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Bajool and Stanwell - two communities hard hit by flash flooding
31 January 2013 , 12:59 PM by Jacquie Mackay
On Monday I was able to get to Bajool and meet some of the residents who experienced the flash flooding on Friday.
Thanks to all of those who took a few minutes to talk with me, taking time out of their cleaning out of their flood affected properties to explain what happened.
PHOTO : Bajool pub sign says it all.
PHOTO : Carey Spreadborough outside her home
PHOTO : Leslie Kavanagh's flood damaged furniture
On Tuesday it was out to Stanwell the long way around via Dululu, right on the Leichhardt Highway and right back on the Capricorn Highway to the town.
I found it utterly astonishing and heartbreaking to see the amount of damage done, the velocity of the water must have been truly horrific - able to lift an entire shed off it's concrete base.
PHOTO : Terry Dale shows where the water rose to
These homes have mud all the way through them, whirlpools of water even tossing fridges around.
Again, thank you to those who I was able to catch up with in Stanwell who were able to tell their stories, it was a privelege to meet you and to be able to hear what you've been through.
This is their story.
PHOTO : Mud in the bathroom of Terry Dale's house<
PHOTO ; Flood debris washed up near the creek
PHOTO : Shed that was washed off it's base and was only stopped by the tree at the front.
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text: Pregnancy is one of the most important events in a woman's life. It is a time when she gets more attention from her near and dear ones, from friends, relatives and colleagues. There seem to be so many dos and don'ts imposed on her by elders and well-wishers. Some do have scientific basis, some do not. There used to be a lot of myths concerning pregnancy in every country which usually varies from country to country, from generation to generation. Some of these myths are concerned about forecasting the gender of the baby and some of them are just common advices.

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> Hi Alan
> Do you mean view - adjust canvas size ?
> I have tried that, but the problem persists.
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> On 31/03/2013 21:13, Alan Acock wrote:
>> I might not understand your query. Might try the view--resize option. Highlight the figure, move it to lower left corner, change view to just include figure, then copy and paste.
>> Alan Acock
>> Sent from my iPad
>> On Mar 31, 2013, at 7:17 AM, Phil Schumm <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>>> On Mar 31, 2013, at 8:04 AM, W Robert Long wrote:
>>>> Is there a way to easily copy diagrams from SEM Builder, so that they are not framed with a box ? I need to copy them into Powerpoint and at the moment, the only way I can get rid of the box is to first copy it into a graphics program, resize and remove the box, and then copy/paste into Powerpoint. This is becoming very tedious. It would be great if I can Ctrl-C in SEM Builder and Ctrl-V in Powerpoint...
>>> Not sure what you are referring to here, since if I build and estimate a model using the SEM GUI and then use the "Copy" button, the resulting image is not surrounded by a border. Note that you can save the image from within Stata in a variety of formats (e.g., ps, eps, pdf, etc.), all of which can be easily used in PowerPoint. As with "Copy", the resulting files do not have a border for me. Maybe that would work for you?
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text: '94 suburban, 5.7L, 2WD. Belt came off Thursday last week while wife driving. I went and put the belt back on, it was pretty tore up so I went straight to auto parts store and put on a new one before driving home. Next day, new belt came off again while she was driving. I went and traded cars with her and drove the sub back to work and later home that evening. Belt never came off with me driving, but I didn't run the A/C. So I started it in the garage put on the A/C and when I revved the engine (by hand at the TB) I could see the belt skirt across the idler pulley (located directly beneath the A/C compressor). Got my wife to sit in the truck and turn the steering wheel with the A/C running and the belt skirted across the pulley. Any ideas? Has the tensioner pulley just started to wear out and the load on the belt from the A/C and turning making it fail? By the way, I replaced the idler pulley (directly under the A/C) but it didn't make a differnce. Thanks, Pat


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Bill Hall: In demand?
For a player who was released by a last-place club, infielder Bill Hall is generating decent interest.
The Orioles and Nationals are among the clubs pursuing Hall, major-league sources say. The Yankees, a team that liked Hall last off-season, might consider him as well.
Hall, 31, thrived in a utility role with the Red Sox last season, but batted only .224/.272/.340 with the Astros after signing a one-year, $3 million free-agent contract.
The Orioles' interest stems from their uncertainty over second baseman Brian Roberts, who is on the disabled list with concussion-like symptoms.
The Nationals apparently like Hall as a potential super-utility player, though it's unclear how he would fit; Jerry Hairston Jr. figures to return to that role once third baseman Ryan Zimmerman comes off the disabled list.
The extent of the Yankees' interest, if any, is not known. But they could view Hall as an upgrade for their bench, perhaps in the role originally intended for the injured Eric Chavez.
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[quote user="Fmart322"]At times I hate him but Merrell Reese is an excellent radio guy. It's always easy to hate the other teams guy just because he's the other teams guy. If he were a neutral radio guy you really would like him, IMO.[/quote]l
Here is exactly what I'm talking about (sample the call after Cruz scores the TD)
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7:40 in
Some of the worst disc jockey yukking I've ever heard. "...and that was juzt bad tagling"
I hate radio guys who have to put on a yukky fake voice. I know you have to enunciate and create your own little signature sound, but they yukky disc jockey routine really grates my nerves.


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PREP 2003 students test the model plane they built.
PREP seeks mentors to work with young students
(June 7, 2005)--The San Antonio Prefreshman Engineering Program (PREP) is hiring program assistant mentors to work with middle and high school student participants through July 29. The deadline for applications is Friday, June 10.
Download a PREP program assistant mentor application (Word document).
The pay rate varies depending on sponsor, college level, major and previous PREP experience.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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San Antonio PREP is an academically intense, mathematics-based, summer enrichment program designed to develop abstract reasoning and problem-solving skills. PREP identifies achieving middle school and high school students with the potential to become scientists or engineers and reinforces them in pursuit of these fields.
The program presented over three summers. PREP expects to serve more than 1,400 students in PREP 2005. Located at most college and university campuses throughout San Antonio, the programs operate from June 13 to July 29 and include course work, team projects, class presentations, field trips, special events and examinations.
Each mentor will monitor and work with a group of 20 students, attend classes and laboratories with the students, assist instructors and students, supervise research and study, maintain student records and assist in special activities. Mentors who work past July 29 will help prepare a final report.
Mentors must have completed at least one year of college and be enrolled in college with a 2.5 or better G.P.A. Preferred qualifications are completion of advanced mathematics courses and experience working with adolescents. Mentors must be available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., June 7-July 29. Preference is given to college science, mathematics, computer science, or engineering majors; previous PREP participants and former PREP employees.
For more information, contact Martha Gomez-Gonzalez, program coordinator, at (210) 458-2060.


