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The young girl wanted to go with the car, but her older sister wasn´t sure about that…
Wonderful blend of color and b&w (guessing)…great frozen moment, like in à movie :))
Thanks a lot! Yes, it´s a blend of color and a split toned b&w. I spent a lot of time doing this, so I´m glad you like it:):):)
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You've certainly achieved a remarkable combination of colour and tones in this beautiful image, Morten. Excellent exposure and lighting. Were they hitch-hiking?
Thank you very much for your inspiring comment, Carol! It means a lot to me:) I put a lot of effort into the image to gain this certain feeling, so I´m really glad you like it:) The two sisters were walking when their elderly brother showed up with his Lada. The young one wanted to go with him, but the other hesitated.
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Nice shot, Morten! I love the hand print smudges on the glass, reinforcing the reluctance.
Thanks a lot, Mike:) I didn´t see the hand prints before I started post processing, and now I feel they make a great enhancement to the image. I´m glad you like it, Mike:)
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they were hell bent on giving all of Syria over to Isis
Remember the push to arm the "rebels". There is no doubt that Isis dominated the "rebels". Yet there was no hesitation on Mccain or Obama's part in pushing for the demise of Syria, with would have meant even more territory for this bunch.
So is the point of all this to create a Caliphate? Is that what McCain, Obama and Graham have in mind, Or, are they just that stupid?
And how it the hell do you spend half a trillion or more a year on Defense and have no answer for 14,000 ill trained thugs in light armor and pickup trucks... with no air cover?
And how the hell do you train an national army for ten years that melts away in front of said 14,000 like hot butter?
That fight is for the people of Iraq. If they don't have the balls or motivation to destroy a bunch like that, then they get what they deserve.
I assure you, I could raise a 30,000 man army of rednecks armed at gun shows that could dispatch that group inside of 30 days.
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question for re agents
This is not the right place for this question, but don't know what that might be. I know several agents frequent (or infrequent) this board, so I'll give it a whirl.
I have been over 20 years in a job I hate in a part of the country I loathe. I finally have enough years for retiree health care, and would love to move to my desired area and become an agent. Residential real estate has always fascinated me, and I looked into it several years ago, but nobody would ever have sold me open-market health insurance, so that was a no-starter.
What prospects might await a late-50s female who wanted to get into this field? Doable? I don't need to make a lot of money, but some would broaden our safety net, and I don't think I'm old enough to do nothing at all.
Thanks for any replies!
It will cost you a bit of money to get started. You will have to take the required education in the state you want to be licensed in. You should be able to do this online. You can expect to spend several hundred dollars for the course. Then you will need to pass the state and national exams. Then you will need to decide on a broker to work for and join the local real estate board and MLS, in addition to joining NAR. In my area it costs about $600/year for the local and national boards plus a monthly fee of about $60. Commission splits vary from broker to broker, and many charge a monthly desk fee - in general the higher the desk fee the more commission the agent gets in the split. Then in order to get business, especially in an area that you are new to you, need to market yourself - all of which costs $$$.
An approach that you can take to find out if the RE business is right for you is to try to get hired as an assistant to a successful agent. You must have good computer and communication skills for this kind of work.
I too thought I would like to be a agent many years ago, took some classes etc and found out it was not for me. I respect a good agent/broker because they really have to know rules, laws and how to really see what their clients do want and what they can pay.
The one thing you forgot is time--you are expected to show property at just about any time, any where to any one. My relative is a agent, not sure if she is a broker, and she has to be ready all the time, even at home. That sometimes is rough on the family.
Do not let your fascination about real estate be the drive behind you becoming an agent. We do not sell houses... we sell ourselves. If you are not a likeable person, then forget it. You also need to be a personality type that talks to a lot of people and has a lot of friends and aquaintences.
You have to not be afraid of computer technology. This is where most of the marketing is these days, and also is where a lot of prospecting is done.
Don't think that we agents spend all day, every day showing houses or doing contract to close work. MOST of our time is spent PROSPECTING for the next seller or buyer. Clients do not walk into an office and ask to hire an agent. You have to find them, and establish a relationship, usually before they are even ready to buy or sell. We are not salesmen, we are prospectors!
Be prepared for the first 12 months to result in maybe only a couple of deals, or maybe none at all. The avg. income for all agents combined is only about $36,000. If you figure this on an hourly basis, you are probably at about $10/hr. (I don't have a calculator handy).
80% of agents will fail after three years.
On a positive note, being 50 years old is a plus. You should know many more people than a young person, and those people should be in a higher price range than young folks.
