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The X-Files Lexicon's exclusive interview with Howard Gordon
This questionnaire was conducted via E-mail between 01/10/08 and 02/02/08 by Matt Allair.
For many fans of the early seasons, Howard Gordon played an important role. Along with his writing partner, Alex Gansa, Mr. Gordon helped to create a unique narrative palate within the X-Files universe. As confirmed in our exchange, he acknowledged that many of the writers from those early seasons--Glen Morgan, James Wong, Chris Carter, Darin Morgan, Frank Spotnitz, and Vince Gilligan--sensed they were doing good work and were onto something special. These writers laid the foundation; all future writers of the series would have to live up to these standards or surpass them. Considering the show operated with no story bible, with story lines that didn't follow many of the clichés of supernatural thrillers, UFO chases, or police investigation capers, there was a good degree of trial and error in flushing out what kind of show they were writing, as well as finding writers that could pass the trial by fire.
Mr. Gordon has gone onto resounding success with the Fox television show, "24", not only as a writer, but as an executive producer as well. His body of work as writer and producer has been impressive as well as respected. He was recently an Executive Producer for The Madness of Jane. He built his career working on Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Inside, Beauty and The Beast, as well as his own series, Strange World. The possibility of contacting him and securing an interview was daunting, as well as intimidating. To my surprise, I managed a personal correspondence with him and I found him to be gracious, humble, candid, and respectful. In contrast to the clichéd 'Hollywood Power Broker' image of most producers who reach the heights, it is encouraging to see that upon occasion nice guys actually do finish first.
This interview wound up becoming a year long process to realize. Howard's assistant, David Niles, was contacted through my own trial and error. First on the phone of the "24" Fox production lot, and then via E-mail where the request was made as far back as late 2006. At the time, the show, "24" was at the height of its production schedule and this made the opportunity difficult. Then ironically, the recent misfortune of the WGA strike left an opening to approach Mr. Gordon again and to my pleasant surprise, he agreed. I must thank David Niles for his patience and cooperation, as well as Jana Fain of Big Light Productions for pointing me in the correct direction. This surprisingly candid interview proceeded as follows.
Matt Allair: Thank you, Mr. Gordon, for taking the time for this interview. I wish you the best of luck with your upcoming work on The Madness of Jane and the "24" feature film.
Matt: Was your background in writing for Beauty and the Beast somewhat helpful when you started writing for The X-Files? Meaning, was there anything in the context of the stories written for Beauty and the Beast that helped you write for The X-Files?
Howard Gordon: Beauty and the Beast was a more lyrical and less narratively taut kind of storytelling. But as in Beauty and the Beast, I always tried to find the emotional core and to create characters I was interested in seeing interact with the series regulars.
Matt: Coming from the East Coast, did you find yourself intimidated or daunted by seeking those crucial breaks in television? Or did you feel right at home once you arrived in Los Angeles?
Howard: "Intimidated" would be an understatement. I knew no one. I had no way into the business. The truth is, some part of me never believed I would actually ever land a job writing. I gave myself a year or two to gain some traction - then I would probably have returned to the east coast and gone to graduate school.
Matt: There's a somewhat different process and strategy in writing for television vs. feature film. Do you find writing for television more satisfying?
Howard: Writing a screenplay is more challenging for me, but mostly because I've only written two screenplays, as opposed to hundreds of one-hour scripts for a dozen different series. Television is more satisfying for me as a writer (and, I think, for the audience) because it allows for a much deeper relationship with the characters. I think audiences feel a lot closer to Tony Soprano than they do to Vitto Corleone.
Matt: Which other writers have influenced the body of your own work?
Howard: The writers who've influenced me include every writer I've ever read. Even the bad ones show you what not to do.
Matt: Considering that you graduated from Princeton, did you and Alex Gansa find any intellectual affinity with Chris Carter from the outset?
Howard: We all got along tremendously well - especially that first year. We felt a bit like underdogs writing a show that had low expectations, but we knew we were doing good work.
Matt: During the first season, was there a positive competitive environment among the writers? For example, would you look over what Glen and Jim were doing, or Chris Carter and feel that you and your partner, Alex, had to do better?
Howard: "Positive competition" is exactly how I'd describe the atmosphere. Alex and I learned a lot from Glen and Jim, and also from Chris. Hopefully they learned something from us too. But Glen and Jim did things which really blew our minds, and which expanded the franchise in ways it might not otherwise have grown.
Matt: In retrospect, were you surprised that The X-Files became such a phenomenon? Of the shows you've been involved with, can you sense when you're involved with something special?
Howard: Absolutely. We knew the show was good--very good, even. But the phenomenon part is something no one could have anticipated.
Matt: Let's discuss your recollections about season one: Conduit was your first episode. Considering the Mulder back story, did Chris Carter offer a lot of input in its writing?
