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I come from an organic tasting room, I understand organics. Biodynamic is good, but for me, ventures into practices of questionable value. Animals and a variety of plants on vineyard property is great for me, it provides a richer experience for me as a visitor. I don't know if baby goats headbutting each other makes a better wine, but it is entertaining. Where biodynamics loses me is the whole cow horn thing. Cow horns are crammed full of cow manure, then planted on a full moon on an equinox, dug up six lunar months later on another equinox, added to a container of liquid made up of virgin's tears, allowed to steep like a witch's brew over another period of lunar cycles, and spread by a Catholic priest's aspergillum throughout the vineyard in a rite reminiscent of the ritual sprinkling of Holy water. Poo-in-the-horn tea is just one of several preparations that are created to fortify the vineyard, strengthen the ecosystem, and produce wines more naturally.
I would love to see a vineyard test block where half the rows are grown organically, and the other half are grown biodynamically. I would like someone to show me empirical evidence of the superiority of biodynamics over mere organics; until then, I will look upon biodynamics with some skepticism, as some sort of ritualistic magic ju-ju voodoo.
I posed the question of measurable efficacy supporting biodynamic growing practices to Ann Thrupp, Director of Sustainability at Fetzer, and she responded, "I am aware of only a few scientific studies that have been done to compare biodynamic and organic vineyards (see literature by Professor john Reganold, for example). It is difficult to prove scientifically that there are improvements in quality, based on such studies…However, in blind tastings, many biodynamic wines score high."
Cesar Toxqui makes great wine for Cesar Toxqui Cellars and is working to improve the biodynamic wines of Jeriko, which I am confident he will be able to do. Cesar knows of my skepticism, but will be trying to educate me regarding biodynamics in the near(ish) future, touring me from vineyard to winemaking at Jeriko.
Nance Billman, during my recent visit to Saracina, while acknowledging the over the top ritualism in some of the preparations involved in biodynamic farming, described a near miraculous almost immediate increase in vine vitality when those preparations are administered.
I have tasted many biodynamic wines, and they are almost universally good. I don't think they are good because they are biodynamic per se; instead I think that the attention to detail, the commitment that goes with biodynamic farming leads a winery to make good wine. I have no proof that a biodynamic wine is any better than an organic wine, but I am confident that biodynamics don't make a wine worse.
Paul Dolan, Bonterra, Mendocino Farms, Jeriko, Saracina, there are plenty of folks making great wine with biodynamic grapes. Everyone of them is earnest in their belief, their dedication; you can feel the passion for biodynamic farming. I would like to know what they know, because all I hear are anecdotal tales of magic, and it may just be me, but I can't take the leap and need more science based evidence before I am buying that biodynamic farming is anything but effectless ritual.
I'm not ready yet to drink the
poo-in-the-horn tea biodynamic kool-aid.
I was approached a few months ago to answer some questions about sustainability for my winery that could appear on a website, and the piece was published yesterday.
I forwarded the questions to my boss who kicked them back to me to answer. I forwarded my answers to him for review, and while observing some of the answers were "over the top," he suggested only one edit to correct a mistake.
I did not know it at the time, but my boss, an organic farmer for over 40 years, abhors the word "sustainable." Guinness runs a CCOF certified organic farm and vineyard. CCOF organic means something. Demeter Biodynamic means something. Sustainable isn't measured, it isn't certified, and lots of wineries use the term to cloak themselves in a green-ness that they haven't earned, cheapening the efforts of real organic and biodynamic growers.
In my naiveté, not yet knowing that perhaps I too am supposed to hate the word, I completed the sustainability survey.
Naive, well, not entirely. I researched the folks who were asking for the survey answers, and found the monthly Lempert Report Newsletter where the piece would be published was sponsored by Monsanto imagine.
A Google search of "Monsanto imagine" led me to several pages suggesting that Monsanto imagine is a greenwashing public relations effort on the part of Monsanto, an effort to
blur the line obscure the chasm between themselves and responsible Earth friendly organic family farmers.
The answers Guinness found "over the top" were not included in the piece linked above. The following passages were edited out of the piece appearing on the site
paid for sponsored by Monsanto imagine:
"At McFadden Vineyard, it is unthinkable that people would choose wines and foods made with synthetic chemical fertilizers, poisonous pesticides and herbicides, from bio-engineered Frankenfood seed over delicious, healthy, natural, organic, sustainable wines and foods."
"Right is right, doing things right, the right way, doesn't need to be measured. The thought of dumping poison on our food or using genetically engineered crop seed is unthinkable. At the end of the day, are you proud of yourself? Does your wine and food make people happier? We notice something that can be improved, and we get around to making those improvements; that the greener, more sustainable, or organic choice sometimes is the less expensive choice, or sells better, is just a bonus."
"Let's have a cooking contest. We'll make a fruit ice cream. I'll use organically grown fruit from Mendocino County, and organic dairy products from Clover in Sonoma County. My competition has to use FrankenFruit, fruit from biogenetically engineered seed, grown with poisons, and cheap milk products loaded with Bovine growth Hormones. We'll ask consumers which ice cream tastes better. I will win. Things that taste good always win out over things that don't taste good. Growing organic, growing sustainably, is better for the environment, society, and the economy than the alternatives. Tastier too."
Where sustainability pushes buttons for Guinness, Monsanto does it for me. I liked the piece I wrote, and the idea of Monsanto publishing a piece critical of their practices tickled me. While the piece didn't get posted intact, you got to read the juicy parts here.
Genuine Green Revolution!
I live in Ukiah and work in Hopland. Hopland is truly a small town. Businesses engage in cooperative efforts to help each other. The more we help each other, the more we end up helping ourselves.
I take pictures for Margaret at Weibel, and Margaret tries to save decorative plants at McFadden from being killed by my black thumb.
I want to see the Hopland Inn succeed. A successful Inn is a place late afternoon visitors to Hopland can stay after a more complete wine tasting, to possibly begin anew at another tasting room the following morning. I have knocked out a new marketing piece for Amie that better presents what the Inn offers, and am working on another smaller piece that can be created less expensively than my first.
Gary of Campovida, a local resort, escorts his guests to the Hopland Inn for afternoon cocktails at the Inn bar.
Margaret and I, Amie and Gary, none of us are rivals, competitors, but instead cooperative partners with a shared stake in the success of Hopland.
The people who live and work in Hopland, their love for the town, makes Hopland a place worth visiting. locals love playing bhost, and visitors are charmed by the small town friendliness set in the middle of amazing natural beauty.
I sought a spot on the Board of Destination Hopland, and on the Hopland Passport working group. I welcome taking the social media marketing reins, and increasing our visibility. On top of my winery job, with uncompensated extra hours spent working at home, I am going to be spending more uncompensated hours doing what I do well for the benefit of others.