If you do make it sucessful, it is an awesome profession. It is very rewarding to help people with a huge transaction such as buying and selling RE. And being your own boss is the best part of all.
Good luck.
The OP said I finally have enough years for retiree health care, and would love to move to my desired area and become an agent.
If you are moving to an area where you don't know anyone it will be more difficult to get started in a profession in which who you know is very important. As ncrealestateguy said you are really selling yourself. You do need to be the kind of person who can talk to people easily and network. I have had a RE license for 10 years, but since I seem to lack the "self promotion gene" I have chosen to work in the industry in support positions. After I got my license I worked for a successful agent as an assistant and that's when I realized that I didn't want the 24/7 life of an agent. And that's really what you need to do to be successful. The agents in my office that treat it as a real full time job are making money. The "hobby" agents are not.
I've also flirted with the idea of becoming an agent. I love buying and selling my own houses and am pretty good at it. I have experience in my own business including selling and decorating and I'm a self-starter and a go-getter. I'm also a people person. BUT I think I would get frustrated taking buyers to see house after house and they don't like anything, like this couple I saw on House Hunters one time. The lady admitted, "Yeah, I know, I want it all for nothing." Or getting a deal going, spending a ton of time on it, and then at the last minute it falls through for something stupid. All that work down the tube. It's a hard job. But it could be really fun too if you have the patience for it.
BUT I think I would get frustrated taking buyers to see house after house and they don't like anything
Even more frustrating is not even having any buyers to show property to, or sellers to get listings from. You would not believe how much of a Realtor's time (and money) is spent prospecting for clients. At least in the beginning. And I don't mean the first few months - more like the first few years.
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"You would not believe how much of a Realtor's time (and money) is spent prospecting for clients. At least in the beginning. And I don't mean the first few months - more like the first few years."
A sucessful RE agent NEVER can stop prospecting. Once you do, your pipeline goes dry. One of the hardest conundrums of this business is that when we get busy with clients, we tend to stop prospecting. After a few weeks of being busy with contract to close work, we look up and realize that the lack of prospecting for those few weeks has left the pipeline dry. This leads to the all too common problem of having a very cyclical income flow. A big problem if you are a single person with monthly bills to pay.


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Winehouse's Dad To Write Amy's Memoir
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Gallagher Fears Further Legal Action For Talking About Liam
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Climate Action Plan Climate change and global poverty are perhaps the two most important challenges that we face, and there is increasing recognition that we have a responsibility to be part of the solution. The ArBolivia Project provides a compelling opportunity to demonstrate this responsibility and make a real difference. Through the purchase of ecosystem services, you can support a whole new model of enterprise that combats poverty, empowers communities and tackles the root cause of deforestation, which is accepted as a major cause of climate change. Apart from actually reducing the amount of carbon emissions we produce, one of the most valuable methods of combating climate change is to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbon in the form of trees. There are a number of "plant a tree" schemes operating in the UK and elsewhere. However we can demonstrate that the purchase of ecosystem services from the Arbolivia Project offers significantly greater value for money, not only in terms of carbon sequestered, but also with regard to biodiversity gains and economic value to the farmers. Every 2,000 trees grown results in the following benefits: 565 tonnes carbon sequestered (equivalent to the average UK person's carbon footprint over 23 years More than 1 acre of wildlife corridor created 1 peasant farmer and family receive an additional source of income that can treble their income over the lifetime of the trees 500 carbon credits retired We invite you to be part of this solution by paying for the growing of native hardwood trees. How Does The Plan Work? You decide how much you would like to pay for ecosystem services. This might be a set figure from a CSR or philanthropy budget, or you may wish to purchase ecosystem services in place of carbon offsetting. We can help companies to calculate their carbon footprint. For individuals, we recommend basing calculations on the average per capita carbon footprint for a UK individual which is around 12.2 tonnes per annum. You purchase ecosystem services You specify how much you would like to pay and we allocate specified trees to your account. You complete a form and make payment. You receive certification You receive a certificate verifying your purchase and specifying the ecosystem services that you have purchased as below. What Do I get? You will receive the following: GPS co-ordinates of the trees for which ecosystem services have been purchased allowing you to view the location on Google Earth Certification of the amount of carbon sequestered by the trees Details of the smallholders and their families on whose land the trees are planted Information on the species of trees planted An opportunity to visit the farmers Updates on the project Why Should I Take out a Plan? Your financial contribution is a clear and very