Howard: Chris was really helpful. Alex and I were struggling with the story - so much so that we even began to think we didn't belong on the show - but Chris convinced us not to get down on ourselves and he helped us figure out a way to tell the story.
Matt: In light of Carrie Snodgress's passing, do you have any memories of working with her? Were you a fan of her work and was working with her intimidating?
Howard: We were definitely fans of her work, and fans of her ex-husband, Neil Young. I only got to spend a few hours with her up in Vancouver, but I thought her performance in Conduit was pitch perfect.
Matt: You've mentioned being quite disappointed with Ghost in the Machine, feeling the Artificial Intelligence subject wasn't developed. In light of all that has developed with AI research science since then, today if you were to ever write a story that involved that subject again, would you take a very different approach?
Howard: I suppose the most disappointing aspect of Ghost in the Machine was that there weren't many - or even any - surprises in the story. It felt a little by-the-numbers. I went on to tell another AI story on my series, Strange World, and unfortunately it suffered from a similar weakness. So I don't know how I'd do it differently, all I know is that I'll think twice before I do another AI story.
Matt: During the casting process for Fallen Angel, Scott Bellis seemed like such a find. Were the writers given a lot of room with the series' directors to push for certain castings?
Howard: We had complete authority to pick our cast. Scott was a real find.
Matt: In the First Season, FOX seemed to push for a lot of back story with Mulder and Scully. We're you satisfied with your back story with Scully in Lazarus? Were you disappointed in the Scully / Jack Willis back-story arc?
Howard: It wasn't so much the network or the studio that pushed for backstory - it was all of us on the writing staff. It was a bit of a landgrab, trying to be the one to establish Mulder's and Scully's untold stories, and to answer questions about their respective families and histories. After about a year, though, that pond is fished out.
Matt: There's the saying attributed to writers, "Write what you know". You suffered from insomnia prior to the writing of Sleepless in the Second Season. Which, you could say, is one example of personal or professional experiences that influenced the germ of an idea. Do most of your story ideas come directly or indirectly from personal experiences?
Howard: My story ideas on X-Files came mostly from desperation. I always found it difficult to settle on an idea. But one I carried with me from almost the beginning (though I only figured out a way to tell the story in the fourth season) was Kaddish. I knew the golem myth from my own longstanding interest in Jewish mysticism.
Matt: Were you influenced by Jim and Glen while working with them? For example, I was wondering if the episode Firewalker was your personal attempt to write within the flavor of Ice?
Howard: I feel like I just got busted. Yes, Firewalker was a pale and inferior version of Ice. As I said earlier, I learned a lot from Glen and Jim.
Matt: Was it pretty common, for example as was the case in Dod Kalm, for Chris to ask you to build a story from an available set or location? Isn't there the risk of not serving the story by working that way? Or are setting story limitations helpful, creatively?
Howard: Limiting a story to a single location can be liberating because it narrows the narrative possibilities; you start the story knowing what you can't do. It may seem like an exercise, but in that case, the location really becomes a character in the show.
Matt: In the Third Season, you took on a more important role as a producer, writing less. Was there an adjustment for you in taking on such responsibility? Do you find it a challenge to offer critiques of other writers' work?
Howard: I'd supervised other writers on Beauty and the Beast so it wasn't much of an adjustment. Finding other people who could write the show turned out to be more challenging than I thought it would be.
Howard: I'd supervised other writers on Beauty and the Beast so it wasn't much of an adjustment. Finding other people who could write the show turned out to be more challenging than I thought it would be.
Matt: When Jack Black and Giovanni Ribbisi were cast in your episode D.P.O., did you sense there was anything special about them as actors?
Howard: I though Jack was funny, but I didn't imagine he'd go on to the career he's had. I was impressed by Giovanni's intensity; we spent the better part of a day playing video games in Vancouver as he prepped for the part.
Matt: The flavor of the episode, Grotesque reminded me of something that could have been written for Millennium. When Chris was developing Millennium, were you ever tempted to move over and work on that show?
Howard: I was tempted, but the truth is, I was never invited to write for Millennium.
Matt: Avatar seemed to give Mitch a real chance to shine. How was the experience of working with David Duchovny as a co-writer? In retrospect, were you surprised he wrote such later season episodes such as The Unnatural and Hollywood A.D.?
Howard: David's a smart guy with a great sense of story and character. I'm not surprised that he wrote those episodes - but the only one I saw was The Unnatural.
Matt: When you wrote Teliko, was the casting of Carl Lumbly specifically what you had in mind? Were you a fan of his previous work?
Howard: I liked Carl in everything I'd ever seen him in, so he was exactly what I had in mind.
Matt: Kaddish felt like a very personal story in a way. Was there anything in your past history that inspired that story?
Howard: See above.
Matt: The episode, Zero Sum, seemed to look at Skinner in a different perspective. Were the tactics that Morgan and Wong used for Musings as far as seeing CSM/ Spender in a different light an influence on your approach for that episode?
