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Monday, March 14, 2011
In a Land Down Under
Here's fun fact (although I'm not entirely convinced of the factual nature of this fact): When I was a small child, I really wanted to move to Australia. My parents told me that before they knew they each other, they had both separately made plans to move to Australia, but at the last minute, these plans changed. (I don't know if they were really "plans" so much as "briefly wanting to," but this is the story as I remember them telling me.)
Anyway, I became convinced that in a parallel universe, my parents had moved to Australia, met each other, and still conceived me. So in another universe, I'm Australian. And thus began my unnatural feeling of kinship to a country that is very, very far away.
Everything in Austrailia is just awesome. Every creature there sounds like Eric named them. (Wallaby? Koala? Didgeridoo? Okay, so the last one is an instrument, but still) And they all have bizarre super powers. Platypi lactate and have venom.
Then there's the luscious Sydney Opera House. Toilets flush in a different way. Heath Ledger is buried there somewhere, or his ashes are spread out in Perth or something. And there's the coral reef.
And everyone has fancy Australian accents. New Zealand is semi-nearby, and Peter Jackson has repeatedly shown me how gorgeous it is there. Isn't Flight of the Concords filmed somewhere there? And I've seen Muriel's Wedding and A Cry in the Dark like twenty times, so I'm all caught up on Australian culture. (It's all ABBA and dingos, right?)
So yes, Australia is crazy awesome. And if I went this summer, it would be winter there. (But I don't know what that means in terms of weather). BUT its still crazy expensive, and the flight is so long I could be incepted seven times over. (If you haven't seen the hit film Inception, that reference I just made was really funny).
So people of Australia, and the general Oceanic community - what do you think? Is Australia really awesome enough to risk crashing into that weird island from Lost on the incredibly long flight over? And what are the chances of me running into Daniel Johns on the street? And do you guys really have gold eagles the size of city blocks like in Rescuers Down Under?
106 comments:
You've obviously forgotten the downside to Australia:
I mean it. We've got serial-killing hitchhiker stalkers, jellyfish with lethal tendrils 40 feet long, sharks, swimming knives, crocodiles, 8 of the world's 20 deadliest snakes, drop bears, kangaroos can break your ribs with a single kick, the ozone layer has a massive hole right over us so the SUN CAN FRY YOUR SKIN... Oh, and we also have random floods and tropical storms.
The list goes on.
That said, we are the awesomest country ever.Yes, Australia is awesome. I can totally vouch for it. Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane are all awesome. There are also deserts and rain-forests and apparently Tasmania looks like Europe, but us Mainlanders tend to avoid the place.
Sure we have some pretty dangerous snakes, but unless you wander around in the desert you're unlikely to meet any.
If you come in our winter, Sydney and Queensland will still be relatively warm (but the latter will be wet). If you go south of Sydney it will get cold, but not like snow cold.
So, yeah. There's some random info on Oz.@Pip I used to watch these show on Animal Planet called "The World's Deadliest" or something, and each week, they would profile the top ten deadliest animals of a certain species. But every time it was a venomous animal - like the deadliest ants, spiders, snakes, or fish - at least 7 or 8 of the top top ten deadliest creatures were from Australia. And I thought that made it even more awesome.
But with that said, what the heck is a swimming knife?Check out TravelZoo Top 20 (if you haven't heard of it before) if you're worried about ticket prices. Once in a while, they have RIDICULOUS deals on flights out to all kinds of places. I've seen them offer round trip tickets to London for $600, 8 day packages with airfare and hotel stay in Ireland, and I know I've seen some amazing deals for Australia come up now and again. They e-mail the deals to you once in a while, no spam or anything weird that I've noticed!
My father has been to Australia four times. Last trip, he brought back a eucalyptus didgeridoo, and can play it. Most soothing noise in the world for me. The energy that goes into playing it is amazing. So if you get to go, definitely find people who play the didgeridoo.Australia is a wonderful place (I mean, I live here!). Sure there's some nasty creatures but we're not dying in droves here so it can't be that bad.
I'd suggest visiting ~April or ~September. If you come over here between September and April you'll find it horribly hot and likely enduring some manner of a natural event (bushfire, cyclones [ hurricanes going the other way, makes them even MORE angry ], drought or flooding).
It is a lovely place and the people are quite used to US/UK/CA people so you won't feel out of place.
Don't feel freaked out if everyone talks about their thongs, they refer to FOOTWARE (flipflops), not underwear :D
Gotta go, time to catch my 'roo ride into town :pOkay, I live here, so I'm biased, but it's pretty fab. You could write your trip off as a tax deduction, simply because there are so many fabulous settings/locations you'll never find anywhere else. Consider also, the indigenous culture and their dreaming stories, which might feed your imagination. Stay in an honest-to-god treehouse, visit a place where the tidal changes encompass kilometers at a time and generally let yourself soak in something different.
I'd agree with pldaniels and say come visit in September, that's Spring, so the weather is gentler
Whether now or at another time in your life, be sure to visit.I'm a Melbournian and I love it here. I'm not so much into cities but like the country and the beach. If you head down to Gippsland (2 hours from Melbourn CBD) you will have both country and beach within minutes of each other.
On Phillip Island (which is in Gippsland) are the little penguins and you have to drive carefully as wallabies are all over the road at sunset.
Oh - and careful of wombats. If you hit a wombat with your car, your car is likely to come out worse than the wombat will. But they're very cute.
Tasmania gets a bad rap, but it's really awesome, especially for history about convicts and settlements. And if you like historic houses there is this AWESOME historic house in Tassie called Woolmers, swear to God it is like 4-5 generations of hoarders lived there and just up and left one day. The house is filled with generations of belongings - including a cupboard full of rolls of wallpaper. Not your average historic house. Tres cool.
My opinion is: Do come! Brave the flight! Be incepted!Yeah, what is a swimming knife?
I'm a Sydneysider and I definitely recommed it! Oh, and I agree with whoever said not to come between September and April - you will fry. It gets quite humid and hot, not something you'll relish unless you're used to it... And even then... :S
I don't know about 'mainlanders avoiding Tassie' though. I've been a number of times and I LOVE it there. If you do make it to Tasmania (it is definitely worth seeing for a totally different impression of Australia) be sure to go to Port Arthur, one of our most notorious convict penitentiaries. Check out through time ghost tour too, it's not in the least tacky and it's really fun. I'd recommend staying in Hobart too. :)
And if you're in Sydney and you want to go see our beaches, don't go to Bondi. It is our main tourist beach and it's kind of smelly! :P
You should totally come... Because Australia is awesome. :)Congrats on becoming a blog of note!! I can see that you have a good following and solid content.
I will make sure that I follow you and keep up with your plans for Australia. Its a GREAT place and I was able to visit when I was younger. One day I plan to take my kids back myself.
Good luckYou should find a way to go! Don't let the fear of the flight hold you back. Take it easy on the caffeine (it can make anxiety worse however I still partake) the day of travel that way you can sleep on plane. Have fun and explore and come up with a great story for all of us to read. Then, just like the others said above, you can write it off. I am having fun just trying to imagine what kind of story you might write after being in an exotic place!
On another note it would be awesome if you saw Daniel Johns! Not really familiar with Silver Chair but I love love Ana's Song - Open Fire.