tangible demonstration of your environmental and social commitment. Once you have taken all the steps you can to reduce your carbon footprint (planting trees is in no way a substitute for actually reducing your carbon footprint), this is one of the very best ways of moving toward carbon neutrality. Not only can you use your money to absorb as much carbon as you use, but there are significant biodiversity and social benefits. Environmental Benefits of The Project High rates of carbon capture through reforestation in the Tropics Avoidance of further deforestation Enhanced biodiversity Nature conservation Protection of stocks of native seed More sustainable agricultural practices Intercropping to produce food as well as timber Carbon capture through intercropping Low impact on soil, water systems and micro-climate Enhanced soil water retention leading to reduced flooding Erosion control Social returns of The Project Prospective trebling of incomes on forested land of participating smallholders Increased incomes from non-forested land through increased yields Increased incomes from fair trade accreditation and collective bargaining Employment of up to 200 people in the nurseries (during high season) Establishment of microenterprises including seed farms, nurseries and maintenance contractors Capacity building through forestry committees, marketing support and technical assistance Education and practical training in farm and forestry management Contribution to gender / ethnic equality Isn't it better to support UK Tree Planting? Although planting broadleaf trees in the UK is to be welcomed, planting trees in the Arbolivia Project compares very favourably on cost, carbon sequestration, social benefits and biodiversity gains. For example, the cost of planting a native oak tree in the UK through the Woodland Trust is £15.00. An English oak tree will in its lifetime photosynthesise and store one tonne of CO2 and a mature oak can live to an average of one hundred years. By comparison a typical tropical species can store 1 tonne of carbon in just 20 years. Even when we allow for thinning of forestry parcels over a 20 year cycle the average is still 282kg per tree - and at a cost of just £5.00 per tree. In the ArBolivia project, native rainforest trees are predominantly grown for commercial timber, which means that they will at some stage be cut down again. This does mean that they will stop absorbing CO2 but it does not mean that the wood products they produce will stop storing carbon for decades to come. This means that, pound for pound, planting a tree in Bolivia is around 4 times more effective at offsetting carbon emissions than planting a tree in the UK. Furthermore, in 2009 there were 2 endangered bird species and 14 endangered plant species in the UK, compared with 31 and 72 respectively in Bolivia. This means that enhancing biodiversity is at least as important in Bolivia as it is in the UK, if not more so. Not only this, but the difference that the project makes to smallholder incomes in Bolivia is truly significant, and through this project farmers have far less incentive to engage in further deforestation, so that the overall carbon benefit is higher still. The Arbolivia Project The Amazon Rainforest is almost unquestionably one of the most valuable and important single habitats on our planet making a vital contribution in maintaining the balance of oxygen in our atmosphere and providing unrivalled biodiversity 1. Over the last few decades, however, the western fringes of the Amazon have been the scene of some of the most aggressive deforestation in the world2. Driven by desperation, migrants have moved down from the Andes and have now been granted official title to land within the perimeter of the rainforest, enabling them to exploit the valuable timber and establish smallholdings to eke out a living from the land3. After decades of adopting poor agricultural practices and without the capital to invest in a viable alternative, smallholders are still forced to continue their "slash and burn" methods in order to maintain their meagre existence. To compound the problem one of their main traditional crops is coca, which whilst being a legal substance for domestic consumption, poses a significant risk of enticing desperate smallholders into the illegal drugs trade. Without an alternative, these problems will persist. The ArBolivia Project was established to tackle these multiple problems, following a pilot project in 1995 of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), the European Union and the Belgian government together with the regional government in Bolivia. After 6 years of monitoring and research ArBolivia successfully registered the project as a Carbon Development Mechanism , selling the credits for the years 2008 – 2012 to the Belgian government (following the failure of Copenhagen the Bolivian government no longer supports the CDM convention and as a result ArBolivia is now focussing on selling ecosystem services, in line with national policy). 1500 hectares of trees have now been planted, with a target of 5,000 hectares. These comprise small, isolated parcels owned by roughly 2000 smallholders who belong to farmer co-operatives. A further 1,200 hectares will be planted purely for conservation. Technical assistance is provided to the farmers so that they can derive a better income from their land as a whole and can also manage this in a more ecologically sustainable manner. Intercropping is encouraged so that farmers can cultivate both food crops and timber on the same plot of land, whilst predominantly native species of trees are used in a patchwork of different tree types. Instead of planting one non- indigenous tree type in a concentrated area, over 18 different species have been planted on widely dispersed small plots of land. This results in huge biodiversity gains, and together with the focus on putting farmers' interests at the heart of the project, make Arbolivia a very special forestry project that