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2600 South Rd
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Loved, loved, loved our cake! Stephanie, the owner, sat with us and said yes to e...
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A few weeks ago I ran out of dog poop bags. You know, the little rolls you can buy and carry on walks with you? Well, everytime I use a plastic bag, whether it be for a random grocery trip or for dog poop pick up I hate myself a little more. I hate using something I know is going to take 1,000 years to break down. Blame it on growing up in Ithaca, NY... the eco capital of the world. We were using canvas bags there long before the retail chains started selling them. Anyway, since I needed more I decided to search and see if there were eco-friendly bags. This is when I discovered FlushDoggy. It's just like it sounds! Flushable dog poop bags!!! I bought 100, just to try them out and I'm in love!!! When we go on walks I take them with me and voila no smelly poop lingering around until the garbage people come and no plastic bags being used. It's perfection, really. I have three of my own dogs and one foster, so that's a lot of poo in one bag. The beauty of it.. is if your bag is really full and your concerned about it flushing right, you can dump the poo out and then just throw the bag in. It breaks down as soon as it hits the water. The other thing that I really love.. is 10% of your proceeds go to the ASPCA to help stop puppy mills. It's a win-win, really!
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California bay delta fresh water habitat for many fresh water species of fish. Largemouth bass, stripers, sturgeon, catfish, bluegill, crappie
Aquatic vegetation:
lures or live bait
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Boat Ramp, Parking (car/truck), Parking (boat/trailer), Picnic Area, Power Boats Allowed, Swimming Area, Pier, Shore fishing access, Restrooms, Beach, Fly Fishing, Wading, Floating, Rental boats available
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about 5 years ago (02/28/2012)
California Delta Fishing Report 02.28.12
The bass have become active and have moved shallow above the grass when there is a little wind. I am catching them on spinner baits and shallow cranks. BDS3 blue and citrus. When the wind dies I have had go go to the bottom with a dropshot. That is quite a difference in styles between wind and calm. But when you can find a school in the wind you can catch them on every cast. www.deltacottage.com ...
over 5 years ago (02/07/2012)
California Delta Fishing Report 02.07.12
The largemouth prespawn is on. The qualiity and the quantity will keep a smile on your face. I have caught them on worms and jigs but they really want a jerk bait if there is a little wind on the water. Try the entrance to quiet waters or dead end sloughs. www.deltacottage.com ...
Jo's Delta Cottage Wayne Allen
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California Delta Fishing Report 12.16.10
Today I caught a beautiful 15 lb salmon in Sandmound Slough. I have been catching lots of largemouth bass up to 8 lbs as the fish follow the shad into the calmer water but I was certainly surprised to catch a salmom on a rip bait. The water is calm, clear and in the high 50s. Largemouth are in their early winter pattern and if you can fish slowly...you can get them. Jo's Delta Cottage www.deltacottage.com 925-418-8006 firstname.lastname@example.com...
about 7 years ago (03/01/2010)
California Delta Fishing Report 03.01.10
The water is still too cold for the spawn but I was able to catch one 4 lb and one 3 lb in about 20 minutes in Sandmound Slough in the California Delta just outside Jo's Delta Cottage. It has been slow with the main river system very muddy but the sloughs are clearing a bit. These fish were taken on a red and black Strike King square bill shallow runner.....very slow. I expect the water will warm into the 60s in the next few days and then it is game on! Some are being...
Jo's Delta Cottage / Wayne Allen
over 7 years ago (01/22/2010)
California Delta Fishing Report 01.22.10
California Delta fishing report Jan, 17. I went out to Sandmound Slough in Franks Tract near Bethel Island. The water is 50 degrees and very clear. They were in traditional winter haunts in the current eddies behind points and islands. I could only fish for a half day but managed to get about 14 lbs on a pointer 100. Happy fishing from Jo's Delta Cottage. www.deltacottage.com Email: - firstname.lastname@example.com Phone: 925-418-8006...
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Hi all,
So I'm thinking about installing hot tub aka jacuzzi at my house. I just finished taking care of everyone and now I'd like to treat myself. My wife and daughter are happy and now my in-laws are too. Built and furnished a full and legal in-law appartment with full bath, etc. Our house has 200 Amp service. The electrician we used for the electrical for the in-law ran a 100 amp sub-panel. Our layout:
200 Amp Main Panel - 36 circuit/slot
In that we have:
60 Amp Range (probably could be changed to 40Amp as oven brand new same as in in-law below)
30 Amp Dryer
100 Amp (to/for subpanel)
Various 15/20 amp circuits (including GFI for bathroom/kitchen) etc..
100 Amp Sub - 20 circuit/slot
In that we have:
40 Amp Range (in-law)
30 Amp Dryer (in-law)
30 Amp Central AC Condenser
1 x 20 amp kitchen/counter (GFI) in-law
1x 15 amp (smokes for entire dwelling, AFCI)
1 x 15 Amp bedroom (AFCI) in-law
1x 15 Amp 2-pole (A/C handler)
My Question: I know most hot tubs require 50 amp GFI. I've been looking around, some run on standard 120v 15 amp and other's 30 AMP GFI. If I get one that needs 50 Amp, am I overpowering my service and is 200 Amp not enough? Keep in mind, the chances of running all this at the same time slim to none?
Thanks Gurus,
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The best way is to perform a demand load calculation. You will need to know the square footage of your house along with some of the data you have already supplied.
a 50A tub is a big one, last place i lived had an 8 person tub with full light show and mini waterfall and it was only 40A(high efficiency as well, would hold temperature in the summer without the heater comming on for 24 hours). Do some shopping before you buy, a few extra bucks now may save you money in the long run.
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP 2003-02-18 ASX-SIGNAL-G HOMEX - Melbourne +++++++++++++++++++++++++ ANZ today announced the appointment of Mr Michael Dontschuk as Group Treasurer, effective early May. Mr Dontschuk joins ANZ from Treasury Corporation of Victoria (TCV), where he has been CEO for the past three years. Before joining TCV in 1993, Mr Dontschuk worked with Bankers Trust Group in various roles in both Australia and the UK. He also held roles with National Mutual and Mercers early in his finance career. Mr Dontschuk is an Executive Committee Member of the Australian Financial Markets Association, a member of the Sydney Futures Exchange Bond Sub-committee and holds Bachelor Degrees in Science and Mathematics from the University of Tasmania. In announcing Mr Dontschuk's appointment, ANZ Chief Financial Officer Mr Peter Marriott said: "We are pleased to announce Mike's appointment, as he will bring extensive financial skills and treasury experience to ANZ." Mr Dontschuk will be based in Melbourne and replace Mr Rick Sawers who vacated the role of Group Treasurer late last year when he was appointed Managing Director Global Foreign Exchange." For media enquiries contact: Rita Zonius Manager Media Relations Tel: 03-9273 6190 or 0409-655 551 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Tropical Storm Irene is hitting New York City Sunday morning, but Saturday night in lower Manhattan, people weren't quite sure what to expect from the storm. NPR's Caitlin Kenney describes what it was like in her neighborhood.
