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Pop diva Jess Glynne's UK tour crowns an extraordinary 12 months, which saw her rack up five consecutive UK number ones singles and claim the biggest-selling debut album of the year with I Cry When I Laugh. There won't be any tears tonight as she performs Right Here, Hold My Hand and Don't Be So Hard On Yourself.
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Remember we told you about the Dorchester school girl - who was left distraught after accidentally leaving her A-level art coursework on a bus.
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On June 18-22, Oak Grove instructors and students from across the area spent five days biking, hiking and swimming in the Agua Blanca Creek in the Sespe Wilderness. Campers pushed through 15 miles on the last day and celebrated the end of the trip with a pizza dinner at Lake Piru. Click here to view the route and awesome photos of the trip.
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Oak Grove School continues its popular Summer Adventures with an amazing trip to the Cottonwood Lakes in the John Muir Wilderness. We spent 6 days exploring the area, swimming in the lakes and taking in the breathtaking High Sierra vistas. 5:00 am sunrise hikes, crystal-clear lakes, moon rises over Cirque Peak, and glimpses of native Golden Trout made this trip truly unforgettable. See route information and photographs here.
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A couple of months ago, I wrote about my experience in the Sears Auto Center Exploring My America program. Now, the program is back. If you're interested in seeing the country on Sears' dime, check out this link for information on how to apply.
The first trip is a journey to Daytona Beach for racing fans. More trips will be announced in the coming weeks. Good luck!
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Budget Travel Adventures: Travel Confessions
Jeremy at Budget Travel Adventures started a lively conversation with some confessions, including "I don't like tourists" and "Family travel scares me." The discussion even led to a Part 2 follow-up article.
A View To a Thrill: Discovering Smith-Gilbert Gardens in Kennesaw, Georgia
I love hidden treasures and this one is cool. It's funny that such beautiful flowers are found in a town that requires all of its residents to own guns. They may be tough in that city, but apparently they have a sensitive side.
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text: At the movies with the Right to Die Society Activists in Illinois are starting a legislative push for "the ultimate human right." Just don't call it assisted suicide. November 2014 Print friendly page By Roy Strom On a sunny Thursday in September, a visit to the AMC Theater on East Illinois Street did not result in your typical afternoon at the movies. First, there were the dozens of sidewalk protesters to pass through, many in wheelchairs and all clad in bright pink shirts reading "Not Dead Yet." They sang the chorus, "Don't murder us. We want to live." Inside, the activists being protested against were a disproportionately geriatric crowd. The hair was mostly gone or gray; many used canes, walkers, wheelchairs; and, despite a grim topic, there was an abundance of smiles. Overheard, there was the mundane: "We're much slower to change than Europe." But the conversation was usually much more profound. "Who was I to say to my mom, 'No, you have to go on suffering'?" one South African man asked, before describing how he had provided his mother, upon her request, a lethal dose of "crushed-up morphine." "I don't think any humane person would have done anything differently than what I did," he said. Welcome to the World Federation of Right to Die Societies biennial conference. Over three days here and at an adjacent hotel, it offered visitors a smorgasbord of the world's most venerable speakers on the complex and controversial topic of what it calls "aid in dying." Outside on the sidewalk, the term used was "assisted suicide." Because both sides use language as part of their argument, here is roughly the process they're talking about: Two doctors must agree that a terminally ill patient has less than six months to live. That patient asks for a medication — typically barbiturates — that will result in death. After waiting 15 days, the patient makes a written request for the drugs. If the patient is "competent" and the doctor personally agrees with the practice, a prescription is written for the drugs. The patient picks them up. If taken, they typically cause death within an hour. It is legal for doctors to participate in this process in a handful of states, including Oregon, Washington, Montana and Vermont. Other states expressly prohibit it. Gray areas exist in Hawaii and, at least for the moment, a portion of New Mexico. The laws allowing it prevent doctors from being prosecuted for the only type of illegal suicide — the assisted kind. Supporters here spoke of a global movement to expand "the ultimate human right" — control over your own passing. Allowing physicians to write prescriptions that bring on death, advocates say, is just the next step in what's known as palliative care — a movement within the medical community to alleviate pain and suffering at the end of life. But opponents outside view "death with dignity" laws as a slippery slope that could create an inequality in society: Healthy people are actively discouraged from committing suicide, while the sick or elderly are tacitly told it's OK. A crucial third party, the physicians who would write these prescriptions, appear torn on the issue. While some believe the process is a legitimate part of providing a continuum of care (after all, everyone dies, the argument goes), others say intentionally bringing on a patient's death breaches medical ethics. Whatever you believe, the death discussion is about to escape taboo in Illinois. A campaign is forming to push the Illinois Patient Choices at End of Life Act through Springfield. Death — worth fighting for Standing at a podium in front of a mostly full movie theater, the master of ceremonies for the afternoon introduced himself, for the few who didn't know him already: "Derek Humphry, the infamous." A stout, balding man who sometimes uses a wheelchair, Humphry is perhaps the second most public face in the death with dignity movement, behind only "Dr. Death," Jack Kevorkian. In 1980, Humphry founded the Hemlock Society, one of the earliest groups advocating legislation to allow physicians to prescribe lethal medications for terminally ill patients. That led to an attempt by Oregon state senator Frank Roberts to pass a bill in the early 1990s. Despite being the longest-serving senator in the state and being married to the governor, Roberts' effort failed even to reach a vote. He died a slow death from pancreatic cancer in 1993 — an ordeal he hoped his legislation would have allowed him to avoid. Oregon's Death with Dignity Act was passed by a voter referendum in 1994, with 51 percent in favor. After a legal challenge, the voters again passed it via referendum in 1997: 60 percent in favor this time. Barbara Coombs Lee, a staffer in the Oregon Senate at the time, has gone on to be a prominent activist in the area. She told PBS in 2012 that Roberts' failure in the legislature inspired her: "It was that back-scenes look at how disparaged and unwelcome in the political arena are conversations about the end of life that really opened my eyes." More than 20 years later, Ed Gogol hopes the political conversation will reach a different outcome in Springfield. As president of Hemlock of Illinois, Gogol is leading the charge for change in this state. He helped organize a group, including four lawyers, to draft the Illinois Patient Choices at End of Life Act. Like Lee and many others in the movement, he became involved after