stands out from other 'sustainable' forestry schemes (see below for further details). Most importantly, this new model of community-based forestry shares the net proceeds of the timber equally between investors in the project and farmers, thereby giving farmers sufficient economic incentive to both reforest part of their land and to remove the need to clear further areas of prime tropical rainforest. A series of research documents and evaluation tools relating to the project is available at: http://www.arbolivia.org/index.php?mc=62 What Makes The Project 'Special' The commercial forestry enterprise undertaken by the ArBolivia project is very different from more conventional forestry plantations, even those that are termed 'sustainable': The forested land is not owned by the project manager. Each forestry parcel is owned by an individual smallholder. As at 1st October 2010 the forested areas consist of 2789 separate "sectores" (an area defined by a specific species and planting date) spread across a wide area. This geographic distribution and isolation of individual parcels means that any incidence of fire, disease or insect attack is confined and will have little or no impact on other forestry parcels, providing highly effective natural, risk management. Enhanced biodiversity - Farmers can choose from 18 native tree species as well as teak, which is not indigenous but is a globally popular timber species that has adapted well locally. Having a range of indigenous tree species on widely dispersed plots contrasts starkly with the norm of monoculture plantations where "identikit" trees stretch monotonously in to the horizon. This diversity is not only good for the environment but it means that smallholders are able to select species to match the exact conditions of their land, ensuring that survival rates and yields are optimised. The high levels of technical expertise and management demanded by this model serve to reduce significantly the risk of disease or poor growth Some of the species are faster growing but the most valuable timber is from trees which may take 35 – 40 years to mature. This is much longer than most commercial forestry enterprises will entertain so the ability to generate revenues from environmental services whilst the trees are growing is extremely valuable. Equal share in timber revenues for poor farmers - Profits are shared between local farmers and investors. The average current annual earnings of participating smallholders are only around $2,300 and the livelihood of local farmers is central to the vision and operation of the project. By participating in the project smallholders can expect to treble their earnings on their forested land over the 40 year project term. Smallholders are also benefitting from both financial and practical assistance to increase efficiency and the yields on their remaining land through agro-forestry (e.g. cocoa and citrus fruits) and through collective bargaining and fair trade accreditation Improved Agricultural Management - Arbolivia works with smallholders to improve agricultural management practices, thereby reducing deforestation and improving smallholder incomes. Education and Capacity Building - Many additional social benefits are provided though a programme of education and capacity building, which makes use of existing social structures such as community committees, farmers co-operatives and other NGOs working in the area. For example, training on fire risks and control is an important additional weapon against "slash and burn" farming methods. The Society also wants to promote the integrated approach of the project on websites, publications and presentations for schools, local organisations and business clubs. Avoided deforestation – the project addresses the root causes of deforestation by providing a real economic alternative to further deforestation and by improving agricultural practices. Nature conservation - A conservation project has been initiated to plant 400,000 trees in designated conservation areas. The objective is to counter the loss of biodiversity by repairing dedicated areas and corridors in order to provide a network of secure habitats and thoroughfares. Much of the conservation work is focussed on controlling erosion from increased local flooding during the wet season (which is itself a direct consequence of deforestation). Technical & Marketing Support - Smallholders receive one-to-one practical advice and support on all aspects of farm management, including land use, crop and stock selection as well as marketing support. Intercropping - Many of the trees are inter-planted with other crops to improve fertility, reduce labour, provide structural support, competition for growth and increased yields per hectare. Locally sourced seed - The project only buys locally sourced seed. ArBolivia certifies the best seed trees, which then provide a source of income for the owner and a financial incentive to preserve the tree for the future . NGO Alliances - ArBolivia has also fostered relations with other NGOs and development projects, including, for example, a fair-trade organic cocoa project based at ArBolivia's office in Chapare. Verification & Transparency Many of these benefits have been independently verified and through www.arbolivia.org, it is possible to connect with individual farmers by viewing the details of both farmers and tree species associated with individual plots. ArBolivia was one of the first reforestation projects to receive accreditation from the United Nations Framework for Consensus on Climate Change. In our view, this demonstrates clearly that ArBolivia meets with the highest standards of due diligence and on-going public scrutiny. The full validation report can be found on the UNFCCC website at: http://cdm.unfccc.int/UserManagement/FileStorage/H56C84P7GYEWT9U3XDNB1ZVFSORLQA Key Parties Sicirec Group The overall design and financing of the ArBolivia project is the responsibility of Sicirec Group, a private consultancy based in The