Plus he makes me feel kind of dirty but the good kind of dirty, you know?I went to Australia May 2009 and it was the best experience of my life. Despite the 13 hour flight it I'd so worth it. Everybody in America needs to go over there bc their wat of living is so different from ours. It just seems so relaxed! I was going to go back this last December but I ended up breaking my wrist so that ruined everything =( anyways the weather is awesome Sydney is beautiful ans the gild coast us to dye for. Go while you still can you wont regret it I promise =)
ReplyDelete- AnonymousMarch 14, 2011 at 12:05 PM
Are you shittin me? You have the money now. Or if you didn't collect your money yet go when you do collect your hard earned moolah! Danielle Notaro come check out my poems& vlogs (I'm just starting to upload. I am a computer idiot) on You Tubey if you have de time:
http://www.youtube.com/user/danpeak?feature=mhum First of all, well done on the blog of note.
In response to the blog, I don't think I will ever visit Australia. I get travel sick walking to the supermarket, so a 36 hour plane journey is probably going to be a no go.
The life there seems amazing, nobody goes to work, everyone just has BBQ's and hang out on the beach and in coffee shops (I must admit, all my knowledge of Australia is from Home & Away and Neighbours) so I'd imagine it would be an amazing place to live...just a shame I doubt I'll ever make it there alive!
http://hyperpringle.blogspot.comAmanda, travel the world when you are young and can enjoy it. Thing is, none of us know the time and day of when we will die and that's the simple truth. You could live to be well over a hundred or you could die later today...you just never know. My point is that if you have the financial means you should go and experience life and do all of the things that you can do while you have the health to do them. Seize the day!
ReplyDelete- AnonymousMarch 14, 2011 at 4:28 PM
vote this pleassseee Australia is great, though I have to admit I've mostly been to Geelong (a place no one outside of Australia knows) and Melbourne.
In Geelong I was staying with the people who produced my first film (long story, not important) but in Geelong, my wife and I just got off the train, picked a hotel, and stayed there. It was cheap at the time (about 9 years ago) because every US dollar we had was worth about two bucks there. I doubt this is the case now.
There are about a billion things to do in Melbourne, to the point where you don't even have to plan in advance to find cool stuff to try. We hit the Gaol (they do ghost tours!) the aquarium, and ate a WHOLE lot of really cheap and very awesome food from around the world.
We also took a bus tour where we got to hold Kangaroos, check out Koala bears in the semi-wild, and see the penguin march, which is awesome if you love things that are less than a foot high that come wandering out of the water every night is massive bunches. It's kind of amazing.Yes, yes it is awesome.
I often think to myself that I'm so lucky to have been born here, I couldn't think of anywhere else in the world I'd rather be. Sure I'd like to visit some other places, Paris, Egypt etc. But I'm very happy to call Australia home.
There are, however, a few thing sto remember before you come here and when you are deciding which part of Australia to visit: EVERYTHING HERE CAN KILL YOU!
For my info on this, please visit my blog post dedicated to this very thing.
http://ablogfulofboredom.blogspot.com/2011/01/happy-australia-day-you-beautiful.htmlHells yeah you should totally come on down. And then you could make a photo montage and put it up on your blog.
And not to sway you any further but I may know where Daniel Johns lives (and his favourite restaurants). Wow that sounds completely weird and stalkerish. But this information will greatly increase your chances of running into him on the street.
Also, since Silverchair are taking their sweet ass times releasing a new albumn you should totally check out another aussie band, 'birds of tokyo'. They are good for what ails you.- MsJoanneMarch 14, 2011 at 8:08 PM
Being in other places is always awesome, beit Oz or Italy, but getting anywhere both sucks and blows. Airports are a chore. Flying, especially long flights, is tedious to say the least. That said, BEING in all of these great places is wondrous.
How about making a deal with yourself: no Internet, no movies, bring your laptop and write for 10 hours. Just think how much you could accomplish in such devastating boredom!
Go for it! Expand your horizons! It will give you a scenic backdrop for some future novel. Heck, maybe you can get a tax write-off for your business research. :-) - AnonymousMarch 14, 2011 at 8:21 PM
I was born in NZ and spent a lot of time reading coffee table books on Australia. Then one day we packed up the house, the three kids and moved to Australia with a 20 foot container. Never regretted it.
Sure things bite over here like ants and other things but after some time spent being very jumpy with a can of bug killer in one hand, I've settled down and really enjoy it here.
Just do it as Nike would say. - MsJoanneMarch 14, 2011 at 8:25 PM
I just read all the comments and I see I'm late to the tax write off party (you do have an accountant now, right? If not, post haste!)
I fly weekly and I hate it! Being a total control freak, I hate putting my life in the hands of a Ralph Cramden of the skies (nothing personal pilots! You have, in my hundreds of flights always gotten me there without incident - but I still gate flying.) I always look at the pilots when I get on the plane and fervently hope I can see that "just laid" look in their eyes. I have hysterically funny stories about a couple of my fear of flying freakouts (I'll spare everyone), but I still fly all over the world weekly. Seeing other places, cultures, lifestyles, and humanity is good for the mind and soul.
Do it. And enjoy it!
And to those who are giving her a hard time about spending her hard earned money, she's being smart. All this is new to her and it's better to gave and spend selectively than to just buy. Look at all the celebs who are broke!
Amanda, I have to say that you are an incredibly bright, level headed woman. I'm impressed by everything about you. Your parents must be so very proud of you.
(typed on iPhone, forgive any typos.) I live in Australia. I love Australia. I have no doubt that we are the luckiest country in the world. ( even though I was born in NZ and the kiwis would take me to task on that one) But it's not just a myth. You should definitely come.
We have our bad sides but generally we're a laid back and friendly people. The snakes just make it more exciting.Tudo em 1 só geração.
O Maravilhoso Carpinteiro que se fez pecado no inferno é Completamente Benígno e está Justificado pelo o Deus Vivo Espírito Santo Marcele Castro Da Veiga, que o ressusitou dos espíritos mortos que estão nas profundezas da morte no abismo das trevas.
1. Em uma só geração induzidos ao erro os inocentes Eva e Adão caíram e morreram eternamente, mas.
2. Em uma só geração o Novo Adão Etéreo, resgatou do erro eterno, a Eva e a fez Nova e se levantaram.
3. Também em uma só geração no tempo final se Manifestou o Casamento Celestial Eterno, Uma Nova Terra/Céu/Cosmo Incorruptíveis são Confirmados para sempre, em Fiel Puro Amor, no Único Deus Vivo Espírito Santo da Justiça.
- http://wwwrebentocom.blogspot.com/2010/12/tudo-em-1-so-geracao.htmlI don't know because I've never been there, though I would love to go see Roger Federer play at the Australian Open tennis competition someday soon.
We sometimes have misconceptions about living in other countries somewhere along the lines of "oh, it must be better than HERE, anything is better than HERE" but in reality it might be no different.
Australia would be great to visit, but to move there, or indeed anywhere, is a much different story.
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P.S. I moved from England to Malaysia!- AnonymousMarch 15, 2011 at 2:16 AM
No Mr.Ledger is not buried anywhere. If your not a fan or a friend or a co worker then stop being so disrespectful. I worked with the man. He was an awesome human being, not many people actually live up to the hype that is always said about a person who has died. He does. People who knew him and cared about him end up finding these disrespectful comments. How would you like someone to talk about your loved one that way? He was not an "it" or an "entity" he was a human being. Jesse
ReplyDelete @Jesse I'm a massive Heath Ledger fan. Like to a crazy unhealthy extent. I don't know how talking about where he might be buried is disrespectful. I didn't suggest vandalizing or even visiting it. I was merely saying that Australia was awesome simply because it contained his remains. If anything, that shows a bizarrely high level of reverence, not disrespect.
