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Hi my loves! I baked my pie yesterday and i can proudly say that i have n't eaten all of it! Yeih me! Today i want to share with you guys another spell for prosperity. This is a variation of the magical rosepetals that i have posted about in the past. But for this spell you will need yellow rosepetals, to symbolise wealth and fortune.
Yellow rosepetals are great for money spells. This is because it combines the energies of the roses (luck, love, attraction) and of the yellow colour Sun qualities. You can always powder them and burn them as incense along with mandrake root and cinnamon on your work place to promote good business.
But to make the magical rosepetals you will need a yellow or gold candle, mandrake root powder and candio(red sugar incense that you can substitute with musk incense). You take the fresh rosepetal and dip it in the melted candle and then sprinkle it with the mandrake and the incense. Form it with your hands so there is plenty of candle and incense per rosepetal while you think of your goals and put all the intent of the most specific desires you have about your finances.Then let it dry on a silver plate or your cauldron. Charge it on the waxing moon and burn it on a full moon along with your favourite prayer for money.
Be blessed, be loved and be very very lucky!
Prosperity spell - Magical yellow rosepetals
Hi my loves! I baked my pie yesterday and i can proudly say that i have n't eaten all of it! Yeih me! Today i want to share with you guys another spell for prosperity. This is a variation of the magical rosepetals that i have posted about in the past. But for this spell you will need yellow rosepetals, to symbolise wealth and fortune.
Prosperity spells part 1 - Apple pie- full Moon
Greetings blogfriens. How are you? The holiday season is upon us and i have started decoraing the house. I brought in a few small (tiny is the word) evergreens from ikea and put them around the house. I am putting lights and glitter on everything and i am still trying to find the perfect items to make a fresh wreath.These days i was constantly baking pies and cookies and then i kept eating them so i decided to stop. I am still in baking mode but i am in a more healthy mood. There is a silver lining there and i am determined to find it. I intend to search the internet to find the best healthy recipe fo cookies.
Cleansing and protecting
Greetings blogfriends. It has been a while. I missed writing here a lot but it was one of those times that i did n't feel like i could write at all. Although...i have been lurking at your blogs(a lot!) either silently or not so silently. This Samhein was wonderful, we celebrated it with family with fortune telling, making smudges and lots of good food. I can't believe such a major holiday passed and i didn't blog about it. Such a shame! But when you are in a writing funk there is nothing that can help.
The weather in Athens is still warm. That is about to change, but i can still enjoy the warm Sun. We did n't have much rain but we are going to and the first water of the Fall is always great for cleansing your home's energy. So, i am going to save some and put it in a sprayer with rosemary essential oil. Then i am going to go around the house and spray it all over walls, curtains,plants and furniture. This will keep the negativity at bay.
Now that the winter is coming i have more the need to cast cleansing and protection spells. This is because we stay more in the house, with lots of people coming over, we do not open the windows as much and there are a lot of stagnant energies. I have to work on the energy of the house much more than i used to in the Summer months. Crystalls should be charged and placed strategically on various spots, plants should be cared for so they can bring more positivity, charms should be worn by family and pets, talismans should be placed at doors and a new wreath shold be made for the front door. So much to be done and in such a little time and in a little while the preparations for the Solstice will have to begin.
Thank Goddess i love doing all the things need to be done(except for the unmentioned spring cleaning which i hate).
Do you feel a more intense need for cleansing and protection this time of the year?
Saturn in Scorpio, my oh my!
Greetings blogfriends. How are you my lovelies? I was just snacking on a slice of bread with some cottage cheese and two very greedy souls(my dog and one of my cats) worked together to give me the saddest, most hungry looks you 've ever seen, and there goes my snack. Now i am hungry and pissed, because they had already eaten more than their share for the day, and yet my snack ended in their bellies! Well, of course it is also my fault for being such a push over!
Today is the day that Saturn starts its journey in Scorpio. For most that does n't mean much but since me and hubby are 28 years old (today is Petros's birthday), it is time for the dreadful return. This means that it returns to the same point it was when we were born and means that some valuable lessons are to be learned. Whether it is with the easy or the hard way it is mostly up to us.
That being told Saturn in Scorpio is a hard one for all of us indeed. It makes us face our own mortality and it greately emphasises the cycle of life, death and rebirth, in the spiritual or even in the physical way. This time we will also focus on our sexuality, our sexual identity and we have to really be careful for everything that has to do with sexual transmitted diseases. But at least the relationships in our life can breath again. Now that Scorpio has left Libra means that the relationships, especially the romantic ones, that survived are here to stay!
But, although Saturn in Scorpio may have a lot of uglies(!!!) it also brings forth a lot of interest and fascination by the occult. Everything supernatural has a little bit more oomph to it. People born under this particular influence are very intuitive and very gifted in every metaphysical sense! Which means that some very lucky kids are about to be born and also that i am very awesome lol!
So, hold tight and prepare for the ride.
Be blessed, be loved and be very, very sexy!
Full moon offerings and crossroad magic
Hello blogfriengs. How are you? I am just relaxing from all the full moon craze. Every month during that phase of the Moon i get this charge of energy that makes it really hard for me to sleep. I can't keep still and i want to have sex all the time! Too much information? Sorry about that! The good thing is that by the time the waning begins my house is at its cleanest, my plants are well cared for and my pets are happy from all the attention, grooming and different treats they get to eat. As i mentioned earlier my husband can't complain either.
This full moon did not involve an elaborate ritual. Everything was about giving thanks to the Goddess, since this was the first full moon after Mabon. So, while i was walking my dog at night i took five branches of rosemary and made a pentagram. I placed it in a beautiful crossroad near by that is surrounded by eucalyptus and poplar trees as an offering to the Goddess and asked for protection and love. Then, i put in the middle of it, a jasmine flower that i took from my hair(while walking i found a jasmine plant and ...one thing led to another...and i played fairy princess again!).
Don't you love crossroads at night? Whenever i step into one i feel peaceful and powerful at the same time. This is why i use crossroad's dirt so often. Crossroad 's dirt is used for grounding, decision making, path blessings, summoning of ancestors, love bindings, and even elemental summonings. This is because of their attribute of not belonging to a specific road yet being part of many. They are also sacred to the Moon Goddess so they are perfect for full moon offerings, hence the pentagram.
Whenever i need to know something important about the future and the usual divinational methods are not enough, i go to a three roads crossroad near my summer house, where noone ever comes(it is a dirt road, that is only used from farmers) and i meditate right in the middle and spread my cards right there, on the dirt. It has never failed me. If i could find a spot like that here in the city, i think i would never leave.
Three path crossroads were sacred to Hekate and they symbolise past, present and future as well as her Maiden, Mother and Crone aspects.So, whenever you find one that is quiet, get your butt down there and ask every question about your future that comes to mind. Take full advantage!
So, what did you do this full moon? Did you celebrate? Did you cast any spell?
Be blessed, be loved and be powerful!
Blessed Equinox!
Happy Mabon! May this day bring you balance, joy and love! For those of you that celebrate Ostara enjoy the Spring and talk to the fairies. For those of you on the nothern hemisphere i wish you a great and blissful harvest. Drink a glass of wine and eat grapes and pomegranades. Give offerings to the Goddess for all she has given you and be thankful in your hearts for all that matters in your lives.
I am thankful for my husband.
I am thankful for the rest of my family(relatives, and animals included!).
I am thankful for my work and my singing.
I am thankful for our home.
I am thankful for my friends.
Spell to lose weight-sympathetic magick
Greetings wonderful bloggers. How have you been? I am feeling great. Back on my feet, so to speak, but i still wanted to give a little boost to myself , especially towards my healthiness goals. I have been meaning to write this post a little earlier but with all that buzz going around the internet about obese pagans, it did n't feel right to me. As i already told you before i got really frustrated about close minded people being unaccepting and judgemental towards one another, whether it had to do with weight or veils or fashion choices for that matter.
I truly believe that Paganism as a religion or more like it as a philosophy, has the rare quality of being a mosaic of beliefs and practices and the common ground is most of the time the love of the Earth and the love of the Mother and Father. Individuality is a big part of our faith and acceptance should be a given. Let me say that i believe all bodies are sacred, all bodies are beautiful no matter the age, the height, the weight, the colour of the skin, hair, eyes.