I am not a business owner, my extra work will not increase my ownership equity value. I am a wage, not a salary plus benefits, employee. I am taking on the extra work for two reasons; one is to benefit my employer, by helping to increase Hopland tourism, I benefit the person who signs my checks, and the other is because I saw an area where my skill set, my abilities, passion, and experience could improve what is being done for Hopland in a way no one else had done. I really look forward to the next year's work.
The reward for my volunteer efforts has been increased requests for volunteer work. More business owners would like me to give up my time freely so as to work toward increasing their revenue. I can't say that I blame them for asking, but today I found myself drawing a very clear line: I have more than enough on my plate. I will meet every commitment I've made with professionalism and pride, to the best of my ability; but I am not taking on any more unpaid gigs.
Next Friday, August 5, 2011, at 7:00pm, the winners of 35th Annual Mendocino County Wine Competition will be announced at a farm to table dinner hosted at Jeriko Estate north of Hopland. The event is open to the public, come and taste Mendocino County's best wines at the Grand tasting, paired with a locally harvested dinner. Tickets are just $75, or $65 for wine industry members, and the event will sell out, so hit the link above and buy your tickets now.
I'll be there, representing McFadden Vineyard, hoping for some Gold. While we are cooperative, not competitive, I would gladly lug some bling from Jeriko to McFadden after the event. Just sayin'.


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Topic: Test works in dev console, but not in test environment
Hello all, in my recent dive into TDD I am learning lots and lots. I actually got the whole app passing the various tests yesterday... good feeling
However, after adding another test, I am running into a problem. Specifically...
I have a model - document which has a method file_cleanr. Looks like this:
class Document < ActiveRecord::Base
def prepare_document_for_import
# Copy the original document over to the to be cleaned document field (saving original)
self.cleaned_document = original_document
# Clean the file up of unwanted characters and tags
self.cleaned_document = file_cleaner
def file_cleaner
document = self.cleaned_document
document = document.chars.gsub(/\n/u, ' ')
document = document.chars.gsub(/\r/u, ' ')
document = document.chars.gsub(/\s/u, ' ')
document = document.chars.squeeze(" ")
document = document.chars.gsub(/<p /u, "\n<p ")
document = document.chars.gsub(/(\w—\w)/u, '—')
self.cleaned_document = document
And I have the following test to check if it is all working:
require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper'
class DocumentTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
def test_should_ensure_cleaned_document_is_clean_of_unwanted_characters
word_file = File.new("#{File.expand_path(RAILS_ROOT)}/test/fixtures/Test.htm")
document = create(:cleaned_document => word_file.read)
# Sanity check, make sure we are working on a valid file
document.cleaned_document =~ /\r\n/m
assert $&, "Test file should have double line feeds"
document.cleaned_document =~ /(\w—\w)/u
assert $&, "Test file should have an unicode U+2014 mdash"
document.cleaned_document =~ /\r\n/u
deny $&, "Text should not have any double line feeds"
document.cleaned_document =~ /\r/u
deny $&, "Text should not have any carriage returns"
document.cleaned_document =~ /(\w—\w)/u
deny $&, "Text should not have an unicode mdash"
create in the test is a private test method that creates a template document. deny is a wrapper for assert !. Both of these work elsewhere.
The test fails at the first deny. So it does assert that the regexps are in the cleaned_document attribute.
Further. From the development console, I can do the following:
document = Document.find(4)
document.cleaned_document = document.original_document
And I'll get a nicely cleaned file.
I thought that the document text was not being imported properly, so I tried putting #{document.cleaned_document} into the assert that was failing, it showed all the text from the file on the screen, with carriage returns and newlines, so this isn't the problem.
So, i am getting one result in the development console and another from the test environment. Any ideas?


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Keeping an accurate checkbook register is the cornerstone of money management. This allows you to know exactly how much money you currently have to save or spend and helps you to keep track of where you spend your money.
Know all of your sources of income, and what the actual amount is after deductions have been made (Net Income). Deductions may include items such as automated income tax withholdings, regular 401(k) contributions, or medical premium payments. Your Net Income ultimately determines what you can spend or save each month.
A budget is your roadmap for spending and is a tool to help you achieve your financial goals. Save your receipts and add up your expenses for a month. Subtract expenses from your net income. If the result is a positive number, then you are living within the limits of your income. If the result is a negative number, your expenses are exceeding your income. Look for non-essential expenses that you can reduce and recalculate. Ask yourself if each expense is a "want" or a "need", and try to minimize spending on the "wants". Most importantly, once you create a budget, stick with it. Make adjustments as necessary. Having a budget will allow you to control your money rather than your money controlling you.
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My name is Florent, I'm french (nobody's perfect), living in Japan since 2005.
First, I would like to apologize for my very bad English...
I became so crazy about japanese tea, I pass the exam and be qualified Nihoncha (japanese tea) Instructor in 2009.
I'm now working at Maruyama-en a Japanese tea company. I'm now at the Ichikawa shop.
Im also in charge of the selection of teas for the online shop "Thés du Japon".
Im particularly intereted in the great variety of tea trees cultivar. Recently, I became a big fan of Kama-iri Cha.


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Set your DVRs: 'Sharknado 3′ announces title and air date
The latest installment of Sharknado has a name and it's not Sharknado 3: Electric Boogaloo.
It's Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!
And we have a time: The two-hour original movie will air July 22, 8 p.m.
"We wanted this third title to boldly go where no shark movie has gone before," Chris Regina, senior VP of SyFy's program strategy, said in a news release.
To make it more global, Syfy will air this sequel to 86 countries around the world — within 24 hours of airing in the U.S., of course.
So far, Sharknado rained sharks over the Los Angeles area and New York. This time, sharks will take more of an I-95 route, causing havoc in Washington, D.C., before bearing down the Eastern Seaboard and into Florida.
This edition will have a Dallas tie: Mark Cuban, Mavericks owner, local billionaire and Shark Tank star, will have a cameo as the U.S. president.
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It's a classic slice of McCartney pop, isn't it? At first it seems very familiar and simple (Penny Lane/Doubleback Alley!) then on the fifth, sixth listens you realise it's more complex than that. That rising harpsichord break that opens it feels very TOW/POP era to me (especially when it comes back the second time), but the rest of it could've fallen off MAF.
It's just the little things, like the way the bass is played, that make me very glad he's back. Roll on October 14!


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Get an overview of this hotelSurrounded by the ocean, steps from lively Punta Cancun area, with onsite dolphin adventures
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- In-room minibar (some restrictions)
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A complimentary fitness center contains cardio/weight machines and free weights. Event catering and 570 square meters of meeting/conference space are available. Luggage storage, on-site medical assistance, and on-site ATM/banking are also available. Wireless Internet access is available in the business center and public areas for a surcharge.
