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FORT JACKSON, S.C. -- Working in a library, one would think things would be sedate, quiet and predictable. Several weeks ago, children's librarian Cecilia Hem Lee, Thomas Lee Hall Library, had a visitor who definitely caught her off guard.
"This Soldier came into the library," Hem Lee said. "He said he had just come from a balloon twisting conference and wanted to volunteer. I thought he was pranking me. I started to look around for a camera."
It was no prank. Staff Sgt. Jared Doss, a student at the Recruiting and Retention school, was quite serious as he introduced himself as a balloon artist and offered to make balloon animals for the children at Sleepy Story Time Thursday evenings.
"We're not talking just little balloon animals," Hem Lee said. "He does amazing elaborate animals and objects."
For recent Sleepy Story Time events he's done swords, a helicopter, a monkey climbing a tree, and an elephant balancing itself on a ball.
Ross came straight from class at the Recruiting and Retention School every Thursday to delight and entertain children, parents and staff.
"I thoroughly enjoy making people smile and have found balloons to be a great vehicle to do so," Doss said. "Besides, we can all spare just a couple of hours a week to make others happy, right?"
Doss first discovered the joy of balloon artistry as an elementary school teacher.
"I picked up a small pack of balloons at Walgreens and learned to make a basic sword, dog and teddy bear," he said. "Two years ago, at my unit's organization day just before deployment, there was a balloon artist who offered to teach me. I took him up on his offer and became hooked."
Doss, who is a wheeled vehicle mechanic in the Army, says he is constantly learning the art of balloon twisting.
"Really, it's a never ending process," Doss said. For Doss, the universal appeal of balloons is what he likes best about his unusual hobby. "I love the fact that no matter what age, race, sex, or how tough someone pretends to be, balloons make everyone smile."
Although Doss can earn from $75 to $125 per hour making balloon sculptures for parties and special events, he has no intention of turning it into a full-time pursuit.
"I think if I 'needed' to make balloons in order to support my family, it might take the fun out of it. And fun is what it's all about," he said.
Doss has a large repertoire of things he can make, and occasionally gets some interesting requests. Once he was asked to make a metal detector, "I made it, and the little boy was ecstatic," he said.
Popular requests are his monkey climbing a tree and an octopus. Doss can't contain his joy and everyone knows about his hobby making him very popular with this friends and relatives who have children and need entertainment for children's parties. He has never needed to advertise, as word of mouth keeps him busy with an event nearly every weekend.
As a Soldier, he has endured some good-natured teasing from his fellow Soldiers.
"Everyone around me knows I do this. I can't hide it. It's a part of me. I get ribbed on occasion, but even the guys who once gave me a hard time, have asked me to make a bouquet or something for their wife or girlfriend," Doss said.
Doss is married and has two daughters, 14 years and 9 months old.
"My oldest is 'too cool' and my youngest doesn't quite understand it yet," he said, "but I can't wait until she does."
It's hard to tell who had more fun at the library, Doss, the children or the staff.
"Cecilia (Hem Lee) and the library staff are incredible. I think sometimes they are more excited than the kids," Doss said. "They were definitely welcoming, and I feel blessed to have met them."
The staff members at the library expressed their gratitude and sadness that Doss' class has come to an end and he will be moving on.
"He's just so incredibly talented," Hem Lee said. "You are watching him, trying to figure out how he does it and then, just like that he hands you a lady bug, or a tiara, or a coconut tree. We were reading the Hungry, Hungry Caterpillar and I expected him to make a butterfly. He made a huge colorful caterpillar. It was amazing. We are so grateful that he came every week and gave his time and shared his talent with us for free."
To learn more about Doss, visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jared-the-Balloon-Guy/118693641526507.