what he called "loved ones' bad deaths." The first was the slow degeneration that Parkinson's disease inflicted on a friend. She ultimately asked Gogol and his wife to help her "hasten her death," which they agreed to do by putting her in touch with Final Exit Network, whose "exit guides" help the terminally ill end their lives. "It was a beautiful thing," said Gogol, whose sister also endured prolonged suffering at the end of her life as she battled ovarian cancer. Gogol is at once excited about the effort to pass a law in Illinois and pragmatic about its chances of success. "We are going to be working the rest of this year and next year to build support — expand our membership, reach out to lots of groups and educate our state legislators," he said. Then, reflecting on the vast effort it took to pass the law in Oregon — which he compared in size and scope to the campaign in Illinois for gay marriage — he said, "We're not there yet." Chris Mooney, director of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois' Springfield campus, said it is highly unlikely that the Hemlock-supported bill would pass in the next legislative session. Euthanasia is a new political issue here that the legislature has not been educated about — a crucial process for passing laws. Further, the General Assembly typically doesn't lead the nation on these types of social changes, he said. The state's politics are not seen as similar to Oregon, Washington or Vermont. And the issue is also highly contested by a powerful political opponent: the Catholic Church. "Add it all up together, and it doesn't sound too likely that it will happen any time soon," Mooney said. "They've got their work cut out for them, but that's not to say it's never going to happen." To gauge their level of interest in the issue, Chicago Lawyer contacted the gubernatorial campaigns of Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican Bruce Rauner in early October. The calls were not returned. A gridlock for 'compassionate death' Nationally, polls show that Americans have consistently been in favor of aid-in-dying legislation. In a long-running Gallup poll, since the early 1990s, about 65 percent have been in favor of allowing physicians to "end a patient's life by some painless means" upon request. Today, 69 percent are in favor. And yet, the historical odds are not in Gogol's favor. As of 2011, legislative campaigns had failed in California, Hawaii, Vermont, Wisconsin, Arizona and Pennsylvania, according to an article in the Whittier Law Review. And, in March, Connecticut was added to that list after lawmakers failed to take up a vote on a bill that was heavily debated. Last year, Vermont was the first state legislature to pass a statute allowing assisted suicide, joining four others that previously legalized it: Oregon (since 1997), Washington (via a 2008 voter referendum), Montana (by the state Supreme Court in 2009) and New Mexico (by way of a court ruling this year that is being appealed to the state's high court). In Arkansas, Idaho, Georgia and Minnesota, it is expressly prohibited by statute. And despite successful voter referendums in two states, that tactic is not always foolproof. Massachusetts voters in 2012 turned it down, 51-49. A ballot initiative in Illinois would be highly unlikely, if not impossible. "Many initiative scholars don't even count (Illinois) as an initiative state," a review of Illinois' referendum policies by the Initiative and Referendum Research Institute at the University of Southern California says. Nevertheless, the convention-goers who congregated in Chicago believed their cause is having a moment on the world stage. Quebec this year passed a bill decriminalizing assisted suicide, and euthanasia is thriving in Europe and, in particular, the Netherlands (a Dutch speaker was the only one at the conference to consistently use the term "euthanasia"). "Choices will expand," said Kathryn Tucker, executive director of the Disability Legal Rights Center in Los Angeles. "Aid in dying will become increasingly available." A laboratory develops If anybody would know, it's Tucker, who has been one of the most influential lawyers in the movement and who crafted or helped craft the successful legal strategies in Montana and New Mexico. She has helped identify the states that might be most accepting of death with dignity laws and developed court cases that stand the best chance at defeating what she calls aid-in-dying prohibitions. When asked by a convention-goer what needs to be done to pass such a law in Illinois, she offered what could have been considered a warning: "The question of 'where is the next most-favorable forum' is a very complicated question, (because) a failure makes it that much harder in other places." Tucker has been successful in the past. She argued in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington v. Glucksberg, one of two seminal 1997 cases on assisted suicide, the other being Vacco v. Quill. Washington challenged a law in that state criminalizing assisting in someone's suicide. They argued that "aid in dying" was a constitutionally protected right. Noting that "for over 700 years, the Anglo-American common-law tradition has punished or otherwise disapproved of both suicide and assisting suicide," then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote that it was not a constitutionally protected right to assist someone in their suicide. The court did, however, say that states could experiment with their own laws. And Oregon was the first to do that. The results? From 1997 through 2013, a total of 1,173 people received prescriptions for lethal drugs, and 752 of them have died from taking them under the Death with Dignity Act, according to the Oregon Health Authority. The number of prescriptions has risen every year since 2004, when 60 were written, to reach 122 prescriptions last year. Advocates are also quick to point out that not everyone who receives the lethal medication takes it. "It gives them the comfort — and that is the thing that I feel is so important," said Fay Clayton, a founding shareholder of Chicago litigation boutique Robinson Curley & Clayton and a co-author of the Illinois draft bill available on the Hemlock of Illinois website. "When they're relieved of their anxiety, their quality of life goes up. They enjoy life knowing that if life gets unbearable, they have this solution that they are free to either use or not use." Assisted suicide looks very different in other places, and that plays into fears of a slippery slope among portions of the disability community. In the Netherlands, 13,500 requests are made each year for euthanasia. In 2012, more than 4,000 died as a result, according to Petra de Jong, director of Right to Die Netherlands. There, a far more expansive law allows, for instance, a doctor to prescribe lethal medication to a 30-year-old suffering from a mental illness, de Jong said. "Why should they be denied euthanasia simply because they have a mental illness?" she asked, after lamenting that too few doctors prescribe the medication to patients who say they have lived a "completed life," despite that being a legal reason to receive lethal medication. In the United States, Gogol said, advocates to extend the right of aid-in-dying to the mentally ill are "very few and far between." "Different cultures are at different places. I would say, in terms of acceptance of death and understanding of these issues, obviously, the Netherlands is a bit further along," he said. "This is a new concept. It takes a lot of time. It takes a lot of discussion. But the experience with the laws in Oregon, Washington, etc., are the things that are showing the rest of us in the United States that the fears of a slippery slope are not real. And that's important." 