As long as i can remember i battled with extra pounds. In the past they used to be imaginary until they became very real. And then from being skinny i got to be obese. Then after the Goddess's help doctors found what was wrong with me and fixed some hormonal imbalancies and weight loss was possible again. I lost a lot of weight since and now have less but still a lot to go. It takes a lot of hard work but now i do not stress about it, because losing weight is something that comes naturally and is not forced.
The Autumn Equinox is almost here, one of my favorite celebrations and the quest for balance is emphasised by nature Herself. If one of your balance goals is losing weight this spell has helped me a lot in the past. It falls into the category of sympathetic magick, because you will make a poppet of yourself from flour and water. This is one of the reasons why this spell is so fitted for a Mabon celebration. You will need except for flour and water, a candle, a piece of beautiful red fabric, a piece of belladonna root, a few red rosepetals, some sandalwood and a few mandrake flakes.
It will seem hard at first and it will probably not come out perfect but you will still put your intent into the poppet. You will shape it into your ideal shape(more or less again you are not going for perfect here) and you will put the hands together to the belly of the poppet as if they hold a bouquet. There you will put the piece of belladonna root(which stands for beautiful lady). Then you will put the poppet into the red fabric and spinkle on top some red rose petals, sandalwood and a few mandrake root flakes. As always in sympathetic magick you have to put a lot of you into the poppet. You will add some hair of yours touching your poppet's top of head, you will take some of your saliva with your finger and put it where the mouth should be and you will drop a drop of your blood at the place where the heart should be. Then you will write on a piece of paper your wish burn it over the candle burning in front of you(although this is clearly a Venus spell i usually burn red candles for these types of spells, its your choice) and put the ashes in the areas you want to transform. Close the fabric around the poppet and bury it, in your garden, in a sacred spot, or even in a pot. Just make sure noone will see it or move it.
Until next time, be blessed, be loved and be very very witchy!
Greetings blogfriends. How are you? I really missed you. The following post is not the one i intended to write. It is a rant. So, run while you still can. The Wheel is turning and once again you can smell it in the air. The days are shortening but are warm and full of light. The nights the breeze makes my soul travel. This is my favorite time of the year...usually. Not this year. I spent all summer dreading this moment. The time that it all starts all over again. This is my first day in the conservatory and i could n't help it but cry. The pressure is too much. I knew it would be like that and i spent my summer hiding and watching tv shows. I could n't come here and write. Writing requires thought and thoughts come with emotions and i was blocking them. I had so much to share with you. A weight loss spell that i know you would love. Some archaic german spells that i found really interesting. The Eco Eco Azarac debate. But this time i find it really hard to stop spiralling inwards and let go of fear. Will i make it? Will i be good? Will the time be enough?
Get upa get on up!
Dear blogfriends, how are you? I am in a huge battle with myself trying to convience me that hugging a pillow on the couch all day is not healthy living and definitely not spiritual. Yes, i meditate more than ever but is only because it does n't require me standing up. What is up with my energy levels? Next step would be taking my coffee intervenally. Perhaps it is post holidays blues, especially since it is so hot and i miss the sea and the wind. Also, i had the worst period these past couple of days that i had in years, i had cramps that brought me to tears and the ginger teas, the medication and the hot pad did n't help. All i could do all day is focus on my breathing and meditate and every time i lost my concentration i screamed in pain. I think it is time for a gynaecologist appointment. My energy levels, the cramps they all seem hormonal to me.
The thing is i know what to do. I have to work out. It is the only way to feel energised and in control again. But no matter what i visualise, or affirmations i repeat, it has been a week and it is time to stop this nonsense. Sometimes we just need to relax but this is going on for too long now and the lack of exercise is starting to make me feel foggy.
Perhaps this wonderful Esbat and Sabbat that is coming up will get my juices flowing again(that sounded wrong to me, but these days i can barely speak in greek let alone english!). I will bake a berry pie for Lammas and make a beautiful wreath and i will light some candles and thank the Goddess for all She has given us. It will be a simple celebration this one, unless i feel better by then.
How do you guys deal with gloomy feelings and lethargic tendencies?
Pagan community issues
Greetings blogfriends. I am a little frustrated. Whatever i read today is about discrimination. Some people have issues with pagans veiling themselves. Some people have issues with pagans that are obese. The truth is that there can not be love without acceptance and what people do to express their faith or what they eat is noone's business. If we pagans know something, is that spirituality comes in many forms. We get so mad when christians, or people in general do not accept our paths and so many pagans out there are disrespectful of others. Why can't we show our love to each other, no matter what? Why should we accept others only if they do things our way, or look a specific way? Be blessed, be loved and be full of peace.
Life changing decisions caught me by surprise
Greetings wonderful blogfriends! I missed you terribly. But i have been lurking around your blogs, spying on your lives and your words of wisdom without making any comments most of the time. This last year has been extremely productive and amazingly artistic, but as my birthday approaches some things are becoming clear to me. I was on vacation in a beautiful isolated greek island called Mathraki. The beach was sandy, two klms long and we were the only two people on it for most of the time. The water of the sea had a green, blue and gold colour and it was so clear as if in a pool and pretty warm. The whole vacation was an extremely metaphysical experience and the place full of butterflies, chirping birds and a green forest that begun right after the beach was like a meditational creation of my imagination. I could n't ask for a more magical place. I stayed there for ten beautiful days, swimming all day long, hiking in the forest in the afternoons and i meditated every day. When your life so suddenly pauses for a while, and everything else seems to stay still you understand how hectic your ways are. For as long as i can remember, i have been doing too many things at the same time, trying too hard not to fail in any of them. I had to attend the university, my classical singing studies, and work full time. I was always overworked, overstressed living too many lives at once. Then i quit school and my work blossomed and my classical studies went great. This last year with two years left for my diploma, my studies became challenging and much more time consuming than i ever could imagine. I have one year left which i dread and cherish at the same time. But lately, i realised i want a baby. This, me the psychic, i had n't seen it coming. My plans were to take my diploma and audition for singing roles while working. But, i can not be a soprano, a working psychic and a mom. Two of those things would be too much just by themselves. So, the reality hit me in the face when i least expected it. After my diploma and all that work, i would n't sing anymore. It is the end of a wonderful and long journey. But i know i will not regret it. I want a baby. And this is a far more fulfilling journey, for me. I will give my best this one last year. But for once singing will be a hobby. It was never that. But being a psychic, expect that i lead a successful business, fills my every day with magic. I love singing, but in my core i am a witch. It is not just that i love it more. It is who i am. Filling my day with metaphysical activities, working on my magic and connecting with the elements and the Goddess, makes me happy. Makes me feel like i am home. Be blessed, be loved and be relaxed it is summer for crying out loud!
Super moon-Solar eclipse. My, oh my!
Greetings my dearest blogfriends. I have n't been here in a while and i was surprised by all the changes. I missed you so much. But when i was not working or studying i have been enjoying the sun and the sea. We discovered a secluded beach surrounded by steep rocks and amazing nature with the clearest waters just an hour away from home. I am sure that as the weather gets warmer we will see many more visitors at this magical place. But i have n't had that much fun at sea since i was a kid. Building castles and throwing rocks in the water certainly takes all the stress away. This Sunday i was in the vote collecting committee and it was terrifying to open the envelops and see that many votes for the fascist party. Scary! The panic of the people drove them into some stupid decisions. But also some smart ones too. They said no to all the injustice and the message was loud and clear. They can't keep on munching of poor people, driving them to despair so that rich people can get even richer. Although there is a lot of uncertainty at this point i am optimistic and full of hope that my country will make it through. We are survivors after all. Keep us in your thoughts. We need all the positive energy we can get. Did you see the full moon? She was unbelievably beautiful. I saw Her rising from the sea and showering the waters with Her magical silver. I could feel Her power running through my body and blessing me. I could n't do a ritual, i could only stand there and be amazed by Her grace. Did you know a solar eclipse is fastly approaching? The super moon and the eclipse are keeping us on our toes. It is going to get even more intense. We need to remain calm, ground ourselves properly as much as we can, meditate and try to maintain a healthy diet and sleep schedule. If we manage to do that we might even be able to use that energy.. When we have an eclipse the lunar feminine powers dominate over the solar masculine ones. It occurs on a new moon. And it is a time when we have a night within a day, and we feel like the world holds still for just a glimpse. It is very magical and it can be very useful. You can use that time for scrying and divination in general. Also, it is a great time for a spiritual blessing of yourselves, if you want your psychic abilities to evolve. And last but not least. The solar eclipse has waning powers of the Moon(new moon) and also for just a little while of the Sun. You can use that to get rid of energies, feelings and even situations. Have you planned anything for that day? Whatever you do, just remember to enjoy the powerful sensation of it. Be blessed, be loved and be magical. Georgina.