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When the Japanese think about Okinawa, they call it Japan's Hawaii. And there are lots of good reasons for that, starting with Okinawa's tropical climate. palm trees and fine, white-sand beaches. In fact, there are several luxury beach resorts and golf courses on the island, and planes to Okinawa contain a fair share of vacationers. However, the parellel goes even further: both Okinawa and Hawaii are bristling with American military installations, geographically important to projecting American power into the Pacific. The U.S. military established itself on Okinawa soon after the epic 1945 battle and even administered the island for 27 years before returnoing it to Japanese sovereignty in 1972. Both Okinawa and Hawaii were independent monarchies until the 19th century, and many locals remain nostalgic for those daysof indepnndence. Okinawa was still independent when Commadore Perry and his Black Ships stopped by to sign a treaty on their way to Edo, but the Okinawan monarchs were the first victims of Japan's fledgling expansionism after the Meiji Restoration, losing their power gradually in the 1870's. Consequently, like the Hawaiians, the Okinawans have their own identity and separate culture, which seems to blend island, Chinese and Japanese influences. The historic parellels continue as both places have significant World War II sites and sobering memorials worth touring. Finally, both Hawaii and Okinawa are the most ethnically diverse parts of their respective countries, as years of trade and differing rulers have created social melting pots. Okinawa is home not just to Okinawans and Japanese, but thousands of Americans (some that came during the 27 years of occupation and liked it so much they stayed), thousands of Filipinos, Koreans and Chinese. One advantage of this for the traveler is that English is more widely and better spoken here than anywhere else in Japan. And to me, the interaction of these cultures makes this small island one of the more interesting places in the world, especially since it is governed by an otherwise very homogenous nation-state. From my limited view, Okinawa seems to work well, so maybe they share something else with Hawaii: a little aloha!
This visit to Okinawa was my second, and so far I've focused my touring on the historical aspect of Okinawa, visiting its World War II sites and a few of its pre-annexation sites. Unfortunately, the shellings and bombings during the battle destroyed almost everything on the southern half of Okinawa, so little remains from its time as the Kingdom of the Ryukyus. As a matter of pride, the people reconstructed Shuri Castle, home of thirteen Ryukyu kings and now a UNESCO World Heritage site. Before entering the castle proper, you walk through a museum where any shard of te original castle is saved and on display -- sadly, there's not much. Later on I drove by a site labled on my map as "Pavement Road" -- it's a cobble-stoned road dating from before the war. How sad that they have so little of their history to preserve that a cobblestone path from the early 20th century is a tourist stop. But that's life on a formerly leveled island.
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TTC received 33 applications for the director position and chose four applicants to interview including Hastings. The search committee included a variety of people from industry, TTC faculty and students as well as a Board of Regents member. The committee narrowed the field down to two (Hastings and another individual) in late November to formally interview with Chancellor John Morgan and Vice Chancellor James King of the Tennessee Board of Regents. Hastings was chosen from that interview as the new director and was formally approved by the Board of Regents in December.
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Sea warfare in the Age of Sail database
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I love sailing - in real life, and in tabletop games as well. I'm currently trying to write down my own age of sail ruleset, so my wish is to collect ALL the naval resources in a single geeklist, the biggest AoS database available right now!!!; I don't actually OWN all of them but I've played with the most renowed (Close Action, WS&IM, Heart of Oak...).
So here is my list, my spring of inspiration as well as my touchstone!
Please feel free to add more naval WARGAMES: I love to read and play sail rules and see how sailing problems are solved (or ignored...)
ps. If you want, let me know of naval card games too, maybe with a comment, because some of them may have a good point or two.
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Oscar, our Shih Tzu, on the Shaky Bridge just outside Fitzgerald's Park in Cork. I think he prefers solid ground!
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Oscar, our Shih Tzu, on the Shaky Bridge just outside Fitzgerald's Park in Cork. I think he prefers solid ground!
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My Shih Tzu Oscar just after he picked up the ball I threw for him!
Most dogs have a strong fetch instinct but Oscar's was hidden away until we discovered it earlier this year. Now he loves the phrase "where's the ball Oscar?"
Shih Tzu dogs love to play ball! We only found this out after a dog trainer came to the house and "ruffled his fur" a bit and in the process Oscar became a lot more relaxed.
Now he adores playing ball and even one mention of, "where's the ball?" and his tail wags and he looks up expectantly for the ball!
This was a bit of an experiment. I'm not so sure how this will look on the web, but full screen the textures of the grass and his fur contrast nicely – rough, hard, and sharp versus soft and cloudy. Not your usual pet photo but why be boring and ordinary eh?
Our pet Shih Tzu, Oscar, has been suffering under the unusual August weather. It's actually quite warm, and his long coat is more useful for colder weather. So this morning we had him groomed and doesn't he look cute?