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Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- DVD player
- Balcony
- Room service (24 hours)
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Phone
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Turndown service
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Slippers
- Shower only
- Rainfall showerhead
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Satellite TV service
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Daily housekeeping
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Dial-up Internet access (surcharge)
- WiFi (surcharge)
Where to Eat
World Café - Casual air-conditioned restaurant with terrace serving International cuisine. Cushioned rattan seating. Feathery potted plants. Colorful, exciting decor. Buffet breakfast, lunch, dinner daily.
Oceana - Open-air beachside restaurant under thatch roof with sea-view terrace. Fresh fish and seafood prepared in a mesquite grill. Open for a la carte lunch and a la carte dinner. Dinner dress code: long pants or dress shorts, collared shirts, closed-toe shoes for men.
For that special occasion, enjoy a private and romantic dinner for two on the dock. Additional charges apply and reservations must be made in advance.
Himitsu Restaurant - Open-air, fine-dining, pan-Asian restaurant under thatched roof. Wind chimes. Wood floor. Asian decor. Candles. Open for a la carte dinner only. Dress code: sneakers/tennis shoes or dress sandals, dress shirts with shorts sleeves, or collared shirts. No sleeveless shirts or flip-flops. Long pants required for men.
Seaside Grill - Open-air casual sea-view restaurant under thatched roof in a beach terrace area. Light a la carte lunch menu offering tropical cocktails, burgers, grilled chicken, sandwiches, nachos, and quesadillas. À la carte dinner service reserved for guests age 18 and older. Casual dress code.
Barracuda - Open-air bar outside Oceana restaurant serving tropical drinks, cocktails from mid-morning to late night.
Rendez-Vous Bar - Open-air, garden-view bar/lounge with terrace serving tropical drinks, cocktails from mid-morning to late night. Live music some evenings.
Sugar Reef - Open-air bar on calm-water beach open mid-morning to early evening for tropical drinks, beer.
Desires Music Lounge - Sports bar lounge located outside of the main lobby, serving international and national beverages. Dance Club; part of All Inclusive plan. 18 years of age and older. Casual attire. Open 6 PM to 1 AM.
CoCo Café - Premium coffee and deli snacks in a casual, relaxed atmosphere. Open daily from 7 AM to 10 PM. Casual dress code.
Paloma Bonita - Hacienda-style, air-conditioned restaurant with terrace located outside resort's entrance. Contemporary adaptations of regional Mexican cuisines. Open for dinner. Live music.
Nearby Things to Do
Dreams Cancún Resort's main beach extends 200 meters (219 yards) along a bay west of Cancún Island's northernmost point called Punta Cancún. Here the water remains calm in most weather, offers snorkeling opportunities, and features a large offshore trampoline raft. Overlooking the beach is a 15-person spa tub.
Another beach, measuring 68.5 meters (75 yards), faces the open sea east of the point. Beaches are furnished with padded lounge chairs and thatched-roof palapas. Swimming is also available in the resort's placid saltwater lagoon, which measures roughly 68.5-by-68.5 meters (75-by-75 yards) and laps against the resort's pyramid wing on one side and a beach with lounge chairs on the other.
Fresh-water swimming options comprise an irregularly shaped 30.5-meter-long (100-ft) heated pool adjacent to the lagoon and a 16.5-meter-long (18-yard) freeform pool outside the resort's tower near the open-sea beach. Both pools are bordered by umbrellas and thickly cushioned teak lounge chairs.
As part of the All-Inclusive Plan, guests are permitted to use kayaks, snorkeling gear, and Hobie Cat sailboats off the calm-water beach and AquaTrikes in the lagoon. For surcharges, an independent operator at the resort offers personal watercraft, water skiing, banana-boating, snorkeling excursions, and scuba diving instruction and excursions.
A paved jogging/strolling path extends through a green lawn along the pyramid wing's sea-facing side, offering panoramic views of the Caribbean Sea rolling against Punta Cancún. Along the path is a ruin of a Mayan shrine that is 500-800 years old. The path also passes a rocky point on whose tip rises a red-and-white-striped column topped by a marine-navigation light. A suspended rope aids guests walking to the light.
Other complimentary recreational facilities include a bungee-cord trampoline and a lighted tennis court. Yoga classes are offered on the lagoon beach. The 18-hole Pok-Ta-Pok Golf Club is two kilometers (1.25 miles) from the resort, and the 18-hole Hilton golf course is 7.5 kilometers (4.75 miles) away.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the resort; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Free bicycles on site
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Fitness classes on site
- Kayaking on site
- Playground on site
- Sailing on site
- Scuba diving on site
- Snorkeling on site
- Tennis on site
- Volleyball on site
- Water skiing on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
Spa Services
The Dreams Spa by Pevonia spans nearly 4,768 square feet (443 square meters) and offers private Vichy and Swiss showers, spa tubs, saunas, and steam rooms. Ten treatment rooms include a hydrotherapy area, four facial rooms, and six treatment rooms (including three couples' suites). There are also three oceanfront outdoor treatment areas for couples or singles. Additionally, the spa offers pedicures, manicures, and a full-service beauty salon.
- Hot stone massage
- Deep tissue massage
- Swedish massage
- Steam room in spa
- Reflexology
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Hydrotherapy treatments
- Sauna in spa
- Spa tub in spa
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Resort Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- New Year's Day gala dinner fee
- Christmas Eve gala dinner fee
- Resort fee
Optional extras
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: MXN 200 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
- Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: MXN 200 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
- Late check-out fee: MXN 500
Resort Name
- All Inclusive Dreams
- All Inclusive Dreams Cancun
- Cancun All Inclusive Dreams
- Cancun Dreams
- Cancun Dreams All Inclusive
- Dreams All Inclusive
- Dreams All Inclusive Resort
- Dreams Cancun
- Dreams Cancun Resort All Inclusive
- Dreams Resort All Inclusive
We should mention
A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. A fee for a mandatory Christmas Eve gala dinner is included in the total price displayed for stays on 24 December. A fee for a mandatory New Year's Day gala dinner is included in the total price displayed for stays on 1 January. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
Celebrating Couples Special
Couples on honeymoon or celebrating an anniversary receive the following:
- Fresh fruit and bottle of sparkling wine in room upon arrival
- Special turndown service
- Breakfast in bed with Mimosas (reservations must be made in advance with concierge)


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Being More Than Being Useful
"Camas Lilies," by Lynn Ungar, is one of my favorite poems. I posted it earlier this year — today I needed to read it again…
I work hard at what I do, and I bet you do too. So maybe you need the same reminder I do: while my work is important, it is not a measure of my value or worth. Who we "be" is far more important than what we do or how well we do it. That's why we're called human beings, not human doings!
We pay a terrible price if we value our doing over our being. When we have to stop "doing" — e.g., because of job loss, illness, accident, or the diminishments that can come with age — we lose our sense of worthiness.
"Camas Lillies" reminds me to value "being" more than I value "being useful" — so that even when I'm forced to lay down my work, I can retain my sense of personal worth. Put simply and plainly, I can still love myself. That's a gift many people need. If I can't give it to myself, how can I possibly give it to others?