'Not Dead Yet' But not everyone agrees the slope isn't slippery, nor that Oregon is a blemish-free success story. That includes Diane Coleman, president and CEO of Not Dead Yet and leader of its protests in Chicago. She started her organization in 1996 in response to Oregon's referendum and, in the past, has publicly debated Humphry, the Hemlock Society founder. Coleman points to doctor questionnaires in Oregon that indicate the most frequently mentioned "end-of-life concerns" by patients who requested assisted suicide. The answers were loss of autonomy (93 percent), decreasing ability to participate in activities that made life enjoyable (88.7 percent) and loss of dignity (73.2 percent). It should be noted that those are in addition to having a terminal illness. "Those are issues that people go through when they acquire disabilities through accident, illness or aging," Coleman said. "And we're concerned that those issues are being treated as reasons not only for society to agree that, 'Oh, your suicide is rational and acceptable, but we'll even give you the means to carry it out.'" She added: "We want equal suicide prevention as part of equal protection of the law, equal rights." Coleman points out that the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization does not support the legalization of assisted suicide. Nor does the American Medical Association, which adopted in 1994 its current policy stance: "Physician-assisted suicide is fundamentally incompatible with the physician's role as healer, would be difficult or impossible to control and would pose serious societal risks." A number of medical associations do support it, including the American Public Health Association, which says it does not equate "aid-in-dying" with "assisted suicide." Coleman also said she believes physician-assisted suicide violates the Americans with Disabilities Act by creating a system "where some people get suicide prevention and others get suicide assistance, and the difference is your health and your disability status." "The stigma associated with age and disability and illness is, for many people, crushing," she said. "But what the disability rights movement is really trying to say is (that) we need to address those needs (of the old, disabled and sick) and we need to resist the stigma and change the way society treats people. And that's what we're pushing for." For Coleman, allowing assisted suicide opens the door for the possibility that a disabled person who "feels like a burden" may be pressured to seek lethal medication. Advocates for an Oregon-style bill say that criticism is misguided because of safeguards that limit the law to terminally ill patients who doctors agree will die within six months and who are competent to make a choice to "hasten their death." Coleman counters that those safeguards are ineffective and could still result in abuse. "No one is forced to do it," said Khadine Bennett, a staff attorney and legislative counsel with the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, who helped write the draft bill. "Nothing in the legislation targets folks who are elderly or disabled. But people focus in on that as a red herring that has nothing to do with the intent of the legislation or what it actually does." While there is vehement disagreement on taking a medication that causes death, both sides find no fault with a close relative known as "palliative sedation." Fully legal, palliative sedation is a request by a terminally ill patient who is in severe pain to be treated with sedatives and narcotics to the point of a near coma. It can cause a quicker death, but the intent is to treat pain and minimize suffering. An Australian doctor who spoke at the movie theater conference said the acceptance of palliative sedation might provide a legal argument for aid-in-dying. The question would be whether it is the intent or the result of a doctor's actions that are punishable. Rodney Syme said he provides aid-in-dying measures, despite it being illegal in Australia, by arguing he's providing palliative care. "Effectively, what I've done is to challenge the authorities," he said. "And if by provoking the law, the law does not respond, then the law is in disrepute. And a law in disrepute is an ass." Turning to the courts Increasingly, death-with-dignity activists have taken to legal challenges. And they have found a more receptive ear in the courtroom. Montana's ruling, despite failing to adopt a wide constitutional protection for assisted suicide, extended protection to doctors who use the practice in that state in 2009. The legal argument took a new tack in New Mexico. Tucker — when she was legislative affairs director with Compassion and Choices, an advocacy group that the Hemlock Society merged with — filed a lawsuit there on behalf of two cancer doctors and a patient. The lawsuit had two parts. One was a typical argument that the state's constitution provided a right to aid in dying. The other was a statutory argument that challenged the law criminalizing assisted suicide. The basic argument was that aid-in-dying — defined as providing medication that would hasten the death of a terminally ill patient — was not suicide but, rather, a form of medical treatment. A New Mexico judge ruled that terminally ill, mentally competent patients have a fundamental right to aid in dying under the substantive due process clause of the state's constitution. For the moment, the ruling protects doctors from prosecution in one New Mexico county. If affirmed on appeal, the ruling will impact the entire state. "If decisions made in the shadow of one's imminent death regarding how they and their loved ones will face that death are not fundamental and at the core of these constitutional guarantees, then what decisions are?" New Mexico 2nd District Judge Nan Nash wrote. Any legislative push in Illinois will take time — not even the advocates dispute that. For now, Gogol said he has four non-controversial points of advice to avoid the type of "bad deaths" that spurred his activism. He called them "the tenets of having a not-so-bad death." First, grant a "trusted loved one" medical power of attorney. Second, have constant conversations with that person about what type of care you would and wouldn't like near the end of life — no matter how difficult the discussion might feel at first. "It's actually a mercy to raise the conversation with loved ones," he said. "They will tell you what they want if you ask." Third, recognize that aggressive medical care can be futile. Which leads to No. 4: Take advantage of every aspect of palliative care available. Gogol learned this from a personal experience when his 99-year-old father was in hospice care and, a week before he died, asked for morphine. Gogol's mother warned him against it, fearing he might become addicted. 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The recent decision of the Victorian Court of Appeal, In the Matter of Willmott Forests Ltd (in Liquidation) [2012] VSCA 202, has confirmed that a liquidator of a landlord can disclaim a lease so as to terminate a lease in certain circumstances.
Case background
Willmott Forests Limited (landlord) leased land to certain tenants who had the right to grow and harvest trees on the land.
Liquidators were appointed to the landlord and the liquidators subsequently entered into contracts for the sale of the land, essentially with vacant possession – ie without leases. In order to be able to give vacant possession of the land the liquidators needed to have the leases terminated or extinguished. Accordingly, the liquidators sought a determination from the Court as to whether the liquidators were able to disclaim the tenants' leases with the effect of extinguishing the tenants' leasehold estate or interest in the subject land.
The Court of Appeal held that not only would a disclaimer of a lease agreement extinguish the contractual rights but it would also extinguish the proprietary (or leasehold) interest of the tenants.