Spring midnight walk while the Sabbat is one breath away
Greetings blogfriends. How have you been? Here finally the weather is not so unbearably cold and today was an amazingly beautiful day. I mean the whole deal, sun shining, birds chirping, flowers blooming. I had a couple of invigorating walks. One in the morning and one that i just returned from. It was around midnight when i went out and one and a half hour later i had to convience myself to go back home. The smells of the nightblooming flowers and the foggy street lights were calling me, pulling me further into the night. The stars above me whispered messages of the Goddess. Spring is not officially here yet but my soul feels once again free.
The Equinox is fastly approaching and as always besides my best intentions most of the things i have planned on doing seems like they are not going to be happening. Mercury's retrograde motion does n't help of course. Neither that pagan holidays are n't recognised as such and life keeps on going as usual. I am lucky that i have my own business and arrange my time as i wish, but still chores and responsibilities make it difficult to connect in the ways i want to. Drop everything and go to the forest, sing to the birds and ground myself to the energies of the Earth and the Sun, sounds simple but sometimes it is plain impossible.
But still, i have high hopes of making wreaths, eating strawberries, plantimg a few more flowers(yes, the madness continues), meditating with the sounds of my wind chimes, having a small ritual to welcome Spring and perhaps painting triquetras and pentagrams on a few eggs.
Tomorrow morning i am going to the National Garden with Petros for a walk and i can not wait to suck all that beauty in. I would prefer to do that on the Equinox but beggers can't be choosers. It is blessed enough that the new moon is almost at the same time as the Equinox. I just love it when Sabbats and Esbats go hand in hand.
Be blessed, be loved and do not forget to breath in as much as Spring happiness as you possibly can.
Of all the luck
Greetings blogfriends. How have you been? I am getting better every day. The unbelievable amount of herbal remedies seem to be working and that is the second time in the row, i managed to get through such a severe cold without antibiotics. Of course i infuse each cup with power by casting a spell, but still this is big.
Yesterday me and Petros have been drinking our coffee in the balcony, not really because the weather was good but mostly because we wished it was. We both miss Spring and basically everybody i speak with has had enough of this cold. But, we tried to enjoy the Sun dressed in layers. At this point i have to share with you the embarassing fact about me that every time i get a chance, i drop in all fours and search for four leaf clovers. In all my 27 years not once it has worked. And then, P. asks me have you checked in this pot for a four leaf clover? I had last year but..no luck(no pun intended). After a few seconds he found one and then a five leaf clover and then i finally found one too. I could n't believe it, all in one pot.
It is said that where you find one, fairies live. My fairy garden actually worked! Four leaf clovers protect against evil magic and give good luck. Some say each leaf has a special meaning: fame, wealth, faithful lover and health(what else a person could ask for?). When the finder gives it immediately after he picks it to someone else his luck multiplies. If you wear it, you can see fairies(i can't wait to try that out!). It is also believed that when you find it you will meet your other half the same day, although clovers with two leaves are mostly associated with love.
For every one four leaf clover there are 10.000 three leaf ones. Five leaf clovers are even rarer. The five leaf clover is supposed to bring great riches and luck. When P. told me he found one i was a bit frightened. I have never heard of one. When i got it on my hand, i knew it was a sign of the Goddess and i immediately made the connection with the pentagram. I put it in my wealth charm. But there is a lore that says the five leaf clover is a sign of misfortune and witches use it to gain evil powers. But i believe this comes from an era of fear of witchcraft and magic.
I just realised that i have n't yet thanked the fairies for these amazing gifts, but i shall right away.
Have you searched recently for a four leaf clover?
Be blessed, be loved and be very lucky!
Blessed Esbat
It is a very cloudy night and i can't see Her yet. But i hope you will all enjoy Her. Have a beautiful full moon. I am going to do a healing prayer for my mom because she will be having knee surgery on Monday. I will burn eucalyptus amd rosemary incense and let the fumes carry my message to the heavens.
Blessed be my blogfriends.
Spring must spring!!!
Greetings blogfriends. I am still here. This was the longest hiatus i have taken from blogland. For some peculiar reason, i could n't write. I wanted to. I tried, but words were n't coming out in the right order. I felt really bad about this. I love my blog and blogging, but for some reason that i have n't figured out yet, i just could n't. I was in an introvert mode, not really social in real life too, but i do not think that was it. I think i was a little burned out, from working long hours and constantly studying. But those are good things and i feel blessed for my life.
Right now i am watching a small bird eating from the bird feeder in my balcony. He visits me with his friends every day and they play, eat and chirp happily, driving Shadow(my cat) nuts. Me, the birds, and my pets can not wait for this long and hard winter to come to an end.
Tomorrow is the first night of the full moon and i want to take this opportunity to thank the Goddess for blessing our home with love, luck, warmth, health, food and light. I will throw some flowers, small leaves and petals to the air and i will begin the long process of preparing the house for the Spring Equinox. There are wreaths to be made, plants to be taken care of, decorations to be crafted and celebrations to be arranged. A festival of balance and warmth is coming and i can hardly wait. I believe i have never felt such an intense anticipation for Spring. Being down with a cold does n't help of course. I want to feel the rays of the Sun upon my skin, the long afternoons with ice teas and lemonades, the long walks at nights.
How about you? What do you miss?


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I do historical costumes as well, that's what I like. Although I made Jedi costumes for the Revenge of the Sith midnight showing. Ugluk and went. It was fun. I don't make cheesy, cheap costumes like you buy in the store, I use authentic (as mush as possible anyway!) materials and make them wearable. So much fun!
Ugluk: Yeah, they quite of both of us at the same time. Pretty lame for you. Maybe they decided misery loves company.
So, yesterday Ugluk and I went over to a friends house to paint, and now we're going again! Yay, more paint fumes to breathe in. If this keeps up, Ugluk will be permanently high.

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How to make hd_media initrd for debian
, OP needs to read the material available.... I can not think of a easier way to answer this, and explain it all.From: The Kernel Newbie Corner: "initrd" and "initramfs"--What's Up With That?
Where did that initrd file come from?
Typically, when you install a new kernel, you'll get a matching initrd file automatically, but you can always build one manually using the mkinitrd command. I'm not going to get into horrendous detail with this command. If you truly want to play with it, feel free. Create a new initrd file or two, then pull it apart to see what's inside.
But here's where things get just a bit more interesting.
OK, So What's the "initramfs" Thingy?
And here's where we might part ways regarding terminology. I will always refer to the above file as the "initrd" file since, in my opinion, the "initramfs" early root file system is something quite different.------snip
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An increase in cases of pertussis, more commonly known as "whooping cough," in some metro Atlanta counties and other states has prompted Coastal Health District officials to remind residents that getting vaccinated is the safest and most effective way to prevent the disease. Pertussis is a very contagious illness that mainly affects the respiratory system and can be very dangerous, especially for babies and young children.
"We have some pertussis in our health district every year, and this year is no different," said Diane Z. Weems, M.D., interim health director of the Coastal Health District. "Although we haven't seen an unusually high number of cases in coastal Georgia, hearing about just one case serves as an important reminder that both children and adults should be vaccinated."
To date, there have been four confirmed cases of whooping cough in the Coastal Health District: one in Effingham County, one in Liberty County and two in Camden County.
There are two vaccines for pertussis, one for infants and young children and one for older children, adolescents, and adults. All health departments have the pertussis vaccine. While no vaccine is 100 percent effective, people who have been vaccinated are less likely to get whooping cough. If they do get the disease, studies show the cough won't last as long and won't be as bad.
"Anyone can get whooping cough," said Weems. "Sometimes people get it and don't even realize that they have it and are spreading it.That's why it is so important to get vaccinated."
People at the greatest risk for getting pertussis include infants under one-year-old and pregnant women (especially in their third trimester).
In addition, it's important for anyone who may expose infants or pregnant women to the disease such as childcare workers or health care workers, to get vaccinated.
For more information on pertussis, go to www.cdc.gov/pertussis. For more information on getting vaccinated, call or visit your local health department.


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Hearst exclusive: Former U.S. Rep. Chris Shays to enter 2012 Senate race
Former U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays is looking to disprove the adage "you can't go home again."