I take my work seriously, and I'm sure you do, too. But at age 75, I'm trying to learn (or re-learn) that, in the end, what matters most is not my ability to "produce" but my ability to love...
Camas Lilies
by Lynn Ungar
Consider the lilies of the field,
the blue banks of camas opening
into acres of sky along the road.
Would the longing to lie down
and be washed by that beauty
abate if you knew their usefulness,
how the native ground their bulbs
for flour, how the settlers' hogs
uprooted them, grunting in gleeful
oblivion as the flowers fell?
And you—what of your rushed
and useful life? Imagine setting it all down—
papers, plans, appointments, everything—
leaving only a note: "Gone
to the fields to be lovely. Be back
when I'm through blooming."
Even now, unneeded and uneaten,
the camas lilies gaze out above the grass
from their tender blue eyes.
Even in sleep your life will shine.
Make no mistake. Of course
your work will always matter.
Yet Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed like one of these.


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'Pork' spending a problem here too
I'm curious why with all of the complaining over taxes in this area, as well as the entire state and country, why several local examples of pure "pork barrel" spending have been relatively ignored. I use the popular term of "pork barrel spending," but in reality, let's call it what it really is, vote buying.
In Congress they call it "member items", I'm not sure what they call it in our state legislature, but it's all the same. I guess grant sounds better yet, almost like we won a prize!
Gowanda recently received $650,000 to improve pedestrian safety, including teaching children to cross the street. We need tax dollars for that? Gowanda needs grant money to clear cutouts for the disabled, or for paining lines and crosswalks? Looking at comments in the paper at the time, not much was said.
More recently, the Chautauqua County Health Department announced they received a grant of $450,000 to combat obesity. That sounds really neat, doesn't it, to combat obesity! We always seem to be at our best when we use military terms for projects – the War on Poverty, the War on Drugs. Now we're combatting obesity. No matter what, how much good does anyone really think that $450,000 is going to accomplish? Let me make a guess; not much.
Shortly after that grant was received, another announcement from state Sen. Cathy Young's office that another grant was obtained for the area, $100,000 for the somewhat controversial Incubator. I've followed that subject with interest, and still don't see much in the way of results for the money already spent on the building, so I'm not sure what that additional $100,000 is going to accomplish.
I do know this and that is that in just a few months 1.2 million of my tax dollars has been spent on projects that are either clearly not needed or a case of good money after bad, and most local politicians love it! Elected officials at all levels trip over themselves to take credit for these grants, which all of them seem to think come from I like to say, the Tooth Fairy! And that's the REAL DEAL here folks, politicians taking credit for bringing money into our area.
And it works too, as I hear lots of locals who normally complain about taxes saying things like "At least we're getting some money back!" What you really should be asking is, "If they have that much money to blow on nonsense, why'd they take my money to begin with?"
The second question should be, "How much of our money was used and spent elsewhere on projects just as ridiculous and totally non-beneficial to us?" That's an easy answer, even without a specific number, and that answer is, "LOTS more than we got back!"
It would appear that if it's called a government grant nobody seems to see it for what it really is; pork barrel spending! And why do elected officials like to get these grants and take much credit for it? That again is an easy answer, said earlier in this little rant, it is buying votes, pure and simple.
It happens at all levels of government, obviously in larger amounts the higher you go. I think everyone has knowledge of one of the more famous examples, the multi-million dollar "Bridge to Nowhere" in Alaska. Newsflash people, there are worse examples than that all over the country. I'd guess pork spending at the federal level is in the billions of dollars. Congress will tell you that "member items" are a small part of the budget, but to paraphrase one of my all-time favorite politicians, Everett Dirksen, "A million here, a million there, and the next thing you know you're talking about real money!"
I wish we had the likes of him back in Washington, along with William Proxmire, who used to issue a monthly "Golden Fleece Award" to whoever had the worst case of pork barrel spending in their district. Nobody wanted to receive one of those, and the newspapers loved them!
Was it last year we got the new boat from Homeland Security funds? I'm sure it's a nice boat, but did we really need it? Nobody seemed to care. Why would they, it was free money! (I might point out that the Homeland Security Act has provided HUGE dollars of pure pork to the entire country) But what the heck, if it's your local fire department or police force that receives the money, even though you live miles from any sort of potential terrorist targets, who cares, right? And besides, it's free money! And we all know our projects are worthy, it's the projects of all those other guys that stink!
If you factor in the additional costs of laws passed with the needs of lobbyists in mind, your government is illegally taxing its citizens for the express purpose of staying in office. And that's it, not to help you or me, just to stay in office.
That is what becomes the most important issue with far too many elected officials, and the source of most of their corruption. Whether it's health care, military procurement, even the building of roads, if lobbyists are involved, somebody is being "taken" and that somebody is the taxpayers of this country.
When Dick Cheney oversaw an energy policy during his term of office, he refused to say who was in the room. It was common knowledge that lobbyists from various energy companies were in the mix. The same for the Bush administrations addition of an unfunded drug benefit for Medicare, mostly written by representatives of the Pharmaceutical companies. And who were the experts giving advice to the Democrats for President Obama's Healthcare Act? Why, the insurance industry, of course, and a few others deep into providing health care. This is not a Democrat vs. Republican issue. This is a professional politician vs. citizen (taxpayer) issue.
So remember, the next time a gift of pork comes our way, call it a grant, what have you, and you praise those who brought it, remember where that money came from. It was all yours to begin with, and most of what you gave out is going elsewhere.
If all pork barrel spending were to end, and government was to only fund that which is required in the Constitution, no spending were done to appease lobbyists, our taxes could be cut in half, prices of many goods and services would decline and we'd all be happier for it.
The purpose of Pork is twofold; one is to keep professional politicians in office, and the other is to enrich various industries at our expense. Don't complain if you advocate feeding at the trough.
Paul Christopher is a Dunkirk resident. Send comments to email@example.com


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Ai Yori Aoshi
Enishi: Spring Blossom
Episode 25 | TV-14
It's been two eventful years since that fateful day Aoi and Kaoru were reunited. He takes a break from his graduate classes, and the clandestine lovebirds celebrate their anniversary filled with memories and fantasies of the future.
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International Group Urges Use of Safety Management Systems
An international coalition is urging helicopter operators to adopt safety management systems as a means of improving rotorcraft safety. The International Helicopter Safety Team, launched in 2005 to cut helicopter accident rates 80 percent by 2016, has just begun its work to develop pragmatic means of doing that. But team leaders argue that safety management system is the foundation on which all other training, operational, and technological advances must be built. "A good, strong SMS is a springboard" for other improvements, said Fred Brisbois, director of aviation and product safety for Sikorsky Aircraft and one of the team leaders. To help operators adopt such systems, the team has developed an on-line tool kit, which is available at www.ihst.org.


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The two Democrats who want to be governor have pleased and angered environmentalists over sugar, a dam, oil and the Glades.