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Greek poet Homer (British Museum)
UTSA presents inaugural classics symposium
By Tim Brownlee
Assistant Director of Public Affairs
(March 17, 2009)--The UTSA Department of Philosophy and Classics will host its inaugural classics symposium Friday-Saturday, March 20-21 in the Business Building University Room (2.06.04) on the UTSA 1604 Campus. Free and open to the public, the symposium is centered on the theme "New Directions for Old Poems: The Modern Frontiers of Archaic Greek Poetry." The keynote speaker is Richard P. Martin of Stanford University, who will speak Friday on "Finding Homer in the 21st Century." See the schedule of speakers below.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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Sponsored by the Brackenridge Fund and the UTSA Provost's Core Values Initiative, the two-day symposium will center on the diversity and plurality of interpretive approaches to this ancient material. The event fosters the UTSA core values of integrity, excellence, inclusiveness, respect, collaboration and innovation. Speakers will present papers detailing their research and how their approaches relate to an increasingly complicated range of scholarship.
According to conference organizer, Joel Christensen, UTSA professor of philosophy and classics, the oldest literary corpus in the Western tradition has undergone phenomenal changes in the past few generations in its composition and the way it is interpreted by modern scholars. The publication of new fragments has radically changed conventional views of poets such as Archilochus, Simonides and Sappho. Additionally, literary theories from New Criticism to psychoanalysis and deconstructionism, alongside anthropological concerns such as literacy and the role of performance, have fundamentally altered the understanding of the texts and how they are described.
Professor Richard P. Martin teaches Greek and Latin literature at Stanford. His research focuses on Homeric poetry and how it functioned as a performance art in ancient Greece. His research involves fieldwork in modern Crete, where he interviews people who still perform traditional oral epics. His analysis of audio recordings of people singing these poems led him to find a number of similarities with ancient Greek epic poetry. Additionally, he has studied resemblances between ancient oral poetry and modern rap.
Born and raised in Boston, Martin studied classics as well as Medieval and modern Irish language and literature at Harvard University, where he received his B.A. in classics and Celtic literature and an M.A. and Ph.D. in classical philology. Before going to Stanford in 2000, he taught classics for 18 years at Princeton University. He was the chair of the classics department at Stanford from 2002 to 2008.
>> Coffee and snacks will be served at the symposium Friday, March 20, and breakfast and lunch will be available Saturday, March 21. For more information, e-mail conference organizer Joel Christensen.
UTSA Classics Symposium: New Directions for Old Poems: The Modern Frontiers of Archaic Greek Poetry
Session 1: Friday, March 20, 3:30-7 p.m.
3:30-4:15 p.m.
Donald Lavigne, Texas Tech University, "Genre In Archaic Poetry"
4:15-5 p.m.
Allen Romano, Florida State University, "Lyric Etiology"
5 p.m., Keynote address:
Richard Martin, Stanford University, "Finding Homer in the 21st Century"
Session 2: Saturday, March 21, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.
9-9:40 a.m.
Tom Hawkins, Ohio State University, "Hipponactean Parody and the Flaccid Phallus"
9:40-10:20 a.m.
William Tortorelli, Northwestern University, "Archaic Poetry and Metapoetics"
10:20-11 a.m.
Brett Wisniewski, New York University, "Apotropaic Imagery and Alkman: Extending Ritual Contexts"
11:20 a.m.-noon
Mark Alonge, Boston University, "Theognis: Quotation and Composition"
12-12:40 p.m.
Sean Signore, New York University, "East Meets West: Points of Contact in Archaic Greek Poetry and the Ancient Chinese Novel"
12:40-1:30 p.m.
Erwin Cook, Trinity University, "The Odyssey in Eleusis"
2:40-3:20 p.m.
David Smith, San Francisco State University, "The Scholia to Pindar's Sicilian Odes at the Crossroads of Oral History and New Historicism"
3:20-4 p.m.
Chris Eckerman, University of Oregon, "Landscape and Poetics in Pindar's Odes"
4-5 p.m.
Casey Dué, University of Houston, "The Poetics of Ambush: Agamemnon's Densely-Packed Sorrow in Iliad 10"
5:30-6:45 p.m.
Richard Martin, Stanford University, "What the Gods Want: Theological Poetics in Homer"


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This week we traveled to Patterson, Georgia to package up about 100 packages and bring them north. We took a video of our day.
We traveled down on Monday to visit JJ's Honey, owned by Jerome Jones, to pick up about 200 bee packages. We got a chance to work the yard with him, a new learning opportunity.
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In my last post, I mentioned our family's "Alias Smith and Jones" story. I hope I can tell it briefly. My step-mother ("Mom") was Phyllis Jones (front row 3rd from left in photo) and her father was Henry James "Jim" Jones (back row, 2nd from left). Mom would accompany my dad to family reunions or conventions for his family (Germans from Russia), but she stated more than once that she wasn't going to talk about her family's history. It was her belief that "what we made of our lives was more important than where or who we came from". As I grew up I knew that Mom had an older half-sister---from a previous marriage by her dad, but I didn't know who her dad had been married to. Her dad died in 1976, my Mom died in 1997 and her older half-sister Katherine died in 2000.
I began my genealogical quest in 1999, but it wasn't until nearly 5 years later that I had gathered enough information on my maternal and paternal lines that I was finally ready to do some searching on my step-mother's family. I was still curious about the identity of Katherine's mom. In the back of my mind, I also wondered why that marriage was never talked about in our family, and why my step-mom was so adamant about not researching her family history.
I've been very blessed to have found the resources of other cousins in this quest and one of my "cousins" put me in touch with another "cousin" who finally shed light on this story. It's from this same cousin that I've received the photos that are included with this story.
I learned that my Grandpa Jim Jones was actually born James Robert Smith. "Grandpa Smith"? Or "Grandpa Jones"? I can't tell you what a surprise that was. My Grandpa Jones was a very gentle, kind, loving, gracious and generous man. This photo is typical of him surrounded by his great-grandchildren. It seems Jim Jones was originally married to a woman who was not a fit mother to their daughter ('xxx Smith' who later changed her name to Katherine Jones). Jim Smith took his daughter and left that wife and left the state in which they resided. He changed his name, his daughter changed her name, his brother-who accompanied them and eventually settled in Kansas with them-also changed his name from Smith to Jones. That brother is pictured in the photo at the top in the back row 3rd from right, along with his family.
This story was never told in the family while Jim or his daughter Katherine were alive. I don't konw if my mother knew the circumstances of her dad becoming Jim Jones instead of Jim Smith. I think she must have and that's why she didn't want to discuss her family's history. But those of us who now know the story find it quite fascinating. It shows us the integrity Grandpa Jones displayed in moving his daughter out of a destructive home. Grandpa eventually married a second time to a very loving wife and had three children, the oldest of whom was my step-mother. That wife was very loving to Katherine and gave her the "mother" she needed and the love and respect she deserved. In the photo at right is Jim Smith with his daughter and his mother.
In our family, we call this the "Alias Smith and Jones Story". I've omitted many details for the sake of brevity in this posting, but I think you'll get the idea. I certainly learned that you can't research a family's history when you don't have the correct information! I spent years looking for the ancestry of Henry James Jones. Thanks to my cousin in Oklahoma, I know the ancestry of James Robert Smith---my Grandpa!


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Julien, Bergeron react to new blindside ruleThursday, March 25th, 2010
The NHL finalized a new blindside hit rule on Thursday that will ban blindside hits to the head, effective immediately. The rule is intended to prohibit "a lateral, back-pressure or blind-side hit to an opponent where the head is targeted and/or the principal point of contact."
"I don't think there are too many people who are going to argue against it," coach Claude Julien said. "I think the players want a little bit of security when it comes to that and what I personally like about the rule is that there is responsibility for both sides. You can't expect the player carrying the puck to be able to see what is behind him in a way where there is what is called blindside hits but at the same time also puts the responsibility for the puck carrier. If you are going to put your head down and you get hit head on it becomes your responsibility. They are not taking hits out of the game and they are putting the responsibility, and the right responsibility, on both players."
Julien said that coaches were shown a video of the type of hits the league is talking about but, to be sure, the rule was sped through the system after the brouhaha of Matt Cooke's hit to Marc Savard on March 7. The Flyers' Mike Richards hit to Florida's David Booth earlier this season was also impetus to implement the rule. Booth missed 45 games after the hit.
The rule initially calls for a suspension for blindside hits with no in-game penalty this season though it is likely that an in-game penalty will be instituted by the start of the 2010-11 season.
"Personally, I think it is pretty black and white," Julien said. "A blindside hit or a head on hit. We are talking about hits to the head. You can hit from the side, as long as you are not hitting the head … To me it is pretty clear the way it has been explained and if they want to put it into play anytime I am for it because it doesn't take practice, it takes common sense."
Patrice Bergeron, no stranger to concussions after questionable hits, completely agreed with Julien that the rule is more common sense than any type of game changer.
"For me it is a rule that is kind of common sense," Bergeron said. "It is a rule that should have been in place and now that it is I hope everyone's going to think about it … I don't think it is going to change the game, I think it is still going to be a physical game. There will still be some good hits but those hits, direct to the head are careless and there is no need for it and I am just happy that there is a rule in place now."
Ultimately, Bergeron said, it is up to the players to do the right thing on the ice.
"I think in between the players we need to be responsible, we need to think about the actions before we do it," Bergeron said. "Kids are watching, it's something important but first and foremost it is the players."