Shays, a Republican on sabbatical from Connecticut's political scene since his 2008 election loss, told Hearst Connecticut Newspapers on Monday that he will enter the race to succeed U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman,
I-Conn., who is retiring when his term expires in 2012.
The former congressman, unseated in 2008 by Democrat Jim Himes, sold his Bridgeport home shortly after the election and moved to Maryland. He was reinstated Friday as a voter in Bridgeport, where he and his wife, Betsi, bought a condominium last year when he was considering a run for governor.
"Betsi and I are excited to be back in Connecticut," Shays said. "These are all the steps that I am taking so that I can have the opportunity to run for Senate. I hope to be on the ballot next November."
Shays, 65, is expected to face former wrestling executive Linda McMahon, who spent $50 million on an unsuccessful Senate bid in 2010, in next year's Republican primary.
State GOP Chairman Jerry Labriola Jr. readily acknowledged that Shays and McMahon appear to be on a collision course.
"I'm pleased that we will have a strong field of candidates vying for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, including Congressman Shays and businesswoman Linda McMahon," Labriola said.
Labriola characterized Shays as a great Republican with a distinguished record of public service.
"He's a fiscal conservative and strong on national defense," Labriola said. "As state party chairman, I'm happy to have him in the race."
A fixture in the House of Representatives from 1987 to 2008, Shays is a co-chairman of a special commission created by Congress to look into military contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The commission is scheduled to release its final report at the end of August and dissolve in September, leaving Shays with the ability to become a full-time candidate for the Senate seat. Shays said Monday he'll file papers to enter the race Oct. 3.
In a statement Monday, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee swiftly sought to paint Shays as a carpetbagger.
"After voters in Connecticut rejected Chris Shays, Chris Shays rejected the voters of Connecticut, deciding to make his home in Maryland, where he could easily cash in on his time in Congress," Matt Canter of the DSSC said. "It's doubtful that Chris Shays has learned much, if anything, about Connecticut's best interests after living in Maryland for the past few years. He's still a rubber stamp for Republican policies that would hurt our economy and squeeze middle class families."
Election officials in Bridgeport confirmed that Shays and his wife appeared at the registrars of voters' office at 4 p.m. Friday to be reinstated to the city's voter rolls.
"They're fully registered voters," said Cisco Borres, the city's deputy Republican registrar. "All their rights as voters have been restored. They're good to go."
Shays lost his seat of 21 years in 2008 to Himes, who is serving his second term. During Shays' final term he was the lone New England Republican in the House.
Even though Shays and his wife moved to and registered to vote in St. Michaels, Md., after the loss, Borres said they were listed as inactive voters in Bridgeport.
"He was never fully removed," Borres said.
Shays, who was born and raised in Connecticut, said he once again holds a Connecticut driver's license.
"We're in the process of moving our legal address back into Connecticut," said Shays, who plans to keep his home in Maryland.
Shays declined to respond further to criticism from the DSCC.
A July poll by Frank Luntz showed Shays in a statistical dead-heat with U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., in a hypothetical matchup for Senate. The survey of 500 registered Connecticut voters had Murphy, who entered the race in January after Lieberman announced his retirement, leading Shays 42 to 40 percent.
The same poll had Murphy leading McMahon, the former chief executive of the Stamford-based wrestling powerhouse WWE, 52 to 36 percent. McMahon lost to longtime Democratic Attorney General Richard Blumenthal in 2010.
McMahon is on the cusp of jumping into the race, which is also drawing interest from former Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele and David Walker, a former U.S. comptroller general who coincidentally bought Shays' former home in Bridgeport.
The same poll showed Shays leading former Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz, a Democrat, 48 to 37 percent.
In addition to Murphy and Bysiewicz, the Democratic field includes state Rep. William Tong, of Stamford, and Sylvester Salcedo, an Orange resident who practices law in Bridgeport.
Brian K. Hill, a Hartford lawyer and former Judge Advocate General's Corps officer who lives in Windsor, is also running for Senate as a Republican. He was an independent write-in candidate in 2010.
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text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - Do you like your family ??? Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Do you like your family ??? Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Family View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message iswritingJoined: 11 Apr 2006Posts: 491Location: Japan Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:24 pm Post subject: Do you like your family ??? Do you like your family??? I like my family.Now,we are get along. But, I didn't like family when I was a high school student. But,now we are understood each other. How about you Tell me Back to top sofy614Joined: 09 Feb 2007Posts: 16Location: Costa Rica Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:22 pm Post subject: HI I like my family very much, I'm the only girl, I have 4 brothers, so it's a lot of fun, and my parent's are very cool,but sometimes we do have differences.. Back to top [email protected]@Joined: 10 Jan 2007Posts: 49Location: Germany Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:15 pm Post subject: interesting topic... i like my family, i even think that i love them. im not sure, but as i was younger i sometimes hated my parents, then i hated my little sister - i think it was no real hate.. i just think that i disliked the things my parents stood for in my view.. well, now i love them and i have accepted that even if i sometimes have problems with my parents i know that they will always support me.. i know that my older sister is clever and that i can always talk to her - if i need someone who just listens if i cant talk to my friends because they are involved in the things.. my little sister is a cuite little girl, - well, shes 13, and its fun to see her growing up. she reminds me of myself.. shes just like me - as i was in her position Back to top Dennis21021Joined: 08 Nov 2005Posts: 15Location: Taiwan Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject: if comes true If your parents always set bad example to us like steal, lying and so on, what would you think of them? I also wonder whether all parents like their children? Back to top misuvijaJoined: 07 Feb 2007Posts: 27 Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:49 pm Post subject: parents Hi... Perhaps the parents would not be customary already that I have learned of its example. I think that the parents like everybody commit errors and we do not have to be very hard when judging them. Back to top annypekingJoined: 22 Apr 2007Posts: 6Location: bj Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:38 pm Post subject: Re: parents i like my family and my parents very much. i am the only child in my family. When i was young, my family is not rich, so it has some difficulties in bringing me up. But my family is very harmonious. I am very appreciated that my parents give me life and make me accept the higher education. Thanks them very much and i will work hard to take care of them because they are old-aged now._________________Let's improve our English together. Back to top HyunGeon1534Joined: 11 Jul 2016Posts: 7 Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 5:18 am Post subject: Yes, I love my family. Family is my source of happiness. Dad, mom, and my little brother... Though I can't have a long time with my family, I love them SO much! Back to top shinfaJoined: 20 Nov 2016Posts: 13 Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 7:39 pm Post subject: I like my family very much!! I have two sisters and I am the youngest child in my home. We were fight a lot but now we help each other. I love them. Back to top SugarsyrupJoined: 03 Apr 2017Posts: 21 Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 7:12 am Post subject: We might have some misunderstandings and we fight sometimes, but i still love my family Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Family All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Student Forums----------------ComputersCurrent NewsCultureEnglish SchoolsFamilyFilm and CinemaFoodHealth and FitnessHelp CenterHobbiesHolidaysLearning EnglishLiteratureMaking FriendsMusicOpinionsPetsScienceSportsThe Strange and MysteriousTOEFL and Other English ExamsTravel You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Dave's ESL Cafe is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Banner Advertising | Bookstore / Alta Books | FAQs | Articles | Interview with Dave Copyright © 2018 Dave's ESL Cafe | All Rights Reserved | Contact Dave's ESL Cafe | Site Map Teachers College, Columbia University: Train to Teach English Here or Abroad Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group


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Professor Freed: Friends, we gather here today at Applebee's for the inaugural meeting of the Bohemian Supper Club of First Congregational United Church of Christ. Does everyone have their fajitas and mozzarella sticks?
Janice, the Poet: Ah, Professor Freed, you truly have an innovative, pioneer spirit. If only the university could have seen your genius, you would never have been denied tenure. Let's have a toast to the creative spirit of God at work in the Bohemian renaissance of Vancouver. May God bless our band of loving hearts and free minds. May God be the spring water that delights our souls.
Professor Freed: Oh, Janice, you are ever the poet.
Harry, the Free Love Hippie: We are a groovy bunch!
Janice: Well, Professor Freed, what do you propose we talk about for our first meeting?
Freed: My dear bohemians, I was rather taken aback by our pastor's sermon today. Let's discuss that sermon.
Janice: I'd rather discuss the scripture reading, since that was the real cause of controversy. I don't think we should bash our pastor.
Harry: No, that wouldn't be groovy.