Netherlands. .Sicirec SA was originally established in 1991 in Costa Rica by Popko P. van der Molen and has been one of the leading environmental consultancies in its field for almost 20 years with experience of designing and managing successful commercial projects in developing countries in Latin America, South America and Africa. In order to deliver the project on the ground Sicirec Group has established a separate, independent company, Sicirec Bolivia SA which is registered in Bolivia. Sicirec Group does not own shares in Sicirec Bolivia but is represented on its board of directors. This ensures that, in the event of the demise of Sicirec Group, no charge would be levied against the assets of Sicirec Bolivia. The Cochabamba Project Ltd. This is an industrial & provident society for the benefit of the community with over 150 members and £1 million invested. The Society invests in the Arbolivia project, owning the rights to 50% of the timber revenue from specified hectares. Popko van der Molen, Sicirec Director Mr van der Molen, a biologist and forest ecologist, established Sicirec SA in 1991 in Costa Rica with the remit of providing services for investors in tropical forestry (primarily teak). In 1997 Mr van der Molen became vice president of a failing plantation teak forestry company, Bosque Puerto Carrillo (BPC) and led a successful effort to rescue the business.. He left in 2001 to concentrate on developing new projects and in particular the FAO pilot project which became ArBolivia. David Vincent, The Cochabamba Project Director David began his career in financial services in 1988 and established his firm Ethical Investments in 1996 with a view to advising on investments which incorporated social and environmental criteria. Together with John Fleetwood he co-founded the Ethical Investment Association, a trade association for independent financial advisers with a specific interest in socially responsible investment. David became involved in forestry investment in 2003, initially working as a consultant for the Quadris Environmental Fund. In 2009 David took the decision to focus on the promotion of specific social and environmental projects. The Cochabamba Project Limited is the first of such projects. John Fleetwood, The Cochabamba Project Director John Fleetwood has been involved in the financial services industry since 1991, initially as an independent financial adviser specialising in ethical investment, and latterly developing ethical investment portfolios that focus on investing in solutions to social and environmental challenges. John's company, Ethical Money, provides consultancy services to a number of ethical fund and portfolio managers and has increasingly focussed on investments with a high social or environmental impact. David Jackman, Advisor David is the author of the FSA's Training and Competence rules and was part of the management team that set up the FSA. Previously he was in charge of T&C, internal training and consumer education at IMRO and had related roles at SFA and the Securities and Investment Institute. David started his career in banking. 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The second day in Huacachina we went sandboarding out in the sand dunes. If you cant snowboard you may as well just lye face down on the board ('sand skeleton').
This was good craic but not half the adrenalin rush of the sand buggy ride up to the dunes. The driver was a lunatic and kept plumetting off the edge of the sand dunes. At one stage we left the ground going over a bump and I'd say he was trying to freak us out. Brilliant craic though.
We met an Australian on the sandboarding and he came out with us for a few drinks. Sound and knew the craic but unfortunately some American guy tagged along with him and melted our domes all night long. He said he was telepathic and was trainning with the shamen in the Amazon. Obviously the concept of slagging hasn�t taken off in America or this boy would never be getting away with this crap.
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Abstract: This presentation will explain the rules of pronouncing Quran correctly with colors and audio. They will show and demonstrate how to Read and Pronounce Quran Correctly. This software has been developed by Br. Hafiz Khan and Br. Ali Naseer at Evergreen Islamic Center in San Jose, CA. There are two versions: Arabic to English and Arabic to Urdu. The website www.quran-eic.com had additional details about this software on Tajweedul Quran
Br. Hafiz Khan is an Engineer by profession. He teaches Quranic Morphology at SBIA, MCA, EIC. He has more than 400 YouTube videos on the topic of Understanding Quran in Arabic. He develops Quranic Software which is distributed all over the world through the following web sites: www.quranpda.com, http:
Br. Ali Naseer is an IT professional with a love for Quranic recitation. He learned Tajweed from a volunteer in Sharjah, UAE, when he was growing up and now he teaches Quranic recitation with Tajweed for free. Br. Naseer's goal with Tajweed is to allow people to recite the Quran properly with a beautiful, melodious voice.
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Fridays Oil Painting
jacksmumFebruary 10, 2006
This is what I painted in class today
Sue :)
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Iwish I was sitting in that boat right now..looks perfect. Great job, what a talent. I wouldn't go near the boat without a life preserver.
LOLOLOLOL Thank you all for the comments.
LOLOLOLOL Thank you all for the comments.
Detective Urlee I'd be honored for you to want it on your wall. Hope the quality is OK for printing as I compress the photos to put in photo bucket.
Do any of you remember the "Friday the 13th" movies? Well that lake reminds me of the last scene in the 1st movie when the girl is drifting in the boat on the peaceful river after all the horror is over - When suddenly BOOM! Jason jumps out of the water and grabs her. LOL
Yes I've got a sick mind but yas love me.