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Bill will ensure all citizenship candidates show their face as they take the Oath
June 19, 2015 — Ottawa — Today, the Government of Canada introduced the Oath of Citizenship Act, to ensure Canadian citizenship applicants show their face while taking the Oath of Citizenship during citizenship ceremonies.
The Oath of Citizenship Act will ensure that candidates are seen and heard reciting the Oath in community with others, to confirm their commitment as new citizens to Canada's laws, values and traditions.
Swearing or affirming the Oath is a legal requirement, a public declaration that a citizenship applicant is committed to adopting and upholding Canadian values. The Oath of Citizenship Act will require that the Oath be sworn or affirmed publicly and openly, and in a way that others can verify: aloud and with face uncovered.
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- In 2014, 3,121 citizenship ceremonies were held across Canada, where more than 262,000 new citizens were welcomed - this is more new Canadians than in any year in Canada's history and more than double the number from 2013.
- Canada has one of the highest naturalization rates in the world: more than 85 percent of eligible permanent residents in Canada go on to become citizens.
- The Citizenship Oath is a solemn declaration in which citizenship candidates promise to obey Canadian laws, while fulfilling their duties and responsibilities as Canadian citizens.
- The Oath recognizes that Canadian citizenship confers both rights and responsibilities, and one cannot gain citizenship or any of the privileges that go along with citizenship without taking the Oath of Citizenship.
- A majority of Canadians believe new citizens should be seen and heard taking the Oath of Citizenship.
"Canadians expect that new citizens should show their face when swearing or affirming the Oath in community with others, at the very moment they become part of the Canadian family. This means they are committing publicly to embracing Canada's values and traditions, including the equality of men and women."
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Completed at the end 2008 this superb villa is one of only eight on an exclusive small development positioned just 2 km from Kalathies in a tranquil setting with spectacular views overlooking hills and olive groves. The property boasts a driveway and parking with private gardens a private pool with sun lounging area to the rear, and two balconies to enjoy the extensive views. There is a fully equipped kitchen including full size fridge freezer, oven, hob, microwave, and washing machine. There is a six-seater dining table and chairs, DVD player with 42' flat screen, along with a double sofa bed. Also downstairs is a shower-room. Upstairs comprises of a double bedroom with double bed and built in wardrobes, and a second bedroom with 2 full sized single beds and built in wardrobes. Also upstairs is the main family bathroom. All fittings are to an exceptional standard. The villa benefits from 4 x air conditioning units an open fireplace, and a built-in electronic safe. BBQ outside.
Safety: Although children are welcome to use the pool as with all pools supervision is required at all times. We accept no liability for accident or injury during your stay at the villa and guest must provide their own holiday and travel insurance whilst staying at the property. Towels supplied are for use in the villa only, and guests are asked to supply their own beach towels.
Location: The Villa is one of only 8 on the small and exclusive development Laventi Homes just 2 km from Kalathies on the road between the village and another village Psinthos. Full directions and maps are providing on confirmation of rentals.
We are a UK family who live in the South East of England close to the south coast and about 60 miles from London. I run a specialist aviation software business and my wife is a hair dresser. We have 2 children both girls one aged 19 and at University in London and a second aged 9. We all love Rhodes and have many friends on the Island both Greek and English.
Tim / Lesley Gill purchased this villa in 2008
Having holidayed on Rhodes for more than 20 years and made many friends over that time, when we were looking for an investment property for our future retirement, there was only one place it was going to be. The beautiful island of Rhodes. Even though Rhodes has benefited massively in terms of investment into infrastructure, roads, hospitals and commerce since Greece joined the EU, the island still manages to keep all of it's charm and relaxed feel. We were excited about the prospect of building from scratch, and when we found our development with permission for just 8 villas, close to amenities and beaches yet set in a fantastic rural position, for us, the location was perfect.
Why we love our villa so much is because of it's location. Set in the rolling hills 2km from the local village with all the amenities you need, its secluded and peaceful away from the hustle and bustle of the main holiday resorts, but still close to the lovely beaches of Afandou, Tsambika and Kolymbia. The views across the hills and olive groves are simply fantastic and a constant breeze through the surrounding hills keeps the temperature down a degree or two especially welcome during the sometimes hot months of high summer.
Although in a quiet position local amenities are a short drive in Kalathies with bars, tavernas and local shops. Within easy reach by car is Afandou beach which provides quiet areas to relax, and Kolymbia bay has a sandy beach and water sports. Falaraki with its busy tourist centre, shops, bars and nightlife is only 6 km drive away for those requiring a less sedate holiday. A car is highly recommended although there are plenty of local taxis in Kalathies but the convenience of your own transport will allow further exploration of this wonderful Island. Bustling Rhodes Town is to the north with its fascinating historical Old Town and the New Town shopping experience not to mention the vibrant waterfront at Mandraki harbour. Lindos and its famous Acroppolis, and lovely sandy beaches is only 35 minutes away. Anthony Quinn bay made famous in the film The Guns Of Naverone, with the impressively restored Italian ruins at Kalithea Spa where you can try snorkling or scuba diving, are approx 8 km.
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Colo. gun laws take effect as debate continues
DENVER - Ammunition magazine limits and universal background check requirements are set to take effect in Colorado on Monday, even as county sheriffs fight to overturn the new laws in court.
But after months of tense debate among state officials, the signature pieces of Colorado Democrats' gun control legislation are moving from abstract to tangible.
Some gun stores already are stocking smaller magazines to comply with the 15-round limit. And in the coming months, the public will see how the expansion of background checks to private and online sales will work.
As for the sheriffs challenging the law, their next court date is July 10. They are seeking to temporarily block the magazine limit while their lawsuit proceeds.


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Colorado State senior Crissy Gourdin leads the Glenn Morris Heptathlon after the first day of competition on the campus of Colorado State with 3,180 points. Sophomore Katie Lloyd is in second, Emily Pearson is third and Ashleigh Morton is in fourth for the Rams.
Gourdin started the day with a 14.96 in the 100 meter hurdles -- a personal best time. She then cleared 5-6.5 in the high jump, put the shot a career-best 39-7 and ran a 25.67 in the 200 meters to finish the day with 3,180 points.