Freed: Right, right, I think it would indeed be splendid if we were to discuss that sermon text of his.
Janice: Even though it's a controversial text, I still think it is lovely in its own way…
Freed: I am afraid I have not yet come to that opinion, but let's discuss it.
Harry: I dig Jesus and everything, but what he was saying about how no one comes to God except through him wasn't cool man. Mohammad and Buddha were righteous dudes too.
Freed: Right you are, Harry, but the point that I would make is this: I don't believe Jesus said those words in the first place.
Janice: Professor, you are ever the heretic. Explain yourself…
Freed: You see our text comes from John, the last of the Gospels written. Only in John does Jesus say these things. Such remarks are really not in keeping with the earlier gospels. I don't think the Jesus of history was given to making grand pronouncements about himself. Only John has Jesus going around saying, "I am the light of the world. I am the way and the truth and the life." Jesus was really more into telling parables and clever sayings about the Kingdom of God than he was into talking about how great he was.
Harry: If only I had had a professor like you, I never would have dropped out! I always knew the real Jesus couldn't be so closed-minded. How could someone who hung out with Samaritans, Jews, and Romans not be open to Buddhists and Muslims?
Freed: You are right, Harry! In the Gospels, often the best people of faith are people of other faiths. There's "the Roman centurion, the Syrophoenician woman, the Greek Cornelius, the good Samaritan." Jesus was a bit of a free spirit, much like yourself.
Harry: Ever since I backpacked across India, I've always liked what Krishnamurti had to say. He said he wasn't a Christian, or a Hindu, or a Buddhist. He didn't even claim that he was on the right path to truth and that everyone else should follow him. He said, "Truth is a pathless land…You cannot approach it by any path [or] …religion." He believed people got imprisoned when they tried to follow a path.
Janice: I think you two have taken this too far. I think whoever wrote the gospel of John was a great poet. The entire gospel just sings of poetry. You are taking it too literally. John was trying to capture the essence of Jesus. He was trying to speak a poetic truth about him. Let's not get too caught up in debating what actually took place 2000 years ago.
Freed: Leave it to our poet to make such a good point. I've always felt that all that talk about the incarnation of Jesus was really just a metaphor for saying that Jesus embodies the best of our ideals, the highest potential of humanity.
Harry: You know Gandhi was a pretty hip dude. Maybe he had that incarnation thing too. He once said that his life was his message. Maybe that's kind of like what Jesus meant when he said, "I am the Way and the Truth." But what I don't get is why Jesus had to put down other religions?
Freed: Well, there are other ways of understanding this scripture. You know I once taught this text to a class of 150 students. I said to them, "If 'I am the Way' is the answer, what exactly was the question?" No one could remember the question, but almost everyone knew the answer. The question wasn't about whether Buddhists or Muslims or Hindus would make it to heaven. Jesus wasn't trying to condemn anyone. He was answering a question asked by Thomas. Thomas was worried about what the disciples would do after Jesus was gone. Thomas asked him how the disciples could possibly know what path to follow if they didn't know where Jesus was going. So Jesus was actually being helpful and compassionate when he explained to Thomas that he was the Way.
Harry: But what about that part about no one coming to God except through him?
Freed: That's a good question. One could say that Jesus or whoever wrote the Gospel of John wasn't dealing with a world where there were viable alternatives for what to believe. The religions we all know about today simply weren't an option back then. With good reason, worshipping the Roman Emperor as the Son of God would have seemed pure idolatry.
Harry: But then how did Jesus relate to Jewish people?
Freed: Well, Jesus himself was Jewish. Now, he was against the religion of the establishment. This is actually important to understanding what John has Jesus saying. When Jesus said, "I am the way," he was actually freeing people from having to follow doctrines and laws for no good reason. His life would show them how to live. So, today, when we try to figure out what to do in our lives, we don't have to mindlessly follow some set of rules. We ask ourselves, "What would Jesus do?" We have to figure out for ourselves what it means to follow Jesus, what it is that's right and true, but we are also not just left by ourselves with no examples at all to help us sort things out. In the end, I don't think Jesus was preaching a message that imprisoned people in their faith, he was preaching a message that liberated them.
Harry: I like it. I like it. I always knew Jesus came to set our minds free. It's kind of like Bob Marley said, "Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds." That's rad, dude.
Freed: So my dear bohemians, we've discussed the meaning of what John wrote back then, but we haven't faced the question of how we as Christians are supposed to relate to people of other faiths today?
Janice: I like to think of it this way. Imagine you are in a room with no windows or lights. You fumble around in the dark unable to see. Then, over in the far wall you notice what at first looks like tiny specks of gold. As you get closer, you realize that each of those specks is a small hole in the wall and that on the other side is this bright, magnificent light. You discover that if you get close enough and look through one of the holes you get a good view of the light. When you stand back, you again see that there are many holes through which you can peer, but you know that you can only look through one of them at a time. So if you want to get a good glimpse of the light, you have to choose just one of the holes to look through. I think that's how life is with God. At first, we just fumble around in the dark, but then we see that there is a light somewhere and that there are these different holes that allow us to see it. One hole is Christianity, one is Islam, another is Buddhism, another is Judaism, and so on and so forth. All of them can give us a glimpse of what is ultimately meaningful in life. It's good to recognize that they are all there and provide a glimpse of God, but in the end, we see God best if we get up close to just one of them and use it as our window into God. We can spend our whole life just trying to grasp what it is we see when we look through just that one hole.
Harry: Wow, you must have been on one of those vision quests. That's rad dude. I mean duddette.
Freed: Janice, that is indeed a good image. But let me put a challenge to you. We're all Christians here, but we're also bohemians, and you know as well I do that there are other Christians out there who don't like us bohemian Christians. In fact, they don't think we're Christians at all. In turn, we may or may not think they are true Christians either. My question for you is this: Do we really worship the same God as these other Christians? What if they believe God hates gays and lesbians, while we believe God loves gays and lesbians just as much as everyone else? Can we truly say that they are just looking through another hole in the wall that shows them who God is?
Janice: Oh, professor, there you go taking things too seriously again. A metaphor only works to help figure out a part of the puzzle but not all of it. There is a time for appreciation and tolerance just as there is a time for speaking what is true and denouncing what is not. Not all paths lead to God. Some paths would have us marching into war for the most unholy of causes.
Harry: Yowzers! How's one to make sense of it all? First, we have all this stuff about what Jesus did and did not say, then we have to decide whether or not we still like it, then we have to think about all these other religions which might be good or might not be. What are we supposed to do? Shouldn't religion be easy? Shouldn't we be able to just love another?
Freed: I think there are some basic truths to our religion that are easy to grasp, even if they aren't always easy to apply. Still, I think we also can't be lazy about our faith. We need to investigate things and figure certain things out for ourselves. Otherwise, we'll all just end up in some cult following whoever's got the most appealing personality.
Harry: But how are we supposed to know who to follow and who not to follow? Why not just join some other religion?
Janice: The way I look at it is like this. In life, we are all in a dance. We are all in a giant ballroom. You look around, and you see that there are many different partners you can dance with. Some may catch your eye for a moment, but after dancing with them, you see that they are not for you. Some may turn out to be your worst nightmare. Still, others might be nice and attractive, but you simply don't click with them. Then, finally you dance with someone for whom you develop more than a superficial attraction. You get to know them. The relationship develops and deepens over time until one day you are able to say, "You're the only one in the world for me." This doesn't mean that you have danced with everyone in the whole ballroom and know that this partner is indeed superior to all others. It simply means that you have developed a deep and meaningful relationship that works for you and that is all you need. In the relationship, there may be rough times when you don't always understand each other or see eye to eye, but in the end you know that this is the one to whom you have given your heart. This is how I feel when I think of Jesus and say, "You are indeed my way, my truth, my life."
All three: Amen.


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Oh Larry, pleease don't cheapen this one. I'll volunteer my time if it will help. I can also work a mean drill.Originally Posted by ZippyTheChimp
That low building is the location of the performing arts center, tentatively to be designed by Gehry, which is now in limbo.Originally Posted by antinimby
There has been no indication that 200 Greenwich will be set on a pedestal like the FT, especially since the base will contain retail. The floor-count of a building is not just office space; it usually starts at ground level and includes mechanical floors. The variables in the total height of the building are the floor-to-floor heights, the height of the mechanical floors (which can be double), the height of the base floors, and the height of the crown.
