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Motorsports park 'an Alabama state treasure'Published 7:32pm Monday, April 9, 2012
Last Sunday I had the opportunity to watch Australian driver Will Power win his second consecutive Grand Prix of Alabama race at the Barber Motorsports Park.
If I was a fan of the IZOD IndyCar Series, it would have been thrilling to watch the race – Powers started the race in ninth place and managed to edge his car into first place with 16 laps left, a position he held to the finish line.
But like most Alabamians, I'm clueless when it comes to open cockpit auto racing. I've watched the Talladega 500 NASCAR race before, and I'm almost as clueless about that sport. I drive a pickup truck and often race to get to meetings on time, but that's the sum total of my personal experience trying to beat the clock, or other vehicles, on four wheels.
Instead, I got my thrills by just being there – there being Barber Motorsports Park in Leeds just outside of Birmingham – surrounded by an action and noise and color and very cool cars and motorcycles and lots of people on a gorgeous spring afternoon. It was almost sensory overload. There were interesting things going on 360 degrees around me the whole time.
For those of you who haven't yet visited Barber Motorsports Park, it's time to add that destination to your Alabama bucket list. It truly is an Alabama state treasure, a place that would be interesting to the whole family.
The park itself covers 740 acres of rolling, manicured hills with the 2.38-mile race track weaving back and forth in a way that makes seats optional. On a day like last Sunday just walking around or spreading a blanket on a hillside and enjoying a picnic while the cars zoomed by would be a wonderful experience.
On the road that wraps around the track, trams hauled people past even more to look at. There was a giant-sized statue of a girl swimming in a pond, just her head and knees above the water. Not far away was a Ferris wheel … and a zip-line.
And if the noise or the crowds or the weather drove you inside the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, you'd be in for a real treat. The museum hosts the world's best collection of motorcycles. It's the largest motorcycle collection anywhere, with more than 1,200 different bikes. According to the museum guide, more than 600 motorcycles are on display at any one time. Heck, the museum has so many different bikes that motorcycles are stacked on shelves, beautifully lit and displayed. There are motorcycles that look like something Darth Vader would ride, and motorcycles that look like they couldn't beat me in a footrace. This is a place where you can see the entire evolution of the motorcycle from bikes built in 1902 to those built this year, 110 years later.
The sleek, modern museum is a wonder and I found myself with my mouth open in amazement time and again as I walked through the building. Open cockpit race cars were on the floor where you could touch them, some were standing on end in near-vertical displays. There were cars that won races, information about drivers … the point is, even though I didn't really understand what I was looking at, I found the experience immensely impressive and interesting. It's sort of like visiting the Huntsville Space and Rocket Center, which if you haven't visited should also be on your Alabama destination bucket list.
I'd go back tomorrow and still wouldn't be able to take it all in.
The park is the creation of Alabama native George Barber and it's been open since 2003. Yet I've mentioned my trip to a number of Alexander City residents this week and I'm struck by how many of us haven't ever made the short drive up Highway 280 to visit it.
You should.
We all should.
It's one of those places that would make you proud of being an Alabamian.
Boone is publisher of The Outlook.


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Welcome to Eliot Bank Primary School
A message from Head of School, Jenny KleinEliot Bank is an Outstanding Primary School with a happy, vibrant atmosphere, looking out across the North Downs from its site high up on the Sydenham Forest Hill borders. Whilst we are extremely proud of our excellent track record in progress and attainment, we believe that children will only do their best when they feel safe and happy. Our whole school ethos centres around giving children an excellent academic education, balanced by a broad, relevant curriculum, lots of visits and trips, clubs and a whole range of opportunities to get involved in school life beyond the classroom. Pupils, staff and parents work together to create a caring inclusive school that allows each individual child to achieve their full potential.
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Sunday, 17 July 2005
Dick Smith chats to Monica Attard
This week on Sunday Profile, Dick Smith - entrepreneur, adventurer and refugee advocate.Mr Smith has been in the Australian public eye for decades - but what motivates this man and why is it that some people love him, others don't?Dick Smith - Sunday Profile on ABC Local Radio, this weekend at 9, after the news.
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July 17, 05 Sunday Profile Transcript: Dick SmithIntroduction:Hello and welcome to Sunday Profile, I'm Monica Attard. Tonight Dick Smith, a man who needs no introduction. Monica Attard:Dick Smith welcome to Sunday Profile.Dick Smith:Hi.Monica Attard:You probably have one of the best known names and faces in Australia. What's it like being a living breathing brand name?Dick Smith:Well, sometimes it's good, very rarely it's not so good. A couple of days ago I landed at Wentworth on the Junction of the Murray and the Darling River and the town's people came out and asked for autographs and they showed me around the town and...Monica Attard:You enjoyed that?Dick Smith:I loved it. I was standing on the Junction of the Darling and a huge paddle wheeler came past called The Coonawarra and the captain suddenly noticed that it was Dick Smith so he reversed the paddle wheeler in the middle of the Darling River which was quite difficult and rammed it onto the bank and invited me on board. So that's when it's nice. Sometimes I suppose when people keep saying, "That's Dick Smith, that's Dick Smith", it a bit annoying.Monica Attard:Were you always an extrovert? I mean it seems to sort of, everything that you've done, I mean your face is pasted on biscuit packs and on jars of jam in every supermarket in the country and you are still the face of Dick Smith Electronics even though you did sell the business many years ago, it seems to indicate that, well, you're an extrovert. Are you an extrovert and have you always been?Dick Smith:Well probably, I'm, it's interesting because when I was at school I was hopeless. My sister went off and did pharmacy at Uni, I could, I was never any good at schoolwork. My parents used to say to each other, "Whatever will happen to Dick?" Because, I for Buckley, I didn't know at the time but they were worried that I would be a failure and I thought I was a failure. When I did my leaving certificate, I went off and worked in a factory and all my friends went to University. I went to one lecture and I realised, look, I'm never to be able to get through this. I suppose these days you'd say I was, I'm slightly dyslexic but we didn't realise, we didn't know then, and so here