By JENNIFER LIBERTO
Published August 28, 2006
TALLAHASSEE — Four months ago, several hundred Floridians began mailing little gold postcards to gubernatorial candidates, asking if they would support clean-water environmental policies.
No Republican responded. Tampa Democrat and U.S. Rep. Jim Davis has yet to respond. Rod Smith, the Democratic state senator from Alachua, answered nearly every question, generally supportive but without the commitment the postcards tried to elicit.
A broader look at both candidates' overall environmental records shows that while Jim Davis has a better voting record than Rod Smith on the environment, neither candidate has lately proved himself a champion of the movement.
There's no Al Gore in this governor's race.
The environment has erupted as a major issue in the Democratic primary for governor, especially in the wake of 1.7-million in advertisements promoting Smith and attacking Davis, mostly funded by U.S. Sugar. The sugar industry has repeatedly pushed state officials to delay the deadline for cleaning up Everglades pollution.
The last time the industry got this involved in an election was to fight a measure that would have taxed raw sugar production to restore the Everglades. Sugar won.
"It's like, who do we want: Someone who's all talk or someone who we think silently agrees but hasn't stuck his neck out?" said Linda Young, director of the nonprofit Clean Water Network of Florida, the group that sponsored the postcards.
It's tough to compare the two Democrats' records, because few environmental issues play out the same in the Florida Legislature and in the Congress.
For example, Davis got a lot of publicity for helping protect the Gulf of Mexico from drilling, but the Florida Legislature has little power to do the same. Also, Congress is more partisan then the Florida Senate, making it comparatively more difficult for a minority congressman to sponsor and pass legislation.
Over his tenure in Congress, Davis has voted with environmentalists about 81 percent of the time, putting him in the middle of his fellow Florida Democrats, according to the League of Conservation Voters, an advocacy group known for its report cards. Smith's voting record, rated by the group's Florida chapter, tends to stick him just barely in the top third of the Florida Senate, lower than most of his fellow Democrats.
DAVIS: Davis' environmental record was stronger in the statehouse than in Congress.
He was an early advocate for mandatory recycling and conservation programs in the state House, passing clean air legislation and making it easier to build a natural gas pipeline in Florida, an alternative to nuclear and coal plants.
He took on Bo Johnson, then speaker of the House, over the Everglades, lobbying his colleagues, against Johnson's wishes, to buy a tomato farm that was polluting Florida Bay, said Davis supporter Eric Draper, now with Audubon of Florida.
In Congress, Davis votes with environmentalists most of the time. He touts his top scores of 100 percent in synch with the League of Conservation Voters in 2003 and 2004, but he earned a low of 63 percent in 1999 and 2002 because of votes favoring free trade and carting nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain in Nevada.
He has been most effective in passing anti-oil drilling amendments that have won Republican support on more than one occasion. Beyond oil drilling, however, he has seen little success.
He sponsored a bill to funnel millions to help research and build desalination plants and he's been a co-sponsor of a bill to reduce power plant emissions and a bill to designate the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a wilderness to protect it from drilling. The bills got nowhere.
Most recently, as lawmakers have been negotiating a deal on offshore oil drilling, Davis hasn't been in the loop. Some critics say that after years of building up so much clout on the issue, he cut himself out of the negotiations by sticking to such a hard line on drilling, when political and citizen sentiment about offshore drilling had started to change in Florida.
"Davis is a good progressive who votes the right way," said David Guest, a managing attorney with EarthJustice, which represents environmental groups in lawsuits. "But he got to run around and say everyone else sold out, when he was in a position to negotiate a better deal than we got." (Smith has said he would also have taken a hard line in the debate and would not have accepted the compromise offered by Republicans.)
Mark Ferrulo, director of the Florida Public Interest Research Group, said Davis fell victim to partisan election-year divisions and that his bill would have gotten support, "any other year."
His voting record earned him an endorsement from the Sierra Club, whose political director Curt Levine is co-chairman of Davis' Orlando campaign. Levine said he took on the position as a civic activist, not as a Sierra Club political chair, while Sierra Club was considering its endorsement.
"Jim Davis is much easier to work with,'' said Levine, who didn't participate in election events until after the group released its endorsement. He says his personal support of Davis did not influence the endorsement.
SMITH: It's fair to say that most of Florida's statewide environmental groups are wary of Rod Smith, especially since so many of the commercials and fliers attacking Davis have been funded by sugar money.
"Smith is a determined advocate for big agriculture, and environmentally, unregulated big agriculture is Florida's biggest problem," said Guest with EarthJustice.
Looking at the past six years, Smith passed more environmentally friendly legislation than Davis did. But he's also voted for and sponsored more legislation deemed bad for the environment.
Smith sealed his fate with most environmentalists by sponsoring the 2003 bill that preserved a dam and blocked restoration of the Ocklawaha River. The Legislature passed the bill but Gov. Jeb Bush vetoed it.
It's not just any old environmental issue. It partly gave birth to Florida's environmental movement. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dammed the river in the late 1960s, which created a premier fishing spot for largemouth bass and some nice waterfront property. Studies throughout the 1990s, including one that Davis voted for while agreeing to preserve the dam, have shown that the Rodman Dam should be torn down.
Smith's stance has softened, and he says he favors a compromise that would preserve some of the reservoir while partially restoring the river. Davis supports tearing the dam down and restoring the river.
Even conservative environmental groups, like the pro-hunting Florida Wildlife Federation, say that while Smith has supported "good climate and energy policy," Smith's stance on the Ocklawaha River and Rodman Dam is troubling, said Manley Fuller, the group's president.
As a state attorney, Smith started one of the state's first environmental crimes task forces.
In the Senate, he passed legislation funding sea turtle research and preventing developers from suing to expand their development rights on coastal land they just bought. He made an energy bill greener by requiring a panel to recommend statewide greenhouse gas reduction goals.
He has tried several times to pass legislation to require the state's Department of Environmental Protection to consider the environmental performance of a company when doling out permits, a measure fought by Associated Industries of Florida and developer Anderson Columbia, whose president gave $50,000 to the Democratic Party and another $3,500 in support of Davis.
A move that best exemplifies Smith's environmental record in the Senate was when he watered down a development bill universally despised by environmentalists. It allows developers wanting to rezone agriculture to ignore local zoning boards if the land has development surrounding it on three sides. Smith passed an amendment to shrink the size of land that could be effected from 2,500 to 1,280 acres.
But as the head of the Senate's agricultural committee, critics say, Smith could have done more to block the bill, which he voted for in committee and on the floor.
"He's too chummy in the Legislature, he's not willing to irritate anyone," said Thomas Reese, a St. Petersburg environmental attorney who sparred with Smith at a legislative panel a few years back over a Smith-supported bill to make it more difficult for citizens to have standing to challenge water and environmental permits.
Both Smith and Davis have received thousands of dollars from farmers in sugar-rich Clewiston in this year's governor's race. Since 1996, Davis has benefited from some $30,000 poured into his congressional runs by U.S.