Lloyd, competing in her second heptathlon in as many weeks, is in second with 3,116 points. She started the day winning the 100 hurdles in 14.67, then cleared a personal best 5-6.75 in the high jump. She followed that with a shot put of 37-6.75 and closed the day running a 26.40 in the 200 meters.
Pearson, also competing in her second-straight heptathlon, sits in third place with 2,874 points. The freshman began the day with a 15.25 in the 100 hurdles, then cleared 4-11.5 in the high jump, threw the shot 35-11.25 and ran a 25.51 to win the 200 meters.
Morton began the day wit ha time of 16.28 in the 100 hurdles, cleared 5-0.5 in the high jump, threw a personal-best 36-8.5 in the shot put and finished the day running a 27.57 in the 200 meters.
Wyoming's Phillip Thomas leads the decathlon with 3,109 points after the conclusion of day one. Both Colorado State sophomore Kevin Johnson and Wyoming senior Bret Zowada withdrew from the competition after the shot put. The pair both competed in decathlons last weekend.
The Glenn Morris Multi Meet concludes tomorrow. The decathlon will begin at 10:30 with the 110 meter hurdles, while the heptathlon start time has been moved up to 11:00 a.m. with the long jump. Colorado State will host the seventh annual Jack Christiansen Invitational on Saturday.Results in pdf format
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(Sarcasm warning) I LOVE MARINE PRICES!
The other day, I removed the thermostat on my Westerbeke 20B Two to test it and make sure the spare that was bought by (I assume) the PO was correct.
Well, the spare was completely different. The only thing I can say about it is that it's a genuine Westerbeke part.
So...not wanting to be left with no spare, I went online to order a new one.
(Sticker shock!) $60!!! and another $6.50 for the gasket. Give me a break!
In a state of shock, I stopped by my local Napa Auto Parts to see if they might have something that would work. Lo and behold, we found the exact same thermostat...and the grand total? $20. Oh...and I got some of the gasket material with the sticky back to make my own...that nearly broke me at $0.59.
To order would have set me back about $70 w/shipping.
Local Napa: $20.85 or so...
Now...does that seem right to you?
By the way, I am going to sell the other, wrong thermostat on eBay...figure I can come out ahead!
Your Westerbeke is a diesel engine, so make sure you got a thermostat for a diesel engine. As I'm sure you know, heat produced by diesel engines is measured in dBTUs (diesel BTUs) and should not be mixed with gBTUs (gasoline BTUs). The inferior thermostat you bought from the auto parts store will destroy your engine because:
1. It uses gBTUs, not dBTUs.
2. The box does not have a picture of a boat on it.
As to #2, above, The FCC does not allow a vendor to place a picture of a boat on any product unless it has gone through a rigorous testing qualification procedure and met the minimum MESPBP (Marine Engineering Standards for Picture of Boat on Product) standards.
I urge all boaters to only buy products with a picture of a boat on it, and pay no attention to those shoddy, non-boat products available everywhere at less than half cost.
Remember, sure it's expensive, but there's a picture of a boat!
Best Regards,
To back up the bashing or Marine prices...I use those Damp Rid hanging bags that give off a nice smell and have the little bag on the bottom that collects the water from the damp air. I started off getting them from West Marine and paid around $15 for one in an individual box. The other day I was in the grocery store and saw a box of 3 of them (same size) for $10....
I guess people who have boats are suckers.
Hi, my name is Tom, and I sometimes buy non-marine parts and get around the MESPBP by drawing a picture of a boat on the package. I am ashamed. :rolleyes:
Does the NAPA thermostat that happened to fit open at the same temperature as the OEM thermostat? Most marine thermostats for small diesels open at 160F, but automotive thermostats usually open at 180F - 210F, which is hotter than the factory usually specifies for a marine engine. Many marine thermostats are made from stainless steel because they're designed to be used in both fresh-water and raw-water cooled engines, while automotive thermostats don't need to be stainless because they're always used in an antifreeze coolant mix. When Westerbeke orders stainless steel thermostats with a lower temperature than standard automotive parts they can't order a couple of million like an automobile manufacturer can; they probably only need a couple of hundred, and therefore the manufacturer charges them a lot more to make them.
Totally. There are a million examples - 'marine' heat shrink electrical tubing at $2 per 6" length versus the same thing at Home Depot for $3 for three feet.
But my favorite is when West Marine sells things for more than the manufacturer sells the exact same thing on their own site. Or even better, when West Marine relabels the product under their own name and sells it for MORE. Here is a perfect example of the EXACT SAME lifejacket...
West Marine Type I Lifejacket = $109.99
Stearns "Merchant Mate II" Lifejacket = $91.99 (sold by West Marine)
It is the same lifejack, same pictures, same everything, all on West Marine's website.
Not to mention sinks
When we got Enchantress the sink in the galley (along with the head) was one of the two MUST REPLACE from my wife. A new marine stainless sink of about the same size was $500 and the double sink was even more. When to Home Depot and got a white acrylic sink for $60 ( on sale) While I was at it I got a really good faucet set ( also on sale). Had to sand the opening to get the sink to fit but nothing major. When it starts looking grungy I'll just throw it out and get a new one same with the faucets.
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A gripe - The most unseamanlike vessels on the planet?
I've seem some really dumb things on the water. When I was a kid learning on my dad's ship, he used to tell me, "Wanna learn something today?" "Then go watch the boat ramp, that is exactly what you don't want to do."
Since then, I've learned that if I want to learn exactly what not to do in sailing, go watch the movie Captain Ron and sit by the boat ramp and quietly observe on weekends, or holidays.
The thing that bugs me is that my areas have posted rules about distance from other vessles (150 feet, or 200 from fishing boats) and a second post about no amplified sound systems. They didn't mention amplified jerks, which yell at thier wives when loading a trailer, or get drunk and you can hear that tosser from a mile away tell us about his latest sexual conquest in graphic detail while my children watch with huge eyes.
Regardless, we still have the world's most unprofessional vessels in WHORDES in my area. The ski-boat. The huge tower. The huge speakers. The huge penile deficiency that led to purchasing that type of boat. The whooping 15 year olds cutting wakes in front of the marina listening to the latest top 40 or the mid-life crisis guy who's listening to rock balads at 95db while towing a skier in the no-wake zone, just act like they have no sense.
The Marines would say, "Common sense was not a common virtue," while watching these boats flop about on the water like a retard in a candy store.
This week, there were two accidents in one day, both nearly fatal.
Couple "A" was flat drunk, 21 years old, towing teenagers, 20+ something foot Tige' with monster sound system blaring. they thought it would be fun to tow the skier in and out of the no-wake zone buoys in an "S" curve fashion. the skier fell, nobody was spotting, and they drug the skier into the buoy at 25 something MPH and broke her entire left side ribcage. Result - Flight for life, and BUI charge. Captain of the good ship lollypop went to jail on a $1047.00 bail.