I was, I had a job on the backbench of a factory doing process work and all my friends were off at University. So I thought I was an incredible failure. A few years later, with 610 dollars I started a little business called Dick Smith Electronics fixing two-way radios for Manly cabs and installing car radios. And the first year I remember my accountant said to me, "You're making more money than the Prime Minister of Australia and I suddenly found there was something I was good at and that's when I suppose my persona changed.Monica Attard:So, you were in fact an introvert when you were younger?Dick Smith:Yes, yes and I'm still very much a loner. I exploit the Dick Smith image and so forth because it's how I earn my living but I am very much a loner. I like being by myself. I don't have large groups of friends; I'm not a society person or anything like that.Monica Attard:Does a lot of that go back to your childhood days, because I do remember reading that you were bullied when you were a kid?Dick Smith:Yes.Monica Attard:Because you were different.Dick Smith:Yes, well it's, until I was the age of eight I couldn't say the letter 's' and my name was Smith so I used to say Dick Mith or Dick Fish and I remember once in second class I was hauled up to day my name in front of the class and asked to say my name and I said Fish and Dick Mith and all the kids roared with laughter because they knew that the teacher didn't know that I had a speech defect and I was sent to the Headmistress who ended up ringing my mother. My mother said, "Well he can't say 's'." Monica Attard:Right.Dick Smith:Now that had an incredible effect on me, having a speech defect and when I was young, yes I was bullied by kids, not to a great extent but I was very much a loner, without any doubt.Monica Attard:Was that a speech defect or was it dyslexia?Dick Smith:I don't know, it might have been now that you say it; I'm sure what it was.Monica Attard:Because I think people tend to grow out of dyslexia. Have you ever been tempted to get yourself tested or indeed have you been tested?Dick Smith:No, no I haven't and...Monica Attard:Not important?Dick Smith:I'll tell you what, it's probably very minor because when I learnt to fly you have to learn the phonetic alphabet, alpha, bravo, delta, well it took me years to learn it and you know, I used to have a little card that I used to look at and all my friends used to think there was something wrong with me and something is in my brain. If I can understand something I'm very good mechanically and technically, but when it comes to 'd' is for delta and something like that, wrote fashion, I'm hopeless. In my intermediate certificate after three years of French at North Sydney Tech High I got 7%, so that was my difficulty in learning.Monica Attard:Do you, even, you know after making it in the business world, and you clearly have, you're an extraordinarily rich person, you're very influential person, you're a brand name into yourself and you are at the very least unconventional, do you still feel different?Dick Smith:I don't feel different but my wife and everyone says I'm different. No, I feel I'm quite normal, but you know, I only have a seven minute attention span, so when I was on the board of The Civil Aviation Authority or the, I was Chairman of the Centenary Federation Council, they had to have everything in seven minute segments so I'd remain interested. So I suppose I'm a bit different!Monica Attard:That's very different for the Chair of a Board.Dick Smith:Yes, maybe, I don't know.Monica Attard:Yes. Now your first success came with Dick Smith Electronics when you were still quite young. By the age of 27 you were giving money away and your first recipient I think was Dr Anthony Kidman, Nicole Kidman's father, is that correct?Dick Smith:That's right, I'm surprised you know that.Monica Attard:So you no doubt know our Nicole as well?Dick Smith:Well as a little girl I remember once going to Tony's house and there was a little girl there I had no idea it was the same one.Monica Attard:That's right. Now it's estimated that you've given away over 15 million dollars over the years, that's a lot of money, are you a bit of a soft touch?Dick Smith:No, no, no but I never thought I'd have any money and I'm very selfish. I only give it because it gives me satisfaction and it was interesting, my upbringing, my Mum and Dad never had any money, they were just middle class. Dad worked as a manager at Angus and Robertson's bookstore. He started his own business in 1961 and failed and he had a nervous breakdown and they were always members of the progress association, the Scout auxiliary. You name it they were on it, they just had this spirit of pitching in and helping and so I think that must have been ingrained on me.Monica Attard:How on earth do you choose between all of those causes that must come your way asking for money?Dick Smith:Oh well it's tough but I mainly give to social causes, the Salvos, the Smith Family, I give it so it hurts and make sure it's a substantial amount of money and you know, I basically give it people who are less well off because hopefully when I get into problems, they'll help me.Monica Attard:So how do you choose? Lots of people are not well off.Dick Smith:Yes, well I get hundreds of requests and I go through them all myself, it's exciting to read some of these letters and sometimes very sad. I've had people, families who have had kids that have been handicapped in ways that have really affected the families and I've been able to help them with say a motor vehicle or a wheelchair or something like that and that gives you the greatest stasifaction. When you give money say to the Smith Family or The Salvos, you don't know how it's being spent, but you know that they're good organisations.Monica Attard:Now you sold Dick Smith Electronics for about 25 million dollars in 1982 to Woolworths. Was it hard to let go of a business which not only set you on your way in a sense but which really embraced one of your true passions, electronics?Dick Smith:Yes, no not at all. I never thought that that Dick Smith, that picture which you see which was me when I was 23, that that was actually me. You see always thought I just worked with Dick, for that Dick Smith and I just saw it as a tour, I'm an adventurer, I love challenge, I love change, I love risk, responsible risk taking I call it. I've never borrowed any money, in my whole business career the only money Pip and I have ever borrowed was to buy our first house. No one would loan me money because I was Dick Smith, with such a common name, 23 years of age and I opened my first business, Dick Smith's at the Big Bear Supermarket at Neutral Bay and I didn't realise that everyone had gone broke there and so they wouldn't even give me credit. It was great training and in building up that business and when I had the chance when I was making when I sold it for 25 million, I was making about 4 or 5 million dollars a year, more money than I could ever imagine ever spending and my accountant said, "Dick that would be irresponsible of you to sell out." And he almost tried to make out that I should become a Kerry Packer or a Rupert Murdoch and I said to him, you've got to be joking, 25 million dollars, wow, I'll be set for life and I sold it out and never regretted it for one second because it allowed me then to go adventuring and to do philanthropic