Average floor height for office space is 14 ft. NYTimes is 13'9"; 7WTC is 14' 3".
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A good example of floor counts is the NYTimes stacking plan. Go to page 15 of the document.
Oh Larry, pleease don't cheapen this one. I'll volunteer my time if it will help. I can also work a mean drill.Originally Posted by ZippyTheChimp
Originally Posted by ZippyTheChimp
Yes, But if FT's 69th (really 75th since the base is made out of 6 mechanical floors) can reach 1140 feet than I suppose 65 floors + a few mechanical could reach 1100 or more.
The tower will have 65 OFFICE floors, not 65 total. Just like Freedom Tower does not have 69 total, It has 82, 6 floors below and 7 ontop of the office space.
Check this out.
Point me to one piece of documentation that indicates that the base of this building will be similar to the FT, or that anyone stated there would be 65 office floors.The tower will have 65 OFFICE floors, not 65 total. Just like Freedom Tower does not have 69 total, It has 82, 6 floors below and 7 ontop of the office space.
On the other hand, Foster's own words:
Is he describing a 200 ft high metal-clad concrete block?Foster, 70, said he wants residents and workers to have a welcoming feeling as they walk past the building. Its something that brings life, he said in an interview at 7 World Trade Center, where he will set up his New York office. Its not just a blank wall. Its not a private, corporate keep out, so Id like it to be inviting. Id like it to be lively.
All the WTC buildings have 6 mechanical floors. They are below grade and are called basement levels. The twin towers were 110 floors from the street to the roof. Levels B1 - B6 did not count.
Did you carefully look at the stacking plan example I provided? The Times building is 52 floors. Floor 1 is at the street. The floor numbering includes mechanical floors. It does not include the crown.
It's ridiculous for anyone to make height predictions about a building that hasn't even been designed yet.
Originally Posted by antinimby
I don't think Foster would have came one if he didn't think he could design the building he wanted to. But even so, its not as if Silverstein can write a blank check. Supposedly he has enought to build Tower 2, but you know how costs rise...
In one of the other threads there was info which said wtc1 will have 69 floors of office and that wtc2 will have 65 it also stated how much sf of space would be in each towerOriginally Posted by ZippyTheChimp
I'll give this one more shot.
65... of what, office, or just floors?Originally Posted by alonzo-ny
Example 1: 7WTC. It is described as a 52 floor building. It has 42 office floors on top of a 10 floor mechanical base. No one calls it a 42 floor building.
Example 2:
Go to the SOM site, http://www.freedomtower.som.com/site...r_content.html.
Click on Project Overview.
In the third paragraph:
SOM is describing the stacking plan....an 80 ft high public lobby is topped by a series of mechanical floors; together these form the 200 foot high building base. Sixty-nine office floors rise above the base to 1120 ft.
FT is not a 69 floor building; it is an 80-something floor building.
In the press release for 200 Greenwich, the description of the building stated 65 floors, not 65 office floors. If that number is correct, then all you can say about the height of the building is that it will have to be over 900 ft. The final height over that figure is useless speculation.
For me, 65 floors is great news. It means the building height will have to bust over the 750 ft range of surrounding buildings.
And, Larry, I can supervise him and tell him to work harder, drill deeper and stop whining when it gets cold outside. However, I will need to be paid.Originally Posted by antinimby
wouldn't this look kind of weird scince the FT and this building would have close height. I would prefer the other buildings office space to be included to the FT. Anyway, this building looks promising and hopefully this building's desighn will make this site more impresive like it is suppose to be
Originally Posted by ZippyTheChimp
Well they probably are not including the retail...and the building has not even been designed yet so no one really knows huh?
I very much agree with the last part of this sentence. Right now the building is still in the process of emerging from a sketch pad's heavy lines. Ill wait a couple of months until more concrete details are released and the nuts and bolts are hammered out before I guess as to a height.Originally Posted by PHLguy
i wish i could remember where it was but in one of the wtc/freedom tower threads was a table of all the wtc tower saying how many OFFICE floors were in each tower and how much office space too, will try to find it for you zippyOriginally Posted by ZippyTheChimp
Ill put money on it, that the floor count given to each of the WTC Towers won't be the same when all is said and done. Perhaps one or two buildings will have the same floor count but that'll have more to do with convience than design.Originally Posted by alonzo-ny
This building is going to go through alot of changes even once we see what it will look like. Reguardless of the height ot design. I mean just look at what the Freedom tower went through!


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Appointment Details
- Title: Chief Resident
- Service Period: 12 months
- Limitations on Appointment: Eligibility determined at department level. May not hold Resident title simultaneously.
- Length of Appointment: varies
- Eligible for Tenure: No
- Voting Rights: No
- Salary Requirements: Must meet University minimum. Residency coordinator administers annual resident salary ranges.
- Full-time/Part-time: N/A
- Promotable: No
- Competitive Recruitment required: No
New Appointment Details
- Educational/Experience Requirements: Must have MD
- Documentation required:
- None, must have appointment as a Resident.
Promotion Details
- Not a promotable title
Reappointment Details
- Handled at the department level, AHR does not receive any reappointment documentation
Termination Details
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An underaged kid who thinks listening to music from a movement long before their time and wearing Hot Topic clothing defines them as "who they are". They can be seen hopping out of their mom's mini-van's at malls and travelling in groups of 3 or more because none of them are able to kick ass on their own. It's not hard to spot them amidst the other shoppers who are actually buying things, but you might have difficulty picking one out of his or her "pack" since they all look the freakin' same.
Bob: Damn, I'm sure glad we got jobs as mall security guards!
Larry: Heck yeah, now we get PAID to harass mall punks because they're idiots!
Larry: Heck yeah, now we get PAID to harass mall punks because they're idiots!
by criticaloversite January 12, 2004
Fuck Donald trump, AKA the worst president ever.
"Man fuck Donald trump, he wants to build a wall and don't pay taxes!!"
See also: mallcore. Someone who dresses "punk"(usually all black, with studs and chains, died black hair) but listens to crappy bands like Simple Plan, New Found Glory, and other Mallcore bands. This person usually has no idea why they dress this way other than it goes against "the man" and is the way they saw a REAL punker dress. Also thinks they are punk because they listen to Green Day, and usually has no idea who Clash, Ramones, Sex Pistols, or Black Flag are. Hangs out at the mall, where they only shop at Hot Topic.
You guys see that Mallpunk over there? I bet he likes to bump the new Good Charlotte record in his mom's minivan.
by Jon December 24, 2003
an advocate of modern punk which really isnt punk at all. someone who supports the mtv punk musicians rather than the original 70s punk rebellion concept of a way of life, rather than a genre of music. someone who claims they are punk, but would rather waste their time hanging around a mall kissing ass than be an actual punk. a hot topic fly.
look at that mallpunk scalping tickets for a good charlotte concert.
by clockworkjaws December 29, 2005
Gay adolescent or young man that cruise malls looking to get laid or turn tricks and make some cash off of a mall troll.
Eric has turned into such a mall punk. I've seen him leave with at least a dozen mall trolls and he's always got cash now.
by james savik September 24, 2009
a genre of tshitty overrated pop-punk music popularized by bands such as sum 41, good charlotte, and simple plan. This type of music in no way relates to past meaning of punk, but takes on a new form in meaning partying, girls and shopping at malls. It's basically what hair bands were in the 80's, cheezy bullishit.
mall punk is so gay
by mystery January 15, 2004
Posers who think they're punk because they buy cloths from Hot Topic and don't even know who the hell are The Clash, Romones, Sex Pistols, and black flag are. they like bands like New Found Glory, Good Charlotte, Simple plan, ect. Little sterotypical bastards.
Mallpunk: Lyke Omg! I'm so punk casue I bought this wrist band from hott topic!
Being punk isn't about the way you dress, it's about beign rebelious, protesting if you don't like something, and not caring of what others think.