ReplyDeleteC'mon over Amanda, we'll have you over for tea :-)
We can show you the pub where Jack Thompson drinks (just up the road from me), and where they film Home And Away (OK, that's more of an British than American fixation!).
Daniel Johns' hometown Newcastle is a stone's throw from Sydney, just up the road really.
FYI The Flight of the Conchords guys are New Zealanders (but anything halfway successful is immediately claimed as 'Australian' - it's a national rule - he he he).
If you spend enough time walking around the right parts of Sydney you'll see all kinds of famous people.
I tripped over to the UK twice last year - epic flight! - but I filled the time by catching up on loads of movies and lots of reading. Worked out fine, it's not so bad BUT if you can spring for a bigger seat, do it. Foetal position in economy is not so great :PHi there,
If you can try to see some films made by Rolf De Heer.
I really like them, most of them, and they are in many genre not always the same thing, repeated continually...
When I moved to Australia I was there for a few hours totally jet lag and I was made to watch the film Bad Boy Bubby, that was the start of a very pleasant discovery.
And between all his films, it give a pretty just view of Australia, in a certain way...
And yes, ABBA is still very popular in some part of this big country...
Have a good day,
Me.Personally, I think crashing into the island from Lost would be a perk rather than a downfall...but that's just me. Anyway, you win for the reference to great TV.
I say go for it! Dreams are meant to be followed...just watch out for all of the stuff that wants to kill you. Like you said, platypi lactate but are venomous. It's like an evolutionary joke, and the punchline is death.I was fortunate enough to live in Sydney for four months during my junior year of college. I took some classes at "Uni" and worked at a radio station: 2RPH (Reading for the Print Handicapped). I did a ton of traveling and had an absolute blast: saw "Falsettos" and Wynton Marsalis at the Opera House. Experienced Gay Mardis Gras on Oxford Street. Had fun poking around the red-light district. Went hot air ballooning and camping, rock rapelling in the Blue Mountains, and snorkeling off the Great Barrier Reef. Petted kangaroos, met some fine Aussie blokes, and climbed Ayers Rock (am I convincing you to go yet? GO!) :)
ReplyDeleteHi Amanda,
I live in perth, western australia and I love it here! I have travelled far and wide throughout the world and I am always amazed at how lucky I am to live where I do. Yes, we have lots of things that can kill you, but I live in the suburbs near the beach and the worst I have to deal with is a few spiders every now and then. The killer snakes, sharks etc are NOT just roaming about trying to eat unsuspecting americans! :)
I totally agree that you could incorporate your books into your trip and write the whole thing off on tax. With all you have earnt this financial year, it would probably be a good idea to claim as much as you can to get your taxable income down.
I am involved in the writing community here in Perth, and could definitely help you to get some writing gigs happening over here. I have lots of resources on writing residencies, signings etc. I did a residency myself last year at the state writers centre and ended up meeting lots of people that could help you out.
Flick me an email through my contact page if you're interested :)
JessJust go it is only 24hrs to get there. I am an Aussie (pronounced OZZIE not aussi!) who now lives in Bordeaux, France. I know what the flight is like with 2 kids under 4, so I can comment! Do your research before you go or don't but just go, experience it for there is something about both your parents and you talking about it that makes me think it is something you have to do!!
ReplyDeleteAustralia is pretty cool... I've only been to Melbourne but I absolutely loved it. I live in NZ, we are the opposite to Australia in the sense that there is really nothing that can kill you here. No snakes, no crocodiles, no huge spiders. The most vicious animaal we have is the possum (which the bloodly ozzies brought over haha). Flight of the conchords is awesome. Brett and Jermaine are gods. If you have the chance to do it, JUST DO IT. Don't think about it. Make some memories, you are guranteed to NOT regret it...
ReplyDeleteHowdy Amanda,
Well by now I think you've figured out I am Australian. Born in the Barossa Valley..so that is a nice stop . South Australia if you like wine..yum..I do. Now I have lived in Melbourne as a wee pup and then South Australia, then Sydney ( awesome but at the time uber expensive) now QLD. So any book tours QLD would be a lovely stop. I have been to Alice Springs which isn't quite how they portrayed it in Kangaroo Jack...lol!! a very humorous movie but sorry it's not dirt it's very civilised. I have climbed Ayers Rock..ginormous and a must. Basically it sounds like you want to come here, so you should. Now I don't think my accent is anything other than ocker but apparently we do sound funny. My fave word is Crikey, ( thanks Steve Irwin) I live about 1hr from Australia Zoo have seen the wonderful guy when he was alive. So sad when he passed. Funny thing is I want to go to USA...lol!!! But yes Australia is wonderful and I live in a nice seaside area, but in the forest and yes we have lizards slowly wandering down the road that brings you into my forest estate, Kangaroos visit the school about 700 metres up the road, I have had a snake inside my house when they were first churning up the forest getting land ready. It's kinda part of where I am. Not all places of course get the animals as we aren't city. But it's kinda nice seeing Kangaroos. Not so good when walking up Noosa forest being under a Koala when he decides to pee over the walking track. ( true story) Bush turkeys inhabit my area, family of ducks wander around. But yes I would like to visit USA..lol!! I think I am rather spoilt where I am. I think one day both of us will get to visit where we want to.
p.s. A book tour..now that would be fun:D
MichelleWell, I am TASMANIAN, and it has some of the most unblemished, naturally beautiful, breathtaking scenery on this whole planet. Unless you have travelled though, you really can't appreciate what a paradise it is. We don't experience extremes in weather conditions as the other states do, and our rainforests can provoke and awaken every sense in your body. The smell of them is just to die for. Apparently we have the cleanest air in the world to breathe, and if we come across Huntsmen (harmless spiders with legs as long as your fingers), we just squash them with our thongs! Come stay with us and we'll show you the hidden paradises that most tourists never even know about :) Check out these famous images of Tasmania, and you'll see what I'm raving about; http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24314453
Fiona xWhen I was a kid, I wanted to move to Seattle because my favorite bands (Queensryche and of course most of the grunge movement) all came out of the NW. I still would like to go see the Space Needle, but it's more of a "like" and less of an "I NEED to go there."
I would LOVE to see Australia, and New Zealand, particularly the hobbit town they have out there from when Lord of the Rings filmed.
One More DayTime will pass sitting on a plane or sitting in front of a tv. Australia is a really long way. Once you're here distances between cities are great. It's easy to enjoy that travel time if you spend it doing things you love like reading or watching movies.
With your love of australian music, have you listened into "triple j"? It is the national youth radio station. They unearthed "silver chair" and loads of other awesome Aussie talent. You should be able to stream it. Think of all the fancy Australian accents you'll hear!Customize stylish and cheap t-shirts, hoodies, sweatshirt on waazula.com , start now!
ReplyDeleteIf you love the Opera House you should come down to Sydney at the end of May/start of June for the Vivid Festival http://vividlive.sydneyoperahouse.com/
Plus The Sydney Writer's Festival is on end of May and another festival called Creative Sydney is on early June. Reckon you'd love Sydney too, get down here!Oh I'm Australian and I don't find 'Down Under ' term , offensive at all. I didn't realise we did. I think it's a very affectionate term. I have lived all over Australia and I quite often use it myself. I thought we were a lot more laid back than to worry about something like that:D
Michelleoh...sorry p.s.s.