Reasoning of the Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal sighted three main reasons for its decision:
- a disclaimer cannot terminate obligations which accrue in the past, however, a landlord's obligation to provide possession and quiet enjoyment to a tenant is an ongoing and continuing liability and as such can be terminated by a disclaimer
- leases are essentially a form of contact and therefore a leasehold interest cannot survive the termination of the lease contract itself and
- the legislative intention of section 568 of the Corporations Act is to enable liquidators to release the company in liquidation from obligations which would prevent the prompt and effective winding up of the affairs of the company and this would extend, where necessary, to the "intrusion into the property rights of an innocent third party".
Setting Aside Disclaimer
The Court acknowledged that a disclaimer may affect third party rights and interests (such as those of a tenant) including the "most innocent of parties" but noted that the Corporations Act did provide for an aggrieved party with a right to making a claim as a creditor and prove its loss as a debt in the winding up of the liquidated company. It was further noted however that an aggrieved party also has a right to seek to set aside a disclaimer by the liquidator under the Corporations Act. To do so it must be establish that the prejudice suffered by the aggrieved party would be grossly out of proportion to the prejudice suffered by the company's creditors in not permitting the disclaimer.
So, we query whether it would be justifiable for a liquidator of a landlord to disclaim a lease on the following basis:
- the lease contains financial obligations on the landlord which cannot be recovered or offset against the rental income of the property - this might be the case of a charitable not-for profit retirement village
- the lease renders the freehold interest unsaleable – this might be a special-purpose designed property
- the lease is on 'tenant-friendly' terms – such as those commonly negotiated by a vendor with a lease back to it or leases to related parties
- rent payable under the lease that is under-market value and/or
- the lease is otherwise detrimental to the value of the land.
The scope of the judgment is yet to be tested and in that regard a court in the future may yet decide to curtail the potential effect this judgment may have on "innocent third parties". A court might also limit the case to its facts or simply weigh the prejudicial effect on third parties (such as tenants) more in favour of the third party.
Other Considerations
While the decision in this case provides clarification for liquidators of landlords and their rights to disclaim leases, it raises several questions for other players in the market:
Tenants – security of tenure for tenants is brought into question by this case and tenants may be more cautious when entering into leases and seeking confirmation and guarantees regarding the solvency of a landlord.
Landlords – landlords may need to consider how they may give tenants comfort as to their solvency and how they may safeguard and protect the value that tenants ascribe to leasehold interest which may be adversely affected where a landlord is unable to provide comfort as to solvency (and consequently security of tenure).
Lenders – lenders may need to adjust their lending criteria having regard to the potential affects on security of tenure and valuation of leasehold interests.
The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.


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Madoff/SEC: Bush Holdovers Stonewall Financial Services Committee Investigation
Harry Markopolos testified before the House Financial subcommittee that his warnings as early as 2000 and on four subsequent occasions to the Securities and Exchange Commission about Bernie Madoff's fraud went unheeded, despite his having given them evidence. They could have confirmed as easily as asking Madoff for trade certificates to prove that he was actually making the trades he was representing to his clients - and discovering that he didn't have any. Markopolos said of the SEC investigators, "If you took a busload of them up to Fenway Park - they couldn't find first base."


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Georgians could pay future state taxes in gold
If a bill under review by the Georgia House becomes law, state residents might be paying 2010 taxes in gold.
Now assigned to the House of Representatives' Banks & Banking committee, HB 430, or the Constitutional Tender Act, would require the use of gold and silver coin for the repayment of debts to the state, notably all state taxes. It would also mandate that any bank conducting business with the state accept gold and silver coins as deposits.
In effect, the bill seeks to revive the gold and silver standards for certain forms of state business, and Georgia would become the only state in the country to do so.
Reps. Bobby Franklin, R-Marietta, and Barry Loudermilk, R-Cassville, are sponsoring the bill.
Under the current version of the bill, the state would accept checks or other payments linked to gold coin- or silver coin-backed accounts, and could accept Federal Reserve dollars — the existing U.S. standard for nearly four decades — for other types of transactions.
"[Gold and silver] coins shall be the exclusive medium which the state shall accept from any person or entity as payment of any obligation to the state including, without limitation, the payment of taxes; provided, however, that other forms of currency may be used in all other transactions within the state upon mutual consent of the part of any such transaction," the bill states.
The law would take effect on Jan. 1, 2010, and would affect billions in annual transactions with the state.
So far in fiscal year 2009, Georgia's Department of Revenue has collected $9.9 billion in various taxes. The state's fiscal year ends on June 30.
The bill, filed on Feb. 17, is unlikely to become law, observers said.
"We're monitoring the legislation and do not see much appetite from the General Assembly for Georgia to be the only state in the Union to adopt such a standard," said David Oliver, spokesman for the Georgia Bankers Association, in a prepared statement.
"I have a lot of sympathy for the gold standard and the role it played in our country's history," said George Selgin. Selgin is the BB&T Corp. chair of free-market thought at West Virginia University.
Selgin is an expert on the history of currency standards and monetary theory.
"But after reading over it, I have to think this bill is a bit kooky," he said.
The bill harkens back to a now century-old debate in the United States — tying the nation's currency to value of precious metals like gold or silver — that has recently renewed amid the ongoing economic crisis.
The U.S. used competing forms of the gold and silver standards in the 19th century, but silver's use faded in the 20th century, leaving only gold.
The fight over such standards peaked in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th century, when politician William Jennings Bryan famously argued against the standard in 1896, stating: "You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold."
Currently, the value of U.S. dollars is not backed by any commodity, and has no intrinsic value, also known as fiat money.
The national gold standard ended in 1971, when President Richard Nixon announced the government would no longer redeem U.S. dollars with an equivalent amount of gold.
The U.S. money supply now grows and shrinks according to supply and demand, rather than the value of gold, a key cog in the bill's outline for gold- and silver-backed payment accounts.
"Federal Reserve Accounting Unit Dollars, having no redeeming value in gold or silver coin, shall not be made a tender in payment of debts by the state," it states.
Selgin said the challenges of re-introducing such a standard, if the bill became law, are numerous.
"We as a country walked away from gold to fiat money," Selgin said. "It's very hard to walk back."