things, I can't even say the word, and to do exciting things with my life.Monica Attard:Now let's talk a little bit about some of the things that you went on to do, of course on of them was Australian Geographic which you sold to John Fairfax, I think, in 1995 for no doubt a tidy sum and now you have Dick Smith foods, that stirred up a bit of controversy when it started up because a lot of people thought that you were misusing patriotism to sell your food products.Dick Smith:Yes, what a joke, yes. I mean the big American multinationals will use anything they can to sell their products, and so I was using patriotism, I was using it for marketing, I never denied it and I just said, "Look there must be a niche here, why aren't small Aussie businesses doing this?" One of the problems is it's very hard to get coverage in the media and everything, well I was able to and I absolutely exploited, I was accused of 'jingoism'. Well, I didn't even know what it meant but when I looked it up I said, "Yes, that's what I'm doing", and I was accused of xenophobia which it wasn't. I never took it seriously, I wasn't saying that "Americans are bad", I was just saying that, "I don't think Americans should own everything." Monica Attard:But reputation wise did you suffer?Dick Smith:No, of course not.Monica Attard:You don't think your reputation took a bit of a battering on that one?Dick Smith:No, no no, I think it was the absolute opposite. When I walk around now and I meet people out in the public sort of arena, virtually none of them talks about Dick Smith Electronics or Australian Geographic, they all talk about Dick Smith Foods and why can't they find the products in their supermarkets and I explain, I say, "That's because the supermarkets aren't stocking our products, they only stock the products which have more than about 15% of the market share and that's all the products from the big multinationals."Monica Attard:But there were so many personal attacks; I mean there was so much talk about this being a deliberate ply of yours to stir up controversy, that you were simply using your name, using your face to make more money. Have you made money?Dick Smith:No I haven't made any money out of it. The business was created to point out to Australians that basically we'd lost control of our destiny. I never thought it would make much money but it's made 3 and a half million dollars and quite separate to the 15 million dollars that I and my wife have given away, it's given 3 and a half million dollars away. It's all on the website, if someone looks up Dick Smith Foods, we list everyone we give the profits to. We were going to give all the money away but we kept about 30 000 dollars in each year which we pay 10 000 dollars tax on because the multinationals were saying, "Dick Smith pays no tax." So, yes I have made about 20 grand a year from it, but when I eventually close down Dick Smith Foods, I'll give that final amount of money away and so that means it will be a net even thing for me but giving me the most immense satisfaction and had a great fun and having a go at these multinationals who are exploiting us.Monica Attard:But there's not much we can really do about it is there? I mean we can't go back to the past and not be left behind, way behind internationally.Dick Smith:Yes, you're saying there's not much we can do, I think in the long term if we don't we will destroy capitalism and that might happen, I have a feeling it will. But, in other words, if you just go to this crazy situation where big is better and the only thing that's important is the lowest possible price. I think you'll find that, just as we have restrictive trade practices laws in Australia that protect newsagents and protect pharmacies here; I think you'll find more of that in time to come. People will say, look we've got no, young people can't start a business anymore because everything is huge and so you could find that society will decide that it's worth paying a little bit extra for our products and protecting some small business.Monica Attard:So what would you like the government to do?Dick Smith:Nothing at the moment.Monica Attard:Nothing.Dick Smith:No, no, I think it's got to get a lot worse. I don't think you can, a government can fix it. The people have got to say, "We don't like this", and at the moment everyone's loves globalisation because you get your products cheaper. We can have three video recorders in our house, not just two, three TVs in our house, not just two, but I think in the longer term people may start to think about it and think, "This isn't the way to go", rampart capitalism sort of thing. Look I'm, I'll tell you what I'm fearful of: one day Wal-Mart will come to this country. Wal-Mart is the biggest company in the world and it's just gi-normous. It opens up, normally opens a big warehouse on the edge of a country town and within a year all of the strip shops have gone, all of the businesses have gone broke. Now if Wal-Mart are allowed to come to this country, they're gradually taking over the world, they're just taking over the world. They're turn over is bigger than the turn over of gross national product of many countries and if they come here we will find we will completely destroy our way of life as we know it now with small business.Monica Attard:You're not anti-foreign ownership are you?Dick Smith:No, no, not at all, I think foreign ownership's good but it should be a little bit both ways, see, why don't, they came and took our vegemite, this is owned by Phillip Morris Cigarette Company, the greatest exploiters of children that have ever existed, they own Vegemite. Why don't we own Coca-Cola, why don't we own something, a US Brand? They tell me that globalisation is this open market where everyone can; you know works free either way. Well, I mean are we that dumb? We have Westfield, they're doing okay overseas but that's about it. So, and I think what will tend to happen is everything will be concentrated in London and in New York and we'll end up with any Australian who wants to do well in business will have to go and work in the Northern Hemisphere. That's sad. Monica Attard:Dick Smith, let's talk a little bit more about you. Dick Smith:Yes.Monica Attard:You've been described as a bit of a larrikin, somebody who likes controversy. A senior bureaucrat who worked with you on and off for some 15 years has also said that you're your own worst enemy. That whilst you're intelligent, engaging, inspiring, that you're impossible to control, that you're too uncompromising, is that fair criticism?Dick Smith:No, that's completely wrong. You certainly don't succeed in business and the things I've done uncompromising where you have to compromise. I'm a pragmatist and I get these comments where these so- called unnamed senior bureaucrats, most of them have failed and the most common thing they say about me which you'll probably bring up is the greatest lie and that is that, "I won't take notice of advice." Now all of my success has come from asking advice. I have a little success formula and it says, "Ask advice, surround yourself by capable people", but what I do is I ask advice from everyone and then I decide which is the correct advice and them I'm very centred in to going down that track. And I've been involved in bureaucracy doing aviation reform and I would ask advice and the people, say within Australia wanted to stick with