are supposed to draw a different OC you created every day of the month. I don't usually do challenges, but this one is perfect.
So for the day 1 – here is my first OC ever. I actually got her as a persona, when I joined Xena themed "girl gang" when I was 11. Even though she was a gift for me (so I had a character already set into their fanfic universum), I kept writing her stories for several years.
name: Kena
age: 21
origin: a goddess who gave up her immortality
abilities: magic and archery
funny fact: Kena was supposed to have a boyfriend (as the only character in the group). At the age of 11 I really didn't know what to do with their relationship, so he was usually knocked down by some villain and Kena kept wandering around having adventures. Poor useless boy.


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Friday 25 January
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Stocky in shape, the Round Island day gecko is one of the largest day geckos of this genus. The colouration is a dull brownish-grey with a dark stripe connecting the nostrils, eyes and the ear hole. On the back dark spots may be present. In some individuals, the legs and toes have light yellow bars. The ventral side is white or yellowish. Unusually for the genus Phelsuma, the pupil of this gecko is vertically elliptical during the day (2).
The Round Island day gecko feeds on insects and other invertebrates, and is also known to lick pollen, nectar and ripe fruit (5).
Breeding all year round, the Round Island day gecko lays two eggs per clutch and up to six clutches per year. In the wild, eggs are often found in communal egg-laying sites stuck to the underside of rocks (2).
The Round Island day gecko lives only on Round Island, which is about 20 kilometres northeast of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean (4). It was previously present on mainland Mauritius and Reunion Island before introduced predators like rats and cats and mongooses were introduced and hunted it to local extinction (2) (5).
The Round Island day gecko is found on bottle palms, fan palms and Pandanus plants, but due to the destruction of these plants by tropical cyclones and over-grazing by goatsand rabbits over the last 150 years, this gecko is also forced to live in lava rock crevices (4) (5). The island has high rainfall and an average temperature of 23 degrees Celsius (4).
Over-grazing by goats and the massive impact of tropical cyclones on the vegetation of the island has resulted in a population reduction of this gecko to as few as between 600 to 1,500 individuals (6). The successful eradication of rabbits and goats and the very slow reforestation on Round Island led to a steady increase in numbers over the last decades (2).
A captive breeding programme has taken place at the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, (formerly Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust), but is no longer run (5). The population on Round Island is monitored on a regular basis (2).
For further information on geckos see the Phelsumania website:
Information authenticated by Matthias Goetz of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
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The annual Big Tires and Campfires Big Raffle will be held on Saturday, June 15, roughly 10 a.m. at Big Creek Lodge on the Big Creek airstrip.
For many of you, here is the most important item: once again, Airframes Alaska is donating a set of tires, winners choice of Ultralights, Airstreaks, or Bushwheels (other than 35s). We are hugely grateful for Airframes' continuing support. More information about Alaska Airframes tires is here: https://www.airframesalaska.com/Alas...eels_a/263.htm
It is likely that breakfast will be served on Saturday morning as well. Check back for confirmation.
Here's the link to purchase raffle tickets: https://idahoaviationfoundation.org/jcraffle/
We plan to sell tickets at Johnson Creek and other aviation events as well (e.g. Idaho Aviation Expo in May).
Background and Big News for Big Creek
The raffle is sponsored by the Idaho Aviation Foundation (IAF), a non-profit organization. All of the net raffle proceeds are distributed to organizations that preserve, protect, and maintain backcountry aviation, including the IAF and RAF. In 2017, net proceeds were over $11,000. In 2018, net proceeds were over $14,000. I'll post details separately.
As always, the Big Raffle will be held in concert with the informal, non-hosted Big Tires and Campfires Fly-in at Johnson Creek airstrip. But remember: the raffle will be held at Big Creek Lodge, on the Big Creek Airstrip. We recognize that this may be inconvenient for some of you. On the other hand, it is a great destination for breakfast and will give you a chance to see the lodge you helped build.
As most of you know, the purpose of the Fly-in is fun, camaraderie, checking out new products and equipment, and enjoying the remarkable Idaho backcountry airstrip system. The Fly-in has been held in June every year since 2005 and is on many pilots bucket list.
Now the Big News: Big Creek Lodge re-opened in August 2018, after a five-year rebuilding effort by the IAF and roughly $1.5M in outlays and donated materials. The results are stunning:
The lodge was built to serve the public, and in particular fly-in public, and the most of the money came from pilots. SuperCub.org members together made huge contributions for which we are very thankful.
Alas, the IAF is still raising money to cover initial operating costs; thus fundraisers like the Big Raffle.
Again, here's the link to purchase raffle tickets: https://idahoaviationfoundation.org/jcraffle/
More information about BCL is available here: https://www.bigcreeklodgeidaho.com/