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We were set for a short day after a couple of marathons last week and we left Greensburg on a quiet road ignoring the howling freeway running east. The day was spent on beautiful country lanes. Indiana has a wonderful block system making it impossible to get lost. We passed through Clarkesville where we had lunch at a very sleepy gas station and then followed Buena Vista road. There was so little traffic about and the farmland around us was beautiful.
When we arrived in Brooksville we were pleased that the ride had been straightforward and we were on for an early finish to try and get organised and back on track
Another battle with check in where the computer (or more accurately the computer operator) cannot overcome the fact that we are not American and therefore do not have a zip code, a cell phone and a big stonking RV, resulted in us pitching our tent very nicely in time for a relaxed evening of catching up with the blog and planning ahead.
Just as I started cooking dinner the first spot of rain fell. Half an hour later the plan for a restful evening had gone well and truly out of the window. Washed away by the most ridiculous downpour. The propane ran out half way through cooking dinner and the rain continued to batter us. The sight of me trying to cook rice and pinning down the tent as the rain and wind did its best to blow us away, was probably very amusing for the good people of USA nicely tucked up in their RVs
We sat it out and waited for the rain to ease. Dinner as you can imagine was not one of the most enjoyable meals we have had on our trip. After supper we emptied the tent of the pool of water which had settled in the bottom and moved to higher ground. The inflatable beds kept us off the bog but I have a feeling tomorrow we will need some serious drying out. Camping is not fun in the rain.
Miles Cycled; 45 but with some big dippers
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In Italy I learned a few interesting things about pasta dishes that go against common thinking in New Zealand. In Italy, the pasta is considered as important as the sauce you put over it. Different sauces are considered suitable for only certain types of pasta.
The pasta is added to the sauce and tossed around to coat it well, as opposed to topping the pasta with a sauce. A small amount of the pasta cooking water will be added to the sauce to thin it back a little before the pasta is mixed through it.
There is no big deal about using dried pasta as opposed to fresh.
Pasta will be served as a small course as part of a multi-course lunch or dinner, rarely as a main.
In Italy, it would be laughable to try and find ways to speed things up in the kitchen. Making food is a serious business and will not be rushed. Eating food is equally honoured, a respectable two hours will be required for lunch.
But New Zealand schedules don't always allow such a luxury of time, so I've devised a few pasta recipes that can be whipped up quickly.
Some of these ideas would make an Italian momma shudder, but I guarantee they'll still be delicious.
Tips for cooking perfect pasta
1. Fill your biggest pot with water.
2. Add salt. Salt makes pasta taste better.
3. Get the water to a rolling boil. This means a boil that doesn't stop when you stir the pot.
4. Pasta usually doubles in size, so measure your pasta.
5. Add to the water. Keep stirring - pasta will only stick if it isn't stirred during the beginning of the cook.
6. Don't add oil. Sauces will not stick to slippery pasta.
7. Most pastas cook in 8-10 minutes.
8. Cook only one type of pasta at a time.
9. Pasta should be "al dente", a little firm to the bite.


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The program was begun in the Spring of 1954 at the I.U. Center for the "instruction of high school seniors planning to reenroll at the Center next fall." It included tours, talks and get-acquainted sessions. It was a forerunner of the SOAR program in some ways.
Source: I.U. Student, May 1954, p. 1.


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When two events coincide in the course of attempt to correct one fail leading to a second fail in which both parties are unable to continue due to shame.
An example of a failmate would be if a group of thieves stole a car with no wheels, then the cops who came to get them hit the parked car. The double fail means that no beneficial conclusion can be reached by either party without suffering epic shaming.
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When opposing forces fail to resolve their differences but successfully turn away their supporters in the process.
The Two Party System has resulted in a failmate for the Citizens of the United States of America.
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Disputed NE Bend tree felled, hours after vote
City doesn't know who did it; arborist in fight says wasn't him
BEND, Ore. - Just hours after Bend's City Council, acting as the city's "tree board," voted to have the city cut down a disputed, nearly century-old Ponderosa pine tree at a new community garden site, someone cut it down -- but it wasn't the city, which is now trying to find out who did the overnight deed.
Councilors sided with a city staff arborist who said the tree posed a safety hazard and needed to be removed from the project site near NE Eighth Street and Franklin Avenue.
Another arborist, former city council candidate Wade Fagen, had objected to the tree's removal, saying it was not failing or a hazard. Fagen also recently appealed to the city to try to save a juniper tree at a road project on the south end of town, saying the road could have been shifted a bit to save it and that junipers are native High Desert plants.
As for the garden project, organizer Cheryl Howard said the tree's removal is a serious matter, and that felling it required a special permit, due to its proximity to power lines.
City officials told NewsChannel 21 they don't know who cut it down -- and Fagen said he also has no idea who did it, as he still was fighting to save it.
But Howard noted that Fagen told councilors at a meeting previously that if they voted to take down the tree, he could do it himself.
Howard said arborists in Bend are concerned about what they called "rogue behavior" -- and the person responsible could face charges.
The original plan was to cut the tree down as a safety hazard during installation of a new community garden.
An arborist with the city deemed it a hazard because of its lean and split up the middle, and a cavity at its base. But Fagen objected to the removal, saying the tree was not failing or a hazard.
Some neighbors said Wednesday they, too, didn't think it should go.
"It's a prominent visual image in the middle of my front window, I don't want it going anywhere," Matthew Cassidy said at the time.
Cassidy lives right across the street from the towering pine.
Over the years, the tree has been limbed because of power lines that run right up next to it.
"I guess some people might not say it's the most classically shaped tree, but I appreciate that about it," said Cassidy.
At Wednesday night's meeting, councilors discussed the option of getting an independent arborist to look at the pine.
Councilor Doug Knight argued the city had its arborist look at it and said it needed to go. He noted that Fagen said the tree is fine and doesn't pose a threat. A third arborist said an evaluation of the tree needed to be done, and Knight said he agreed.
In the end, Knight was the only one to vote against the plan.
After the tree is gone, community garden organizers said they plan to put in two new Ponderosa pines.
Having done their very rare duty as the city "Tree Board," Councilor Sally Russell said she'd like to see options in the future, and City Manager Eric King said the city is developing a standard process for deciding on removal of tees in public rights of way.
Mayor Jim Clinton said he would have liked to see the tree saved -- "I think it has character" -- but went along with the staff recommendation. He also said he believes there should be a tree board made up of people who know, love and care for trees.
But colleague Mark Capell called for balance, or you could "get a half-dozen people who say, 'I'm never going to let a tree get cut down in the city."


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I got this bear on Ebay, he was included with a basket I got. He was made in Alaska by one of the Native American tribes, not sure which though I suspect it would be either the Inuit or Yupik. The bear is made of seal skin and has beading for eyes. He stands about 14 inches tall and has leather on the feet, muzzle and inside of ears. There is a split in the leather on one foot where it is stitched into the fur, and there is a bead missing in one of the eyes. I think he was played with a bit by the child he was made for and it makes him more endearing to me. He has a little nub of a tail too, so cute! I have looked on the internet for others like him and I have been unsuccessful at finding anything. I have found other things made in Alaska using seal fur, like dolls and other animals but I have not found another like this guy. There is no hair loss except for a couple tiny places, one on his face and the others are where he was stitched up along his back. You can see the sinew used to put him together more along the spine and he has held together very well. I have him resting on an old saddle blanket in my curio cabinet where my Cat BooBoo cannot get to him. When I first got the package, Boo who must inspect everything that comes in went crazy. And when I took this Little Bear out, BooBoo went bonkers over him and tried to attack..lol. Bear is safely behind glass now where Boo can look but not touch. I wish I could find more like him or even close to him. I feel pretty safe in saying he is from around 1920 or so and I do not think anyone makes them anymore. If anyone knows of someone I would love to know about them.