Selgin said he sees the bill, rather than attempting to re-introduce a now-defunct financial standard, as creating the artifice of one.
"Banks would have to meet two sets of standards, one for doing business with the state, and one for everyone else because everyone else uses another standard," he said. "You're asking them to create parallel systems, and that's very difficult."
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- New legislation in the Georgia House of Representatives seeks to reinstate gold- and silver-based currency for much of the state's business, including paying all taxes and keeping all of the state's deposits in area banks.
- Current U.S. dollars would be accepted for a limited set of unspecified transactions involving "mutual consent of the parties."
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Last week during my quiet time the Lord began to talk to me about identity in Christ, and how it helps me become a better wife.
I don't become a better wife because I work hard at it (though work is good). I become a better wife when I rest in the revelation of what Christ has already accomplished for me, when I understand who I am in Him already.
Jesus already set the foundation for everything I am supposed to become. My deepest desire should be "Lord help me understand who I am in you" For once I know who I am in Him, I can overcome challenges because my foundation is set.
Looking to my husband
So often in marriage and somewhere between the beautiful courtship and the excitement of the early days, we start looking at our husbands as our primary source of worth and identity. We rarely notice the gradual slide until hubby stops responding the way we want him to.
It's frustrating, trying to get your worth from a fellow human being because humans don't have the capacity to fill another human. Only God can.
Then there's the enemy of our souls who capitalizes on our real human need for love and affirmation.
Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour. 1 Peter 5:8
Believing lies
As I prayed, I thought about the issues we face in marriage and life and how they can be traced back to a failure to rest in our identity as God's children.
For example, some of the lies we tell ourselves (And what God says)
The lie: I will never get the hang of marriage..
But the Bible says
2 Timothy 1:7
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control
Philippians 1:6
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
I am nothing..
Bible says
Psalm 139:13-14
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
I have no future..
Bible says
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 1:5
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.
God has forsaken me, I will always struggle..
Bible says
2 Corinthians 12:9
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Hebrews 4:16
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
God does not love me..
Bible says
Romans 5:8
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
I have blown it, my sin is unpardonable..
Bible says
Romans 8: 38 – 39
And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
I cannot overcome temptation and sin..
Bible says
Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
My marriage will fail..
Bible says
Psalm 28:7
The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
Isaiah 55: 11
so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;it shall not return to me empty,but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
I cannot forgive my husband..
Bible says
Matthew 18:21-22
Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?" Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Alongside the Word
[ctt title="God reveals our identity through His word" tweet="God reveals our identity through His word @nginaotiende #marriage" coverup="kHbd1″] God reveals our identity through His Word. And then it's up to us to take the Word and run with it. In other words, align our lives according to the Word so the Word bears fruit.
1. We must watch our environment.
e.g If you are trying to overcome low self-esteem, poring over glossy fashion magazines and watching TV shows will not help your cause.
So alongside reading the Word, you must remove certain things from your life.
AND add things that help you believe the Word. Like good (Biblical) music, good books, good friends, attending church and fellowship e.t.c.
2. Be intentional
Create time to read the Word – study it, memorize it, write it down and then keep it near. Stick it on the door of your fridge or wall or somewhere close for quick reference. Sometimes we want God to move but we'll not even move our own feet!
3. Use the Word as my weapon.
"For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh." 2 Corinthians 10: 3 When the lies come, resist the temptation to fight back in your own power.
I have found it to be extremely powerful, that whenever a thought that contradicts God's promise enters my mind e.g "You will never build schools or healthcare facilities, you will never have the resources, people will laugh at you" I refuse to debate with it.
I simply find the verses I wrote down and speak them aloud. Use the Word, That word you read in the morning, speak it out aloud. Many times I will speak the Word aloud so I can hear it.
4. Form alliances
One person might receive healing after praying for themselves in a room while someone else will need to see a doctor to receive the same healing. It's the same Word at work, delivered differently. Don't question God, just be obedient and talk to the people God wants you to talk to – pastors, mentors, medical professionals.
My self image issues
I need to rest in the identity I have as a child of God.
I need the reminder as much as you do. I was in the middle of writing this post last week and one evening I pulled my husband in front of a mirror "Babe, I am fat aren't I?"
I have added a few extra pounds the last few months (summer, poor eating, hormones ), I've even had people point it out.
(by the way, telling a girl "My, you have put on weight!" does not tickle her ears!)
So anyway, here I am, pinching and turning and posing, emphasizing – in case he hadn't noticed..ha – how much weight I have gained. My husband doesn't know what to say. Or he's wise. (it's the latter). Immediately the Spirit catches up with me.
I am not suggesting I should be in denial about my chubbiness, but facts don't always communicate the whole truth. I might be a little bigger but I am still loved by God and my sweet man with the same sweet love. So the Holy Spirit is swift and I feel awful about making a big deal over things I have decided not to make a big deal about.
My heart lurches and I bring back my husband to the mirror. I point at my reflection in the mirror and declare "Babe, I am fearfully and wonderfully made!". My babe laughs, encourages and we (let me say, he) moves on.
So there's a behind-the-scenes look at my life! I need to remember who God says I am so I can stand strong in the face of challenges..and life!
I am loving this song by Morgan Harper Nichols. Reminds me how God's mercies are new every morning. No matter what happened yesterday, how I fail, His mercies are fresh today..but first I got to wake up to receive them!
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This Saturday, hundreds of participants are expected to gather on the National Mall for the 3rd Annual Friendship Walks – A Walk to End Homelessness hosted by Friendship Place. The fun, family friendly 1.5 mile event will be emceed by EZ Street from 93.9 WKYS and will include nearly 100 Fannie Mae staff members as well as students from local schools and universities.
This year's Friendship Walks will feature notable figures in the fight to end homelessness including Executive Director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness Matthew Doherty, DC Councilmember Mary Cheh and AT&T Maryland, Washington, D.C., & Delaware President Denis Dunn. The event's headline sponsor is AT&T.
"Friendship Walks is an event for everyone, whether you are someone deeply involved in our cause or just someone looking for a meaningful weekend activity," says Friendship Place President & CEO, Jean-Michel Giraud. "It looks like we are slated to have great weather, so we invite all to join us."
The event begins at 10:30 AM on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. To register, visit http://support.friendshipwalks.org or sign up at the event.