"Throwing a shrimp on the barbie"...now seriously who ever has done that ?? Google what a shrimp looks like..I used to catch them down the Murray River in shrimp pots and use as bait..seriously...people we don't cook shrimps, they are the size of my thumb..ugh!!
I binned this message and edited I spelt bait wrong..didn't want to look like a wally wanker:D
Michelle- AnonymousMarch 23, 2011 at 5:45 AM
A little tip for flying from the US to Australia .. stop over along the way. Fiji is always a good bet :)
*from an Australian We went to Australia with the Oprah Adventure (my mom and sister won the trip-- I tagged along) and yes it is definitely the most beautiful place in the world. Sydney is amazing! And, oddly enough, the people there are the nicest and most beautiful people I've ever met. Anywhere! It's like you are walking around in a movie or something. Very surreal. The only downside (and a big one) is the flight over there. MISERABLE. But if you can afford to fly first-class (and from the NY Times piece, you probably can :), it's definitely do-able. Unfortunately, I was in coach hell for almost 20 hours. IT SUCKED!
ReplyDeleteI had to chuckle at Boredom Blog " EVERYTHING HERE CAN KILL YOU!" lol!!
It is true we have deadly everything..but if you can handle sticking your hand into letterbox with care...red back bite not so nice...walking through shrubs to beach..brown snakes..oo bitey and hurty and dangerous...we have all the dangerous spiders..why?? But !! I have survived and I have seen them all. Couple faves of mine, local state primary school and brown snake sunning itself and I come stomping along, it's on the dirt path...I scream it slithers off and parked cars with parents waiting have a giggle at me. All part an parcel of Australia. I have a photo of red back inside my middle childs bike helmet ( funnily it is a spiderman helmet..well not funny) if he had put it on without checking...I shudder to think. I took a snap shot as you do as a reminder to not leave things lying around outside as scarey things like to sleep in them:D
MichelleHi Amanda. I'm from Perth, currently the hottest capital city in Oz (and no Tabitha, I've never met an Aussie who was offended by "down under" - I wonder where on earth you heard that?)...
Every day is well over 30 deg Celsius for the last couple of months, yet on the east coast, the poor buggers are drowning in floods! Roll on winter & some rain!
Anyway, you should definitely come "down under" - it is a special place in the world (and I have travelled overseas a fair bit, so I came make the comparison from experience) and has many great things to see & do.
Our beaches are spectacular, the climate is (generally) very nice (not too many snow storms, etc), the people are friendly & the food is good (but expensive :-( ).
As for the length of the flight - I agree, it's a long time & not comfortable, BUT if you pony up the clams for a business class (or first class) seat, it is well worth it. Seriously, you're making some good dollars by the sounds of it, so a splurge on 1 big holiday this year is fine.
Make it work related & claim a tax deduction... :-)
You only live once (unless you believe in reincarnation) so get onto a plane and come on down! I guarantee you'll love it.
BTW, congrats on your success. Well done on taking action - you deserve every success you get.
EranAustralia is the place where I really dreamed of living. The place is so fabulous and awesome especially in Melbourne. And I like challenges that is why I am not afraid of the adjusting period. I am used of that already. We used to transfer from one place to another. And I am glad cos I have the chance to met other new set of friends.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely come to Australia. I used to live in Minneapolis! Have lived here for 12yrs now. Havn't been back to the states for 6yrs. Miss family but love living here. Sunshine Coast is north of Brisbane. We have the Australia Zoo near us. Beautiful beaches, gorgeous surfers(gotta get out there in the early morning) awesome sunrises and sunsets. The state of Queensland itself is huge so make sure you make plenty of time to visit and make it worthwhile. The distance between cities is far and lots to see in each area. If you want any help planning your trip zap me an email! Be happy to help. Come visit, no time like the present! Who knows whats around the corner of our lives. Why wait, do it now! Live lady!
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Husband, Wife face off in Super Pro final at Atlanta DragwayBy Tim Glover Husband and wife Jeremy and Ashley Hancock faced off against each other in the first Super Pro final Saturday afternoon at Atlanta Dragway, with Jeremy scoring the win. / Photo: Tim Glover
COMMERCE Racing has always been a bit of a family affair, but Saturday at the Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, GA was proof positive, as the husband and wife team of Jeremy and Ashley Hancock of Commerce were faced in the final round of Super Pro action in the first of two complete Summit ET Series races at the drag strip.
Ashleys 00 Border Line Undercover dragster left first with a 0.041 second react, and posted a 5.027 second pass at 137.15mph (4.99 dial) on the scoreboard. However, Jeremys 05 Pippin Trucking Undercover dragster did just a little better, with a 0.033 react and a 4.786 at 144.50 mph on a 4.76 target. This was not the first time Ashley and Jeremy have met in a final round. The couple, who have been together for 13 years and married for seven, have met each other in the Jr Dragster finals before, where Ashley took several wins. Wes Mayfield (03 Worthy Gainesville, GA) ended his day in the semi-final round. In the Pro final, Tim Polnaszek of Nicholson, GAs clutch 0.015 second react was the determining factor, as he actually crossed the big end stripe 0.003 seconds behind Woody Bryant's Bowman, GA based '68 Camaro. However, Bryant broke out with a 6.937 at 99.68 mph (6.95 target) taking the stripe. Polnaszek's winning time in his '84 Mustang was 6.772 at 101.00 mph (6.76 dial). Steve Wagner ('69 Dart - Jefferson, GA) and his brother Jeff Wagner ('71 Duster - Braselton, GA) earned the semi-finalist portion of the purse. Mike Newby has raced in Sportsman at Atlanta Dragway for a long time with his Roswell, GA based '69 Chevelle and scored the win against another long time racer, Russell Haskins of Marietta, GA. The finish line was extremely tight, with Newby taking the nod by 0.007 seconds. Newby went 12.027 at 109.60 mph (12.01 dial), followed closely by Haskin's '13 Mustang, which carded a 12.69 at 109.98 mph (12.67 dial). John Snapp ('14 Mustang - Conyers, GA) was the lone semi-finalist. Super Pro Bike winner Andrew Patterson from Taylor's, SC normally campaigns in Street ET Bike class. However, he and runner up Jimmy "ChaCha" Heisler, who also competes In Street ET Bike, decided to also enter in Super Pro Bike just to get some extra runs. To their suprise and pleasure, they found themselves racing for first place. Patterson had a good package to begin with, with a 0.014 react and an 8.941 at 151.15 mph (8.89 dial). Heisler actually had him beat, but his '00 Kawasaki chose that moment to quicken the elapsed time, breaking out with a close 10.685 at 121.89 mph (10.69 dial). Billy Orsino ('06 Kawasaki - Winder, GA) and Zach Hulsey ('82 Suzuki - Clermont, GA) made it to the semi-final round. Patterson wasn't through yet, as he was also a finalist in Street ET Bike. Patterson's Street ET final opponent was Randall Long from Madison, GA. As it turned out, Long made it easy for him when his '06 Suzuki left the starting line too quickly, leaving the dreaded cherry colored bulb glowing (-0.037 red light). Patterson turned in another 8.94 pass, this time at 155.31 mph (8.89 dial). Long chose to lift, and coasted to a 17.13 at 48.86mph (9.50 dial). Jimmy "ChaCha" Heisler ('00 Kawasaki - Woodstock, GA), along with Tim Houghland ('12 Hayabusa - Lawrenceville, GA) ended the day in the semi-final round. Up next was the second round of Summit ET Series racing for the day. Dickey Forrester, who has been drag racing for over 40 years, added another entry to his win column with the Pro win. Seeing he had a good lead near the finish line, Forrester lifted off the throttle a little early in his '68 Camaro, sealing the win with a 7.93 at 80.03 mph (7.87 dial). The other finalist was Howard Warren ('72 Maverick - Douglasville, GA). Warren's machine was closer to the dial but second across the finish line with an 8.429 at 79.85 mph (8.40 dial). Brooke Buchanan ('72 Nova - Six Mile, SC) and Mel Abney ('65 Chevy II - Cumming, GA) brought home the semi-finalist payout. Sportsman winner Blayke Phillips from Jonesboro, GA paid a visit to Atlanta Dragway along with his father Bryan and brother Brandyn, who raced in Pro. At the end of the day, Phillips found himself facing veteran racer Ed Nalley's '83 Chevy Pickup for the Sportsman final. His '98 Firebird was on target with a 14.22 at 93.69 mph (14.19 dial), and Nalley's machine was a little bit further off the mark, crossing the finish line with a 12.08 at 106.15 mph (12.00 dial). Austin Smith from Baldwin, GA was the sole semi-finalist in his well traveled '70 Nova. Both the winner and runner-up from Super Pro Bike Race No. 1 decided to enter again for race two. In the final, Jimmy "ChaCha" Heisler and Andrew Patterson once again found themselves facing each other. This time, Heisler changed both the lane and the end result by taking the win light with his Woodstock, GA based '00 Kawasaki. Patterson had the better reaction time (0.004 vs 0.031), but in the end Heisler carded a 10.79 at 121.25 mph (10.76 dial) and Patterson's '06 Suzuki was a little off pace with a 9.00 at 145.93 mph (8.90 dial). Adam Edwards from Winder, GA was the semi-final finisher. Dave Hamilton from Braselton, GA won his first ever event aboard his '06 Suzuki in Street ET Bike. Hamilton met Randy Barnett in the final, and took the win with an 11.06 at 121.90 mph (11.00 dial). Barnett was a little later in the reaction time department, and broke out with a 9.16 at 141.18 mph on a 9.18 dial. Randall Long ('06 Suzuki - Madison, GA) was the semi-finalist. Atlanta Dragway - Commerce, GA Race Results - June 14, 2014 Race One SUPER PRO CAR HOMETOWN ET MPH DIAL-IN Win: Jeremy Hancock 05 Undercover Commerce, GA 4.78 144.50(4.76) R/U: Ashley Hancock 00 Undercover Commerce, GA 5.02 137.15(4.99) Semi: Wesley Mayfield 03 Worthy PRO CAR HOMETOWN ET MPH DIAL-IN Win: Tim Polnaszek 84 Mustang Nicholson, GA 6.77 101.00(6.76) R/U: Woody Bryant 68 Camaro Bowman, GA 6.93 99.68 (6.95) Semi: Steve Wagner 69 Dart Jefferson, GA Semi: Jeff Wagner 71 Duster Braselton, GA SPORTSMAN CAR HOMETOWN ET MPH DIAL-IN Win: Mike Newby 69 Chevelle Roswell, GA 12.02 109.60(12.01) R/U: Russell Haskins 13 Mustang Marietta, GA 12.69 109.98(12.67) Semi: John Snapp 14 Mustang Conyers, GA SUPER PRO BIKE BIKE HOMETOWN ET MPH DIAL-IN Win: Andrew Patterson 06 Suzuki Taylors, SC 8.94 151.15(8.89) R/U: Jimmy Heisler 00 Kawasaki Woodstock, GA 10.685121.89(10.69 Semi: Zach Hulsey 82 Suzuki Clermont, GA Semi: Billy Orsino 06 Kawasaki Winder, GA STREET ET BIKE BIKE HOMETOWN ET MPH DIAL-IN Win: Andrew Patterson 06 Suzuki Taylors, SC 8.94 151.15(8.89) R/U: Randall Long 06 Suzuki Madison, GA (foul) 17.13 48.86 (9.50) Semi: Jimmy Heisler 00 Kawasaki Woodstock, GA Semi: Tim Houghland 12 Hayabusa Lawrenceville, GA Race Two SUPER PRO CAR HOMETOWN ET MPH DIAL-IN Win: Tim Gibson 84 Daytona Walhalla, SC 6.10 114.30(6.07) R/U: Jeremy Hancock 05 Undercover Commerce, GA 4.73 146.89(4.71) Semi: Daulton Rogers 00 Undercover Hiwassee, GA Semi: Lloyd Kaylor 87 Regal Winder, GA PRO CAR HOMETOWN ET MPH DIAL-IN Win: Dickey Forrester 68 Camaro Hickory Flat, GA 7.93 80.03 (7.87) R/U: Howard Warren 72 Maverick Douglasville, GA 8.42 79.85 (8.40) Semi: Brooke Buchanan 72 Nova Six Mile, SC Semi: Mel Abney 65 Chevy II Cumming, GA SPORTSMAN CAR HOMETOWN ET MPH DIAL-IN Win: Blayke Phillips 98 Firebird Jonesboro, GA 14.22 93.69 (14.19) R/U: Ed Nalley 83 Chevy pickup Carnesville, GA 12.08 106.15(12.00) Semi: Austin Smith 70 Nova Baldwin, GA SUPER PRO BIKE BIKE HOMETOWN ET MPH DIAL-IN Win: Jimmy Heisler 00 Kawasaki Woodstock, GA 10.79 121.25(10.76) R/U: Andrew Patterson 06 Suzuki Taylors, SC 9.00 145.93(8.90) Semi: Adam Edwards 00 Motorcycle Winder, GA STREET ET BIKE BIKE HOMETOWN ET MPH DIAL-IN Win: Dave Hamilton 06 Suzuki Braselton, GA 11.06 121.90(11.00) R/U: Randy Barnett 08 Suzuki Colbert, GA 9.16 141.18(9.18) Semi: Randall Long 06 Suzuki Madison, GA Link: Atlanta Dragway © Copyright 2015 AccessNorthGa.com
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Don Nottoli is a supervisor of Sacramento County, California, having been a member of the board since November 1994. A Democrat, he served as chief of staff to his predecessor, Toby Johnson.
Don has served five terms since his appointment in 1994. He represents the Fifth District which surrounds a 650 square mile area. The cities included in the Fifth district include: Elk Grove, Galt, Isleton and Rancho Cordova.[1]
Don works with the people who reside in the Fifth District by addressing them on a variety of local issues related to roads, traffic, drainage, water supply, land use, health programs, social services, law enforcement, recreational programs, cultural programs, the county budget and programs helping children, families and seniors.[1]
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It has been suggested that Aggressive panhandling be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since March 2014. |
The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with Europe and North America and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (December 2013) |
Begging or panhandling is the practice of imploring others to grant a favor, often a gift of money, with little or no expectation of reciprocation. Beggars may be found in public places such as transport routes, urban parks, and near busy markets. Besides money, they may also ask for food, drink, cigarettes or other small items.
According to a study in the journal of the Canadian Medical Association, "(70%) [of beggars] stated that they would prefer a minimum-wage job, typically citing a desire for a 'steady income' or 'getting off the street.' However, many felt they could not handle conventional jobs because of mental illness, physical disability or lack of skills."[1]
Beggars have existed in human society since before the dawn of recorded history. Begging has happened in most societies around the world, though its prevalence and exact form vary.