what we'd been doing always, that was their best answer. In looking around the world at what was best, there were better ways of doing it and so that's what I would decide to do.Monica Attard:When you look back on your life and your career, is there any one point that you would nominate as being an obvious abject failure?Dick Smith:Yes I think at one time, once I was CAA Chairman, Civil Aviation Authority and they came back about 7 years later as the Civil Aviation Safety Authority Chairman and I managed to get a couple of reforms but generally it was a failure and the reason for that was that the, the people within the bureaucracy who wanted to resist change, they'd worked out my measure by then and they also had a particularly weak minister, John Anderson who'd never came up to speed on aviation and so that was a complete failure. The reforms I'd tried to bring in the second time I was never able to do, there are literally tens of thousands of pilots who can't have jobs, the general aviation industry in Australia has basically been destroyed, the small planes hardly exist. So that was a great failure which is a great regret to me, not that it affected me personally, I have the money to fly in the expensive system.Monica Attard:Yes, but people say that you were unable in that role to build a consensus, that that was your failure.Dick Smith:Absolutely right, it would be like saying, "You're going to do waterfront reform with a consensus", it's not possible, and so what we needed then was a very strong minister who said, "Look Australia is using regulations which are highly expensive but 30 years out of date. We have to make some major changes if in a globalised world we are going to compete in aviation. That hasn't happened. It eventually will happen but once again I think it will happen when the damage to the General Aviation Industry is so great it will take decades for it to be built up again.Monica Attard:Do you think that you perhaps lack the political skills in that job, that you know, political skills are pretty essential?Dick Smith:No, no, I don't agree with that, I think it's purely that time around I had a minister who was just ineffective and if you don't have support from the top you must fail and it was as simple as that. The original reforms I did in CAA I had Kim Beazley as Minister with, and Bob Hawke as Prime Minister with the most incredibly strong support and that meant we made changes then which were greater then have ever been made.Monica Attard:So they better understood Civil Aviation?Dick Smith:Absolutely, yes, they came up to speed and if they were back, I'm sure they would continue with the reforms that they started. The problem is they sold off the air traffic control company with their plan that they were going to bring in competition and efficiencies but that never happened and I remember John Anderson when he became minister there was a bit of flack and he called the board in and his one request to the board was that he didn't want Cheryl Kernot asking him questions in parliament, and he was frightened of Cheryl Kernot and I said, "Minister", I said "We have a major reform programme", and I said, "Cheryl Kernot will protect the unions and they have basically control the whole system now", and I said, "That's her job and there'll be a lot of flack from Cheryl Kernot." He looked at me and he said, "You heard what I said, I don't want questions from Cheryl Kernot." Well from that point on, really all reform stopped. The sad thing is that if, it's a bit like the waterfront, the unions think the best idea is just to keep the status quo but we can't do that in a globalised world. F we made the changes there'd be more jobs for everyone.Monica Attard:So if a Beazley government were elected do you think we'd see some reform in Civil Aviation?Dick Smith:Oh definitely, yes, without any doubt he'd go back and do the reforms which he started on. I found, I've always found this, that when it comes to reform if you look at, it was the Labor government which bought in the competition with, dropped the two airline policy, all of the major changes were made by the Labor government. Monica Attard:Do you think that if they were to be re-elected that they would be interested in the Chair of the Civil Aviation Authority again?Dick Smith:No, not under any circumstances, I've been there done that but I would certainly be interested in giving any advice on, to what we needed to do. The General Aviation Industry there are tens of thousands of pilots who can't get jobs. If you go to Bankstown Airport now on a weekend there's basically no one flying. Basically in the last, in the time of the Howard government it has destroyed a complete industry; most of the country towns have no air services. Go to Gunnedah, I went to Casino recently and not only was the terminal locked up, it had cobwebs on all the doors. Now that's the destruction of an industry that shouldn't have happened and it's because if you remember I talked about 'affordable safety', it's just a truism it's like saying 2 and 2 is 4, I said, "You've got to make sure your safety regulations are affordable by society who pay." Every bit of air safety is paid for in the air ticket, especially being after Labor made it all being a pay-as-you-go system and I said, "That means you have to be smarter, you have to get the cost down." Well the union movement basically is living in the days when it was taxpayer funded and, yes you could go back to that, that would solve the problem but that's unlikely, both parties don't want to do that. So in that case you've got to bring in some great efficiencies and that just means you've got to copy the best from around the world, but that hasn't happened.Monica Attard:Now, Dick Smith you've lashed out at the media in the past for being too critical of you. You've complained that while everybody loves Richard Branson, you just can't get a good run. Do you really believe that? Do you really believe that you've been badly done by the Australian government?Dick Smith:No, that was only by the ABC and I love the ABC and it's because the people at the ABC align themselves with the unions and that's fair enough, so I'll...Monica Attard:You really believe that?Dick Smith:Absolutely and I think that's good because, you know Channel Nine and Channel Seven are very capitalistic and they are biased towards capitalism. With Dick Smith Foods I was on every second of the day on A Current Affair and Today Tonight but I could never get any run on the ABC and at the time of my aviation reform the report especially on ABC News and Current Affairs were just totally biased. They just ran the union view consistently and the questions to me were of the type, "Do you bash your wife sort of thing?" And that affectively stopped the reform and it's interesting because it's basically destroyed an industry. People like Kerry O'Brien never knew it for someone to kid themselves that ABC News and Current Affair when it comes to aviation don't run a totally biased union line they'd be joking. It is just totally utterly biased. For example, I tried to get an air traffic control tower at Broome airport because it requires and air traffic control tower, now the segment that was on The 7.30 Report never mentioned what I was trying to do and it gave some completely biased union view of it and it was what I expected.Monica Attard:You, it was what