Imagine the scene. Out on a pier, I'm lying on the wooden beams over the low tide surf on the rocks below and I'm calling to my dog. Thankfully Oscar obliged and I made this photo as he walked towards me with his tongue half-hanging out of his mouth. There's Jacinta in the background, she's almost 9 months pregnant in this photo, but you probably can't see the bump in this small image!
Our pet Shih Tzu, Oscar with a tennis ball in his mouth on Garrettstown Beach a few weeks before Adam was born last April.
He loves running after the ball, but the poor little doggy is a bit lame right now. We took him to the vet who couldn't find anything wrong. This has happened before and he recovered so fingers crossed he gets better this time too.
The strange thing is, it only affects him when he's walking on pavements or roads. On grass he's almost fine, and at home you wouldn't know it from his running around! Dog psychology?
Oscar, our pet Shih Tzu, pictured with a bone shaped biscuit treat. Actually he doesn't like them much. He prefers Markies, but they're bought now so he'll finish them! 🙂


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This is nothing new, but as I don't visit SAM often enough, I was unaware until this weekend that the suggested admission at the Seattle Art Museum is exactly that: suggested. If you want to browse through the Edward Hopper's Women exhibition -- and I highly recommend you do -- you only have to pay the full $13 adult admission if you can afford it. Of course, if you afford $14, all the better.
Edward Hopper's Women is on display through Sunday. Press release after the jump.PRESS RELEASE
SEATTLE, October 29, 2008 - This November, the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) will present some of Edward Hopper's best known paintings in the exhibition Edward Hopper's Women. The paintings, along with three etchings by the artist, paint a poignant image of the emergence of the modern American woman, through the eyes of an artist with an uncommon ability to convey seemingly unremarkable human situations in ways that elicit powerful associations and emotional responses. Edward Hopper's Women will be on view from November 13, 2008, through March 1, 2009 at SAM downtown, First Avenue and Union Street.
In 2007 SAM announced the promised bequest of Hopper's Chop Suey, a seminal painting from 1929. With Edward Hopper's Women, the museum unveils this evocative painting in the context of a very specific set of social circumstances in New York in the late 1920s -- and the changing role of women within it.
"The tensions that still seem to emanate from this painting are testament to the penetrating power of Hopper's gaze," noted Patricia Junker, Curator of American Art at SAM. "Hopper revealed himself an uncommonly close observer of people and place, and it was with Chop Suey that he found his most potent, enigmatic subject in the American city--the modern American woman."
Organized by Junker, Edward Hopper's Women brings together a group of paintings that shows Chop Suey as part of an extended narrative of human vulnerability that evolved as Hopper studied New York women in new kinds of social spaces. Through works such as the early New York Restaurant (1922), and the later Compartment C, Car 293 (1938), visitors will appreciate the universality of Hopper's themes and the communicative power of his art across time. The paintings, together with related etchings on the theme, suggest that the artist's near obsession with the idea of human frailty occupied him through his entire career, informing his most potent -- and now iconic -- works. The exhibition will be supplemented by a selection of photographs from the Seattle Art Museum's permanent collection by Edward Hopper's contemporaries, including Imogen Cunningham, Walker Evans and Ben Shahn, among others.
This exhibition is organized by the Seattle Art Museum. Safeco Insurance Foundation is the presenting sponsor. The Wyeth Foundation for American Art is the publication sponsor. Major support is provided by the Seattle Art Museum Supporters (SAMS). The Visionary Circle (Thomas W. Barwick, Jeffrey and Susan Brotman, Barney A. Ebsworth, Jon and Mary Shirley, Virginia and Bagley Wright, Ann P. Wyckoff) sustains rich exhibition programs such as Edward Hopper's Women.


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Since Seattle is flooded with options, when it comes to picking a pizza restaurant on a Friday night parents usually default to a shop in their neighborhood. Sure, kids don't care if the cheese melted on their pie is buffalo or part-skim mozzarella as long as there's a lot of it. But quality ingredients can result in a bigger check, and the price per slice matters a heck of a lot when you're feeding multiple mouths. Ethan Stowell's Ballard Pizza Company hits the sweet spot, using local, fresh meats and vegetables while keeping the costs comparatively low.