Couple B, flat drunk, 50+ years old (and let me tell you, they were looking like PROFESSIONAL drunks or druggies - no teeth, reeked of stale booze, and so forth) towed a young girl of about 12 to over 30mph, when she fell. they made a figure 8 back to her, and ran her over, breaking her neck vertabre and nearly separating her spinal cord. Free helicopter ride for injured, free police car ride for Captain Meth, and $1047.00 bail.
To close the story, both wives went to the county jail, posted the bonds, and they went RIGHT BACK to the water within 4 hours, and right back to drinking and skiing.
Lots of remorse there.
We should require a license for boating. I need a license for a car... I need a motorcycle endorsement. I need a pilot's license for my plane. Why can't we make a boat license with endorsements for things like PWC (the water version of a motorcycle), and have an endorsement for the boat type or purpose?
If you racked up enough points, you can have your boat impounded, or license suspended. I think that there would be more professional boaters out there if there were actual consequences for behaving improperly that impacted the future of your boating hobby. Yes, we have a-hole drivers on the road, but nothing like the water! Even a slight reduction would be such a relief.
It's too bad - people that can't operate a car or plane because of drug or alcohol convictions, but they can take the bus to get to the local marina and be total a-holes to people who enjoy the water and are respectful to others.
Just my out-loud gripe!
Where are you located? Sounds FUBAR.
People are NOT SMART when you drift below the average on the bell curve. And these are the people reproducing at the fastest rate. Are we screwed or what?
Alabama has a boat license requirement, and I really don't see any improvements here on the coast versus other states. It only test boaters who live in this state and not visitors. Also the information in the test is pretty basic " rules of the road" and such. Nothing about courtesy and manners toward other boaters.
Remember: YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID!
What's that movie called? Idiocracy or something where stupid people run the world in the future? That is how I feel in Colorado, and sometimes in San Diego when we go out there.
Here in NJ we have a boating license... and not too long ago I remember a lengthy discussion on whether or not boating should be licensed. Adding more rules, takes away freedoms that drew people to boating in the first place. I am not going to go into the pros and cons af a boating license.
I have been boating and sailing most of my life. Everything from ski boats and PWC's to fishing boats to sail boats. I think it is unfair to say that one type of boat is "useless." Boating is about being on the water, doing what you love, regardless of what type of boat you are in. Sure sailors get annoyed by loud motors and big wakes of motor boats. But as someone who began on power boats, I can tell you that poewrboaters get annoyed at always having to give way to sailors, especially in tight channels where a sailboat going upwind might really disrupt the "flow of traffic" in the channel.
The thing here is that people need to be more responsible, regardless of what type of vessel they are opperating. Some might view waterskiing as dangerous, while others would say a gulf stream crossing is dangerous. Both parties would however argue that thay can be relatively safe if done responsibly with proper preparations.
I don't think we need more laws, just better inforcement of the ones we already have. You can get DWI's while boating, just not many people do. It often seems as though no one is even watching for them. Fines need to be more severe and actually carried out. And if you are in an accident because you are drunk your boat should be taken away from you, because there is just no excuse for that.
I completely agree with your last paragraph.
I didn't intend to say anyone on the water is useless; rather meant that we all need to be responsible and "police ourselves", as in making sure we are doing the appropriate thing even if nobody is watching. I too came from a powerboating family - I grew up on a 50+ foot Nordhavn that frequently made passage to Hawaii, Cabo, Panama and South America from Point Loma, California. I had a big idea to go buy a sailboat, now everyone in my family is converting hahaha!
It would be nice to see more enforcement on the water. Colorado State Park Rangers couldn't be bothered to answer up on Channel 9 or any other even under the most dire emergency. the only way we know of how to get a hold of them is by calling the park office on a cell!
Even Captain Ron would know better.
But as I always said: When someone gets on a PWC they leave their common sense ashore and lose about 50~80 IQ points. Then you add drinking/drugs to the mix and they score below a chimpanzee in intelligence.
I think the perception is that sailors are experts in seamanship and eventhough a vessel under sail is a beauty to behold.... the onlookers don't really see the chaos the sailing crew may be under. I wasssss an expert the first time I launched my hunter 23! Noooooo one looked at me and thought I was like the "others" lol While it's amusing.. (refering to my other thread "docking paranoia") let us not forget that many of us have been young, inexperianced, drunk, rude, angry, ignorant and a host of other human conditons. I know first hand that many sailors partake of the "evil rum" too! I'm sure no one knows about "beer can racing regattas" lol.
Just my 2 cents
Every Wednesday night in San Diego Harbor.:rolleyes:
I think you've insulted the chimpanzee.. drunk PWC drivers often have the IQ of an Amoeba.
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Tuesday's election results offer a window into the American psyche, a sense of how people – or at least voters – are thinking about the economic conditions affecting their lives.
For all the sense of economic discontent brewing in the country, at the broadest level, their vote was for the status quo:
■ This recession was different. There was an interesting debate during the campaign over whether the economic recovery under Obama should be judged against the standard of other recoveries from deep recessions in the United States (as a number of economists supporting Mitt Romney argued), or against the standard of economies trying to claw back from financial crises (as those more sympathetic to Obama argued).
The benchmark one chooses makes a big difference in whether one views the slow recovery under Obama as a crushing disappointment caused by a failed president or whether it's on the right course, given the difficult circumstances that Obama inherited last inauguration day.
Presumably very few voters spent the run-up to the election re-reading the Reinhart-Rogoff findings on international financial crises, and most probably missed the debate that played out in economics blogs and newspaper opinion pages. But it appears that voters were sympathetic to the president on this crucial question.
One of the exit poll questions asked whether voters blame the nation's economic problems on Obama or President George W. Bush. Almost four years after Bush left office, 53 per cent of voters blamed him, versus 38 per cent for Obama. Even 12 per cent of Romney voters blamed Bush for the nation's economic problems. It's possible that those views reflect more on the two mens' personal qualities than on an implicit judgment about whether the slow recovery was a direct result of the policies that preceded it. But the data suggest that voters were willing to hold this recovery to a different standard, given its origins.
■ Inflation is a big problem. To economists, inflation is the dog that didn't bite. Despite fears among commentators that the Federal Reserve's easy money policies would spark rising prices, the consumer price index rose only 2 per cent over the last year, exactly what the Fed aims for. And investors are pricing in only 2.07 per cent annual inflation on bond markets over the coming five years.