you expected of the ABC?Dick Smith:Absolutely, yes and I wrote a complaining about it but I didn't even get an answer.Monica Attard:And is getting a sort of relatively free uncritical run in the commercial media what you expect as well?Dick Smith:No, it's the opposite; it's biased towards capitalism and so...Monica Attard:But it's easier to deal with isn't it?Dick Smith:Well no, no, no, because some things it's easier to deal with on the ABC. I mean with this particular thing about Peter Qasim the refugee, the ABC's really onside with me there. They're ringing me up every ten minutes. Monica Attard:Given your belief that Labor has a much better record on the issue of aviation and given also that you've in the past made in the past modest donations to political parties, would you be prepared also to be a donor to the Australian Labor Party?Dick Smith:Oh well I was, at the last election I did; I only donated to the Labor Party last election.Monica Attard:Is that right?Dick Smith:Yes, but it's never a large amount of money, it was 20 grand or something like that. Over the years I've donated more to Labor than Libs. I'm completely non-party person at all and I've admire of all of our Prime Ministers we've had. I think we've been very well served by our leadership, I don't see huge differences in our parties and I think that it's good after three or four terms to swap them over, I really like that and that's the way I've always worked.Monica Attard:So is it time for John Howard to stand down perhaps?Dick Smith:Well I think getting close. As far as I was concerned last election it didn't really worry me, but I think it's getting close. I think unfortunately Labor's I such disarray it seems to be a bit of a problem. I'd love to see a bit more compassion and I think if we had a Labor government in we'd probably see a bit more compassion and a bit less concentration on materialism.Monica Attard:Are you a Labor voter?Dick Smith:I have, I live in Bronnie Bishop's seat, Bronnie Bishop is an old school friend of mine, it's a blue ribbon Liberal seat so it would have no affect, but I've voted for everyone from Labor to the Coaltiion and I've also voted for Billy Wentworth when he stood as an Independent.Monica Attard:And a final question, what's next for you Dick Smith?Dick Smith: You know, I've been very lucky. I'm sixty years of age, very fortunate; I'd like to finish the aviation reform. I've travelled around the world asking the experts about aviation and the formula I used for my success in business to make myself a lot of money was to go around the world and copy the best, ask advice and copy the best. Now if we could do that in Aviation we could be leaders in the world. I get dozens and dozens of letters from young pilots who can't get jobs. We could have them all employed. We could do a billion dollars a year in general aviation flight training and if ever got the chance and it won't be as Chairman of something or anything like that, if I got the chance to have influence, we could be leaders in the world and I'd love to complete that.Conclusion:And that was Dick Smith, entrepreneur, adventurist and refugee advocate. And that's Sunday Profile for this week, thanks for listening and don't forget if you'd like to send us an e-mail or podcast this programme, go to our website at www.abc.net.au/sundayprofile. Thanks, before I go thanks to our producer, Jennifer Feller and to our technical producer, Dan Driscoll.
Last Updated: 18/10/2005 3:22:42 PM AEST
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"Zhovka, an "Ideal Renaissance City"" Zhovkva by om_212
Zhovkva Travel Guide: 25 reviews and 78 photos
Zhovkva is a little town just 25 km to the north of Lviv with population around 13,000. it's hard to believe that this city once had been the center of the cultural and political life. nevertheless, Zhovkva happened to preserve around 40 architectural monuments, witnesses of city's once glorious past.
Some historical milestones:
1242 - the first written mentioning of the town, then called Vynnyky (tr. Wine area). the area has been inhabited by wine-makers, who had active trade with Lviv. (note, that the first written mentioning of Lviv was 14 years later).
1598 - Polish getman Zolkiewski, who was presented Vynnyky for his outstanding military deeds, renames it after his name - Zólkiew. the building of the "ideal city" starts. (Apparently, Zolkiewski, like Leonardo da Vinci, believed that a city built according to the "ideal city model" would have ideal life :)
1604 - Zhovka receives Magdeburg Right
1678 - Zhovkva becomes the favorite residence of Polish King Jan III Sobieski
1706 - Peter the Great spends quite some time in Zhovka, where he develops the strategic plan to defeat Karl XII
1951-1991 - the town is renamed to Nesterov, to commemorate a Soviet pilot Pavlo Nesterov, first to perform a "dead loop" during the IIWW, who died in a "ram attack" not far from Zhovkva
1991 - the city regains its historical name Zhovkva
the "ideal city" has been built by an Italian architect Petro Schaslyvyi (trans. Peter, the Happy). allegedly, if you look on the city from the air, it has a shape of a snow-flake.
one can only speculate whether the architect name had a magic influence on the city atmosphere, but here, in Zhovkva, people do look carefree and happy.
Despite the fact that I used to live in the area for eight years, I haven't traveled been to Zhovkva. My knowledge was limited to two facts: Zhovka is a historical place, and in 2004 the city celebrated 400 years since Magdeburg Right was granted. may be I would never visited this place if it has been for yumyum and Horscheck. a big thank you to both of you for picking up my curiosity.
- Pros:historical place with splendid architecture
- Cons:deteriorate state of monuments, undeveloped infrastructure
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Zhovkva still lacks places to dine, but it will catch up. for a coffee and a snack you might consider going to Pidsinnya... more travel advice
adjacent to the castle is the City Hall built in 1932. the earlier one, located in the center of the market square, has... more travel advice
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Interesting pages about Zhovkva. Too bad there aren't more places to eat.
I think your pages are one of the best on the VT!
Thank you for all of the wonderful comments. How did you learn so much about Zhovkva? We are leaving for Kiev on 9-9-9 & will be touring UA till 10-2-9. Again thanks.
Fascinating architecture of cathedrals, monastries and historic buildings of Zhovkva. Enjoyed your detailed tips.
A great page which recalls nice memories of a daytrip from L'viv. I was less lucky with the weather than you.
Greetings from Cape Breton. You have some fascinating tips on Zhovkva. It saddens me all the destruction that took place. Happy travels.
Krekhiv monastery looks very interesting. Funny, the Laurence church was closed when we were there but I went into the green church. There were no broshures in English at the tourist office, so I have only Ukrainian ones.
Olya, fabulous updates here. I see you have seen quite a lot including the Nativity of the Holy Virgin Church. Keep up the good work ... :-)
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Federal officials are proposing a $73,275 fine against Fieldale Farms Corp. following a January inspection that turned up 22 violations.