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Flat near Arthur Seat.
Size45 m²
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- Washer/dryer
- Towels
- Internet/WiFi
- Family/child friendly
- Parking available
- Baby cot
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|Royal Park Terrace, EH8 8JD Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Located alongside Holyrood park. 10 minutes walk to the Scottish Parliament and Holyrood palace.
* Free wifi.
* One Bedroom with double bed.
* One Lounge with sofa.
* Kitchen with Fridge, Washer/Dryer, Microwave, Kettle.
* Bed linen and towels provided.
* Free an easy street parking available.
* Baby cot.
* Many appliances available. Hair dryer/Toaster/Kettle/microwave/cooker/washing machine/Dryer.
* Grocery store at proximity.
About the surroundings
Royal Park Terrace sits on the edge of the Queen's Park at the foot of Arthur's Seat, a historic Edinburgh landmark and extinct volcano.
Despite its close proximity to the town centre, the park boasts a diverse scenery of mountains, lochs with resident swans and wildlife and moorland adjacent to Holyrood Palace, the Queen's Scottish residence. There are spectacular walks to enjoy and a climb up to the top of Arthur's Seat is well worth the effort to fully appreciate the fascinating views of the city and beyond. The surrounding area is well served with supermarkets, shops, pubs, places to eat out and Meadowbank Sports Center is 5 mins. walk. There is an excellent public transport service into town both day and evening.
House rulesDAMAGE DEPOSIT - In booking this offer you accept paying the refundable damage deposit of £200.
Usage of electricity is monitored to prevent heavy abuses.
Regret no pets. No smoking. No parties allowed.
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The apartment was great . All as in the description. The way to the bus takes only a few walking minutes . Likewise, you can reach the city center within 10 minutes .
The apartment is very quiet . We missed nothing . Thanks Noel , for a great stay .
Noel is a great host and the flat is clean and cosy; all the appliances you might possibly need are there and the location is perfect. We had a great time and highly recommend Noel's flat. We'll be coming back for sure!
The flat was clean and in a good location, it´s a nice walk to the city center. Noel was really nice and acommodating, cause our plane was late. Everything was really easy! Recommended! Thanks again Noel! Stefanie and Ramon
My daughter and her friend rented 2 weeks Noël's apartment and found it very pleasant, comfortable and well-equipped. It is close to the centre, well-served by buses and remains calm on the edge of a beautiful park. Noël is a very welcoming and accommodating host. A good place to recommend for even a little long stays! Jeanne
Noël is a friendly host. The apartment was clean and cozy. On the edge of town next to a park and within 10 minutes you are on the bus in the center. Definitely recommended!
Noël is een vriendelijke host.
Het appartement was netjes en gezellig.
Aan de rand van de stad naast een park en binnen 10 minuten ben je met de bus in het centrum. Zeker een aanrader!
The flat is located close to the city center, by bus 10 minutes. It was very clean and we had all we needed, dishes, towels, ...
Noel was very friendly and super flexible concerning our arrival time. Everything worked well, there was no problem with the deposit.
Really great place to stay in Edinburgh.
Beautiful flat well located and full confort, very quiet and cosy. Ideal for a journey in Edinburgh.
A nice British style apartment (carpet in the toilet and bathroom) at a very nice location, next to Holyrood park and in walking distance of the city center (~20 min to the royal mile). Everything you might need is there (kitchen supplies, washing machine, blow-drier etc). Furthermore the WiFi and digital TV were also a plus. The only minus for us was the bed that slightly sagged in the middle, but nothing major. We had a very nice stay here!
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I'm a new bk, 1st year and i do believe i might be able to steal some honey in a few weeks.
From what i've read it seems the maxant is a lifetime investment.
Since Kellys offer for free shipping ended June 1st, where should i look next for the best price on a maxant 3100 delivered.
Anyone aware of any good deals being offered?
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" Brand: Chicco / Age: 9 months - 3 years / Type: Musical Toy "
My Mother-in-Law bought this quirky little toy for my little girl when she was 6 months old. Now the packaging for this toy states that it is for ages nine months to three years but my daughter still enjoyed playing with her new handbag. It has a number of great features that are both entertaining and educational, and it keeps my little princess good for a while which is definitely a bonus.
I'm sure it is playing with this toy that has taught my daughter how to answer the phone. It has a little green mobile phone that has it's own little pocket containing a little button that makes a ringing sound when the phone is removed. I used to pick it up and pretend to answer it and then pass it to my daughter, and now, whenever our house phone rings she picks it up and answers it which is both funny and a bit annoying when she hangs up on people.
There is also a little button near the top and when pressed a little MP3 player pops out and plays a choice of two songs. This prompts my daughter to have a little dance every time and she will sometimes sit there for a good half an hour pressing it over and over again. Another feature that plays another couple of songs is a little compact mirror that baby can flip open and closed. Now my daughter isn't so interested in the music that the mirror prompts as she is too busy giggling away at her reflection, as do most babies so this is another great feature. There is also a spin around feature that clicks as it goes around. There is a little plastic key and teddy bear attached to the handle but my daughter isn't really interested in these, she just likes the noisy bits.
A couple of other things I should mention is that the handle lights up when the songs are playing and there are four blocks on the front that can be spun around to make sounds and changes to different pictures. It also has two sound settings but be warned, the louder one is very loud!
If you are looking for a toy that can educate your child, then this is definitely a good one because it teaches hand-eye co-ordination, action and consequence, sounds and sight. The fact that it is suitable for nine moths to three years means that it is definitely a good investment as it will last them for a good couple of years as they find more and more new ways to play with it. It is also made from plastic so if it gets a bit dirty it is easy enough to wipe down with a cloth. It is maybe not something I would have thought to buy her myself but I am really glad someone else did as it really is brilliant. My daughter loves it and it very quickly became one of her favourite toys. Just be careful if, like my daughter, your child likes to throw things because with it being made from hard plastic, trust me, it hurts A LOT if it lands on your toe.
At my daughter's first Christmas she was just two months old and so most of the gifts that she received were either clothes or soft toys. My parents however did buy a selection of things that could be enjoyed during her following year, one of which was the Chicco Fun and Music Bag.
This is essentially a toy in the form of a handbag. It does not open like a handbag, but is packed with features to keep young children entertained.
Beginning at the top, the chunky grip of the handle is made from white plastic. Housed inside this are yellow and red lights. When the toy is activated or when a tune is played, these lights flash intermittently in time with the music. Attached to the side of the handle is a keyring and from that hangs a large green plastic key and a teddy bear of around the same size.
At the very top of the handbag is a pop up section which is revealed when pressing the centre of a pink flower just below it. Inside the pop up section is a plastic Mp3 player and headphones, housed in transparent plastic. When this section is revealed, a tune is activated and the lights on the handle flash in time to the music.
On the left hand side of the main body of the handbag is puzzle where four pieces can be rotated to create three different images; a butterfly, a little girl and a cat. Next to the puzzle is a circular mirror, with a plastic flap to cover it. When the flap is opened, again a tune is activated and the lights on the handle flash. Next to this is a plastic coin purse shape which has a little window at the bottom. When twisting it around it emits a clicking sound and visible though the window are images with the number 1, then '1, 2' and then '1, 2, 3'.
There is also a button to the front which enables the user to switch off the toy or choose from two different volume settings. Ours is usually set to the highest level as I generally let noisy toys be noisy toys.
Finally on the right hand side of the handbag is a little pocket which holds a removable chunky toy mobile phone. When the phone is inserted into the pocket, it presses on a button which activates a ringing sound. This also activates the lights in the handle.
The Chicco Fun and Music Bag is available at the following prices:
Toys R Us £19.99
Amazon £18.83
Argos £17.67
Tesco £16.97
It is suitable for children of 9 months onward.
When my daughter first received this I did introduce her to it, despite the fact that she was still a very young baby. I would lie her on her activity mat and activate the sounds myself. It always caught her attention and she seemed to very much enjoy the flashing lights.
As she has grown older, she has gained more interest in it and is of course now at 17 months able to carry it around herself and operate the features. This toy tends to get put away in the toy box for a few weeks before re-surfacing and being played with again for a while.
My daughter is able to operate the button which reveals the Mp3 player. She can also flip the puzzle pieces (though not solve the puzzle), open the mirror and rotate the coin purse shape. She can also remove the mobile phone and place it back in again with ease. She is very intrigued by the lights in the handle but most of all loves the music. My little girl has always loved music and will dance away merrily at any tune she hears.
This product is not too heavy and so she can carry it around with ease.
My three year old son has also played with this toy, as have a few of my children's little friends who are boys. He is able to complete the puzzle as well as use all of the features. He will usually activate a sound and pass it to his sister saying "Here you go Perdy" before moving on to one of his own toys.
Chicco also make this toy is a backpack shape with blue colours for anyone looking to buy it for a little boy who does not fancy the feminine colours of this one.
The Chicco Fun and Music Bag aids hand eye co-ordination and sensory awareness. The puzzle teaches problem solving skills and the twisting coin purse teaches numbers to slightly older infants. This toy could also be used to encourage young babies to crawl when the light and sound is activated and it is placed just out of reach. There are many benefits of such a feature-packed toy, though above all it is lots of fun and this is what has drawn both my children and my friends' children to it.
The musical bag is plastic and pink and has a white handle on it that lights up in different colours when it is switched on. On the front of the bag it is interactive and has a button that you can press and the Ipod pops up and plays another tune. It has a mirror on the front that you can open and close also has squares that you turn around like a Rubik's cube and they make up different pictures of a cat, a girl, a butterfly or a flower. The bag has a purse on the front of the bag as well that you can turn around and has pictures of numbers 1-3 in pictures of coins.
On the side of the bag it has a compartment for a small toy mobile phone that has numbers 1-4 on the front and they squeak when they are pressed we lost the mobile very quickly and is probably at the bottom of a box of toys somewhere. On the handle of the toy it has a large key and a teddy bear key ring.
I think this toy is very good for role play because they can pretend to go shopping with it. It holds a child's interest for a long time because it has lots of different things to explore on the front and is great to carry around with them. The toy isn't that heavy and is strong if it is dropped it doesn't matter it still works. It has to volume controls a quieter and a louder setting I find the quieter setting good and don't normally need the louder one only if the background was very loud you would need it. The batteries last for a long time.
This toy is my niece's toy and she loves it but I don't like the fact that it is very girl orientated not that my son cares at his age he plays with anything. The squares for making a picture are fiddly and difficult to turn you would need brilliant co-ordination to turn them even for a 3 year old.
We got ours a hand me down so the price I'm not sure what it would be to buy it brand new you would have to look around to see were it is available.
I have to say that this toy is something that i never would have bought my daughter as i'm really not a girly type of person so to buy my little girl a toy handbag is probably the furthest thing from my mind!! However, my mum bought this without me knowing (imagine my shock on Christmas morning when my daughter opened it!!!) and i am surprised to say that it is actually quite a sweet toy.
The fun musical bag (also known as fun and music illuminating toy) is made by Chicco, and this is one of the only toys we have ever had by this supplier. It is made of quite hard wearing plastic and is bright pink with a pale pink handle, and on the side is a little mobile phone holder. When turned on, the handle lights up and a jingle is played, and until the child actually does something with it, thats all it does. The top of the handbag looks like a normal bag, with the effect that it would open and a flower like clasp, but it doesn't open, instead there is a little button in the middle of the flower and when pressed up pops the "ipod". When the ipod pops up it plays a really catchy little tune and the child can have a real good little boogie!
At the left side of the bag there is a four piece rotating puzzle in which a butterfly, cat or little girl picture can be made. As the pieces spin round a "boing" noise plays, this is great for them to learn how to make faces but my little girl likes to make them not match as she thinks its hilarious when they are all mixed up!
At the bottom there is a little compact mirror which is covered by a little plastic flower cover - great for little posers like my daughter! At the right hand side is what looks like a coin purse and this spins round to show three sets of coins - either one coin, two coins or three coins - great for counting!
The mobile phone holder at the side is home to a mini mobile which squeaks when the numbers are pressed, and when it is taken out of the holder it makes a ringing sound. Finally, attached to the handle (which can be moved to either side of the bag) is a key and teddy which gives the effect that it is a proper little handbag.
I have only one negative with this bag and that is the mobile itself, with everything else on the bag it makes the mobile seem very babyish as it is just a squeaker and doesn't actually do anything else. That said i think it is possibly my daughters favourite thing about the toy!
At £19.99 i would say this is a little on the expensive side but it hasn't been a bad buy as my daughter has enjoyed various long spurts of playing with it and it is lasting very well - after two years it still looks as new and the batteries have so far yet not had to be changed. The recommended age for this toy is 9 months - 3 years but i think at the age of 3 the child is a little too old as there isn't enough interest in it in my opinion for a child of that age.