Don't tell that to voters. Some 37 per cent named rising prices as the biggest economic problem, basically tied with the 38 per cent who named unemployment. (The other options were taxes, with 14 per cent, and housing, with 8 per cent.)
Prices for gasoline and some other key commodities are up since Obama took office. But he began his term when those prices were artificially depressed by the global economic crisis. Since early 2011, gasoline prices have moved up and down within a range of about $US3.20 to $US4 a gallon, showing no discernible trend upward. The average national price of a gallon of gasoline was $US3.46 on Wednesday, well below its peak of $US4.13 on July 15, 2008.
Voters may be frustrated that, while the prices of goods been rising (at a relatively low rate by historical standards), wages haven't. In that case, their real complaint is that weak economic growth and high unemployment are keeping wages down.
At the same time, the exit polls may partly explain the common disconnect in congressional hearings between economists such as Fed chairman
■ Deficits aren't at the top of voters' minds. In Washington, the question of how to reduce the budget deficit has been front and centre for two years now. It dominated the debt-ceiling debate in 2011, and is returning to centre stage as Congress and the president get set to negotiate a resolution to the "fiscal cliff" – the tax hikes and spending cuts scheduled to take effect January 1.
Guess what: Voters are focused on other things.
Only 15 per cent named the budget deficit as their top issue in exit polls. That was far below the number who named the economy (59 per cent) and even below those who listed healthcare (18 per cent) as the top issue. Getting the nation's finances on a more sustainable track may be necessary, but the impetus to move quickly isn't coming from voters themselves.
This is an area where voters' opinions match fairly well with what financial markets are saying. The usual reason why deficits are harmful is because government borrowing pushes up interest rates, crowding out investment by the private sector. Those high debt levels can cause investors to lose faith in a government's ability to repay, sparking a fiscal crisis, as Greece and Spain can attest.
But neither high debt nor investor panic has been a serious problem in the US. Interest rates are at all-time lows, and companies are reporting no trouble borrowing money at low rates by issuing bonds. The US government can borrow money for a decade for 1.68 per cent, suggesting that any fears of a US fiscal crisis are distant, at best.


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NEW YORK, Wednesday—I haven't been writing a great deal about our work in Committee 3 of the present session of the United Nations General Assembly. Our agenda is rather light and as so often happens there does not seem to be the same urgency to work as there is when you know a great deal lies ahead of you.
The first item of our schedule—the Freedom on Information Convention—has been put over until the next session. The Human Rights Commission has been asked to formulate provisions on Freedom of Information which, should they not be entirely satisfactory, could be expanded by a new convention written during the next General Assembly.
The second item—dealing with granting access to news personnel and such sources of material and meetings, etc., as were not closed to the press, on an equal and nondiscriminatory basis, went through quickly.
Now we are working on a covenant, which has come from the Social Commission and deals with prostitution and the traffic in persons. This has a great many legal aspects and as we go through it slowly article by article we are finding after prolonged discussion that almost every article should have consideration from the legal committee first. I have a dislike for voting on any articles in principle without a definite text before me. I have become legal-minded enough to realize that the way you say a thing may make a good deal of difference in its ultimate interpretation. Therefore, I would prefer to see any article which may require legal phrasing go through the legal committee before we deal with it for the last time. This is, I think, the way we shall have to handle this covenant.
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I wonder how many people read a little item relating to a speech made by Henry Wallace at the National Labor Conference for Peace in Chicago.
Apparently he said that it is imperative now to reach an agreement "through the United Nations to outlaw the atom bomb as an instrument of warfare." He would then proceed to destroy all stock piles and establish international inspection, allowing all nations to be free to pursue the development of atomic energy "for peaceful purposes."
There is something comic about this because had Russia ever been willing to accept international inspection, it would have been going on ever since Bernard Baruch's original offer for the control of atomic energy. Mr. Wallace, clever as he is and good scientist that he is, still chooses to ignore the fact that atomic energy cannot be developed for peaceful purposes solely. The sources are all the same and the processes are all the same up to a certain point. Then you either use it for weapons, or you use it for some other purpose.
That is why inspection is vital, and Russia—and Russia alone—has held this whole thing up because she has refused international inspection.
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Chapter 24
Out in the country, at the Belmont Academy, I went to work in a small, perfectly
appointed steam laundry. Another fellow and myself did all the work from sorting and
washing to ironing the white shirts, collars and cuffs, and the "fancy starch" of the wives
of the professors. We worked like tigers, especially as summer came on and the academy
boys took to the wearing of duck trousers. It consumes a dreadful lot of time to iron one
pair of duck trousers. And there were so many pairs of them. We sweated our way
through long sizzling weeks at a task that was never done; and many a night, while the
students snored in bed, my partner and I toiled on under the electric light at steam mangle
or ironing board.
The hours were long, the work was arduous, despite the fact that we became past masters
in the art of eliminating waste motion. And I was receiving thirty dollars a month and
board--a slight increase over my coal-shovelling and cannery days, at least to the extent
of board, which cost my employer little (we ate in the kitchen), but which was to me the
equivalent of twenty dollars a month. My robuster strength of added years, my increased
skill, and all I had learned from the books, were responsible for this increase of twenty
dollars. Judging by my rate of development, I might hope before I died to be a night
watchman for sixty dollars a month, or a policeman actually receiving a hundred dollars
with pickings.
So relentlessly did my partner and I spring into our work throughout the week that by
Saturday night we were frazzled wrecks. I found myself in the old familiar work-beast
condition, toiling longer hours than the horses toiled, thinking scarcely more frequent
thoughts than horses think. The books were closed to me. I had brought a trunkful to the
laundry, but found myself unable to read them. I fell asleep the moment I tried to read;
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contents of those pages. I gave over attempts on heavy study, such as jurisprudence,
political economy, and biology, and tried lighter stuff, such as history. I fell asleep. I tried
literature, and fell asleep. And finally, when I fell asleep over lively novels, I gave up. I
never succeeded in reading one book in all the time I spent in the laundry.
And when Saturday night came, and the week's work was over until Monday morning, I
knew only one desire besides the desire to sleep, and that was to get drunk. This was the
second time in my life that I had heard the unmistakable call of John Barleycorn. The
first time it had been because of brain-fag. But I had no over-worked brain now. On the
contrary, all I knew was the dull numbness of a brain that was not worked at all. That was
the trouble. My brain had become so alert and eager, so quickened by the wonder of the
new world the books had discovered to it, that it now suffered all the misery of stagnancy
and inaction.
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lesson to independent analysts: don't believe your own press
Well, adamthompson, you are the most disingenuous jerk on this board. My favorite charity still awaits the share of AAPL you agreed to give me, and which I asked you to donate to them.