With events pitched at the pint sized-set and their parents, including the upcoming "Toss Like a Boss" fundraiser and weekly family movie nights, there's enough appeal to attract kids and their parents that live outside of the 'hood. (Last Wednesday, James and the Giant Peach started at 5 p.m. Check Twitter for each week's movie announcements.)
Instead of hokey menu placemats with cartoons, kids are delivered a sheet of parchment and a few crayons for scribbling after they're seated. With exposed brick and warm lights BPC's atmosphere mirrors other Stowell eateries like Staple & Fancy down the street. Only menu items like a mixed salumi board and Caesar salad that might appear for a couple of dollars more at Tavolata or How to Cook a Wolf are offered in sharable portions and carry a smaller price tag.
A starter or salad and large pizza will feed four and then some for about $35 bucks. The menu includes a good range of veggie and meat-centric pies, ranging from the artichoke with sweet, earthy taggiasca olives to the Whole Hog with pancetta, prosciutto, coppa and guanciale. Some less common bubblies, including Mexican Sprite and Boylan's Root Beer are on the drink roster alongside Rainier Tallboys and a shortlist of good, affordable wine by the glass.
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Hey girls. Just a question & a bit of a vent about what's going on with my FS card.
I usually get our card credited on the 6th of the month. Its never been late before. I had my LO on oct 23, and then proceeded to spend the next two weeks back and forth in the hospital and ER with spinal headaches, blood patches and nerve problems resulting from my epidural.
I got my 6 month mail in review paperwork on the day my baby was born. Then i was bedridden & completely out of it for the next 3 weeks. My forms were due by October 30th (i never get anything from these people until its days from due either!!) and had to be to the by Nov. 30th in order for me to continue receiving benefits according to the papers. When i came out of the haze of illness, I called my case worker and let her know what was going on and that i'd have them to her ASAP and well before the Nov. 30th "acceptable later date". She said okay.
I turned the papers in on Nov. 11th (i actually wrote it down.) and left it all in a big envelope at the front desk. There have been other times that our medicaid papers magically 'disappeared' when doing this so I called her for the next 3 business days leaving messages to ensure that she had them. She called me back another 4 days later and left me a message saying that she had them, was in the process of getting htem in the computer and that we did still qualify (which i knew).
So now... My card was supposed to be loaded a week ago and NOTHING. I hate that i do, but i DEPEND on this to feed my children and ourselves because dh lost his job just about 6 months ago... When i call now, she tells me it could take up to 30 days to get my credit. Are you friggin serious?? What is one supposed to do who they KNOW doesnt have the financial ability to buy groceries and right now and it takes 30 days to press a button on a computer and schedule a card load...?
Ive been going to the grocery store and buying 30-40 dollars worth of stuff as we run out of it because its literally all i can afford to do and also because im hopeful that the card will load sooner rather than later... DHs unemployment check does JACK SHIT nothing... it sucks. Plus, of course this shit has to happen the month of christmas when im taking what few gifts i can afford for my children right now to buy groceries that we hadnt budgeted for.
Anyone else had a card load late... and if so... how long does it really take? She just says "it COULD take up to 30 days." I dont know what were going to do really.... I was in the hospital for gods sake!!


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why do you travel?
This says it all:
"To move, to breathe, to fly, to float,
To gain all while you give,
To roam the roads of lands remote,
To travel is to live."
― Hans Christian Andersen, The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography
This says it all:
"To move, to breathe, to fly, to float,
To gain all while you give,
To roam the roads of lands remote,
To travel is to live."
― Hans Christian Andersen, The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography
I love that!!
I travel because I have to.
I've always had the travel bug. My parents worked in an internationally-focused field, studied abroad, took business trips abroad... It was genetically inherited, I guess. When I was in middle school they took us down to Tijuana and we walked across the border so I would stop complaining that I hadn't been out of the country yet. I love exploring, meeting new people. I've couchsurfed, hosted a couchsurfer in Italy. Seen the house that my great-great grandfather built, the same one my great-grandfather was born in in Tuscany. I love languages - I studied Spanish, Arabic and some Italian. I'm always counting down until my next trip. Luckily it's only 46 days away!
Love that HCA quote. I also like Tolkien - Not all those who wander are lost. If I get another tattoo, it may have to be that one.