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Looking at some disaster prep communication options and my buddy and I are looking at ham radios and scanners.
Scanners - analog or digital? Looking for a local/regional EMT scanning solution. Prefer HANDHELD. Found a 200-channel radio shack which is analog for $100. Digital scanners seem to be SPENDY - around $300 or so. I read something that suggested that they will all "move" to digital in the near future... so that implies that analog isn't a good long-term purchase?
Ham radios - suggestion to me was a $60 handheld. What are the ranges on handheld in a populated/wooded area?


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Found this on Pinterest but it's a photo only. I'd love to know the name of the block. Thanks!
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Found this on Pinterest but it's a photo only. I'd love to know the name of the block. Thanks!
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Don't know the name, but I am interested in finding out. A beautiful block!
Don't have my books nearby, but it's an interesting grid.
It's 6x6, but (easily) constructed as 1.5, 1, 1, 1, 1.5.
Can't say I'm crazy about those salmon colors, but I do like the monochromatic coloring.
Thanks for sharing this,
The center 9 patch is a variant on Prairie Flower (square in a square added) I suspect the maker did as I often do and started with that basic block and played with it.
Using a 4" unit size, I think this would make a very nice wall hanging or wheelchair lap quilt.
Lois, a good quilt program (I much prefer Quilt Pro) is a great way to save patterns you like and wonderful for auditioning fabrics and colors without any fabric waste. The process of entering patterns also teaches one a huge amount about quilt design.
I have made this block before in the 90s. Funny how I can remember this but not what I did last week! Anyway, looked up my Thimbleberries pattern and is a 12.5 finished block called 'Painted Daisy' I only made one as the quilt was a flower sampler.