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July 20th, 2006, 02:48 PM #1Getting more involved with affiliates / community
Hi, I have recently been put in charge of a LinkShare merchant account for a medium sized company in a somehwhat competitive industry when it comes to online affiliates.
I wanted to know how I can get more involved in the "Affiliate Community" if such a thing exists. Are there MIRC channels where affiliates tend to go? What sorts of resources exist out there for me to go and begin building direct relationships with dedicated online sellers?
Because my industry is competitive, I feel that I need to be putting work into building personal relationships with my affiliate base.
Any ideas? Thanks
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"I wanted to know how I can get more involved in the "Affiliate Community" if such a thing exists."
Where you just posted
July 20th, 2006, 07:48 PM #3
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some ppl have posted their company name in the AD sectionEric Ewe
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You could go somewhere else and hide your program. Here at ABW exposure to 25,000 affiliates (several hundred active and others lurking) means you have faith your program converts better then the competition and pays commissions on 100% of the referral sales. Not all LS merchants meet these simple tests.Webmaster's... Mike and Charlie
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July 21st, 2006, 12:57 PM #5
ecomcity, Do you get a lot of competitive behavior in here? i.e. two companies fighting with one another openly in the forums? I can understand why it would be good to fly under the radar a little and make affiliate contacts in a somehwat non-overt manner -
At the moment Im more interested in taking a look around, seeing what life is like at ABW. Thanks alot!
July 21st, 2006, 02:41 PM #6
Wonder what company you represent??? LOL.
And to answer your question, all "competitive merchant behavior" I have seen has always been professional. It's more likely to see 2 affiliates flaming each other to virtual death than 2 merchants.Kevin Webster
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July 22nd, 2006, 02:13 AM #7
Start by reading the LinkShare forum here. When you are done tell us what you learned.
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July 23rd, 2006, 01:16 PM #9
"arr'h kizinn"Continued Success,
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Israeli TV Channel 2 reported Friday that Donald Trump's main Israeli affairs adviser now advocates the annexation of the so-called West Bank, Israel's biblical heartland Judea and Samaria, that became part of the Jewish state in 1967 during the Six-Day war.
David Friedman, Donald Trump's main adviser on Israeli affairs, told the Israeli TV station that he thinks Israel should annex the territory.
Friedman appeared to be when he said Israel wouldn't lose its Jewish majority if it should decide to annex the territory that has been designated to become a Palestinian state by the current and previous U.S. administrations, as well as the international community.
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Friedman said after the 1.7 million Palestinian Arabs in Judea and Samaria become Israeli citizens after the annexation, Israel would still retain its Jewish majority in the future.
He based this on the decreasing Arab birthrate and immigration of Palestinian Arabs, who he said are already leaving Israel in droves.
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"The bottom line is under most calculations, if you took the entire state of Israel from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea and you annexed all of Judea and Samaria into Israel, the Jewish population would still be about 65 percent. That's the conventional wisdom right now," Friedman said.
"So the idea that if Jews somehow take control over Judea and Samaria it's no longer a Jewish state is not true. Those aren't the numbers," Friedman added, while emphasizing that the Palestinian Authority is inflating the population data by not culling the records when people die or leave the territories under its control.
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Friedman's views resemble those of members of Netanyahu's cabinet and the Bayit HaYehudi (Jewish Home) faction in particular.
Israel's official position is it is still willing to negotiate a so-called two-state solution with the Palestinian side but support for this path to peace is declining because of the rise of Islamism in the Middle East and the radicalization in Palestinian society.
Friedman made his comments a couple of days before Secretary of State John Kerry said the one-state reality would "lead to war" between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs.
Kerry reportedly became extremely agitated during a closed meeting about the Israeli Palestinian conflict in New York last week and put the blame for the stalled negotiations process on the so-called two-state solution almost squarely on Israel's shoulders.
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America's top diplomat compared Palestinian terrorism to Israeli settlement construction and said every act of violence and every announcement of settlement construction mean the sides are coming closer to the one-state reality Friedman supports.
Kerry called upon the international community to put a halt to these developments and made a veiled threat to Israel that the Obama Administration would deal with the situation after the presidential election in November.
He probably referred to what Dan Shapiro, U.S. ambassador to Israel, revealed to Israeli TV Channel 10 on Thursday last week.
Shapiro said the Obama Administration is considering "a series of options" that would deal with the Israeli Palestinian conflict after the election, including support for a new UN resolution that would set a timetable for Israeli withdrawal from the so-called West Bank.
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Kerry claimed during last Monday's meeting that the increasing number of "settlers," meaning Jews who choose to live in Judea and Samaria, contradicted the Israeli will to help create a Palestinian state.
"How does the increasing the number of settlers indicate an attempt to create a Palestinian state?" an irritated Kerry asked, saying the number of "settlers" had increased with 95,000 since Obama took office in January 2009.
"The status quo is not sustainable. So either we mean it and we act on it, or we should shut up," Kerry said using a mantra by the Israeli left and basing his conclusions on data he received from the Palestinian side and its supporters.
It wasn't the first time an Obama official said the status quo that has existed for more than 20 years in Judea and Samaria is unsustainable.
The claim, however, is false as was confirmed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as early as in May 2009, when he told Jackson Diehl of The Washington Post that the Palestinian Arabs have a "really good reality" in the so-called West Bank.
Kerry, however, remains convinced that a solution to the 100-year-old conflict must be found before Obama leaves office.
The secretary arranged an emergency meeting in New York with Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, who met him on Friday in the presence of the foreign ministers of France and Egypt.
The two apparently spoke about the recent peace French initiative and the Egyptian alternative of brokering a solution with the help of Russia.
Nobody in Israel, however, thinks those initiatives will end the stalemate in the peace process that has existed since September 2000 when former PLO leader Yassir Arafat launched a terrorist war that killed more than 1,000 Israelis and blew up the Oslo peace process that had existed since 1993.


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India's ACC Ltd said on Thursday its October cement shipments rose 6.7 percent to 1.76Mt from 1.65Mta year earlier.
The Mumbai-based company, in which Swiss cement maker Holcim controls about 41 percent, said production in the month was 1.76Mt, up from 1.68 million tonnes a year ago.