Please, continue to call me stupid all you want. It looks like I'm the guy that actually put his name to numbers showing iPhone decline relative to competition (see above), and I don't lie about doing this as a hobby. Well, and as book research. Consider me influenced by the likes of Nassim Taleb and Michael Lewis, who have made careers documenting the folly of dart tossers.
The broken clock crowing about being right twice a day.
sorry, JD, asking why the Independent Analyst community got it so wrong is NOT trolling.
One trillion or bust
dont feed the trolls
This is a problem people, why do you guys interact with him? He is making an accusation of a death threat which I can assure you was not made by Unique. I was the one who called DT to inform him of the editing of Uniques post by Bosco. Bosco edited one of Uniques post to make a threat to himself, I just don't get why others were not speaking up about this. All of those post were deleted instead of addressing the problem. The editing of Uniques post in the manner it was should have been automatic expulsion, instead it was swept away. He is trying his best to tear down the AFB, along with others.
Editing another's post in order to misrepresent his position is a capital offense where I come from, meriting a permanent ban.
Hey DT, Intruder, etc.
This is what your AFB is. Death threats, personal assaults, etc. Real classy. This is why you don't get serious input that would temper your sunshine pumping.
This and your subsequent post would get you IP banned from my forums.
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Seen as an incredible technology development story, Apples march is only muddied by these quarterly dog and pony shows that consume normally thoughtful people. It is after all a continuing story .....
Pity that growth has slowed to 50 percent.
Do not feed the trolls, they like it.
Thanks for putting it all in perspective, Dan.
It's the long-term trend that matters, and that trend still appears to be (way) up.
Wish I could just forget this stock and its price and this board for five years….
One trillion or bust
Editing another's post in order to misrepresent his position is a capital offense where I come from, meriting a permanent ban.
The actual evidence that Unique made a death threat is quoted above. I wonder why the members of the AFB not only tolerate death threats, but cover their eyes when the evidence is presented.
Editing another's post in order to misrepresent his position is a capital offense where I come from, meriting a permanent ban.
My thoughts exactly. I do find it funny that he posts Eric's name and tries to associate it with Unique like nobody is going to notice. Lets not forget the name calling to me just then, lol. You know you hit a nerve by the response.
Adversity does not just build character, it reveals it.
Why Zeke? Because I called you all out on sunshine pumping? Didn't JDSoCal just make the same assessment above in a more veiled way?
My thoughts exactly. I do find it funny that he posts Eric's name and tries to associate it with Unique like nobody is going to notice.
Yep. mbeauch is stuck on stupid. Cannot parse a clearly delineated pasting of a reply email notification from this forum.
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A chill pill would do the AFB some good this week. Can we dial the rhetoric down a bit.
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There is an ignore function at the Your Control Panel button above. Some commentary and posters devalue the experience this forum provides. I like to take on the misinformed and I get my share of corrections, but the exchange should have a purpose, some value.
The ignore feature is for those posters who offer neither purpose or value.
Do your part for a better forum.
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I don?t my dear
I hoped they would stop when we stopped but
No dice I fear
Where are the trolls?
Quick, send in the trolls?
There ought to be trolls
Don?t bother ... they?re already here
Bravo, Gregg!
Let's not forget that last quarter iPhone numbers were better than expected because of new carriers. They didn't add ANY new carriers this quarter in order to help manage supplies of the 4S. There's no way anyone outside of Apple would know that. Lesson learned, I was badly off thanks to the iPhone numbers and will be keeping my numbers to myself from now on (unless Mav asks me ). Lesson learned.
Hi Chas,
I'm gonna challenge ourselves a bit here. There really isn't much we actually KNOW, but we do intelligently speculate based on our watching of trends and knowledge of Apple and it's product cycles, as well as the industry as a whole.
It does make sense that Apple would be adding very few (if any) carriers this quarter. Last quarter's number were definitely boosted by the new carrier additions, and it really does make sense that the quarter before a new iPhone release that carriers would tend to wait to receive the latest version before announcing an initial iPhone launch.
I joined the group publishing their numbers and putting their names out in public beside them. Each of them, should be congratulated for doing so. Okay, the record was blemished, but unbeaten records are rare and I truly expect the independents to be a bit more conservative go forward and to beat the Wall Street gang handily next quarter.
Do we suffer from 'group think'. I'd conclude that is a weakness of which we need to be wary, In fact I do think it's tough to offer a downside opinion at times because it's quite possible to get jumped on so quickly that you might think keeping it to yourself would be easier. Apple's results also have a distinct tendency to make a downside prediction look awfully foolish at results time. I'd like to suggest we have a 'What could go wrong' thread each quarter. I like to keep a 'upside/downside' list associated with any major holding I have and it's always useful to think about pictures that may not be perfectly rosy.
I am willing to stand behind my numbers and say I got this quarter wrong. I especially blew the iPad numbers in a big way. Getting supply in line with demand was not enough in retrospect. I will take some credit for being worried about iPhone numbers (but not so worried to get them correct). I do kick myself for revising them upward a couple of times when I felt 'too out of place', but hindsight is 20/20. I wrote the following as part of a response to DT's insightful The Apple Analyst Sandbag Factor earlier today:
There is a wide variance in expectation for the iPhone to iPad ratio this quarter. Some see lower iPhone sales than others based on the fact that Apple could be drawing down inventory of the iPhone 4 to drain the channel as well as make an earlier switchover to production of the iPhone 4S. This could be an attempt to ease the magnitude of the tradition shortage in new product that has left customers waiting weeks to get a new device in past years. While this possibility leads to more muted iPhone estimates this quarter, this would also mean iPhone 4S numbers that are beyond expectation next quarter as Apple might actually keep a hot product less supply constrained than has traditionally been the case.
Other factors here include YOY growth rates needing to be adjusted by the fact that 2010 CQ3 included the iPhone 4 will 2011 CQ3 didn't have a new phone. Customer purchase deferral as well as potential for fewer new carriers and countries in CQ3 could be factors here as well.
Concerns were not unrealistic , but we need to ensure we grant enough space for those venting legitimate downside ideas. I became especially worried about the stock with the great run into earnings when it seemed even a group of the Wall Street analysts had iPhone numbers above mine.
My biggest concern tonight are those who may have been too aggressive playing close dated out-of-the-money options into earnings. There have been a couple of times when new investors came to AFB asking about this "easy method" to immediate riches. I worry that for the few that asked and heard our warnings, there are too many others that played too aggressively and are now in great pain. For any of those folks, please hang in there and join the discussion. There are many sympathetic friends here.