Ancient Greeks distinguished between the ptochos (Greek: πτωχός, "passive poor" or "beggars") and the penes (Greek: ποινής, "active poor"), with the latter being accorded a higher social status.[2] The New Testament contains several references to Jesus' status as the savior of the ptochos, usually translated as "the poor", considered the most wretched portion of society.[3]
A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursitors, vulgarly called vagabonds, was first published in 1566 by Thomas Harman. From early modern England, another example is Robert Greene in his coney-catching pamphlets, the titles of which included "The Defence of Conny-catching," in which he argued there were worse crimes to be found among "reputable" people. The Beggar's Opera is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay. The Life and Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew was first published in 1745. There are similar writers for many European countries in the early modern period.[citation needed]
According to Jackson J. Spielvogel, "Poverty was a highly visible problem in the eighteenth century, both in cities and in the countryside... Beggars in Bologna were estimated at 25 percent of the population; in Mainz, figures indicate that 30 percent of the people were beggars or prostitutes... In France and Britain by the end of the century, an estimated 10 percent of the people depended on charity or begging for their food."[4]
The British Poor Laws, dating from the Renaissance, placed various restrictions on begging. At various times, begging was restricted to the disabled. This system developed into the workhouse, a state-operated institution where those unable to obtain other employment were forced to work in often grim conditions in exchange for a small amount of food. The welfare state of the 20th century greatly reduced the number of beggars by directly providing for the basic necessities of the poor from state funds.
Many religions have prescribed begging as the only acceptable means of support for certain classes of adherents, including Christianity, Hinduism, Sufi Islam, Buddhism, and Jainism, typically to provide a way for certain adherents to focus exclusively on spiritual development without the possibility of becoming caught up in worldly affairs.
In Buddhism, monks and nuns traditionally live by begging for alms, as did the historical Gautama Buddha himself. This is, among other reasons, so that lay people can gain religious merit by giving food, medicines, and other essential items to the monks. The monks seldom need to plead for food; in villages and towns throughout modern Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and other Buddhist countries, householders can often be found at dawn every morning streaming down the road to the local temple to give food to the monks. In East Asia, monks and nuns were expected to farm or work for returns to feed themselves up.[5][6][7]
Begging has been restricted or prohibited at various times and for various reasons, typically revolving around a desire to preserve public order or to induce people to work rather than to beg for economic or moral reasons. Various European Poor Laws prohibited or regulated begging from the Renaissance to modern times, with varying levels of effectiveness and enforcement.
"Aggressive panhandling" has been specifically prohibited by law in various jurisdictions in the United States and Canada, typically defined as persistent or intimidating begging.[8]
The province of Ontario introduced its Safe Streets Act in 1999 to restrict specific kinds of begging, particularly certain narrowly-defined cases of "aggressive" or abusive begging.[9] In 2001 this law survived a court challenge under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.[10] The law was further upheld by the Court of Appeal for Ontario in January 2007.[11]
One response to the anti-panhandling laws which were passed was the creation of the Ottawa Panhandlers Union which fights for the political rights of panhandlers. The union is a shop of the Industrial Workers of the World.
British Columbia enacted its own Safe Streets Act in 2004 which resembles the Ontario law. There are also critics in that province who oppose such laws.[12]
In parts of San Francisco, California, aggressive panhandling is prohibited.[13]
In May 2010, police in the city of Boston started cracking down on panhandling in the streets in downtown, and were conducting an educational outreach to residents advising them not to give to panhandlers. The Boston police distinguished active solicitation, or aggressive panhandling, versus passive panhandling of which an example is opening doors at store with a cup in hand but saying nothing.[14]
Begging is illegal under the Vagrancy Act of 1824. However it does not carry a jail sentence and is not well enforced in many cities,[15] although since the Act applies in all public places it is enforced more frequently on public transport.
Begging has been legal in Finland since 1987 when the Poor Law was invalidated. In 2003, the Public Order Act replaced any local government rules and completely decriminalized begging.[16]
Law 61 of 1991 forbids the persistent call for the mercy of the public, by a person which is able to work.[17]
US State Department Human Rights reports note a pattern of Roma children registered for "vagrancy and begging".[18]
Buddhist monks appear in public when begging for alms.[19] Although homelessness in Japan is common, such people rarely beg.
In Portugal, panhandlers normally beg in front of Catholic churches, at traffic lights or on special places in Lisbon or Oporto downtowns. Begging is not illegal in Portugal. Many social and religious institutions support homeless people and panhandlers and the Portuguese Social Security normally gives them a survival monetary subsidy.
Begging in Luxembourg is legal except when it is indulged in as a group or the beggar is a part of an organised effort. According to Chachipe a Roma rights advocacy NGO 1639 begging cases were reported by Luxembourgian law enforcement authorities. Roma beggars were arrested, handcuffed, taken to police stations and held for hours and had their money confiscated.[20]
Begging in Denmark is illegal under section 197 of the penal code. Begging or letting a member of your household under 18 beg is illegal after being cautioned by the police and punishable with prison until 6 month[21]
A 2002 study of 54 panhandlers in Toronto reported that of a median monthly income of $638 Canadian dollars (CAD), those interviewed spent a median of $200 CAD on food and $192 CAD on alcohol, tobacco and illegal drugs, according to Income and spending patterns among panhandlers, by Rohit Bose and Stephen W. Hwang.[22] The Fraser Institute criticized this study citing problems with potential exclusion of lucrative forms of begging and the unreliability of reports from the panhandlers who were polled in the Bose/Hwang study.[23]
In North America, panhandling money is widely reported to support substance abuse and other addictions. For example, outreach workers in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, surveyed that city's panhandling community and determined that approximately three-quarters use donated money to buy tobacco products while two-thirds buy solvents or alcohol.[24] In Midtown Manhattan, one outreach worker anecdotally commented to the New York Times that substance abuse accounts for 90 percent of panhandling funds.[25] This, too, may not be representative since outreach workers work with those with abuse problems.[citation needed]
Because of concerns that people begging on the street may use the money to support alcohol or drug abuse, some advise those wishing to give to beggars to give gift cards or vouchers for food or services, and not cash.[24][26][27][28][29][30] Some shelters also offer business cards with information on the shelter's location and services, which can be given in lieu of cash.[31] This has been criticised since there are typically far fewer shelter beds than people in need.
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Look up begging, spanging, panhandling, or mendicancy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
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The Mark Gordon Co. is going full-steam ahead with a pair of soap opera-themed dramas set up at ABC and NBC.
At ABC, Transformers star Josh Duhamel is teaming with Gretchen J. Berg and Aaron Harberts for an untitled drama about a daytime soap opera that explores the loves, lives and lunacy at an on-the-bubble network soap opera, where the antics of the cast and crew are crazier than any plot lines they broadcast. Set as the TV genre is faltering, the larger-than-life workplace family fights a never-ending desperate battle to keep their show on the air, egos secure and relationships in tact.
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16912 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA 90742, USA – Show map
The beach was just across the road.
all employees were Happy!
Renato and Juan were EXCELLENT!!, the jacuzzi room was lovely along with the view from our balcony..My fiance and I will be back.
Quite big rooms with balcony.
New, pretty, comfortable, I loved the balcony.
Quite ocean close by. Many places to eat and shop.
We stayed at the hotel for a family reunion near by. Location was great! The hotel was easy to park and get to our room. No parking $ Our room was clean and the bed was wonderful
They Inn was nice but not anything special. It was close to the wedding I was attending and close to the beach.