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All your art's dope esp your comics (manga)
did I see Marcie's dad ?
Well is awesome!! \\|B |[◕ ◡ ◕]|//
I love Mimi's face in the last panel in the bottom right hand corner
Abadeer was right, you've messed that kid UP! Usually when I see a character suffer a tragedy, I just say 'Oh well.'
But Mimi? She's so messed up, it'll take the Namekian Dragon Balls to solve all of that mess!
But Mimi? She's so messed up, it'll take the Namekian Dragon Balls to solve all of that mess!
I really tried to forget about "Grim Tale" but this made me remember );
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Eres genial amigo enserio eres uno de los mejores artistas que he visto .. Me gustan mucho tu manejo de color digital, tus planeaciones de las situaciones que presenta a cada dibujo, tus comics y el guion, me pareció genial de tu parte de mezclar y crear una historia acerca de los personajes de cartoonnetwork, espero que hagas una historia de my little pony en versión furry jejejejejeje.....como el artista shepherd0821, espero que veas sus dibujos están chidos como los tuyos amigo.. Sigue delante de tu meta de deseo lo mejor…….n_n
Im going im going. Very nice in all aspects with detail and shading. Another well done job
amazing ;8; I wish I could be as good as you
WHAT WHAT! DELETED! WHAT! WHAT! lol, yeah, of done that before. lol, sucks
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these look amazing
Can't wait!
haven't read GT in ages. anyway, nice to see the creative process.
Marceline's dad
It's very cool!
Lol Marcy's dad
Hunsun Abadeer!
LOL Him with an afro! hahhahhahah XD
Very cool
Gotta love her cake face
I wonder anyone notice pyramid head in one of the panels?
lol, how could we not notice him? I mean, his muscles alone take up most of the panel, and then you got his giant headgear. No one's going to not notice him
XD You should go see the finished panel.
i really do enjoy the series, ive just found this story arc to be useless and boring >_>
Good to see how this works thanks.
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Mr. Abadeer
Well.... That dude... looks like marcaline's daddy... :3
Well this is different.
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A record number of fans came out on Friday night to see the Ridgeland High School Panthers play the Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe Warriors, in a clash of nearby rivals. Ridgeland won 34-0, posting its third consecutive shutout and handing the Warriors their first home loss of the season.
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790 Oak St Ouray, Colorado 81427 (map) | (970) 325-4418
Sites: 68 | Latest Rate: $36.00 | 44 Reviews
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Oct 2015 - $36.00
Check in person was pleasant and helpful. As stated, gravel parking, no grass for dogs, water and electric was good. Sites are close together but since it was off season the management only rented every other site which gave us plenty of room. I feel it is overpriced for what it is, but I suppose they have a limited amount of time to make their yearly money. From what I could see around town, this was as good if not better than the other parks. - cubadoug
Aug 2015 - $40.00
I agree with all other reviews. Spaces too tight, busy gravel road along most sights. But also location is great; right in town; awesome views; incredible hikes; hot springs walking distance. Cut our stay short because we couldn't enjoy our site like we wanted to. - durham4926
Aug 2015 - $30.00
Walking distance to everything. I had a nice roomy electric site near the office. Many sites are very, very close to each other, especially the ones on the river. Restrooms and laundry are nice. Quiet at night with bear visitors! - Tails From The Road
Highway 550 Ouray, Colorado 81427 (map) | 970-874-6600
Sites: 31 | Latest Rate: $11.00 | 1 Reviews
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There are some sites that are suitable for small trailers -- not big rigs. Campground is very well located, directly above (literally) Ouray. Great views. Shady and cool. If you are not sure you can fit in here, better to scout the sites without your trailer first. - Prof Dan
Ouray, Colorado (map) | (970) 325-4736
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Well-located, well-run, not cheap. Sites are very close together -- a glorified gravel parking lot with some trees. Wifi gets slow in the evening. Laundry room is well equipped but can be busy. If you need hookups, this is probably the nicest and quietest park in the area -- most of the others are right on the highway. - Prof Dan
Sep 2015 - $47.00
We always stay here when we are in the Ouray area. Great place to stay. Great people on staff. Close to town. Cute little breakfast cafe on-site. We love this campground. - Chris C
Sep 2015 - $42.00
Owner is a great guy. And most in the office. One is very condescending - dealt with that person 3 times (unfortunately) and it was like they were doing me a favor to talk to me. The last time I asked a question that they could not answer and only owner could - it dealt with best roads to next destination. I asked if they could have him call me. Was told they were very busy so ............... I did not hear from him over the next three days (nor saw him to ask) so kinda doubt he was even given the message. It is a nice place but ...... - AZSwede
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This park is under new ownership and they have increased the rates for the park. Not worth the value of the increase for what you get a gravel field with pedestals on the main highway. The laundry has old machines sitting around and not operational. - birdbrains
Aug 2015 - $45.00
Nice ,clean ,quiet park. We paid for 6 nights and got the seventh night free. Wi-fi worked very good at our site. Verizon cell work good at park. Close to downtown Ouray. Sites are just a hair close but that is the case in most parks. - 2Happy_Campers
Aug 2015 - $48.00
The map on this site is wrong. The map actually shows the north end of 4J+1+1 campground. Ouray RV Park is 0.4 miles north. - SusanRon


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by Matthew Brooks and Seth Leibsohn
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October 8, 1999
Some 135 years ago, Abraham Lincoln said: "The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are in much need of one." When it comes to religious bigotry, the First Amendment and the arts community, Lincoln couldn't have been more prescient.
Does an artist have the liberty to depict religious symbols and characters in a denigrating light? Yes. Does a city or state, asked to fund such an exhibit with taxpayer money, have the obligation to stand athwart such bigotry and say "No!"? Absolutely. Mayor Rudy Giuliani should be thanked for taking this courageous stand for religious tolerance and civic standards.