ACC has an annual cement making capacity of 19.9Mt, making it India's single biggest cement maker.
Grasim Industries has 14.1Mt capacity, while its unit UltraTech Cement has 17Mt. Published under Cement News


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Anglo-Saxon culture. Their name reveals that an early member worked as a fisherman or boatman. The name was derived from the Old English word bat, which meant boat.
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Somerset, where they held a family seat from ancient times.
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Before the last few hundred years, the English language had no fast system of spelling rules. For that reason, spelling variations are commonly found in early Anglo-Saxon surnames. Over the years, many variations of the name Batey were recorded, including Batie, Battie, Batee, Battee, Baittie, Baitie, Baty, Batty, Battey and many more.
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19 June 2011 Drama, Thriller 87 mins
Sebastiano teaches high school gym classes and coaches swimming. He's got a job, a girlfriend, and a pretty normal life. But as young Martin starts to infiltrate Sebastiano's life, his world will get turned upside down. Eerie from the first frame, this Hitchcockian thriller portrays sexual obsession with terrifying realism.
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Meet David Ibukunoluwa Yayo, popularly known as FBI, firstborn of his family, born 23rd December 1992, who hails from Ondo state.
He is currently signed to 10stringz recordz, and has been underground for close to 4 years working on his sound and the superfly project with over 100 songs recorded.
He has worked with a couple of industry heavyweights, like Vector tha viper, on the hit single, "Life Is Music", D-tunes, Tosin Martins and Khaligraph Jones from Kenya etc.
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Looking for a fun accessory to punch up your spring wardrobe? Look no further than this gorgeous DIY necklace idea shared today by PS contributor Janel from NellieBellie!
Sculpey clay
Acrylic paint in multiple colors
gold chain
gold jewelry rings (for attaching discs to chain)
(This is what Sculpey clay looks like. It's easy to find in most all stores including big box stores.)
Step 1.
Roll out your clay about 1/4 inch thick.
Step 2.
Cut 2 sizes of circles. I used a water bottle top and a dime to achieve mine, terribly scientific…I know. You will need 8 large circles and 9 small circles.
Step 3.
Set the circles on aluminum foil on a baking sheet. Be sure to use a chopstick or other tool to punch holes into your clay wherever there will be a connecting ring. I missed some and ended up having to drill holes in the baked clay. Not a big problem, but it would have been much easier if I had done it right in the first place.
Now, bake your clay according to the directions on the package.
Step 4.
Paint your clay in the base color you are using.
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Paint a color strip in the center of your disc and then rub it in. Paint a lighter color higher on the disc and then rub it in. Repeat this process many times until you get the desired effect. You want to blend the edges of each color a bit into the one next to it, but not so much so that it's a muddy mess.
Step 6.
Apply a clear color of paint all over the disc (mine had a bit of glitter)
There you have it. Now use those jewelry rings to attach the discs all together and the chain and you have a fantastic and eye-catching Watercolor Bubble Necklace!
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Emergency! (1972)
Directed by Jack WebbGenres - Drama | Sub-Genres - Medical Drama, Prime-Time Drama [TV] | Release Date - Jan 22, 1972 (USA - Unknown) | Run Time - 100 min. | Countries - USA |
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First telecast January 15, 1972, Emergency is of course the 2-hour pilot episode for the weekly series of the same name. Robert Fuller heads the cast as Dr. Kelly Brackett, head of the staff of LA's Ramparts General Hospital. Brackett oversees the activities of Paramedics Squad 51 of the Los Angeles Fire Department, peopled by such experts in their field as John Gage (Randolph Mantooth) and Roy DeSoto (Kevin Tighe). Also on hand are Dr. Joe Early and nurse Dixie McCall, played by real-life husband and wife Bobby Troup and Julie London (London was previously married to Emergency executive producer Jack Webb). The series proper debuted January 22, 1972, as a mid-season replacement for two failed NBC sitcoms; it survived several cancellation attempts, running until September 3, 1977.
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You can become a Member of Slindon Forge Society Ltd, by buying a single share (£20) and paying an annual fee of £5. Of course, you can buy more than one share and indeed we will need many to do so if we are to raise sufficient funds to go forward. For an application form, please click Share Application Form. For a copy of the Society's rules, please click Slindon Forge Rules.
What is the Society?
Slindon Forge Society Ltd is a not-for-profit organisation, incorporated as a Co-operative and Community Benefit Society. Working to a formal set of rules specially devised by The Plunkett Foundation for community shops such as The Forge, Slindon Forge Society Ltd is registered with the Financial Services Authority.
Who are the people organising this? Can I trust them, and do they have a personal interest?
The initial Management Group of the Society is a group of volunteers who believe passionately in creating this amenity for the village. They do not have a personal financial interest in this project beyond the amount they have invested themselves. They will form the first Management Group of the Society – they are Mike Imms, Patrick Foley, Brian Senior and Mark Spofforth. We are bound by a formal Code of Conduct. We will encourage others to put themselves forward for election to the Board of the Society at the first AGM.
Why should I join?
We want as many people as possible in Slindon and the surrounding villages to become Members of Slindon Forge Society Ltd. As a Member you will be showing your support for this project and will be eligible to vote at the Society's AGM.
What voting rights do I have?
In a Community Benefit Society the rule is One Member – One Vote. So no matter how large or small your shareholding, you have an equal voice.
Why am I being asked to pay an annual subscription?
There will be a large number of Members in this scheme, investing differing amounts of share capital. A figure of £5 a year has been established as a fair figure for covering the administration and will also enable the Management Committee to keep the Members regularly updated and informed.


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KELOWNA - Recent rain and cooler temperatures have reduced the fire hazard on Knox Mountain.
As a result, Knox Mountain Drive will fully open this morning, with the exception of Sunday, Sept. 11, when the road will be closed until 2 p.m. to accommodate the School of Hard Knox cycling race.
Knox Mountain Drive is open to vehicles 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Saturday, and noon to 9 p.m. on Sundays. Knox Mountain Park is open daily between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.
Residents and visitors are reminded that campfires and barbecues are not permitted in City parks, with the exception of barbecues on beaches. Smoking is also prohibited in all parks and public spaces.