Being punk isn't about the way you dress, it's about beign rebelious, protesting if you don't like something, and not caring of what others think.
by Saint Nikki January 06, 2005
Dec 2 trending
- 1. Watermelon Sugar
- 2. Ghetto Spread
- 3. Girls who eat carrots
- 4. sorority squat
- 5. Durk
- 6. Momala
- 7. knocking
- 8. Dog shot
- 9. sputnik
- 10. guvy
- 11. knockin'
- 12. nuke the fridge
- 13. obnoxion
- 14. Eee-o eleven
- 15. edward 40 hands
- 16. heels up
- 17. columbus
- 18. ain't got
- 19. UrbDic
- 20. yak shaving
- 21. Rush B Cyka Blyat
- 22. Pimp Nails
- 23. Backpedaling
- 24. Anol
- 25. got that
- 26. by the way
- 27. Wetter than an otter's pocket
- 28. soy face
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The Rollins ladies playing on their electronics: iPad, Leapster, and a "laptop"
I'm sure there is a very elaborate storyline behind the set-up here. When the girls play, they don't just get out one toy. To have a tea party, pillows and stuffed animals and smoothie cups and cake stands and a shopping cart are often required as well :)
Charlotte and her Daddy had a date at the circus and she loved every minute of it. And all it took was a "But Daddy, these toys are awesome!" to win him over and get her a tambourine. That's right, she came home with a tambourine. And it was only a day or two before she fell off of her rocking horse while trying to do some of the tricks that she saw at the circus.
While they were at the circus, Naomi and Mommy spent the afternoon together. We had ice cream for lunch, then went to the mall to pet the puppies and ride the escalator. Cheap entertainment for a two-year-old!
And my big ol', ever-growing belly at 34 weeks. You know those women who have tiny little baby bumps and carry the baby so sweetly... I am not one of them. My torso is short so there is nowhere for the baby to go but out. And while the baby is going out, my thighs and rear end join in on the party and go out too!


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Physcial Distressing: No
Chemical Distressing: Spatter
FairShield+: Yes
Sheen: 20
Finish colors shown may vary from actual finish - please reference actual finish chips before ordering. Since differences in wood grain and color affect the finish, it is not possible to guarantee an exact match between two pieces of furniture. A certain degree of variation should be expected.


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- Home
- Government
- Departments L - Q
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- Parks & Facilities
- Master Plans & Projects
Master Plans and Projects
Welcome to the website dedicated to Master Plans and special projects for the Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Arts Department. Within this page, you will be able to view project information, learn more about the various projects within the department, and submit questions to City staff.
Our projects and initiatives are based on the 2019 Bond Program and with your input via surveys and public meetings, which assisted in developing our 2019 Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Master Plan.
Click on the tabs to view the project details.
The first project from Garland's $117 million (for Parks) 2019 bond program is officially completed. The new LED field lights went live for the first night games of the youth soccer season on February 24, 2020, at Winters Park.
Garland's first Dog Park is open as of July 9, 2020. The 3-acre, off-leash park project is perfect for a variety of fun, dog-related activities!
For more details, visit the Dog Park webpage.
Audubon Rec Center will be under construction soon (TBD) and will feature a complete building renovation and 5,000 square foot expansion, including a fitness area, improvements to multi-purpose rooms, restrooms, storage, lobby, control desk, site improvements, exterior patio, and a canopy at entrance doors. Download the Audubon Recreation Center Expansion rendering (PDF).
For more information about this project and further updates, visit the Audubon Recreation Center Bond Project website.
Granger Rec Center project was completed in 2019 with a complete building renovation, including a new fitness area, multi-purpose rooms, restrooms, storage, offices, lobby, control desk, and complete gym renovation with two full basketball courts.
One of the key findings in our 2019 Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Master Plan was the need for more playgrounds and improvements to existing. Below you find playground projects underway.
Central Park Playground - Opened on July 10, 2020, Central Park playground was designed to support park patrons with a variety of physical, sensory and cognitive needs. The playground is approximately 6,500 square feet and contains poured-in-place rubberized surfacing, which allows full mobility throughout the whole playground. There is a playable lawn space contained within a 4-foot gated fence with perimeter lighting for security. The improvements also include long, integrated seat walls and picnic pads with ample shade provided by a combination of mature trees and shade structures. This playground was designed for children of all abilities to play, learn and grow together. For more about the park, visit the Central Park page.
Eastern Hills Park - Download the Eastern Hills Park playground renderings (PDF). For more about the park, visit the Eastern Hills Park page.
One Eleven Ranch Park - Download the One Eleven Ranch Park playground renderings (PDF). For more about the park, visit the One Eleven Ranch Park page.
For more information about these playground projects, visit the Playgrounds Bond Project webpage.
The Rick Oden Park Skatepark design has been completed. Construction will follow soon.
For more about the park, visit the Rick Oden Park and Skatepark project webpage.
Download the Skatepark design concept rendering (PDF).
Master Plans and Surveys
Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Strategic Master Plan
View the complete 2019 Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department Master Plan (PDF).
Garland Aquatics Master Plan & Survey
View the complete 2020 Garland Aquatics Master Plan (PDF). This project was focused on identifying the needs of all of our pools and aquatic facilities throughout our parks system.
In 2019, you voted and awarded $20 million dollars to be allocated for Aquatics Facilities in the City of Garland's 2019 Bond Program. For more updates, visit the Garland Aquatics Program Bond Project webpage.
Trails and Bikeways Master Plan
The City of Garland has started the process of updating its Trails and Bikeways Master Plan. When complete, the plan will provide a vision to guide the future development, operations and programs of the City's trails and bikeways system. This is not just for Parks, but for the whole City. Find the purpose and our vision for trails and bikeways here in Garland on the Trails Master Plan page or follow along on the construction and project scope by visiting the Trails Development Bond Project webpage.
Rick Oden Park Master Plan and Skatepark Plan & Surveys
The development phase of Rick Oden Park and the Skatepark is currently underway. For more updates, visit the Rick Oden Park Bond Project webpage.
City of Garland 2019 Bond Program
Visit and review the complete allocation of funds on the City of Garland 2019 Bond Program page. For Parks & Recreation Projects, look for Proposition D and that will give you the entire list of Parks & Recreation projects.


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Millennials—or Generation Y, which, by varying definitions, includes you if you're somewhere between 14-34—are the subject of constant obsession and worrying from the managers trying to hire them, the marketers trying to sell to them, and the parents and grandparents trying desperately to get them to call once in a while using the "phone" feature on their smartphones.
So what can we possibly learn that's new from Pew's massive survey released this morning? Many things, actually—and mostly contradictions. Which is about right when you're trying to sum up 85+ million people in a handful of adjectives.
This generation is getting totally screwed by the economy ... but we're the most optimistic generation in the country.
Another report that came out this morning, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, found that unemployment rate for young people is still elevated: 13.5 percent for people between 15 and 24 and 12 percent between ages 20 to 24. Just awful. So how come young people are so stubbornly optimistic? About their finances of all things?
One good explanation is that they're young. Gen-Xers were just as sanguine about their future portfolios at this age, and many of them were stung by the nearly-as-bad 1980s recession.
This is the most technologically connected generation in modern history ... but also the least trusting.
This just barely makes any sense. Here is a generation that trusts peers enough to meet random strangers in bars on Tinder, ride in cars with strangers on Uber X and Lyft, visit strangers' apartments through Craigslist, sleep on their beds through Airbnb, and we're also the least likely to say "most people can be trusted"? Put your theories in the comment section; I don't know what to believe anymore.
This generation has record numbers of single parents ... but it also has the most negative attitudes toward single parents.
The American institution of marriage is changing as more women go to school and out-earn their partners, and as couples get married later or don't get married at all. Millennials have historically high numbers of out-of-wedlock births: 47 percent of newborns to Gen-Y women came outside of marriage, more than double the rate for older adults. But even though Millennials are twice as likely to be single parents, they're just as likely to disapprove of single parenthood. One possible explanation is that, as Richard Reeves wrote in The Atlantic, young married couples are just as conservative on the institution of marriage and child-rearing as generations before them. They're just rarer, since more of their peers aren't getting hitched.
Millennials are famously "the most diverse generation ever" ... but we don't even deserve the label.
About 43 percent of Millennials are non-white, higher than any American generation on record. But since the slim majority of newborns in America are non-white too, it's much more fair to say that Millennials are the most diverse generation of adults. We're only the most diverse generation in the country if you decide not to consider people under 14 a generation.
This is the most educated generation ever ... and the deepest in student loan debt.
This one isn't a contradiction so much as a qualifier—a reminder that this generation's achievements have already come at a cost. One third of Millennials over 25 have a four-year college degree or better, which makes us the best-educated group in the history of the country. It's a proud superlative to hold, since education tends to correlate with (if not lead to) all sorts of things like happier marriages, more fulfilling jobs, better earnings, and a better life for our children. This superlative, however, comes a price. "Two-thirds of recent bachelor's degree recipients have outstanding student loans," Pew reports, with an average debt of about $27,000 and median debt of about $13,000.