An art exhibit, titled "Sensation," which includes a depiction of the Virgin Mary stained with elephant dung, opened Oct. 2 at New York's Brooklyn Museum of Art. Mayor Rudy Giuliani, realizing the Brooklyn Museum was funded to the tune of over $7 million a year by New York taxpayers, tried to stop it.
There are few religious symbols held as sacrosanct by the Christian community as the Virgin Mary, the mother of the Christian messiah. Denigrating this figure, in the most obscene forms, is nothing short of bigotry. If the Brooklyn Museum had an employee that openly denigrated Christian co-workers for their beliefs, or if that co-worker hung such a picture at his desk, or if that co-worker hung a picture of a nude woman from the pages of Playboy at his desk, there would be no question that the offending employee would lose his job. Employment and anti-discrimination laws have taught us that.
What to do then about an exhibit, funded from the same purse and open to the entire world, that discriminated in just the same way? Mayor Giuliani knew what to do; he threatened to withhold funding. The arts community is now suing the mayor for the money it believes it has a right to receive.
We've been here before. Some years ago the National Endowment for the Arts' funding was threatened over an exhibit that had a depiction of Jesus Christ submerged in a bottle of urine. The NEA and the arts community won. But do Jews not have an obligation to stand with Mayor Giuliani on this issue?
We say "up to a point" when we talk about free speech in the context of work-place discrimination and religious bigotry. By submerging the Christian messiah in urine, when splattering the Virgin Mary with animal feces, have we not reached that point? For the avant-garde among us, we ask a simple question: How would Jews feel if the Brooklyn Museum hosted an exhibit with the Star of David submerged in urine, or with the Western Wall covered in pig dung, or with the Torah splattered with blood? With a near-unanimous voice we would call it what it is: religious bigotry. And we'd be right. We should be no less intolerant when it comes to our Christian brothers and sisters. The Virgin Mary today, the Torah tomorrow.
By raising the claim that art should not be subject to personal taste and that it should be covered by the First Amendment, the arts community shows its true arrogance: "Fund us," they say, "but don't judge us; we have an absolute right to your money." In passing, we note that some of the best art of the ages, from van Gogh to O'Keeffe, received no public funding when it was painted. But we also recognize that there is a good case to make for subsidizing art. Good art does, after all, improve society and the way it sees and educates itself.
Some years ago, Professor Irving Kristol made the point "that no society can be utterly indifferent to the ways its citizens publicly entertain themselves." Kristol further argued that the corollary to the premise that good art is of benefit to a society is that bad art can corrupt society: "If you believe that no one was ever corrupted by a (work of art), you also have to believe that no one was ever improved by a (work of art). You have to believe that all art is morally trivial and that, consequently, all education is morally irrelevant. No one, not even a university professor, believes that."
The artists who depict religious symbols with utter contempt and disdain don't believe that art is morally neutral. They are making a point, with their depictions, about how they feel and think about religion. The first duty of the government, however, is to make morally relevant decisions, and refusing to pay for religious bigotry with public funds is a decision that should not be hard to make.
Giuliani made the right decision here. During the litigation to ensue, we will hear people asking "Who has the right to determine socially redeeming value?" We all have that right, and we enforce it when we elect public officials. The mayor discharged his duty nobly, and we support his concern for religious tolerance. Kristol may have put it best: "If we believe in self-government, we should have selves worthy of governing." Supporting the public funding of religious bigotry would say far more about ourselves and our worth than any of us should hope to want.
Government, Louis Brandeis said, is the best teacher. Giuliani is providing a good lesson for us all and deserves our support in his decision as we try to regain a proper understanding of true liberty.
Matthew Brooks is the executive director of the Jewish Policy Center, a think tank based in Washington, D.C. Seth Leibsohn is the center's director of policy.
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Nicholas Corea (7 April 1943 – 17 January 1999; age 55) was a writer who was involved in the writing of three episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager.
He pitched the story of "Hippocratic Oath", wrote the teleplay of "Indiscretion", and also wrote "Prototype".
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Even though this is my 3rd pregnancy this hasn't happened to me before so any input is appreciated!
Here's the deal...I am SUPPOSED to doing the high protein diet.
I'm not hungry. Ever. Not only am I not hungry I feel full...ALL THE TIME.
All I've had today is popcorn. That's it. I am trying to make myself eat a salad but after about 8 bites I feel STUFFED.
I'm not queezy or anything...it's not MS...I'm just..never hungry.
I am 19 weeks and have lost 5 lbs and gained 2 back. Not that the weight gain is a big deal...its more nutrition at this point and even more important getting my protein in...which is next to impossible.
TMI...can constipation cause this? I'm pretty sure I am backed up. Can this cause me to never feel hungry and get stuffed after only a couple bites?
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THE DISCOVERY of the 'Cashel Man' bog body has led researchers to believe that bog bodies are those of kings who were sacrificed to appease gods.
A new documentary sheds light on the body found in an Irish bog in 2011, with a research team suggesting that the phenomenon of ritual sacrifice may have begun in Ireland and then spread to other areas in Europe including Britain and Scandinavia.
Following a forensic investigation lasting two years, the team, led by National Museum of Ireland keeper of antiquities Ned Kelly and State pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy, arrived at the astonishing new theory on the bog bodies.
The team's research on the 4,000-year-old 'Cashel Man' is the subject of a BBC documentary which follows the investigation of the body and asks if the king was ritually killed in response to the changing climate in Ireland at the time.
Speaking to the Irish Mail on Sunday, Mr Kelly said all the evidence gathered so far suggests that Cashel Man was a king.
'The Cashel bog body has demonstrated that the ritual of human sacrifice and deposition in bogs in Ireland extends back to the beginning of the Bronze Age and that it is something that took place over a period of about 2,500 years.
'All of the prehistoric dated bog bodies are those of young adult males between the ages of 25 and 40, or thereabouts. The evidence suggests to me that these men are high-born, that in fact they are the kings of territories who have been ritually killed because of perceived failures in their kingship. …


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Hello, I am new at this (Blog). My wife and i found out that we are
expecting again (3rd). Problem is we were done, She was done no more
kids, and I had agreed. Well we had Oops while she was off BC for
surgery, now she is 4 wks, Blood HCG 3500, No pregnant signs( ligh to
medium craming she says) and unable to find happy point, andwaiting for
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We are both stressed and tention is over the roof between us. She does not even remotely want this, is hoping for a miscarriage,and trying to find something to be happy about this cause figure it is in for long haul.