To get there.
Even though I realize it's not possible, I travel because I want to see everything, experience everything (within moral limits) and know everything. The best I can do is keep chipping away at it by always going somewhere new and learning as much as I can. I'll kepp traveling until I'm physically unable to keep going.
It's more fun than staying home.
Since i was an art/architecture student, i spent alot of time reading Jensens book in addition to spending alot of time in a dark room looking a slides along with many other students.
Travel has allowed me to see the real things in the book and from the slides and i can say, its way better in person. The instructors always told us, if we ever have a chance to see any of them in person, to take the chance and do so. So i am.
I also want to travel for:
happy trails.
Me, too!
It was Janson that sent me to Chartres the first time, and to the Uffizi to see Botticelli's Birth of Venus. The picture of that painting in Janson was sort of meh to me, but it brought tears when I stood in front of the actual painting. To see Chartres, Chapaize, and Botticelli in person IS way better than in a slide. Makes it real, makes it stick in the mind, keeps the information and insight usable, alive, joyful.
And then, listening to a veteran back on Omaha beach for the first time since June 6, 1944...a little like being there back then.
I took my bicycle helmet to France, but not my riding helmet!
To see what lies on the other side of the next hill.
Art history courses in college.
My father singing songs from Napoli, his home.
First trip to Italy when I was seven.
Saw this t-shirt: "I think. therefore I travel.". But I was traveling by then.
I have had the wanderlust ever since I can remember. Even as a child I dreamed of the places my father would go for his work. One time he sent a post card of the Virgin de La Macarena in Seville. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen and I said I'm going to see that one day! And I did! When I was raising my children and did not have the resources to travel I traveled vicariously through RS on PBS - always looked forward to Sunday! I have been very fortunate to travel as much as I have and experience so many diverse cultures. Traveling, seeing and experiencing so many historical places and the opportunity to see some of the most beautiful art in the world has been a pleasure I will always cherish and hope to continue as long as I am able.
I guess I'm wired with wanderlust too... and just plain curious.
Jacques Cousteau put it this way: "Il faut aller voir"
It's thrilling, it's interesting, it's exhilarating, and it's just plain fun.
I love seeing and experiencing new things. I love the feeling of being slightly off balance, not knowing exactly how everything works and having to figure that out. Then I love the feeling I have when I become familiar with the place and things that were off balance at first. I love history, especially European Medieval history, so I love to go to the places where things happened, or the places with shadows of the life in that era.
Hey, that Andersen quote was in a crossword puzzle I just did! Must be a sign.... Thanks for the question, Chani.
I like to explore and figure things out. I studied European history and love seeing the places where things happened. I like being in motion, though I've come to appreciate the week-in-a-city (or longer) approach. I missed a lot of travel, especially overseas, during that interval between college and retirement, and now I'm trying to make up for lost time while I'm still mobile. Probably like everyone else on this forum, I suppose. I know many perfectly fine people are content to stay at home, but I can't relate to that.
Ditto..... To all everyone has expressed.
Because there is nothing "old" in Long Beach except the dirt.
Because I want my son to know that there is a world out there where people don't think botox and $$$ is everything.
Because I don't want to spend my money on things; I prefer experiences.
Because there is nothing like waking up on the other side of the world.
Because I want to know people who are nothing like me.
Because when you travel, every day is a surprise.
To stay sane! I love the planning stage as much as the travel part! If I had nothing to look forward to in the months ahead, I'd be one sad, depressed person. If it was just workworkwork all the time with no adventures on the horizon, well, that's just sad...and I refer to when I was working - been taking a break for a year and enjoying time with my doggie :) I feel bad for people who never take time off and their whole life is work.
At the end of it all, I want to look back and think about all the places I've been, not about how many hours I worked (well, when I did work...lol). We are hoping hubby can retire when he's 55 or earlier (so 6 years for 55) and then his 4 weeks of vacation time will not hold us back anymore!
I am new to travel in the last 5-8 years. I can honestly say that I while I enjoy travel, I don't find it relaxing and I could happily live a fulfilling life without going. I did not grow up traveling and would really be content to savor my little corner of the world. I have had fun and made wonderful memories on every excursion but my idea of a relaxing vacation is a little house at the beach for a week, or a cabin in the mountains --- both easily within a few hours drive from my home.