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Well, today was like any other day. Read about a lady wanting to sell some bees. Called her went to look at the bees. Asked if they were gentle and how aggressive they were, she stated, very gentle and that she was just in them yesterday.
So my father and I went a put our bee suit on just in case. Opened the first hive, they were very aggressive and put the lid on almost immediately. Went to the second hive, it was worse that the first. My dad got stung once on the ankle.
Within 5 minutes he was complaining that everything was getting dark. He then said he felf real funny. I rushed him to the nearest hospital. By this time he was itching all over and his eyes were blood shot, he skin color was extremely red, like a real bad sunburn.
Got to the hospital, with 4 different shots and two hours later and a whole IV of Sodium Chloride, we left. He is fine and will be going to an allergist for treatment.
I told the lady, I was not interested in the bees, and realized this is not the way to spend a gourgous friday evening.
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#1 Mon 17 Dec 12 11:24pm
Lasagna Cupcakes! Jeez!
I'm telling you when you hear those 2 words together, sounds kinda disgusting but honestly i just found this recipe online for lasagna cupcakes, they are like individual lasagna bites lol they sound amazing! I'm just wondering if anyone has different variations of that recipe? the one i found is pretty basic, just ricotta, Parmesan, mozzarella and ground beef between wonton wrappers. Could we get creative?!
#2 Tue 18 Dec 12 1:08am
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Re: Lasagna Cupcakes! Jeez!
Lasagne cups do sound rather strange !
What about draping a part sheet of almost cooked pasta over an indervidual hole of a cupcake tin , putting in a little sauce then a circle of pasta , cheese , then a circle of pasta , some tiny meatballs plus sauce and then fold the edges of the sheet pasta over the top , scatter with cheese and than bake .
Similar I know but I think it might work .
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Re: Lasagna Cupcakes! Jeez!
I want to get creative, but the concept is weirding me out.
#4 Tue 18 Dec 12 11:43am
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Re: Lasagna Cupcakes! Jeez!
that is a very cool concept.. the best part is that most people love the edge. what is better than a 360 * edge. I will have to try this with an extra large muffin tin.
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Re: Lasagna Cupcakes! Jeez!
I would have to do it without the dry, overcooked edges, otherwise, it looks delicious.
#6 Tue 18 Dec 12 7:29pm
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I really really love the idea as well. You know how there are different renditions of your typical traditional lasagna? like zucchini lasagna, vegetarian lasagna etc. I'm just trying to come with ingredients that will make it a bit fancier. Other than your typical lasagna ingredients.
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Re: Lasagna Cupcakes! Jeez!
This would be nice with a creamy, cheesy salmon/leek/asparagus mix - maybe with creme fraiche, gruyere or emmethal . . . or spinach and cheese.
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#8 Tue 18 Dec 12 8:55pm
Re: Lasagna Cupcakes! Jeez!
I love that idea! Yes! Cheesy Salmon. I guess then it would not really resemble a typical lasagna but still. Oh I also like the idea of spinach. Like ground beef, ricotta, mozzarella and spinach with perhaps instead of a store-bought pasta sauce, a home-made one with more herbs and spices. The recipe i found is kinda bland in that sense and it lacks veggies.
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I don't know what to do with those...
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Turn this moist, dense and truly chocolaty cake into an elegant dessert by garnishing each serving with a dollop of whipped cream, some fresh raspberries and a light dusting of cocoa. Note that this cake does not contain any leavening: beaten egg whites alone are used to lighten it.
Nutrition Profile:
Diabetes Appropriate
Healthy Weight
Heart Healthy
High Fiber
Low Calorie
Low Cholesterol
Low Sat Fat
Low Sodium
Serves 12
Prep Time 60 min
Total Time 150 min.
Step 1
To prepare cake: Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a 9-inch round cake pan with cooking spray. Line the bottom with parchment or wax paper.
Step 2
Combine dates, cocoa and instant coffee in a small bowl. Add boiling water and stir until the cocoa has dissolved. Cover and let stand until the dates have softened and the mixture has cooled to room temperature, about 20 minutes.
Step 3
Meanwhile, spread hazelnuts in a shallow baking dish and bake until fragrant and lightly toasted, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer to a plate and let cool.
Step 4
Grind bread into fine crumbs in a food processor. Measure to make sure you have 1/2 cup. Transfer to a large bowl. (No need to wash the workbowl between steps.)
Step 5
Place 1/2 cup of the hazelnuts in the food processor. Add flour and salt; process until the nuts are finely ground. Transfer to the bowl with the breadcrumbs.
Step 6
Scrape the cooled date mixture into the food processor. Add 1/3 cup sugar, oil, vanilla and whole egg; process until smooth, stopping several times to scrape down the sides of the workbowl. Scrape the mixture into the bowl with the breadcrumbs and nuts. Mix gently with a rubber spatula.
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Beat egg whites with an electric mixer in a clean large mixing bowl until soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining 1/3 cup sugar, beating until stiff, glossy peaks form. Add one-fourth of the beaten whites to the batter and whisk until blended. Fold in the remaining whites with a rubber spatula just until blended. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan, spreading evenly.
Step 8
Bake the cake until the top springs back when touched lightly, 25 to 35 minutes. Let cool in the pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Coat the rack with cooking spray and invert the cake onto it to cool completely.
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Meanwhile, to prepare glaze: Combine cocoa, chocolate, corn syrup and instant coffee in a medium bowl. Add boiling water and stir with a wooden spoon until the chocolate has melted and the mixture is smooth. Stir in vanilla. Gradually add confectioners' sugar (to the chocolate mixture), beating with an electric mixer, slowly at first, then gradually increasing speed, until the glaze is smooth and thickened. (The mixture may seem lumpy at first, but it will smooth out.) Cover with plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature until the mixture is set, about 30 minutes.
10. To finish the cake, place it bottom-side up on a serving plate. Place several strips of wax paper under the bottom edge to protect the plate from drips. Spoon on glaze and spread it evenly over the top and sides of the cake with an icing spatula or knife. Arrange the remaining 2 tablespoons hazelnuts around the top outside edge. Discard the wax paper before serving.
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Original post made by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Mar 2, 2010
The State of Texas had its primaries this week, and the incumbent Governor, Rck Perry, running on a very conservative platform, wiil be facing (for Texas) a liberal former mayor of Houston.
There is much I like about Texas. The climate in Houston is not among them. Texans have a great spirit, value a robust business model, have a generally good public education system, and have a sound government fiscally.
But it ain't California.
I find it ironic that Governor Perry won the nomination to return to the Governor's office in Texas by railing against Washtington, DC. Having been a resident of the state for a number of years, I understand the appeal of his message. What seems to be be missing is the fact that his predecessor up until a little over a year ago was occupying the White House.
The wheels did not fall off the wagon on Janaury 20, 2009 when Obama became President. The seeds were sown over several years prior to his election. So just what is Perry saying? IMHO, he is not saying anything, he just is tapping into the frustration of many and the Texas "bad-ass" streak that attends voters in the State.
In some ways, Texas is its own country. Many Texans certainly act like it is. I am not sure that is a healthy thing for the other 49 states.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 3, 2010 at 1:36 am
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At Fort Hood for Operation Longhorn, it was said that all Texas needed was a bit cooler weather and a better class of people- the response was "the same for Hell"
a resident of Downtown North
on Mar 3, 2010 at 3:41 am
What is it that Paul Losch has against Federalism. Why is it bad if Texas sets its own policies? I follow Texas politics too, and there was as much frustration there with the attempts of the Federal government to control the states then as there is now. It might get more attention in California now that Obama has upped the ante (He is spending 25% of GDP compared to 21% in the Bush era), but there was no less resentment of Federal government meddling then than there is now.
The Founders never envisioned as system where states are all alike. They presumed that states would have much more autonomy than they do now (and infinitely more than some apparently like Losch would like them to have.)
States are supposed to be different from one another. Losch is right that "Texas ain't California". California isn't Texas either. People in both states probably are happy about that.
The great thing about Federalism is that if you don't like the way things are being run in your state, you can move to another. Judging by the data (Tens of Thousands of Californians are voting with their feet and moving to Texas every year), Texas's way of doing things is more popular than California's even with its weather handicap.
Does Losch really think that the US would be better if all states were like California? He says he doesn't think it's healthy that people in Texas like being run differently than states like California? What's his problem with diversity?
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Mar 4, 2010 at 9:05 pm
Family members were in Texas recently to visit Rice University, a fine university in Houston. Across the street, Texas Medical Center, one of the seven wonders of the world (almost!) When I visited Houston several years ago, I had a positive experience. Wonderful people, a great city, America's 4th largest.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 5, 2010 at 7:40 am
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Much of the progress in Texas was made possible by the availability of affordable air conditioning. The siesta was not a sign of laziness, just an acknowledgment that manual labor in the heat of the day was difficult. By the time Obama's promised doubling of energy cost goes through, I predict a return to the siesta.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 5, 2010 at 12:22 pm
I agree with you that states don't all need to be the same. It is a funny thing, though, the selective way that ultra-conservatives apply this principle.
> Obama has upped the ante (He is spending 25% of GDP compared to 21%
> in the Bush era), but there was no less resentment of Federal
> government meddling then than there is now
This is just plain silly. President Obama inherited this mess from his free-spending Republican predecessor. Look at the ratio of debt/GNP under previous administrations.
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Remind me again why nominal fiscal conservatives love deficit spending and public debt. Oh, now I remember -- because deficit spending is a public subsidy to the wealthy.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 5, 2010 at 5:45 pm
"At Fort Hood for Operation Longhorn, it was said that all Texas needed was a bit cooler weather and a better class of people- the response was "the same for Hell""
Couldn't have said it better myself.
a resident of Downtown North
on Mar 5, 2010 at 6:12 pm
I think you misread my comment. I said there was no less resentment of the deficit federal spending during the Bush era than there is now. That is people worried about government overspending were just as down on Bush as Obama...at least in Texas.
While I agree with you that Republicans were free spending wastrels whose policies were hugely destructive to the national fisc, it's hard to defend Obama's handling of the deficit: even if you grant his administration a pass due to the (dubious) necessity of deficit spending to combat the recession in the current and next fiscal year, according to the CBO, he's projecting deficits averaging $1 Trillion per year for the next ten years - even when he assumes the economy will be growing again. And projected federal spending under Obama seems to plateau at about 24% - as compared to an average over the past 50 years of about 20%. Makes Bush's reckless irresponsibility look almost statesmanlike by comparison. (I.e. Both Bush and Obama are promiscuous spenders whose policies do huge damage to the future of the country. Why get into a beauty contest between two warthogs by tendentious arguments about which was the worse offender in deficits?)
But what's this got to do with Texas or Federalism, which was the real point of my comment above?
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 5, 2010 at 6:15 pm
As a former resident of Texas, I have to admit that I miss the state. I miss the MUCH lower cost of living (property, energy, goods and services), very friendly attitudes, great roads, good schools, clean environment, open space and MUCH lower taxes (and the lack of a state income tax).
Every time I think about the immense amount of taxes, fees, tolls and CRVs in California -- I can't wonder where all of the money is going. How is this state in debt when it has such a large population and collects more taxes (and fees, etc...) per capita than any other state? They collect so much but have so little to show for it.
Texas is similar in demographics (including fiscal burden with illegal immigration), industry and scope...but it isn't in almost hopeless debt. I found the following article from the LA Times quite interesting. It contrasts the states of California and Texas:
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However, I will say that I love the weather in the San Francisco Bay Area. I know that Texas has some "cool" areas (especially along the coast), but I am from the Rio Grande Valley. 85 degrees is a "cool" day in the summer there.
Our family is saving the money that we earn here in order to eventually build a home there. For about $120K, you can build a nice brick home on an acre in many suburban areas of Dallas, Austin, Houston or San Antonio. My sister just built her home for $75K (finished...on a one acre lot) in a nice suburb in the Rio Grande Valley. My parents built their home (with our help) for less than $40K...on about 2.5 acres.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 5, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Anna, my apologies. I appreciate your appreciation of the history of debt/GDP.
As for Federalism -- I agree in principle that states can be economic and social laboratories where policies are demonstrated at a state level before possibly being rolled out nationwide. I think interstate mobility is so easy now, though, that certain things are longer practical today on a per-state level.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 5, 2010 at 6:38 pm
There are places in California where $120K will still buy a lot of house. Unfortunately, they are all a long way from where the jobs are.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 5, 2010 at 7:54 pm
Hi Anon...
Yes, I understand that (although the state average is much higher). I just wanted to point out that property values and property taxes are, as a whole, much lower in Texas when compared to California (when comparing similar cities and towns). My sister and her husband purchased a home in a fancy suburb of Dallas for $140K. It is a 5BR 3BR brick home with a three car garage in a gated community with great schools.
Regardless, it just seems that Texas shows much more (in terms of services, roads, schools, etc...) with a much smaller fiscal and per capita income.
Don't get me wrong: I am not trying to spit on California. I just have to question where all of the money that California collects is going. In fact, I noticed that my taxes (federal and state) actually went up there year...although my income is still the same. I just can't help but wonder where it is all going.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 5, 2010 at 10:43 pm
If Texas was really all that great, how come no one moves from elsewhere to there...but everyone moves from elsewhere to Cally?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 6, 2010 at 8:51 am
"You Can Take Texas" - actually, the hill country north/west of San Antonio is pretty nice. Unfortunately, historically, all the jobs were in Houston/Dallas, but, the climate in the hills around Utopia, Fredericksburg, and Kerrvile, for example, is pretty nice. Fredericksburg used to have an old fashioned small-town downtown. Anybody been there lately?
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 6, 2010 at 2:09 pm
Hi "You Can Take Texas and..."
Actually, the population of Texas has been increasing quite a bit. In fact, Texas is expected to pick up four additional Congressional districts and Electoral College votes following the Census...and California will probably lose one or two. The population of Texas has been growing that much faster than California!
This is not confined to Texas. Other states with lower taxes and cost of living are actually poised to pick up more congressional seats and Electoral votes. The states that are losing population (or those that are not growing as quickly) are typically those that have higher taxes and cost of living.
This will have a profound impact on national elections. The states who have dramatically increasing populations tend to be RED states (or "swing" states) whereas all of the states that will be losing electoral votes and congressional districts are BLUE states.
Using the likely Census data and applying it to the last Presidential election, McCain would have netted a gain of nine Electoral College votes...and Presidential Obama would have lost nine. Since the election wasn't that close (Obama won 52.5% of the vote and 365 of the 270 electoral votes necessary to win the election), it wouldn't have affected the outcome. However, it would have a profound impact on election strategy for "close" elections like 2000 or 2004. For instance, Bush would have won 282 Electoral College votes instead of the 271 that he won in 2000 (and Gore would have netted 255 instead of 266).
Most strategists on both sides of the aisle seem to believe that the next presidential election will be much closer than the previous historic election. A swing of 11-14 votes could have a huge impact.
So, yes, people ARE moving to Texas. There is a reason that they are moving...and it probably has little to do with the weather.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 6, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Hi Anon...
Yes, I have been to Fredericksburg. It is a fantastically beautiful small town in the Texas hill country! As a teenager, I attended a summer camp in nearby Kerrville.
There are plenty of towns like these throughout the state...and some within an easy commute of major urban areas. My sister lives in a beautiful rural town called "Castroville" that is just ten miles west of San Antonio.
LOL -- I sound like a commercial for Texas Department of Tourism.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 6, 2010 at 6:34 pm
"So, yes, people ARE moving to Texas."
I'm talking about legals, not illegals.
a resident of Downtown North
on Mar 6, 2010 at 7:25 pm
Unfortunately - for California - the people moving to Texas from California tend to be young middle class and upper middle class professionals who see Texas as a better place to have a career and family than California. In fact, California's net migration of US Citizens has been negative for the past several years. (Immigration - legal and illegal - plus births account for all of the population growth in California.)
In 2007, 681,000 more people moved out of California to other states than moved in. In Texas, 430,000 more people moved in than moved out to other states.Web Link
It's not a good harbinger of the future that many of the most productive (potentially taxpaying) citizens no longer see California as a viable option.
See also: Web Link and Web Link
a resident of another community
on Mar 6, 2010 at 7:39 pm
When I moved to California in 1960, it had the best schools and infrastructure in the country.
Now it has the worst.
Why in the world any bright young professional would want to stay here is beyond me.
a resident of South of Midtown
on Mar 6, 2010 at 8:09 pm
California is now part of Mexico, like it or not. It is now the yellow man's burden to administer the rest of us. The Asians will probably make us all better, if we don't throw a hissy fit. If we don't adhere to the Asian work ethic, we are going to explode in a civil war of resentment.
The post-WWII heyday is over.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 6, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Hi again, "You Can Take Texas and..."
California and Texas both deal with illegal immigration. Despite many false stereotypes about the state, Texas has a highly educated work force and growing technology sector. As someone else pointed out, many of the recent "immigrants" to Texas are actually coming from states like California.
This is also true of businesses too. California has a reputation of NOT being very business-friendly. Whereas Toyota's NUMMI plant has been in the works to close down over the past few years, the car company recently OPENED a plant in San Antonio. This is done because of tax incentives offered to companies that create jobs in the state. As a result of this effort, the unemployment rate of Texas (8.2% and holding) is not nearly as high as it is in California (12.4% and still rising).
Texas has some of the lowest taxes in the nation. There is no state income tax or grocery tax. Property taxes are low as well. The state sales tax is steady at 8.25% -- which is 12.5% lower than California. In fact, there are two "tax holidays" during the year in which Texas suspends sales tax on many items (especially education and office related). There are few road or bridge tolls...and none are permitted on public roads or bridges that have already been paid for by state funding. There are no CRVs on bottles or cans...but you can still sell those recyclables back for about the same rate as in California. The cost of most household goods (including food) is lower in Texas...which results in less sales tax income. Texas has some of the lowest gas prices in the nation (due to a low consumer gas tax) which also results in lower energy taxes.
Yet interestingly, Texas ranks near the top of US states in terms of the effectiveness of social welfare programs...and in terms of public school effectiveness. The state does not just throw money at problems. California certainly spends much more money per capita on social programs, services, schools and prisons than states like Texas. However, it seems that states like Texas tend to use that money more effectively.
This was covered in the article from the LA Times that I linked earlier. If you can, "You Can Take Texas and...", you might want to read the article.
Web Link
Don't get me wrong: I am not trying to compare apples to oranges. However, I do suggest that California can learn quite a bit from Texas. Whereas the economy in Texas is comfortably lean during this "great recession," the economic situation in California is bleak. Our state is $20+ Billion in debt...and this deficit is poised to grow larger. Yet, at the same time, some of our state politicians actually want to spend more.
I suppose that the great difference is as follows:
When the budget of Texas tightens, the State's politicians decide to stop spending so much. When the budget of California tightens (or is in a huge deficit), the State's politicians hope to raise taxes. Of course, some politicians want to raise taxes AND increase government spending.
a resident of Downtown North
on Mar 7, 2010 at 4:48 pm
Here's some more on the Texas/California comparison. Published today.
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a resident of another community
on Mar 7, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Texas has always been on my short list for retirement.
How they resolve the illegal immigrant issue will be the deciding factor.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 8, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Hi Anna and Outside Observer...
Here is another link about how Texas is faring much better than most other states during and after the recession:
Web Link
The same research upon which this article was based pointed out that property values in Texas have never been improperly inflated by local property value/tax assessors in order to fatten its coffers. California property values skyrocketed. Why? There is a strong argument that California property values have been improperly increased as a means of gaining income for schools and other purposes. Do you think that there is any truth to this?
a resident of Meadow Park
on Mar 9, 2010 at 5:27 am
Nayeli..stop advertising Texas!!! They really don't want to talk any Californians into move there, and tipping the scale into a "California" mentality!
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Mar 9, 2010 at 10:12 am
First of all, I have no desire to live in Texas, it's hot and humid, has huge bugs and is a pretty chauvinistic state. But they do manage their money well.
Some interesting things:
Local property tax remains local. The state gets none of it.
Texas has no state income tax.
The State does not contribute money to the cities either, instead of revenue, Texas cities can govern themselves, including raising their own revenue (aka property taxes).
The State is primarily funded through sales tax.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 9, 2010 at 11:18 am
Hi Stop Advertising Texas!
I am not trying to talk anyone into moving to Texas. However, if things don't change in California, there might be quite a few people in a mass exodus to the state. OF course, you would have to agree to leave the perfect weather of the SF Bay Area (and botox-produced faces) for a warmer summer and cooler winter climate. However, there are some fiscal ideas in Texas that might be worth considering here in CA.
I read Sam Walton's autobiography a few years ago. He mentioned that his inspiration for Walmart was to take something that was working well (K-Mart)...imitate the underlying principle...but make it even better. Maybe someone can do the same in regard to Texas?
California has some GREAT attributes. The state is beautiful and diverse. However, it is no longer the "trend setter" that is advertised in all of those Chevron commercials. Most Americans look at California as a state with broken (or even failed) fiscal policies. Even during this troubled economic situation, some of our State lawmakers are determined to continue spending as much (or even more). We collect more taxes than any other state (even per capita), but we have so little to show for it.
It might hurt California pride just a bit, but there are some governing principles in Texas that might benefit this state immensely. The State of Texas has a lower sales tax rate, no grocery taxes, no CRVs, no tolls on roads or bridges that are already paid for, no State income tax, and low property tax rates. However, it is able to build great schools, fantastic roads while still dispensing comparable services. Public colleges and universities are highly affordable in TX -- approximately 1/4 of the cost of comparable CA schools. Obviously, the State must be doing something right.
Anyway, forgive me if I sound like a commercial for Texas. There are just some things that I really miss about Texas. I suppose that the greatest thing that we miss are the friendly people...wide open spaces....the fact that we had more money in our pockets...and that the money could actually go further. Of course, we came here because of Stanford...and chose Stanford over the likes of Rice, Baylor and UT. But, if Stanford was in Austin... ;-)
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Mar 9, 2010 at 12:38 pm
There are some great things about Texas, the friendly people being #1.
I wonder if we treated our revenue the same way as Texas, imagine if we got to keep all of our property tax in Palo Alto and the state had to figure out how to survive on sales tax alone.