While I'm not sure if we're yet at the point where the share price has bottomed (downgrades and panicky investors may still be ahead), I do still believe the fundamental picture has not changed. As I said above, the potential (now reality) for a shortfall in Q4 iPhone sales is something I do see pulling back the elastic and powering upside to Q1 sales. The 37 billion dollar guidance, extra week or not, leads me to think we will leap over the 30 billion dollar quarter straight to the 40 billion dollar quarter. However, let's get there while still having challenging discussions about future margin concerns, potential sales lost to the Kindle Fire, the always updating Android roster of phones, or whatever potential threat exists to our expectations.
Very well said. Thank you!
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On a separate note I want the AFB estimates to continue. Being off one quarter is not enough to discourage me from getting valuable insight into Apple's past and future numbers.


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Since making his American debut in 2004 with Night Piece, Japanese singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Shugo Tokumaru's American fan base has grown immensely. While Tokumaru sings primarily in Japanese, the language barrier doesn't deter fans from discovering and falling head over heels with his music. This is exactly what I saw at his first New York City show in nearly five years at Bowery Ballroom.
Onstage, Tokumaru is surrounded by instruments: guitars, keyboards, a six-person band manning colorful knick knacks and puppets. How all these conflicting instruments would go together is unimaginable for an outsider looking in. But for Tokumaru, it all makes sense in a mad scientist sort of way.
During the recording process, the multi-instrumentalist locks himself away for months on end, performing and recording each sound and instrument himself. In a live setting, these sounds truly come to life with a different dynamic than on record, creating a whirlwind of sound and emotion. How he makes kazoos and (literally) bells and whistles work together is something really amazing. I had the opportunity to speak with Tokumaru and his translator, Koki, and delve into how his creative process works and what he's up to now.
How do you put so many instruments into a song to make it a cohesive effort rather than just adding instruments for the sake of adding instruments?
When I was a teenager, I intended to do a band in more of a simpler setting—just guitar, bass, drums, stuff like that—but gradually, I found out what I actually wanted to do was to incorporate more instruments. Around the same time, I started collecting a lot of instruments so I just wanted to try different instruments and see how they sounded in my recordings. When I started performing live, I brought so many different instruments in two large suitcases, laid them out onstage and played them all by myself. Eventually it became too much for me by myself so I started to play with other musicians.
You tend to lock yourself away for days on end when making music. By not allowing anyone else into the recording process, you block outside influences. How do you keep from repeating yourself?
It's not necessarily that I never want to work with outside producers or other musicians, but
actually part of the reason why I started recording all by myself was I used to try to work with other people but it didn't really go well so I just started to do things by himself. And it went well for me. [But] I'm also thinking about working with other people again in the future.
Do you have anyone in mind?
At the moment, I doesn't have anyone in mind but I'm hoping to work with someone who has more instruments than I do. [laughs]
Your lyrics are primarily sung in Japanese and because music is universal, you've gained worldwide attention. How do you communicate with English speaking fans?
The Internet. [laughs] Actually I started my career as a recording artist when a small indie label in New York [Music Related] released my first album, Night Piece, so it started very naturally. I was already singing in Japanese and someone in New York liked it and decided to release it. So I never really felt that disconnect or maybe it was disconnected from the beginning but it's grown. I doesn't necessarily think that there's a disconnect with my listeners in terms of understanding be it lyrics or whatever, but that's the same in Japanese. It feels the most natural to sing in Japanese.
2012 was a busy year for you with the album release and a Japanese nationwide tour. 2013 included your first appearance at SXSW. How was that?
For a long time, I'd always been interested in SXSW because I had heard a lot of good things about it so I just decided that I wanted to do it this year. I went to Austin this year and played a lot of shows and thought it was a good experience. I had a fun time there. In a sense, there are no similar circumstances to play shows in Japan and festival settings like that.
What acts did you like at SXSW?
Richard Thompson and WHY?.
This is going to be your first show in NYC in almost 5 years and with a full 6-person band. While you'll have your full band with you, your songs usually have upwards of 20 instruments. How does this change the live dynamic of the songs?
My recordings and live performances are quite different from each other. I doesn't necessarily try to represent what is on the record as it is. Instead I always tries to remake or rearrange the recordings into something else that could be effectively represented in live settings.
Are you working on anything currently?
Currently I'm pretty busy with touring, playing festivals both inside Japan and outside Japan. In Japan, I've been working on composing music for a kids TV program for an educational channel. I'm also brainstorming on some different projects, which is different from my solo stuff. I'm not quite sure about what I want to pursue for the project yet but what I can say now is that my solo stuff, I started where there was nothing and it just came out. But when I continue to do solo stuff, somehow the path tends to narrow itself. It used to be more diverse. I want to get back to that starting point again with something else. Getting back to where there were more possibilities to explore.
I think you need a vacation. Another island, not Japan.
[laughs] And find new instruments.
What kind of music are you composing for the children's programs?
It's not radically different from what I'm doing on my solo albums but obviously it's directed for kids programs. It tends to be more like cutesy, pretty. More playful, maybe?
What's the show about?
The main character is a cat who's disguised as a mouse or a mouse disguised as a cat.
So it's a sadistic Tom & Jerry.
[laughs] Yes. It's a very distinctive character with a distinctive voice.
And you're also in a rock five-piece Gellers, how is that going?
We released a new single a couple months ago. We've been working on an album for… forever. [laughs] Seven years since the last one? Gellers is a band I've been doing with my friends for such a long time. My solo stuff tends to be perfectionist. As opposed to that, Gellers is very full of happenings, nothing very planned, in recordings or on stage. It's a good balance between my solo stuff and Gellers. Without Gellers, I don't think my his solo stuff could be the way it is.


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The Office for National Statistics said its English property price index had passed its previous peak five years ago after hitting 182.4 in July, standing 0.9% higher than in January 2008. George Osborne's Help-to-Buy scheme and the Funding for Lending programme have spurred a revival, triggering warnings from within the coalition government – led by business secretary Vince Cable – of a volatile asset bubble.
The ONS reported the average cost of a UK home has risen to £245,000, up 3.3% on July last year. In England the increase was 5.4% year-on-year to £255,000, with the London market maintaining its status as the market powerhouse. The average cost of a home in the capital now stands at £438,000, up 9.7% year-on-year, with increases of 2.5% in the south-east and East Midlands.
The ONS data came as the boss of Debenhams warned that a runaway housing market could have a detrimental impact on consumers. Michael Sharp said the housing market needed "careful management", adding his voice to a wide range of commentators who have now warned that current price rises could be unsustainable. "We don't want to go back to the bad old days where the housing market runs away with itself, and people get engrossed in high levels of debt," said the department store chain's chief executive.