Sugar, Florida Crystal and other sugar political committees.
However, Smith's recent indirect support, at least $1.7-million from the sugar industry so far, dwarfs the Davis figures.
Sugar has largely funded two political committees supporting Smith, two mailers attacking Davis and two TV commercials, one attacking Davis, one supporting Smith.
Both candidates have accused each other of not doing enough for the Everglades.
Davis criticizes Smith's vote to delay the timeline for the state to meet Everglades cleanup standards, and Smith says Davis didn't do enough in Washington to make the federal government pay their share of cleanup costs.
Both say their No. 1 priority would be buying up more land now in the hands of polluters. But neither has talked about what Everglades groups really want to see: a crackdown on the source of pollution, from farm fertilizer runoff to the South Florida Water Management District, which pumps polluted water from urban areas into the wetland.
"Everybody pays lip service to the Everglades but nobody has taken any hard actions," said David Reiner, president of Friends of the Everglades. "Just trying to build hundreds of acres of filter marshes is not the solution."
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About the Author: Michele L. Peters serves as the Special Assistant in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Video Text
What do a 14-year-old freshman in Columbus, Nebraska; a 23-year-old software engineer in Bangalore, India; a 16-year-old senior in Recife, Brazil; and a 22-year-old Fulbright scholarship recipient from Wheaton, Illinois have in common? They share a strong desire to create bridges across cultures and their unique action and vision has earned each a video contest Grand Prize: -a two-week international exchange program and a featured role as a citizen diplomat.
On March 16, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announced the four winners of its online video contest, "My Culture + Your Culture=?" ECA launched the initiative on December 1, 2008, to encourage cross-cultural community building and mutual understanding, which is our core mission, via the Web and to attract new members to our social networking site, ExchangesConnect, launched in October 2008. ExchangesConnect has drawn more than 8,600 members from 170 countries and the community continues to grow.
The 8-week contest invited members of the general public worldwide to join the ExchangesConnect online community and to submit a 3-minute video addressing the contest theme. We received more than 170 video entries. The community's top 40-rated videos, representing 15 countries, proceeded to a panel of expert judges — all distinguished alumni of ECA exchange programs — who ranked the videos. Based on the judges' ratings, ECA selected two foreign and two American Grand Prize winners in two age categories: (1) 14-17 years, and (2) 18 years and over.
The judges panel included musician, performer, and author Toni Blackman; actress and Founder of the Cancer Schmancer Movement Fran Drescher; graphic artist Milton Glaser; President of the Egyptian Cultural Civic Education Organization Raafat Khalid; and Founder and former Co-Chairman of New Line Cinema and Principal Unique Features Bob Shaye.
The contest winners are: Jose Vinícius Reis Gouveia of Recife, Brazil, age 16, for "Human Colours"; Bijoy Thangaraj of Bangalore, India, age 23, for "My Culture + Your Culture = World of Wonder"; Grant Jirka of Columbus, Nebraska, age 14, for "Winning Team"; and Tim Peters of Wheaton, Illinois, age 22, for "A Friend in Nanjing". The winners reflect the diversity and talent of those who participated, representing three continents and very different backgrounds. Their personal stories and motivations for submitting their videos are inspiring.
The winners will receive a two-week all-expenses-paid international exchange program, in addition to multi-media software provided by the Adobe Foundation, cosponsor of the contest.
With the contest, ECA set out to attract new members to our global online community, and to exemplify the focus of the ExchangesConnect community site -- to encourage the emergence of a social networking environment dedicated to building international understanding. The entrants' motivations -- a desire to describe a month-long trip abroad, a passion to share musical talents, a fascination with different cultures, or a chance to be a star -- varied as much as their forms of artistic expression. One common motivation remained constant, that is, a desire to further appreciation and respect for differences and to build bridges among cultures.
One of the highlights of my job is to witness often how we can make a difference in individual lives, and open up opportunities for young people. For example, the two youth winners, Grant and Vinícius, may be from very different cultures, yet they have basic motivations in common, including active participation in their schools and communities, and a desire to travel to foreign countries and learn about different cultures. Tim begins his Fulbright program this week, and his openness to new experiences is a great model for young people around the globe. His story of an unexpected friendship around a Frisbee game was inspired. Bijoy's creative lyrics and tune-stuck-in-my-head music are impressive, as is the way he captured the wonder and beauty of our complex world. Through storytelling, music, sports, and art each of the winners shared some of his culture, and in so doing, invited viewers to consider what it means to be a part of this global community.
By combining our tradition of educational and cultural exchanges with new technologies to gain support from diverse communities, areca is extending our mission to new audiences through viral campaigns across multiple social media platforms. Check out our site, connect.state.gov, where you can view and comment on the videos, learn more about the winners and the whole ExchangesConnect online community from 170 countries around the world. Also, watch for blogs from our contest winners!
Peter in Canada writes:
I'm so disappointed by the lack of true creativity in the arts and culture. One way, we as americans could remedy this, is to patent a simple pen, an instrument of writing, to include a WiFi transmitter to a central beacon in the lobbies of our favorite hotels to analyze our historical signatures as it relates to protecting and promoting the individual writing styles of every American. Coul a new Declaration of Independence be written with such a device? Wouldn't that enable every citizen a signature on any new draft Bill or legislation?
Anna in Washington, DC writes:
Congratulations to all of the winners! Bijoy Thangaraj deserves a recording contract -- what a great song and video.
Kristi in Florida writes:
Congratulations to all the winners. This is a strong promoter of cross cultural understanding.
Wendy in California writes:
Wonderful & inspiring pieces.
I guess I just still have to hold my breath that a girl could be one of the winners of these kinds of contests and with the cultural exchange and being a featured citizen diplomat be such an inspiration to so many other girls who seldom have the technology encouragement and opportunities that boys do in most cultures. (I taught Community TV for 5 years in Mountain View CA in the middle of Silicon Valley in the U.S.A. so I know the silent discrimination first hand.)
Perhaps next contest you could have two U.S.A. winners/two non-U.S.A. winners among which will be two boys and two girls?
Said H. in Oman writes:
Its Really a beutiful Vedio and it made me feel so nice and secure becouse i'm Balochi from Baloch Nation and am very sad that our culture is in Dangrer by irani and pokistani occupation over our motherland sicnec more than a hafe an century and we are looking forward to get our national and cultural freedom from them becouse we dont belong to them we are Balochs and we love to be known globally as Balochs the only hope is for our freedom is America ya becouse i believe in america since i was born till now i'm in love with american cartoons movies hero's but i hope in real world the american wont despoint us we are oready upset becouse of waht Great Brtin done with us during their super power times they divided our mother land into three peices and hand overed our lands to the islamic evil republic of iran and pokistan i dont hate them but i love my nation which are suffring all kind of human suffers war crimes, extreem poverty, Drugs and no health care so please save us save our identity our culture, language save us god will save you.