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Date of Stay: September, 2014 - $29.00
Location, location, location. A little tight, but the location trumps all. Very nice people, well kept grounds. We have stayed there several times in the past 12 months. They have weekly and monthly rates. We camped at Seattle / Tacoma KOA in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: August, 2014 - $58.00
Extremely tight roads, sites & turns. Sites extremely short for a so-called modern RV park. A large RV will probably have to back out of their "pull thru" site. Only about a 1/3 of the sites have cable and only 3 or 4 with 50 amp service have it. Greed drives this park as the prices are high, the service is low, and there are tents pitched all over the place including the lawn. If we had to return to Seattle again, we would probably grudgingly end up here as there are few other close-in choices. We camped at Seattle / Tacoma KOA in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: July, 2014 - $55.00
Sites are very tight as expected. Quiet time is said to be 10PM but we are parked near the playground and there was no oversight as kids were screaming until 3am. We camped at Seattle / Tacoma KOA in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: May, 2014 - $65.00
This park needs to really be torn down and start all over. The so called deluxe sites are not what I would call great. They are not that easy to get into and some have depressions that fill with water and dirt. The interior roads have holes. The cable for television is lousy. Channels have hums in the audio so you can not watch them. At the time we stayed some the staff was right outside our rig doing work and using foul language. For the price this park should be perfect in all aspects. Contacted KOA head quarters and didn't really receive any satisfaction. We camped at Seattle / Tacoma KOA in a Fifth Wheel.Undo
Date of Stay: April, 2014 - $59.00
Very expensive for what you get. Sites are small, we have a 34' 5th wheel and barely fit, we had to park our truck in another spot. It was a pull through site, but we backed out because it was so tight. There were larger sites in the back but there was no cable for them, but it turns out that cable meant only a dozen channels so we should have moved. Next time I'll keep driving. We camped at Seattle / Tacoma KOA in a Fifth Wheel.Undo
Date of Stay: September, 2013 - $58.00
This is an urban campground, not a destination park. Sites are tight, roads are narrow, corners are tight -- be very careful lest you skim an overhanging eave or tree (like we did, darn it). Restrooms are cleaned daily, but people do track in bits of grass and dirt. Showers nearest the office are in the restrooms and have curtains, a hard rubber mat in the stalls, and a somewhat slippery floor, but hot water was plentiful. Showers near the community room are individual, lockable, and ceramic tiled, but usually had grass and dirt after the morning rush. There is road noise. Cable is available on one side but not (mostly) on the other. There are shade trees and landscaping, and staff is very helpful and friendly. Most sites are pull-through although you likely will need to unhitch. Some back-in sites near the entrance are larger and blacktopped. We were on a gravel site, but it was level. We camped at Seattle / Tacoma KOA in a Travel Trailer.Undo
Date of Stay: September, 2013 - $65.00
Our first impression was poor. The gal at the counter was extremely unwelcoming, so much so we almost turned around and left. This was a very old park with very small spaces especially for a 40 foot motorhome. We were told our pull thru space was 54 feet long. Our 40 foot motorhome barely fit. Very small area for parking a tow car. The cable TV was so snowy, it was not worth watching. We had to use our personal hot spot for the internet to work. We camped at Seattle / Tacoma KOA in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: September, 2013 - $55.00
This campground is very overpriced for the location and amenities. Fifty to fifty five/night for a 30 amp with no cable. The dog park is unsanitary and smells so strongly of urine we would not take our dog there. The sites are very cramped. The main reason I will never stay at this park again is the extremely rude staff at the front desk. We noticed a mistake in our bill and had to move sites because we couldn't get DISH reception and we were treated so poorly when we went into the office to make the changes, we ended up canceling most of our stay and left early. Stay at the local state parks nearby and save a lot of money and hassle. We camped at Seattle / Tacoma KOA in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: August, 2013 - $61.00
The best thing about this park is it's location. It's right off the 5 freeway about 20 minutes from Seattle. It is very kid and pet friendly. That being said, it has some major problems. The spaces are too close together. The "Deluxe Patio sites" don't have a patio. It is a blacktop pad that connects in the back of the space to the space next to you, which makes a little BBQ area. There is about 10 feet between the RV's in the deluxe sites. The water hookup is in the middle of the next persons outdoor area. The electric and sewer are where they're suppose to be, but the water is all the way over to the next person's area, so much so that you step on it when you come out your door. We seriously questioned whether the utilities installer was drunk when they installed them. No two sights have the utilities in the exact same position; some are worse. The place is way overpriced for what you get. Charging $1.50 per pet, per day is ridiculous. The interior roads are too small. There were 3 accidents that we know of, while we were here. There is no room to park a car, if it does not fit on the space. The office car spaces are always full. People's cars hang over into the narrow streets as the sites are too short and placed too closely together. With the cars hanging into the narrow streets and RV's trying to get by, accidents happen easily. We camped at Seattle / Tacoma KOA in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: August, 2013 - $50.00