It was excellent.
The location. The young lady at the desk when I arrived was extremely helpful. She was very friendly and very professional. Thank you for an excellent stay!
A few steps from the beach, this Sunset Beach hotel is just 5 miles from Huntington Beach Pier. All rooms include free Wi-Fi. A gym and game room is located on site.
Cable TV is featured in all rooms at Best Western Harbour Inn & Suites. Comfortably furnished, each room is equipped with tea and coffee-making facilities. A fridge and microwave are provided.
A 24-hour reception is offered at Harbour Inn & Suites Best Western. A business centre completed with fax and photocopying services is located on site. Dry cleaning is available.
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve is 3 miles from this hotel. Seal Beach is 8 minutes' drive away.
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Golf course (within 3 km), Windsurfing, Canoeing, Cycling, Water sport facilities (on site), Fitness centre
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Located 30 minutes' drive from Disneyland, this Sunset Beach motel is a few short steps to the beach. Free WiFi is included in all guest rooms.
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BEST WESTERN PLUS Newport Beach Inn Located off Pacific Coast Highway and overlooking the Pacific Ocean, this Newport Beach hotel is 8.5 miles from John Wayne Airport.
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The beach was just across the road.
*Constant Traffic noise *Poore breakfast *far away from everything nothing to do at night
Renato and Juan were EXCELLENT!!, the jacuzzi room was lovely along with the view from our balcony..My fiance and I will be back.
I didnt like that my trip was too short..Wish we had more time to stay another night.. Didn't get a chance to visit the beach located directly across the street..I did not see a plug on the balcony to play our Christmas music. Parking was a little tight but manageable.
Quite big rooms with balcony.
Location is middle of nowhere.
New, pretty, comfortable, I loved the balcony.
The evening check in clerk was clueless..I asked about a grocery store, he said there was a 711 across the street, tried to tell him what I wanted, again he said 71- was across the street. Day guy was Great!
Quite ocean close by. Many places to eat and shop.
We stayed at the hotel for a family reunion near by. Location was great! The hotel was easy to park and get to our room. No parking $ Our room was clean and the bed was wonderful
The desk staff were all great. Juan was very professional and friendly. Our reservation got messed up and Booking.com dropped our entire reservation, so when we checked in we were told we would have to switch rooms after 2 nights. The staff was sympathetic and when someone cancelled, they let us stay where we were. The location was awesome - the best beach around!! Walking to the street light to cross PCH was recommended but we were always in a hurry. The traffic actually had some drivers who would stop for us to walk across. The walk to the beach was less than 2 minutes even with traffic. The sunsets were awesome. Plenty of lifeguards on the beach and restrooms right off the beach too! We went to Huntington and Newport Beach, but Sunset was the best - not crowds - no seaweed, no flies. The rooms were big with balconies. Loved having a convenience store and liquor store right across the street and several places to eat. Also, the parking lot has security cameras and an elevator right there to get your bags up easily. The hotel only has 25 rooms, which is a plus as I see it. The staff gets to know everyone. Hope to come back again. We live 12 hours away. Thank you Juan and Greg for your professional and friendly support for our entire stay (4 nights).
They Inn was nice but not anything special. It was close to the wedding I was attending and close to the beach.
I couldn't enjoy the ocean breezes due to the fact the hotel is right on Pacific Coast Highway and the traffic noise was loud. The parking was challenging but I always found a spot.
Balconies and windows that opened were great Some staff better than others
Parking in garage was limited and very tight Breakfast - would be nice to have more choices TV in breakfast room stopped working on day 2 of my 8 day stay- never fixed
The location. The young lady at the desk when I arrived was extremely helpful. She was very friendly and very professional. Thank you for an excellent stay!
There is alot of traffic on PCH however when considering the location this is not a problem.
The location was right across the street from the Mother's Day festival and easy for me to walk too!!
Well everything was really good until about 11:30pm the manager was yelling to one his employees about his job duties and I thought that was inappropriate being my room was right next to the front desk! I thought he could at least took him around the corner and had a talk with him!! Not yelling!
The rate was reasonable for being close to LA and the beaches. (~$120)
Street noise (PCH) all night long. Smell of mold in room. Toilet didn't flush well. Lights flicker. Weird bathroom arrangement- the sink was in carpeted area of bedroom, not near toilet. Parking seemed unsafe- must haul everything out of car at night. Lack of good dining in area. I thought I was booking in the much cooler Seal Beach, but because of small map view on booking.com I got stuck here accidentally.
The staff was nice and the location and room was nice.
There was no breakfast, the beds are literally like sleeping on concrete and the location says harbor or ocean views and it looks at the highway with buildings cannot see any water. The wifi was down or in and out for half our stay which was 5 nights. Way too much per night for what we got.


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Schools shuttered during the height of the Ebola crisis in Guinea began reopening Monday, but many parents were still too afraid to send their children to classes.
This article concerns the field of psychology. The term frustration does, however, also concern physics. In this context, the term is treated in a different article, geometric frustration.
In psychology, frustration is a common emotional response to opposition. Related to anger and disappointment, it arises from the perceived resistance to the fulfillment of individual will. The greater the obstruction, and the greater the will, the more the frustration is likely to be. Causes of frustration may be internal or external. In people, internal frustration may arise from challenges in fulfilling personal goals and desires, instinctual drives and needs, or dealing with perceived deficiencies, such as a lack of confidence or fear of social situations. Conflict can also be an internal source of frustration; when one has competing goals that interfere with one another, it can create cognitive dissonance. External causes of frustration involve conditions outside an individual, such as a blocked road or a difficult task. While coping with frustration, some individuals may engage in passive–aggressive behavior, making it difficult to identify the original cause(s) of their frustration, as the responses are indirect. A more direct, and common response, is a propensity towards aggression.
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TWO SIDES: Is Bill Cosby's Personal Responsibility/Message Unfair to Poor Blacks? December 01, 2008
By John H. McWhorter
Message Unfair to Poor Blacks?
No. Cosby is right in making us think about these things.
Ask people who think Bill Cosby is wrong whether change in Black America has to come from within. They'll say "of course." But they're not much interested in talking about it for long.
For them, the problem in inner cities is that America has no room for Black people without college degrees. Take this letter to The New York Times last year on why Compton in Los Angeles is no longer the stable suburb of two-parent families it was before the '70s: "The factory jobs are gone, and Compton is drug-infested. It may be useful to say 'get a good education and there's an engineering job waiting for you in Silicon Valley,' but that socio-intellectual distance is enormous. To address the problems of the inner city, some kind of viable economic structure needs to exist to help fathers act like fathers."
It's that old chestnut, Sociology 101. Factory jobs left cities. There were no other jobs for men without college. So anything going on in the inner city is the inevitable result of an unlevel playing field, and until it's level, things will stay just as they are.
This idea is in our music. "There's a lot of rap with something to say," we are told. Then, listen to what a lot of it says, including "conscious" rap: that there are no jobs for Black men in the 'hood.
Never mind how counterintuitive this idea is. Dark-skinned immigrants come to this country and make a living. For that matter, Black Americans are working steadily all over the country.
The writer, speaker or "conscious" rapper telling us there are no jobs for his people likely passes by Black security guards every day, and neither they nor anyone else sees that guard as a rare specimen. What color is the guy who installed your cable TV? Or the UPS man? Did he go to college? Was his high school likely even top-notch?