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I took a taxi down the road to the Giza Plateau. It was one of those typical spine tingling moments when I rounded the corner to get the view of the pyramids and after a quick scramble up the hill to the ticket office I was in the enclosure of the pyramids. It was Awesome! I spent about an hour wandering around the three main Pyramids before I headed back to the Great Pyramid of Khufu the oldest and largest in Egypt. I ended up climbing inside this one, up through the step central chamber, scrambling up to a central room that had an old sarcophagi inside.
After this I headed to the glass Museum that housed possibly the oldest boat in existence. This ancient wooden funerary barque was unearthed in 1954. It is really well restored and displayed with platforms taking you over different levels of the boat. After this I wandered past the pyramids and through the sand up to a vantagepoint to take in all of the Pyramids and the Sphinx. After this I wandered around some of the smaller pyramids before finally heading to the Sphinx at the bottom of the plateau. After this I headed to the gates of the area only to be swamped by a gang of kids. After diving into a taxi I headed back to the hotel.
The next day I caught a taxi into central Cairo to Cairo Uni. I then walked down and across the Nile to the opera area. From here I went up to Cairo Tower for an excellent view of Cairo. After crossing the Nile again on the other side I headed of to the pink Egyptian Museum. There were heaps of tourist police with machine guns and roadblocks to prevent the terrorist attacks of Luxor in the past. There are over 100,000 relics housed here. The highlights for me were the Royal Mummy rooms, which housed the bodies of 11 of Egypt's most illustrious pharaohs and queens including Ramses II, The jewellery room containing some stunningly intricate works and the Tutankhamun Galleries. Despite being a relatively insignificant Pharaoh his belongings are stunning due to the tomb having not been raided. The death mask made of solid gold was sensational.
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I returned back to Cairo after visiting Aswan and Luxor before I flew out.
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