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DBDocuments Review – edit, manage documents from a database centric application
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What a great idea store, edit, and manage your documents from a database centric application. That is exactly what DBDocuments can do.
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We are looking to travel next spring during Spring Break with our 3yo daughter for 7-10 days. We are looking for a beach vacation and are planning on using miles to travel from Portland, OR. Our daughter thus far has been a good traveller and is used to 6hr long flights, although the one red eye that i did with her was painful. We are looking to travel to Maui, Turks & Caicos or Roatan, Honduras, and need help in choosing a place to travel. Here are some details about us and what we are looking for in a trip:
Us: We like to travel overall. I have always been more adventurous in choosing locations, and my husband gripes but usually ends up loving the places that I choose. We want to relax by a beautiful beach where the currents aren't so strong that our daughter can't wade in the water. We typically like to see and do a few cultural things, but since the arrival of our daughter, long car rides and visits to museums are kept to a minimum. We would like good food and a place to relax. We are travelling during spring break due to work/day care schedules and I want to avoid a place that is going to attract college kids on spring break.
Lodging: We want to be on the beach or really close. We prefer to stay in a rental versus a resort, but it would be nice if it had a swimming pool, etc. We would like to be close to restaurants and shopping. Walking distance would be ideal.
Concerns: My hubby is not hot on Roatan, but it looks gorgeous. I'm also concerned about food safety and sand fleas. Can anyone comment on this who has been there? Would like a few things to do or see that are not water based in case we get bored after a week on the beach.
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Do you have a budget? That's usually a driving issue with young families. It would really help if you gave us a dollar value of what you'd like to spend so we can steer you in the right direction. Please don't use terms like "affordable", "not too expensive", "reasonable" or "won't break the bank" as they are meaningless without a point of reference.
We visited Roatan last winter and I was quite impressed. It's lush, great for ecotourism , likes of hiking, zip lining, etc. and the people were very friendly. We had no problem with food and flies did not bother us while we were there. However, not too many resorts are within waking distance of shops and restaurants so you'll want to budget for taxi's or a rental car. It's still a bit "undiscovered" so your travel dollar will go a bit further when compared to Maui or the Turks & Caicos. It's not a "big" spring breakers destination so that shouldn't be a concern.
Now, if your budget allows, seriously consider the Turks & Caicos, specifically the Grace Bay area on the island of Providenciales (where 95% of the resorts in the island chain are located). There are lots of "condo resorts" that are perfect for families. Most of these are located on Grace Bay (11 miles of the whitest sand and calm turquoise water you'll find anywhere in the Caribbean). These "condo resorts' have all the amenities (pools, restaurants, bars, play ares, etc.) of a fine hotel yet the convenience of staying in a 1, 2 or 3 bedroom condo. They are perfect for families and chances are there will be other children the same age as yours so the can play together. Some "condo resorts" also have organized children's programs. Check out places like Ocean Club or Ocean Club West. FYI - The &C's are not popular with "spring breakers" but you will find plenty of families such as yours there during school holidays.
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Sorry! A budget would be helpful. I've heard that Turks & Caicos can be expensive. We are using miles for the airfare, but I think we would like to stay below $300/night for lodging. We are open to renting a car so long as it isn't a hassle. We rented a car when we were in Costa Rica and loved having one.
Are there things to do and see outside of the beach and the pool in T&C? How about Roatan? I would love to see the ruins in Copan, but it seems like it would take a few hours to get there.
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Roatan is an island. You'd have to take one of the ferries (1hour, 15 minutes) over to the La Ceiba on the Honduran mainland than drive for about 4 hours to reach the ruins in Copan.
You should be able to find accommodations on Provo (T&C's for $300/night).
A simple google search for "Things to do on Providenciales" will bring up a host of activities available on that island. However, not much "eco-tourism" as most things revolve around water based activities. Also use the "Things to do" link on the T&C Forum at Tripadvisor for some suggestions.
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Definitely a lot of really great things to see and do in Providenciales (a main reason I choose to live and work here), and there is a pretty decent selection of accommodations and price-points to choose from too, you guys will have a great time on Grace Bay Beach and can pop around to the different islands as well.
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Maui would be by far the easiest to get to from Portland, and the easiest to plan. Going to the Caribbean from PNW is a long trek involving plane change(s) and an all-day flight or taking a red-eye with a morning connection.
Roatan is more rustic than what I would be comfortable with traveling with a 3 year old.
Maui is gorgeous, tropical, clean, safe, modern and would be my pick for you. The flights are easy and only 6 hours. The time change is only 2 hours. Loads of places to rent along the lines you are looking for. 7-10 days would be perfect.
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Thanks so much suze! Where would you stay on Maui? We are planning on renting and would like to be on the beach if possible.
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I'm no expert, I've only been to Maui once on a family reunion trip and we stayed in Lahaina (in a condo at Lahaina Shores) which was wonderful.
If you're seriously interested you can repost your question on the US forum here and tag if Hawaii. Loads of information here on Fodors (and on Trip Advisor), just not from me (haha).
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One thing I LOVE about Hawaii from PNW (I'm in Seattle) is that you get on the plane at 10am, after a 6 hours nonstop flight on Hawaiian Air or other (and a 2 hours backwards time change) you step of the plane in paradise at 2pm!!
I usually go to Oahu and stay in Waikiki is why I'm not much help with Maui. I just know a few activities and fun things my family did when my parents took a group of us to celebrate their 50th.
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Check out the ASTON condos on Kannapali Beach, Maui. Or the Sheraton Maui, but if you stay there, request the rooms overlooking Black Rock ( famous spot where you can swim/snorkel with sea turtles). Either of these would be great. You will need a car,however, to get back and forth to Lahaina for more dining options and sightseeing.
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I recommend making the card animations snappier / quicker, and making a different animation for when you match than from when you turn over a card. The Animator feature in Unity would be useful for animating the UI (and cards too). But anyways nice work. Good luck on future projects.
Duppy Conqueror
Rated 4 / 5 stars
The theme is new and interesting, and the graphic design is nice. I like the variety of powerups. I think it would benefit from recording best time, or highscores, even if they are local. It would be nice to have the powerups easier to distinguish from each other, possibly with different colors.
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