The U.S. economy has never been bigger ... but it's never been harder to live better than our parents did.
This from Pew is a whopper: Millennials are the first generation "in the modern era to have higher levels of student loan debt, poverty and unemployment, and lower levels of wealth and personal income than their two immediate predecessor generations (Gen Xers and Boomers) had at the same stage of their life cycles." In other words, the American Dream as defined as "living better than our parents did" is harder than ever to obtain for the generation at large. But reality isn't so even. Cast your eye across the country, and you'll see pockets where upward mobility is higher than anywhere in the world, but also areas where it's practically impossible for low-income kids to get ahead. This graph, from a recent Harvard paper on intergenerational mobility, gives a rough look at where it's easier to move ahead relative to your folks (lighter colors) and where it's harder (darker hues):
Millennials are less likely to self-identify as Republicans or Democrats ... but they also have the highest approval rating of Congress.
Generation Y firmly rejects both parties. They are the least likely group to identify as either Democrat or Republican in the entire country. But they also have the highest approval rating of Congress, at 30 percent. Thirty percent! Even Congress wouldn't give itself a 30 percent approval rating. Two reasonable theories: (1) Young people just aren't paying attention enough to know how horrible Congress is; (2) young people are dumbly optimistic about everything, and that includes Washington.
Millennials are much more liberal on gay marriage, pot, and immigration ... but no more liberal on abortion or gun control.
The idea that young people are a monolith of social liberalism is complicated by the fact that we're perfectly representative of older generations' attitudes on abortion and gun control. That said, we are the most supportive of same-sex marriage, the legalization of marijuana, and a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants in the U.S. by a wide margin.
Most Millennials (like all generations) oppose benefit cuts to Social Security ... but young people also don't think there will be any money left in Social Security when they graduate.
Gen-Y's unbridled optimism about the future of our finances doesn't quite include the future of the nation's finances. Half of us think Social Security will be entirely bankrupt by the time we retire (which is supremely unlikely) even though a clearly majority of Millennials (61 percent) oppose benefit cuts in any way to preserve the program.
Millennials voted overwhelmingly for Obama, want universal health care, and are fine with a bigger government ... but they oppose Obamacare just like everybody else.
It's funny that young people are the least likely to identify as Democrats or Republicans since our voting record in presidential elections leans more Democratic than any group since 1972.
But even though Gen-Y started off in the tank for Obama; and even though they support universal insurance by the widest margin of any group (54-44 percent); and even though they're most supportive of big government, Millennials' view of the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a.: Obamacare) is just as negative as the rest of the country. Yes, even though it keeps them on their parents' insurance plan until 27.
"They care deeply about the environment" ... except that they really don't.
I don't know where the idea that Millennials care about the environment came from—maybe it's that they grew up at a time that the entire country started talking more about hybrid cars and climate-change superstorms?—but it's a myth. Millennials don't give a hoot about the environment. They're less likely to consider themselves environmentalists than any other generation, including older senior citizens, even though young people have the most to lose in a world that's slowly baking.
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What does it take to be a world champion at a sport? Some might say that it's years of dedication and training, but according to a new scientific paper, sheer physical mass might have a lot to do with it — especially in the bruise-laden sport of Rugby.
For those of you who don't follow Rugby Football — be it Union or League — the team is divided into two groups: the forwards and the backs. There are further specifics, like props, hookers, and whatnot, but now's not the time nor place. A new piece of research in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, the sheer size of the team members has a lot to do with their victories, but so too their experience.
The researchers complied data on 20 years of Rugby World Cup players, some 2692 athletes, and looked at their height, weight, and previous experience in the tournament. What they found was a distinct physical advantage that translated to more victories. On average, more successful players weighed 2kg above the counterparts, especially amongst the forwards. For the backs, height made a key difference, with the more victorious players generally sitting around 2cm taller.
The emphasis on bigger, heavier players has meant that between each World Cup, larger players were selected for teams. From 1987 to 2007, the average player was heavier by more than 6.5kg, and, and the back by a centimeter in height.
It's not all physical, though. The researchers also found that teams where more previous players had participated in the tournament before tended to perform better, too.
Who would have thought? Enormous man mountains win Rugby games? Inconceivable!


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Ryan: 'I want to help shape the future'
EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado – Jill Ryan has spent a lot of time planning her first run for elective office, because she's a big believer in the power of public policy.
Ryan, a Democrat, is running for Eagle County commissioner, the 1st District seat currently held by Peter Runyon. Runyon is near the end of his second term in the job, and can't run again – unless he takes at least four years off.
With an open seat on the horizon, Ryan said she saw a "once in a lifetime opportunity" and began planning for a campaign.
That campaign started with applying, and receiving an appointment, for a term on the Eagle County Planning Commission. She's held that unpaid job for about 18 months, and said her time on that board has been a valuable way to learn about the county's land use policies.
While Ryan said she's been somewhat surprised by the complexity of land use regulations, she said she's also been pleased to work on problems that will affect the county for years to come.
That's especially true with a proposal for a large development at Wolcott.
"I feel a real responsibility to get it right," she said.
Public policy, public service
Ryan said public policy is "the best way to impact people's lives… I really want to help shape the future of this place."
Ryan said she "loves policy" and the ways its gets done, adding that she feels "called" to public service.
After her stint as a department head in Eagle County, Ryan stayed in the public policy business, as the founder of Silver Street Consulting, a public health consulting company. That specific job has led her to try to broaden her knowledge of other issues facing the county.
"Local government is complex," she said. "You have to understand the issues. You have to listen, you have to get information. That takes time, but it's worth doing."
Ryan said she's been listening to people inside the county government for a while now, and has interviewed both department heads and rank-and-file employees.
While Ryan knows she'll have to handle a lot of different issues if elected, public health is still near the top of her personal priority list.
"We have a real issue here with access to care for the uninsured – it's 24 percent of our population," she said.
When she was still working in Eagle, Ryan started working on a way to create a "federally qualified health center" in the county. That federal designation would free up federal money to help pay for care for uninsured patients in the county.
"A federally qualified health center will provide primary care to anyone, regardless of whether they have insurance, on a sliding-fee scale," Ryan said.
That center would not only be able to help more people, it would also take at least some of the burden off Vail Valley Medical Center, which now foots the entire bill for the Eagle Care Clinic in Edwards.
Other priorities
While finding more funding to help people with medical care is near the top of Ryan's personal to-do list, she also knows that the next commissioner's first annual budget – for 2014 – will have less money available than the 2013 budget.
Ryan said her background in public health has prepared her to evaluate the effectiveness of other programs and organizations, too. It's an approach she said she'd use in preparing for the next budget season.
That said, Ryan said the current commissioners have done an "excellent job" in handling the last drop in property tax revenue, which hit full-force in the 2012 budget.
"They were proactive," she said of the program of early retirement packages and layoffs that trimmed 77 people from the county's workforce between 2010 and 2011.
With the county already running "pretty lean," Ryan said any further cuts would have to be "pretty nuanced" to ensure basic county services are still provided.
Ryan said the current commissioners have also done a good job managing the county's open space program.
"People seem to like the direction it's going in now – with the focus on public access to trails and rivers," Ryan said.
Ryan recently wrote a letter to the Vail Daily citing her support for the tax, and said she had plenty of response to it.
Ryan still supports the tax, believing that it's relatively recent direction of buying property the public can use, along with the fund's ability to provide local matching cash when applying for state and federal grants,
"People have some valid points about it," she said. Later, Ryan said she wouldn't be "fundamentally opposed" to putting the question back on the ballot.
But growing the county's tourism business is likely to have a bigger immediate impact on the valley's economic health. Ryan said it's important for the county to "have a role" in that growth.
The biggest potential role in that growth would be finding a way to pay for an international terminal at the county airport.
Ryan said international visitors could bring another $50 million a year into the local economy. But, she added, "It needs to pay for itself."
The county should also help as it can with drawing new events to the valley, Ryan said. A resident of Miller Ranch, Ryan said the athletic fields in her neighborhood are always busy. Bringing in more people for tournaments and other events would be a good thing, she said.
"Where there are leadership roles, we could take them," she said.
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VAIL — The lift operator in the maze at Vail Village's Gondola One tilts his head back and hollers: "Masks up please!"


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