Most sites are narrow and close to one another. Some shaded, some not. Limited sites have 50 amp or cable, but the over the air stations are numerous. Close to a bike path and river. Not far from Seattle. Would consider staying again if in the area. We camped at Seattle / Tacoma KOA in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: August, 2013 - $50.00
WiFi connection is great in certain sections of the park. 45 minutes from downtown Seattle, but buses run every half hour in front of the KOA. Clean bathrooms, and a great pool. Great place for kids. Your average KOA, but definitely catered towards the kids! We camped at Seattle / Tacoma KOA in a Travel Trailer.Undo
Date of Stay: August, 2013 - $61.00
Sites are too close, WI-FI really bad, cable has humming sound on one third of stations, large hole at entrance, wood chips and dirt at site and tight turns. Not Big Rig friendly. Roads are paved and site is paved with small patio, the rest of the site is a combo of gravel, dirt and mostly small wood chips. This is a mess when it rains and it rains here a lot. Way overpriced for what you get. We camped at Seattle / Tacoma KOA in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: August, 2013 - $47.00
$46.51 was the Military Discount, with tax it came to $52.09, wasn't worth it. In the Seattle area you are very limited where you can stay with an RV. That being said this Park is very outdated. Most sites are blacktop and around 39 foot long. We had a 35 foot 5th wheel so there was no place to park our truck. Had to park it up at the office. Only wanted to stay 3 nights but since the 3rd night was a Friday I decided to stay another night because this campground was completely filled up and if I tried to hook up there would only be about 2 feet between the end of my truck and the RV in front of me. Too hard to maneuver. My plan backfired because I expected the campground to empty out Sunday morning but it didn't. Luckily the RV in front of me pulled out and I just followed him out of the park. One must be very careful that you don't hit another vehicle in this park. Restrooms very clean, our site didn't have cable and wifi was slow. We camped at Seattle / Tacoma KOA in a Fifth Wheel.Undo
Date of Stay: July, 2013 - $51.00
Tent campers beware! Noisy near busy road with large trucks day and night! Packed in like sardines. High priced with few real amenities for RVers. Saw damaged vehicles because of tight spaces and roads not completely big rig ideal. Probably will not return unless as last resort! We camped at Seattle / Tacoma KOA in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: July, 2013 - $60.00
This is a family/kid friendly park with lots of kid activities (some activities with fees). This campground was established in the years when pop-up campers and small campers without slides were popular. The sites and roadways are super tight and there are few 50 amps hookups. Not all sites have cable. The restrooms/showers were overused when we were there and needed some serious maintenance repairs. There are only a few spots to adequately park big rigs. The staff was very friendly and helpful. If you have kids and want to make them happy, they will love it here. You can go into Seattle downtown via a bus/light rail trip if you prefer not to drive and the bus stop is right at the KOA. We camped at Seattle / Tacoma KOA in a Motorhome.Undo
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Vanessa, 20, from Germany, was one of the millions of voters taking part in this year's European elections
Greek student Aliki, Irish entrepreneur Trish and Danish designers Jens and Sedsel were among the faces of the EP's election information campaign before the European elections. They shared with all of us why the EU matters to them and why voting was so important. These are their stories
Aliki (a student from Greece), Trish (an entrepreneur from Ireland), Jens and Sedsel (designers from Denmark), Magdaléna (a factory worker from Slovakia), Ricardo (a pensioner from Spain), Tom (a farmer from Belgium), Wegene and Rudi (a couple from Austria), Dina (a mother from Latvia) explained why Europe matters to them. Watch their testimonials here.
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Has America gone completely NUTS?
Anyone who has been watching the Union Protests in Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana has most certainly seen the vile and vicious ranting of these so called American Union Supporters. Has anyone taken notice of the Socialist/Marxist/Communist slogans and signs being waved? Has anyone taken note of the fact that many are wearing Communist Red Colors as a show of Solidarity with the Unions and Communist Party here in America? I refuse to believe this has escaped the attention of the average peace-loving American and yet I have to wonder, where is the outrage? Why are not more Americans speaking out against this apparent move to destroy Capitalism and our very way of life?
Rise Up America and put a stop to this Madness!