The figures put house price rises above the government's main inflation measure, also released by the ONS on Tuesday. Small falls in the cost of petrol and clothing took the key consumer price measure of inflation (CPI) down to 2.7% in August, offering welcome relief to shoppers and savers. However, the retail price index (RPI) rate, which includes housing costs, rose to 3.3% from 3.1% in July.
Although recent lending figures show the number of people buying homes remains below the last property boom, there are signs that the market is hotting up in some areas, leading to calls for a cap on prices from some quarters including a trade body for chartered surveyors and estate agents.
The headline house price figures were not reflected across all of the UK. In Scotland, prices were down by 2% year-on-year, while Wales saw a 0.7% fall. Once figures for London and the south-east are stripped out, UK house prices were up by just 0.8% over 12 months.
"House price growth remains stable across most of the UK, although prices in London are increasing faster than the UK average," the ONS said. The ONS figures, which do not include cash purchases, could make worrying reading for policymakers who have been warned of the dangers of inflating a house price bubble with the launch of the second phase of the Help to Buy scheme in January. The scheme, designed to help homebuyers who can only raise a small deposit, has already supported confidence in the market, but there are concerns that making more mortgage funding available without more homes could take homes even further out of reach of the people it is supposed to help and lead to unsustainable price rises.
The ONS figures show that first-time buyers are already being hit by price rises. The average price they paid for properties rose by 4% over the year to July, to £183,000, against a 3% rise in the average price paid by existing homeowners who were moving.
The vast differences in housing markets around the country suggests that if the Bank of England did want to take action to reduce the flow of mortgages, it might have to explore whether it could do so at a regional level. In England prices were up in seven out of nine regions, but fell by 1.3% in the north-east and 0.7% in the north-west.
Elsewhere, however, the market has not recovered to those heights, and there are borrowers trapped in negative equity. Howard Archer, chief UK economist at IHS Global Insight, said the potential for further house price rises was likely to be capped in the near term by low earnings growth. However, he added: "There is a mounting danger that house prices could really take off further out, especially as a shortage of new properties for sale could be a significant factor in some areas, notably London and the south-east. While an improving housing market is helpful to growth prospects, it is vitally important for stability and longer-term growth prospects that a new housing price bubble does not emerge."
Brian Murphy, head of lending at Mortgage Advice Bureau, said the figures should go some way to ease concerns that Help to Buy is driving property inflation "at a dangerous rate". He said: "Although house prices in London are increasing significantly faster than the UK average, overall house prices have risen at a stable rate, suggesting a recovery that is sustainable rather than combustible ."


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but ne'er wilt thou be assailed by any man
as one who hath wrought actions vile and base.
A singe review could not do this book any justice. Partly because it is in fact two books, The First Part, and err, the Second Part of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, written by a spanish man, Miguel De Cervantes in the 16th Century whilst he was in debtors prison. So far so good.
Nevertheless, this is one of the most outstanding pieces of modern literature in the world, partly because it was practically the first piece of modern literature in the world. It follows the ups and mostly downs of a middle class spanish gentleman whose madness makes him believe he is a great knight from days gone by. The comedy is subtle, and often related to contextual events in the 16th century, but even with that in mind it is still after 400 years manages to make the reader laugh out loud.
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I was talking with a newspaper reporter about the election campaign and my 13-year-old daughter tapped me on the shoulder and said, "Dad, just tell them that you want to stand up for Palo Alto."
After phone interview I asked her about what she had said. Her answer: "Just tell them that you are Standing up for Palo Alto. You know -- we need to protect places for people to buy things, keep places for people to walk and ride bikes, and keep Palo Alto from having so many big buildings out to the curb that it is not fun to live here anymore."
She responded, "Forget the the philosophical talk, like 'Shared Community Vision yeah yeah yeah' and just say you are going to Stand up for Palo Alto."
When I explained that it means that I am going to fight for the things that people agree are important, she said "Good, then just say that. We need you to help Palo Alto."
Sometimes, there is nothing more to say.
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Well put! Leave it to a teenager to cut thru to what is important!
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text: T. had a fantastic first day of kindergarten. Me? I had a strange first day. I walked around with the distinct feeling I was forgetting something—not a good feeling to have, really, especially when the something you feel like you're forgetting is your child. But then I'd tell myself, reciting it like something I needed to remember: L. is in school, T. is in school, everything is okay. The night before kindergarten, at dinner, we talked about making T. a photo collage she could keep in her backpack, to look at when she needed. "Isn't that a good idea?" I asked her. She looked at me, then at Scott. Her lips quivered. Then she burst into tears--heavy, sad, weight-of-the-world tears. "It's okay, T.! You're not leaving forever!" Which she wasn't, of course. Although just between you and me, it sure felt like it. ********* My mom came into town for a weekday visit—my favorite kind of visit. I like weekend visitors, too, but having family come during the week feels like real relief. She brought gifts from her trip to Greece: small ones, the kinds of gifts my grandmother might have given the kids, little treasures that poked at my heart—colored pencils, a tiny doll, a pencil holder for L. Later that night we sat and looked at pictures from the summer and I had to steel my heart a little; looking at those faraway familiar places was like looking at the face of someone you love, someone you haven't seen for a long while. When I came home on Wednesday from a dragged out day of teaching (what IS it about Wednesdays?), and a late afternoon meeting, I opened the front door to the glorious smell of garlic, cooking tomatoes, and pasta—orzo pasta, in fact, that comforting food of my childhood. If you go to most restaurants in Greece you can usually find a huge pan of kritharaki on the menu—a mouth-watering mix of orzo pasta, cooked with tomato, and oregano, and served with slabs of feta on the side. My grandmother used to make kritharaki, too, and second to her Sunday spaghetti, it was my favorite dish. Kritharaki (Orzo with Tomatoes and Feta) 16 oz of vegetable broth (or one vegetable bouillon dissolved in hot water) 1 package orzo (16 oz) 1 large onion, chopped finely 1-2 garlic cloves, crushed 1 cup white wine One large tomato, chopped (I don't like cooked tomato skin, so you can scald the tomato first--drop in a pot of boiling water for a few seconds, then the skin peels off) 1 cup cubed feta 1 tablespoon of oregano, to taste 2-3 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon butter Dash of salt Sauté the orzo in the olive oil until golden, then add the onion and garlic, stirring continually. Add the wine. Continue stirring while adding the tomato, salt and thyme (or oregano). Then slowly add the vegetable broth. Continue stirring until all liquid is absorbed. Finally, add the butter and the feta. This is perfection served with a glass of cold white wine, and a cucumber and olive salad on the side--somehow adding those simple things makes this a summer dish, the kind of dish that reminds you of a slice of purple-blue ocean, and those faraway places that make you ache inside. Happy Weekend!