I dont know how i feel i am upset cause we had come to agree on being done so i was go in for Vasectomy. I am stress, and torn, I am happy about it )10%),but not happy. But most of all Need help on how to support wife and help both of us (her) get through this, cause right now She does not want to be pregnant, and feels she is a terrable mother for that, and for wishing for miscarriage. I am overwhelmed,unsure of what i want and fell, worried about our stress levels, and want to be close to my wife.
Need Help and suggestions on how to get through, other 2 kids were easy they were planned and wanted.
Unplanned expecting, wife does not want. We were done
Hello, I am new at this (Blog). My wife and i found out that we are
expecting again (3rd). Problem is we were done, She was done no more
kids, and I had agreed. Well we had Oops while she was off BC for
surgery, now she is 4 wks, Blood HCG 3500, No pregnant signs( ligh to
medium craming she says) and unable to find happy point, andwaiting for
ultra sound to check on baby viability, do to internal x-rays at
Take a moment to step back from the immediate feeling of being overwhelmed. Plan "family time." I dont know your work schedule, but I reccomend you take a stress free trip. Try finding a good deal on line. Go for the weekend and simply focus on being happy were you are right now in life. Dont think about the future worries. They will be there Monday when you return.
If she likes to be pampered, pamper her. Tell her how much you love her. Try to help make things stress-free (ish) for her.
This is hard, but things will go over much more smoothly if she knows you are supportive. Two of my friends had this situation. Their husbands reacted in different ways (one of the husbands is still in hot water, I think), but both of the babies are there in their lives. It can be a hard transition until you figure out what will be done.
These aren't my apps, but we/my kids enjoy Touch Stars Search (finding yellow stars) and collecting stars in mazes Touch Stars on the iPhone/iPad.
Thank you both.. Not thaht i matters however we were using protection even though she was off the BC, it just failed.
Right now i think are to biggest issues are one we feel stubid and reckless, Wife is worried about weight, and everything is out of our control where with other two we planned it to a T and had "control". THis time it was suprise your pregnant, and after all the stuff from the surgery we were amazed it was able to come through, and now we have to worry about the xrays effects and other possible birth defects, we dont know what the HCG levels reflect being that hit (and never is came up on last to pregnancies), adn the waiting for doctor appt and heart beat is very hard.
And as a side note my wife may be wishing for it to end but also does not want to terminate, she feels like crap for even wishing. She is scared. She is always been incontrol of everything, very Alpha, and this time she has no control in matter, which scares her.
i am no expert, but it looks like the hcg levels mean nothing beyond that she'spregnant.
i would say you have a great deal of influence over her weight issues. it doesn't matter what she looks like, find ways to compliment her looks, including her body. rub your hand over her skin and say she is beautiful. remind her that weight gain in pregnancy is beautiful, tell her you love her body.
In many cases, though not all, nature tends to take care of birth defects and prenatal problems on it's own, There is a good chance that if there is some damage to the baby the pregnancy will terminate itself. When and if she sees the heart beating take note of her reaction to it, that will show you how she really feels about all this. After that you can decide together what to do about it. Just be supportive, maybe let her know you think it's ok that she is pregnant, adn that a new baby wont be as bad as she's making it out to be, maybe she's just afraid to admit it's ok because she thinks you dotn want this. And if you've already told her that, then just keep reassuring her that it's ok. Whatever happens will turn out for the best.
Sorry your having to deal with all this.
Chelle, wife of Michael, mother of Tristan born Jan. 8, 2009 at 4:55 pm.
Well things have gotten better, we have had a couple really hard and heated talks, but came through i told her i was in favor of the baby and would like to see it go full term. She is getting better a day at a time, but still looking for miscarrage to happen because of all the stress and things. And research what will happen.
Right now though i think she is getting okay, started looking at baby things, and tonight said 100% wants baby but 100% does not want to due pregnancy. I am worried though she for last two to three days says she is having lower abdomen and lower back pain all day, and is killer tired, but last night also make a week of either of us going sleep before 1 am and up at 6am. She thinks that with all the research on miscarrage shes dont that she is mentally producing pain, i dont think so, her sister and i finally convenced she needs to let doctor know.
We did get a sono appt, not sure why though, all i read says blood HCG needs been done twice, but we am looking forward to it, just for resolution. But its a hard waiting game for blood resault, sono appt, and then 1st doc appt on aug 22. Did fine with waiting on first two this no hard to wait for appts to get here, feel like hanging in air...
Thanks to all for suggest and in put.....
To calm everyones nerves we are not bad parents or people, we love babies.
After a week since find out we were pregnant we have had time to talk and sort thorugh feeling. I have come to reality that we are pregoo and it is real, sometime still wish for it to end. Wife is having hard time, she still wished for miscarriage, not because she does not want baby but does not want preggo and the effects it will have on her health, weight, and other things, and because she has felt done for 2 yrs. I dont know how to help her get through this. She has read up on miscarrieages, and everything else, and now fells like a bad mother and parent because for the last week she has wish for, asked for, hoped for the baby to leave and go to someone who is trying to get pregant and wants more kids. And i feel responsible for all of her feelings and hurt she is going through cause i was the one in charge of birth control while she was off BC for surgery, and i failed her but having a condemn failure.
Basicly i dont now what to say or how to help. And i feel like crap for her being preggo, and responsible, she trust me while she was off BC for surgery. And now she preggo, not sure how she feels about it because she had mind set we were done having kids for tha last two years, and now sometime wishing for miscarrage because of that and the fact that we have many friends who are and have been trying to get preggo and are not having luck, yet we have one condemn fault and get preggo. So i dont know what to do for her.
I dont know how to help.
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