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Why is it I canÂt find a really good, really powerful vacuum cleaner for cars? I like to keep my cars clean but even the vacs at the car washes donÂt have the ability to get into the small spaces of my vehicles. I donÂt want some massive mastodon shopvac that I need to drag out for my wife to use but something smaller that works fast.
Any recommendations anyone? Thanks in advance.
You could haul out your regular household vacuum cleaner. These have plenty of attachements to get into nooks and crannies and most are powerful enough to do the job.
The last time we replaced our household vacuum cleaner, I kept the old one for such knock-around jobs.
My craftsman came with a pile of tools. The one benefit of a "shop vac" is tha it can pick up liquids!! Which came in very handy a few weeks back!! I put my XL dunkins coffee in the cup holder. My dog jumped up and knocked it over!! Coffee everywhere, driving down the road,lol wasn't fun! I had coffee everywhere. Took awhile to clean up, the shop vac came in very handy!!
Do you need an upholstry brush attachment or just a vacuum? Why not get one of theose little handheld units like Dustbuster. I use the handheld unit from my Pronto stickvac.
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"Another great Kurzweil book"
I've been looking forward to the successor to singularity. This really inspired me to think bigger about strong AI applications
"Highly Insightful and Engaging"
I work in a research lab which studies rodent models of human brain disorders.Many of the themes and people in the book I have heard of and read some of their work. It was good to hear about this work from RK who approaches the brain and mind from a computer based understanding as opposed to my biologically driven perspective.
The most compelling aspect of this book for me was the creative analogies that RK uses to describe the processes that govern neural computation, many of which serve as the basis for modern computers. Similarly, modern computer engineering and design has helped us reverse engineer some of the complexities of the brain. Simply fascinating.
Not sure if it's a 'scene' but the description of the cortical column and the consolidation and allocation of memories in the brain was my favorite part.
"An interesting listen"
I found this book to be interesting, but it was one that I had to pay close attention or I'd have to skip back, as the author builds upon his ideas discussed.
Not a good book for listening to while multi-tasking.
"Monumental, transparent, translucent, transcendent"
Kurzweil tackles one of the biggest scientific mysteries our our ages: How to build a synthetic mind. Instead of descending into mumbo jumbo, touchy feely nonsense, he sets forth a vision that makes a lot of sense, even to sophisticated practitioners. Sure, I think he over simplified the solution, but he gives enough specific hypothesis that one could spend decades fleshing out, refuting, refining his ideas.
All of it
Excellent, extremely pleasant to listen to his voice. Slightly arrogant which suits the material in the book.
Well, the only downside is that Lane mispronounced a few words... especially "von Neumann" repeatedly (saying "von New--man" which is simply not correct. This really bugged me. Clearly Kurzweil did not review the entire performance before giving his ok.
Otherwise his performance was great.
Old & fat, but strong; American, Chinese, & Indian (sort of); Ph.D. in C.S.; strategy, economics & stability theory; trees & machining.
"Almost Brilliant, Almost Antiquated, Not Anything"
I'm a fan of Kurtzweil. I find his book The Singularity is Near to be an essential part of any modern education. He is also the most financially successful Artificial Inelegance (AI) researcher to date. So he's a great philosopher, a great researcher, and a great businessmen, but apparently he's not infallible, because this book missed the mark.
In a nutshell his answer to the question, "How do you/we make a mind" is "The same way we've been trying for the last 30 years". This answer is so close to brilliant it's spooky. I think there have been profound changes in AI over the last 5 or 6 years. Big data is suddenly revealing (or at least strongly suggesting) that we in fact may have been making pretty good synthetic minds for decades and just didn't know it. The problem has been that having made a good synthetic mind we don't know how to educate it. At the same time (because of advances in AI) we may be on the cusp of discovering that we don't know how to educate biological minds either (and have been making nearly the same mistakes as the AI community has been making). In this book Kurzweil presents much of the data in support of this argument, and then walks away from what to me seemed the logical conclusion.
To make matters worse his overview of 30 years of AI is quite narrow. One might get the impression that he believes that Multi-Layer Hidden Markov Models are all that is needed. Perhaps in some since any of a dozen AI methods are sufficient, in the same since that Truing Machines are sufficient, but the field of synthetic mind creation is much richness than presented here, as the author must have known.
Avid audiobook addict!
"Extremely dry."
I'm interested in the concept of Artificial Intelligence and thought this book might be interesting because of the author having a name that I'd heard many times in reference to AI, predictions of the future, etc. Instead, it was incredibly boring as the author drones on and on about computer history and inserts a whole bunch of plugs for his various companies.
"A very sick mind"
The author lives in a fantasy land. He thinks that he will be able to transfer his mind into a machine.