Why do we now devote our limited time and money to it....I travel to show my kids the world and help them to be both more secure and more adventurous - traits I am still learning. We are learning together. I want them to be comfortable in the world and give them enough experiences so they can make up their own mind as they grow into adults. If they are content to stay home, at least it is not fear or uncertainty clouding that decision.
There are numerous reasons, but among the biggest are:
To see famous, interesting, iconic sights in person, which is much different than seeing them in a photo.
To see how other people live, and in some small way, walk in their shoes for a bit.
To imagine having lived a different life.
To instill in my children (we take them along) a sense of adventure, a comfort level with travel, and the knowledge that neither they nor America as a whole is the center of the world.
To be inspired to take artful, creative photos.
the list goes on...
Re: what Randy said about seeing iconic sights in person - remembering my mother-in-law (who is def not a traveler!) saying, 'Can't you just look at a book with pictures in it? Why do you have to go?'. Ain't nothing like the real thing!
That reminds me of the friend who asked why I travel to Europe, when I can go to Vegas and see the Eiffel Tower, Venice, and so on.
I live within a days drive of Las Vegas and I've never been there. Why? I'm not interested!
Andrea... those people must have been on a plane I was on once when I went to Vegas... that was their comment exactly...they planned on retiring there simply because then there is never a need to go anyplace else. (probably a good place to keep them:))
I'll come back here if I can ever articulate exactly why I travel :))
Maybe it's kind of like a quote I saw recently "Art is not an option" Just substitute the word 'travel' for art...just have to do it...no choice.
I travel for gathering knowledge Its keeps my mind fresh.
I travel for gathering knowledge Its keeps my mind fresh.
As a child, I read encyclopedias for fun, and reading about these wonderful places all over the world enchanted me. Seeing them in person was important. Being able to stand in the Forum and think about famous Romans who stood there too, gave me goose-bumps. Walking into a cathedral where kings and queens were crowned simply gives me a hands-on connection with history. When I go through a forest here, I imagine the Celts, the Germanic tribes, the Romans, the pilgrims walking to Jerusalem, the merchants and knights following the same trails. If I am in a guard tower, I imagine the medieval soldiers sitting up there, bored with their watch, playing games of chance. The everyday life that would have swirled around those same fountains in the middle ages, that today we admire for their beauty, surrounds me.
Jo, I love your persoective. I do the same thing. It's especially helpful when I'm in a city that is mobbed with tourists and someone on every corner is trying to sell you something - I think, this is what it was like 1000 or 2000 years ago, people from all over the world coming here to trade, to see famous places; from street vendors to entertainers and hawkers, it's as if every day is a medieval fair day (kind of like South Beach where every day is Halloween).
It reminds me that the world is big and not all about what I want.
I don't have a big explanation, but it's a fundamental urge somehow. When people ask me "why are you going to x", my answer is usually something along the lines of "because it's there", followed by a list of important things I want to see or do there. Why are you going to Madrid? Because it's there, and I love art and they have one of the best museums in the world. But really, it's more than that. I'd travel even if there were no Prados or Eiffel Towers or Prague Castles or Acropolis or Alps or whatever major sight. It's about the experience of going somewhere new. I really can't put words to it. The "because it's there" part of my answer sounds flippant, but it's the only way I have to express the simple need to explore.
Ms. Jo - I do the same thing and being the big sap I am I usually end up all choked up with tears streaming down my face! My poor DH just steps back like he does not know me!
I've wanted to be someplace other than where I am since I was a little kid. My mom used to say that I'd go anywhere just to go. I loved following along on a map as we drove somewhere, even short distances. My earliest experiences were situations where Spanish was being spoken and I didn't understand it. I love being in places where I don't know what people are saying. Even though I am retired and every day is like a vacation compared to when I was working, traveling is a vacation from the incredibly boring daily activities of managing a home.
Like many others, I studied the history of art and architecture. Seeing the Guernica in person or standing inside the Mezquita or walking around Westminster Abbey or seeing the hundreds of years old graffiti scratched into the Pont du Gard inspires emotions that no picture of them will ever bring.