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Serving Size ½ of recipe
Calories 275
Total Fat 17 g
Saturated Fat 6 g
Sodium 670 mg
Total Carbohydrate 6 g
Dietary Fiber 1.5 g
Protein 25 g
Ingredients and Preparation
Ingredients Measures
Reduced-sodium soy sauce 2 tablespoons
Garlic clove, minced 1
Sesame oil 1 teaspoon
Ground ginger ¼ teaspoon
Sesame seeds 1 teaspoon
Freshly ground pepper to taste
Top sirloin steak, cut into 1-inch cubes ½ pound
Large scallions, dark green ends trimmed off and firm portion cut into 2-inch pieces 4
Metal skewers, or wooden ones soaked in water for at least 20 minutes 4
- In a medium bowl, whisk together soy sauce, garlic, oil, ginger, sesame seeds, and pepper. Combine marinade, steak, and scallions in a large plastic resealable bag, toss to coat, and marinate in the refrigerator 30 minutes to overnight.
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Pets can develop a number of skin problems and, according to VCA Animal Hospitals, ringworm is one of the more common skin issues pets. Ringworm is especially important because it can be zoonotic—meaning it can be spread between pets and people.
VCA reports that ringworm is a fungal infection of the superficial layers of the skin, nails and/or hair. It is called ringworm based on the "ring-like" markings it makes around the boundary of the infected areas. This name is somewhat misleading as the infection isn't caused by a worm and sometimes it doesn't even show up in a ring shape. Typically there will be patchy hair loss, sometimes scabbed areas and it is usually not an itchy skin condition. If the nails are infected, they may become pitted in appearance, brittle and prone to cracking or splitting. Ringworm is caused by a specialized group of fungus called dermatophytes, hence the medical name for the problem, dermatophytosis.
Ringworm is highly contagious and can be passed between infected and non-infected pets through direct contact or contact with contaminated objects. Fungal spores can remain dormant on grooming tools like brushes or combs or on other items such as food bowls, furniture, bedding, carpeting and more. Clinical signs of ringworm typically show up between 7 and 14 days after the animal comes in contact with the fungus, though some pets won't show the obvious signs, but may still be infected, VCA reports. These pets serve as carriers and pose a risk for spreading the disease.
If a pet shows signs of ringworm or is experiencing unexplained hair loss, owners should bring it to a veterinarian health clinic to be examined. If a diagnosis of ringworm is made, a vet will start the pet on treatments to avoid spreading the infection to other pets or human family members. Many times a combination of topical medication and oral medication is used to clear up the problem. Close monitoring is necessary to ensure a pet has been cleared of ringworm. It is important to follow your vets treatment recommendations and recheck schedule to prevent ringworm from becoming a chronic problem.


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Thursday, December 1, 2011
Angel Air Fresheners
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19 comments:
- Dianna said...
So adorable and so inventive!
- December 2, 2011 at 7:01 AM
- Melanie said...
LOVE this!!! What a great idea! You are so talented and creative :)
So nice to 'meet' you today! I'm your newest follower :) I blog at "Only A Breath" and would love for you to stop by and visit :)
- December 3, 2011 at 5:01 PM
- Alissa@CraftyEndeavor said...
It IS "Scent-sensational", lol.
What a fabulous idea! you can't tell at all that it's an air freshener.
- December 3, 2011 at 6:46 PM
- Dragonlady said...
very creative, I love it...
- December 4, 2011 at 8:39 AM
- Jamie said...
this is adorable! I love when ugly but necessary objects are covered up!
- December 4, 2011 at 6:14 PM
- Shiloh said...
This is a very very cute angel. I think the fact that it's an air freshener is just a bonus.:)
- December 6, 2011 at 6:36 PM
- Handy Man, Crafty Woman said...
This is REALLY adorable. Thanks for linking to Wicked Awesome Wednesday!
- December 7, 2011 at 5:28 AM
- Tenille said...
What a great idea. This turned out so cute. Thanks for sharing. I would love it if you could link this up to our linky party going on right now.
- December 7, 2011 at 9:25 AM
- marissa said...
what a cute idea I've love you to add it to my what we wore and made party over at http://raegunwear.blogspot.com
- December 7, 2011 at 4:29 PM
- Shauna K said...
visiting from Crafty Soiree- how fun!! love the idea of dressing up your everyday air freshener- brilliant!
- December 7, 2011 at 6:31 PM
- Kimberly @ The Brown Eyes Have It said...
That is too cute to be an air freshener! How very creative of you.
- December 7, 2011 at 9:50 PM
- Cinthya said...
Aww. I love this little angel and what you used to give him his pretty hair. I would love if you posted to http://eyehearttoday.blogspot.com/2011/12/last-weeks-linky-party-was-success-and.html
- December 8, 2011 at 10:34 AM
great idea! i wonder how easy it would be to make a few modifications to your pattern so that the angel could be removed & used on a new air freshner when the old one gets used up? perhaps by glueing things to a piece of cardboard or plastic that sits on top of the air freshner instead of the air freshner itself?!
- December 8, 2011 at 1:15 PM
- TheCraftBarn said...
Love it!! I posted a link to this on my blog: http://www.thecraftbarn-ny.blogspot.com/2011/12/crafty-friday-12911.html
Jennifer @ The Craft Barn
- December 9, 2011 at 6:08 AM
- abeachcottage said...
That is such a cute angel freshener :) Thanks for the idea!
- December 10, 2011 at 10:49 PM
- SUPAHMAMA! said...
Don't forget to link up to win the Eureka Vacuum and Kindle Fire at "The Sits Girls!!" I am grateful to be a fellow crafter in Creating Christmas, just thought you might like a chance to win big for being oh so fabulous. :) http://www.thesitsgirls.com/featured-blogger/good-clean-fun-vacuum-kindle-giveaway/
- December 12, 2011 at 1:50 PM
- Danielle said...
This is so cute1 and creative!! I'd love for you to link up to my Christmas carnival
- December 12, 2011 at 7:26 PM
- shopannies said...
how sweet love it
- December 19, 2011 at 8:39 AM
- anieb said...
loveliest images taht you create for
Air Freshener thanks for sharing
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Residents warned on asbestos risk
March 31, 2007
An advocate for asbestos education said Friday eastern New Mexico residents should protect themselves against a cancer-causing material, asbestos, that could be released in the demolition of homes destroyed by tornadoes.
"It's important for people to understand when asbestos is disturbed ... it becomes dangerous," said Charles Perea, president and founder of the Johnny O. Perea Foundation for Asbestos Education & Relief.
"Anything built prior to the 1980s is assumed to be asbestos-containing," said Perea, whose father, a construction worker, died from exposure to asbestos.
Asbestos is commonly used for thermal insulation, acoustic insulation and fireproofing. It's also found in numerous building materials, according to the Environmental Protection Agency Web site.