We accept that the Earth is round even though it looks flat in daily experience. In the same way, we accept that Black men without college degrees can't get jobs because factories are no longer waiting to hire them-while watching Black men without college degrees driving trains, delivering mail and fixing phone lines.
As Bill Cosby and Alvin Poussaint tell us in their book Come On People, community colleges offer low-cost vocational training, as well as GEDs, to people who don't feel like spending four years learning about Shakespeare and World War I. Mechanics, dental hygienists and emergency medical technicians can make solid middle-class incomes. Cosby is right in making us think about these things.
Darnell used to be ready with his lunch pail to make tires at the Ford plant. But the plant moved to Beijing. Does that mean all Darnell can do to keep alive is sell drugs, and that since he can only make so much money doing that, we can't expect him to help raise his kids?
What about his brother Eugene who works as a building inspector and lives a decent life? Building inspectors don't have college degrees. Eugene is not a superman. He just took a different path than Darnell.
People who think Cosby is wrong think Eugene is beside the point. But Eugene is not an exception. Really-think about the Black America you know. There's a Eugene for every Darnell. All we need to do is show the Darnells that it's not as hard to become Eugene as it might look.
Sure, Cosby was a little grouchy in the way he first put forth his message. But Come On People is full of common sense and useful advice.
The message that we are powerless until there is no racism, the factory jobs come back and the basic operations of our economy and government turn upsidedown is a hopeless one.
What use is it to us when a rapper says since there's no work, ghetto violence is "the way it is"? What use is it to us when social scientist Gary Orfield says "we're pumping out boys with no alternative" but to sell drugs?
What do people like this have to say about Eugene? Why do they find him so uninteresting? If I could make Black people read two books right now, they would be Come On People, and what I regard seriously as its companion, Tyler Perry's Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings, an address from Perry's Madea character to Black women that is as dead-on as Come On People.
We need a positive message. Too many have lost touch with how to make the best of ourselves and our kids despite obstacles, and despite that the playing field may never be completely level.
A positive message teaches us how to do that. That message is Cosby's.
"Cosby was a little grouchy in the way he first put forth his message, But Come On People is full of common sense."
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Yes. Self-help doesn't negate society's obligation to all people
Let's get this out of the way from the start: Only a fool or a dishonest person would deny that everybody, including the poor, ought to be responsible for themselves and for how they act in the world. But we must not only demand responsibility of the poor; we must also discuss our responsibility to the poor.
Bill Cosby thinks that if only the poor were willing to work harder, act better, get educated, stay out of jail and parent more effectively, their problems would go away. It's hard to argue with any of that, but one could do all of this and still be in bad shape at home, work or school.
For instance, in our economy, where low-skilled work is all but gone, all the right behavior in the world won't create better jobs for the poor. And personal responsibility can't lower the unemployment rate. The 8.9 percent Black unemployment rate is twice that for Whites. For Black men, the unemployment rate is even higher, at 9.5 percent, compared with 4 percent for White men. The median weekly income of Black men age 16 and older who worked full time was 78 percent of White men's income. Plus, the minimum wage has plummeted nearly 35 percent since 1968. So even though most of the poor are working, they're not getting fairly paid.
Personal responsibility alone can't fix that, but our social responsibility to the poor can. Martin Luther King said that when our society places "the responsibility on its system, not on the individual, and guarantees secure employment or guaranteed income, dignity will come within the reach of all." King believed that the obsession with personal responsibility for the poor was wrong because it let society off the hook. And blasting the poor is misled. "We do much too little to assure decent, secure employment," King said. "And then we castigate the unemployed and underemployed for being misfits and ne'erdo-wells. We still assume that unemployment usually results from personal defects; our solutions therefore largely tend to be personal and individual." Instead, we need to look at "the causes and cures of the economic misfortunes" of the poor and seek to "establish income security."
For those who say, "Just get a good education and you'll get a good job," things aren't quite that easy. Seventy percent of Black students in the nation attend schools in inner cities that are composed largely of minority students. These schools are often located in poor neighborhoods with far fewer resources and a lower tax base than suburban schools. And the education that poor kids get shows. Personal responsibility alone can't fix poor neighborhoods or lousy schools, but social responsibility should prompt us to argue for greater resources and educational parity.
It doesn't take a bunch of money to love your kids and pay attention to them. But if you're working two jobs with no benefits, taking time off to attend a conference with teachers may cost you precious resources-or even one of those jobs. It's hard enough to parent with ample resources; poor parents are often caught in a bind of choosing between spending time with their children or working for the few dollars they earn to take care of them. It's not a choice they should have to make. If we work for child care and better jobs for the poor-and for better health care to-then they might be able to exercise their responsibility more fully.
Should we take responsibility for family planning to stop fly-by-night baby-making? Yes, but the numbers have actually gone down: In 1970, there were 72 pregnancies per 1,000 for Black females between the ages of 15 and 17, while in 2000, there were 30.9 pregnancies per 1,000. Should the poor stop killing each other? Of course, but that won't be achieved solely by marches against homicide that both me and Mr. Cosby have led in Philadelphia. It also takes community policing-and more quality work won't hurt.
Should the poor stay out of jail? Sure, but we can't deny that society locks our children up for offenses that bring White kids a mere slap on the wrist. That doesn't give us a license to misbehave; we shouldn't wait until poverty is destroyed to act responsibly. But as we fight poverty, we increase the likelihood that the vulnerable will be more responsible. (Although irresponsibility among intellectuals, comedians, leaders and preachers suggests the poor are often unfairly targeted while the sins of the rich are barely noticed.)
Should the poor practice self-help? King said it's "all right to say to a man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it's a cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps." If we're going to hold poor people responsible, let's give out more boots.
"We must not only demand responsibility of the poor; we must also discuss our responsibility to the poor."
Michael Eric Dyson is University Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University and is author of sixteen books, including Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?
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Greetings from Boston -Read more about A hello from Boston, the heart of Yankeeland. Just wanted to introduce myself and make it known that another Son of The North is around heah. I'm married, 53, a carpenter |
August 5th, 2009 | #1 |
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A hello from Boston, the heart of Yankeeland. Just wanted to introduce myself and make it known that another Son of The North is around heah. I'm married, 53, a carpenter and the son of a WWII veteran. He never bothered to tell us anything about being in Asia and North Africa, and I do mean nothing at all. But he damned sure lived with it til the day he died and, because of that, so did we. Anybody out there know where I'm coming from? Give a shout.
Regards, Bill |
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August 5th, 2009 | #2 |
Welcome aboard.
Not liking me will always be your problem. Never mine. |
August 5th, 2009 | #3 |
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Welcome aboard, 1BillsCatz.
"It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle." - Norman Schwarskopf, Commander of Desert Storm Operations |
August 5th, 2009 | #4 |
MCpl K. Steliga Flight Advisor 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron / Military Flight Advisory Unit CFB Edmonton, Alberta Royal Canadian Air Force Per ardua ad astra |
August 5th, 2009 | #5 |
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Welcome Bill
August 5th, 2009 | #7 |
Deutschland, Deutschland über alles über alles in der Welt |
August 10th, 2009 | #8 |
Welcome aboard Bill. Yankeeland huh? I thought you were all Sox fans up there
I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which in truth, they are.
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August 12th, 2009 | #9 |
Welcome to the forum!
"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, is directly proportional to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated." ~George Washington |
August 13th, 2009 | #10 |
Welcome 1BillsCatz. Your Dad seems to follow the pattern of most of the WWII vets. Most never leave any information of their service.
War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. John Stuart Mill |