I like being in those kinds of places. I like the on-the-ground (or water) movement to get to them by car or train or boat. I like staying near where they are and walking the same streets others have walked in the past. I like seeing what life is like there now -- how people live and eat and get through their normal days. It's all a part of the same package of experience. And having experiences is far more important to me than having things.
I enjoy seeing how people in other parts of the world do the same things we do but in different ways. I'm challenged by the immediacy of travel and being in the moment of where we are, but I particularly like it if that moment is a slow one getting filled up with the sights and sounds and smells and tastes around me that are so different from my day-to-day life back in the US.
Yes, very true. To travel is to live indeed. I travel to see the sites, things, places I have mainly read about in modern European and Prussian-German history. That's what sparked my curiousity since my first time over when I was still in college. I travel to see both big cities/capitals and some towns, depending on what I am after as regards to priorities, be they in France, Poland, Germany, England, or Austria, The problem is too many places yet to be explored and visited as in CR, Belgium, Hungary, Finland. I seek out those places based on my readings, ...they get first priority, and choose places which you should see anyway.
Traveling is where you not only learn about others but also about yourself, such as how to prepare for the next trip and set priorities on where to go.
I like to see other places, to go on road trips and so on.
Something that makes me a bit different from most Helpliners, I think, is that I don't care about meeting strangers when travelling. It is not that I'm disrespectful, ill-mannered or anything like that, but I just don't travel with the idea of meeting locals and chatting about whatever just because I'm there. I normally don't talk pointless and casually with strangers at home (I'm almost always drowned on a gadget and before these existed books/maganizes), don't do that either when travelling.
Like Jo and Christi, I like to think about the people that came before me. I can't imagine how they managed, without modern tools, to create such enduring things as cathedrals and paintings. I, too, try to imagine the person who did the stonecutting that I am touching today - how long it took, what exacting work it was, and how it all fits together and still stands (the Segovia aqueduct still blows me away). So much of modern life is temporary, and it is humbling to realize that our nation is younger than many buildings in Europe. I remember as a college student in our Bicentennial Year of 1976, taking a tour of the Vienna Statsoper building - which was also celebrating its bicentennial.
I feel more alive when I'm off on an adventure to a foreign land, and knowing that I am capable of going about in the world all by myself is a tremendous confidence booster.
I travel to live, I live to travel. Whether I am visiting the North Bridge in Concord, MA (next town over from me) or visiting the Brandenburg Gate, I experience the history, the people and the culture of that place.
I picture the people that came before me in these places and enjoy the people that live there today. I think of what their daily lives were like then and what their life is today. It brings the world all together for me and I feel I can wrap my arms around it with an embrace.
When I return home I am always more grateful for my life. I love my country and the freedom it gives me. I respect our laws even if I disagree. I understand the world better. I am more accepting of diversity. I think with more knowledge. I am more accepting to differences. I am a wiser person than
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Travel to live, live to travel.....
I travel to enrich my life. I've always had a yearning to learn more about the world...travel allows me that. As beautiful as the United States is and with the rich history she has, it doesn't compare to the history of Europe and elsewhere. We have over 200 years where as Europe, Asia and the Middle East have thousands. Someone mentioned being asked why not go to Las Vegas to see the Eiffel Tower or Venice...well to simply put it, it's not the same. Sure there are replicas of famous monuments scattered across amusement parks and cities, but they do not provide the historical significance that the real monuments possess. There won't be quaint outdoor cafes to sit at with foreign menus. There won't be the frustration but excitement of trying to communicate with another person in their language. There are just some things that can't be duplicated...no matter how hard they try.
Time travel............to go back in time.
Uh, Amanda. If you're Native (like me) you have a bit more than 200 years under your belt. :-(
Christi - loved your post - reminded me of our week in Berlin last year. I spent the week in tears thinking about Berlin's history & those who suffered there. My husband's most memorable sight: "Hey, that's the hotel where Michael Jackson held his baby out the window!" I guess that we all travel for different reasons & with different perspectives & it's that's what keeps life interesting.
I travel to learn and get different perspectives on how to live life.
I also like the people watching.