Made up of bundles of fibers, asbestos can become airborne when asbestos-containing materials are damaged or disturbed, according to the EPA. When these fibers escape into the air, they may be inhaled into the lungs, where they can cause significant health problems, including cancer, the Web site reads.
People should wear respirators that filter out airborne particles or at least cover their mouths with masks when dealing with wreckage from homes, Perea said.
During demolition and cleanup, materials that may contain asbestos should be kept wet to mitigate health risks, he said.
For the time being, material that may contain asbestos is being stored in an isolated area at the Clovis landfill, according to Edward Horst of the New Mexico Environment Department.
"We are going to have to deal with this down the road," said Horst, who was in Clovis Friday to assess environmental hazards created in the wake of a tornado that touched down in Clovis March 23.
Horst also cautioned people against burning wreckage. Doing so can release hazardous substances, he said.
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Court asked to toss test results
FAIRMONT – A hearing scheduled Monday for a woman facing multiple charges of criminal vehicular homicide was canceled, but the case is moving forward.
The defense attorney for Alicia Tapia has requested a contested probable cause hearing, hoping to suppress evidence including results from a blood test indicating Tapia was heavily intoxicated at the time of the crash that killed her 6-year-old son.
Tapia was driving on Highway 4 north of Dunnell with her three children in the vehicle on the morning of March 3 when she lost control and the vehicle rolled.
Two of her three children were not wearing seat belts and were ejected from the vehicle. Her 6-year-old son was killed while her 4-year-old son suffered serious injury. Her third child was wearing her seat belt and suffered minor physical injury.
Tapia's attorney, Darci Bentz, argues in documents filed in Martin County District Court that Tapia's blood test was obtained without a search warrant, and thus violates her Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable search and seizure.
Bentz also filed a motion to suppress other evidence, such as any statements Tapia may have given, any other evidence obtained by search and seizure, or any form of electronic or mechanical eavesdropping.
Prosecutors, meanwhile, have filed notice that they plan to seek aggravated sentencing, or an upward departure in sentencing guidelines, if Tapia is found guilty.
"If convicted, there is a right to a jury trial to see if she should receive an aggravated sentence," explained Martin County Assistant District Attorney Mike Trushenski. "But to do that, we need to file that intent during the pre-trial hearings phase."
In Trushenski's filing, he argues that the victims – Tapia's young children – were particularly vulnerable because of their age.
"Because Alicia Tapia was their mother, the children had no choice but to get into her vehicle even though she was intoxicated," Trushenski wrote.
The probable cause hearing has yet to be scheduled.
Tapia faces eight felony counts of criminal vehicular homicide and two second-degree counts of driving while impaired. She remains in custody in Faribault County.


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I love Shawn's SP (which he kept from last year) , but I'm disappointed that he still can't land a 3A properly.
Btw, does anyone know who his coach is?
There's only 1 footwork sequence now. It's awesome that Sawyer got a personal best considering the scores are lower this season.
I am hoping that Yuzuru can stay in the top 5 after the sp :D
So far the scores are pretty close together...
After 10
Shawn Sawyer 70.15
Florent Amodio 70.01
Yuzuru Hanyu 69.31
Denis Ten 68.74
Ross Miner 64.85
Jialiang Wu 64.06
Takahito Mura 63.20
Adrian Schultheiss 62.24
Kevin Van Der Perren 55.31
Jeremy Ten 54.48
Sawyer will finish no less than 3rd in the SP. Yay!
OMG my feed is slow...what a performance from Sawyer! What a freaking treat to watch. I hope has a good LP on Sun. Go Madhatter! <3
Sorry double post
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I'm giving up this feed for tonight
g'night people, see ya after the youtubes
(can't believe I'll be missing the FD...)
Daisuke is in the lead with 78.04 points, but Van Der Perren is on my screen right now.


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by Anton Shilov
Apple said late on Wednesday that its co-founder, long-time chief executive officer and the chairman of the board has died, according to an Associated Press report. Mr. Jobs was 56 years old, in the recent years he had to take leaves of absences due to health conditions.
In late 2003 Mr. Jobs was diagnosed with cancer in his pancreas. In 2004 he had an operation made that removed the cancer. However, in mid-2009 the head of Apple had a liver transplant. Steve Jobs was on the leave of absence since early this year due to health conditions. In August he stepped down from the chief executive position at Apple and became the chairman.
"We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today. Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve. His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts," an official statement by Apple reads.
Steve Jobs is believed to be the mastermind behind every successful product or service Apple has released in the last thirteen years. The Apple flagship devices like iPod, iPhone, iPad, MacBook Air and others have revolutionized the consumer electronics, personal computer, recorder content and software industries. Those Apple products are not just devices, but a result of quality manufacturing, lean strategy, robust services and many other factors that the world considers unique to Apple and Steve Jobs.
Steve Jobs was born on August 24, 1955.
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak co-founded Apple Computer in 1976 to assemble and sell custom-built personal computers called Apple I. In the late nineteen seventies, Apple continued to rather successfully sell Apple II and Apple III lines of PCs. In the early eighties Apple invented Lisa PC which introduced mouse, graphics user interface and number of other innovations. The real success came to Apple with its Macintosh systems in the mid-eighties. Steve Jobs was ousted from Apple in 1985 after a conflict with the board of directors and the chief exec John Sculley.
Between 1985 and 1986, Mr. Jobs founded NeXT personal computer company as well as bought the Graphics Group company later renamed to Pixar. NeXT PC systems featured an own-developed innovative object operating system that sported a number of concepts that exist even today. The NeXT Computer used by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN became the world's first web server. In the early 1990s John Carmack used a NeXTcube to build two of his pioneering games, Wolfenstein 3D and Doom. After failing to become popular on the mass market, NeXT withdrew from the hardware business in 1993 to concentrate on software development.
In 1996, struggling Apple Computer acquired NeXT for $429 million after in a bid to obtain a competitive operating system, which brought Steve Jobs back to Apple. Mr. Jobs became the interim chief executive in mid-1997 and the new era at Apple began.
Under Steve Jobs, Apple managed to completely reinvent itself from a struggling PC maker into a successful supplier of computers and leading-edge consumer electronics and a provider of Internet-based in just several years time. Apple introduced iPod and iTunes in 2001 and redefined the market of recording music by selling digital copies through the Internet. In 2007 the company introduced its iPhone to re-invent the market of smartphones and inspire content, communication and application revolutions. The iPad launched in 2010 has completely changed personal computing and usage experience bringing computer with easy-to-use apps and the Internet to places unimaginable before.
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition," said Steve Jobs once.
"Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple," another statement by Apple reads.
Steve Jobs's survivors include his wife, Laurene, to whom he was married for 20 years, their three children, and a fourth child Lisa from a previous relationship. Mr. Jobs will be rembered as a great inventor, innovator, enterpreneur and visionary of the 20th and 21st centuries.


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