To experience other cultures. The History, Art, Food of another country is exhilarating . I suffer from OCD and Tourette Syndrome and the OCD part of me is Traveling. My parents said they would have never gone to Europe if I hadn't pushed them into it. Seeing things older then Christ and seeing architecture completely different from your homeland. IT IS ALSO LOADS OF FUN!!!!! Becoming a temporary local and telling jokes in a foreign land with someone you just met. You also become more educated when you travel. I remember Rick's travel partner in Turkey once said "Don't tell me how much you know, tell me how much you have traveled". It also gives you a broader prospective on life.
I travel because until I was 18 (I'm almost 46), the world consisted of a very small Alaskan town with only 3 television channels. When I moved to CA at 19, I had never seen an avacado, been to a major league game of any kind, been anywhere or done anything!! Life is too short to live small-town!
Basically have no idea why I'm doing it, but it stimulates and broadens anyway my horizon. In some cases it makes me aware of my eye-flaps :)


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Gertrude Boyle - Chairman of the Board
Timothy Boyle – President and CEO
Thomas B. Cusick - Senior Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer
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I will now turn the call over to Ron Parham, Senior Director of Investor Relations.
Ron Parham
Thanks, Chanel. Good afternoon and thanks for joining us on today's call. Earlier this afternoon we issued a press release announcing our fourth quarter and full year 2009 financial results and our outlook for the first quarter of 2010.
With me today to discuss those results and answer your questions are Columbia's Chairman, Gert Boyle, President and CEO Tim Boyle, Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Tom Cusick, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Bryan Timm, and Senior Vice President of Legal and Corporate Affairs and General Counsel, Peter Bragdon.
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Good afternoon. I'd like to remind everyone that this conference call will contain forward-looking statements regarding Columbia's business opportunities and anticipated results of operation. Please bear in mind that forward-looking information is subject to many risks and uncertainties and actual results may differ materially from what is projected. Many of these risks and uncertainties are described in Columbia's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2008 and it's most recently filed quarterly report on Form 10-Q as well as on subsequent filings with the SEC.
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Thank you Gert, I'll hand the call over to Tim.
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Thanks, Ron. Welcome everyone and thank you for joining us this afternoon. I want to touch quickly on a couple of highlights from the fourth quarter and full year then let Tom cover the financials and our outlook for Q1 2010 in more detail.
2009 was a challenging year as our fourth quarter results demonstrate. We finished on an upswing in consumer and retailer demand [technical difficulty] 2010. Global sales grew 1% over last year's fourth quarter, representing our first quarterly [technical difficulty] in the past seven quarters.
We exceeded our fourth quarter sales outlook thanks to greater re-orders and a return of a more cancel rate in our wholesale business after a difficult spring 2009, along with growth from our expanded direct to consumer operations.
Our balance sheet got even stronger during 2009 [technical difficulty] our long term strategic initiatives despite [technical difficulty]. While there are a number of initiatives [technical difficulty] I'd like to highlight to [technical difficulty] I want to focus my remarks today on a few that we believe will have the biggest impact on our performance during the next couple of years.
First, we've continued to invest in innovative technologies and compelling designs within each of our major brands. Within the Columbia brand we are focused on the upcoming launch of Omni Heat, our newest suite of warmth technologies that we believe are the most innovative to hit the outdoor industry in decades.
This fall, consumers will be able to find Omni Heat in over 100 product styles spanning each of our product categories, outerwear, sportswear, footwear, accessories, and equipment. [Our hard work] continues to address the needs of serious outdoor enthusiasts with high performance [technical difficulty] technical lightweight styles, growing beyond $100 million market for the first time in 2009.
Our Sorel brand of outerwear has evolved to offer a more style-driven approach to winter boots, merging reliable outdoor function with fun and fashion and a new focus on female consumers. Sorel sales expanded by 26% in 2009 to more than $60 million.
Second, with our expanded family of innovative products serving as ammunition, in 2009 we began driving future growth using thoughtful, brand-enhancing segmented distribution strategies. Columbia and Mountain Hardware are focused on growing in the specialty outdoor and sporting goods channels in order to assure that our best innovations are appropriately represented.
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Invitation to Bid No. UNHCR/PMCS/SISS/2013/ITB/21/ER_KITS/RL for the establishment of a Frame Agreement for the supply of Emergency Travel Kits. Closing date and time 2nd June 2013 - 23:59 hrs CET
Supply and Transport, 2 June 2013
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