Howard: Not consciously, but maybe there was an influence I wasn't conscious of.
Matt: After you departed from the show, did you continue to follow what was developing with The X-Files? What are your thoughts concerning the fan controversies surrounding seasons seven, eight, and nine?
Howard: The truth is, after I left, I stopped watching the show regularly, so I'm not aware of the fan controversies. **
Matt: Let's talk about Strange World. You've commented in the past that the show might have suffered from being a little too earnest. The X-Files seems to have cast such a long shadow for writers / producers who worked on the show. Another example would Frank Spotnitz's efforts with Night Stalker. Is there still a crutch to pitching off-beat TV shows in the present marketplace to the networks, compared to the early 90s?
Howard: The X-Files pilot was cool and compelling and ironic in ways that Strange World wasn't. I don't know that it's about the present marketplace.
Matt: Are there any competing genre television shows that you currently follow?
Howard: I like what I've seen of Battlestar[: Galactica].*
Matt: You've commented in the past that of all the shows you've worked on, you learned the most working on The X-Files. In retrospect, in terms of your current role as a producer on "24", did Chris Carter have an impact or influence on the way that you deal with the other writers, technicians, or actors?
Howard: As much as I learned from Chris and from my experience on the X-Files, I have to revise my prior comment, and say that 24 has been the single best learning experience I've had as a writer and as a producer. Joel Surnow is a gifted writer and producer, and I learned a lot from him.
Matt: Could you talk about The Madness of Jane and how you became involved in it?
Howard: My friend, Rob Lazebnik, who is a producer on The Simpsons, asked me to help him shape a pilot about a friend of his, who was a bipolar neurologist at Harvard. I told him it was a terrible idea, but he persisted, and it came out really well. It wasn't picked up by Lifetime, but there's an Australian production company interested in producing it for Australian television.
Matt: What should fans of "24", expect to see with the upcoming feature film version?
Howard: The film is on hold until the series is over.
Matt: Someday, after you've moved on from writing for "24", would you be tempted to work in the science fiction genre again?
Howard: I'd love to explore another SF show.
Matt: Thank you, again, for this opportunity, Mr. Gordon.
Writing, regardless of the genre or medium, often is a difficult process. There's never a set formula that will always work. In writing for series television, each story presents a new set of challenges for the writer, combined with the pressures of delivering on a deadline. Mr. Gordon's comments, I hope, will illustrate that there is always an element of creative chance, insecurity, educated guesswork, as well as the hard work of finding those moments of inspiration under pressure, yet when those elements work, it can be very satisfying indeed.
Mr. Gordon's part in the history of the X-Files will always be appreciated by many fans for decades yet to come. His own trials by fire in the early seasons of the series must have helped him along his own creative journey as an artist. As more and more people discover this magical and subversive entity known as the X-Files, hindsight will continue to smile on that creative period from September of 1993 until May of 1997. Mr. Gordon has every reason to be proud of the role he played in that iconic history.
We will keep watching, wondering, and looking up to the skies with that desire to believe.
Editorial notes:
* Ron Moore's Battlestar: Galactica
** In the context of Mr. Gordon's comment, this isn't surprising within the industry, nor should any malice be taken. Many who work on a series regard it as a job-- even if there is pride in the product--and will focus on the next job, thus losing contact with the previous creative staff in the process.
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An every-day easy Vegan Spaghetti Bolognese recipe that kids love! You should defiantly try this one.
Vegan Spaghetti Bolognese
1/2 cup of dried split red lentils or 1 1/ cup cooked
400 gram tinned chopped tomatoes (1 tin)
2 large carrots
1 onion
1 garlic clove
2 tablespoons tomato puree
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 tablespoon stock powder (bouillon)
1-2 tablespoon coconut oil
1/2 teaspoon oregano dried
1/2 basil dried
1/2 thyme dried
tamari and lots of black pepper to taste
A few tablespoons of water if needed
Vegan parmesan cheese for grating
Sprinkle of nutritial yeast
Cut union and garlic, grate the carrots. Heat up pan and add coconut oil fry the union until soft. Add the garlic and carrots, fry until soft. Add everything else except the cheese and nutritional yeast. Lower the temperature and let simmer as you boil your pasta.
Serve on a bed of pasta. Grate the veggie cheese and nutritional yeast on top.
Serve with a small green salad.

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One of the most hilarious Fox News segments ever aired tonight as Greta Van Susteren followed up her internet attack with a live confrontation with her colleague, Fox News contributor Tucker Carlson. Carlson, you see, had the gall to report Mike Tyson's disgusting comments about Sarah Palin in an effort (according to Carlson) to attack the mainstream media for ignoring them. Van Susteren accused Carlson of lying and called him "the purveyor of the worst smut… violence against women." Must see TV!
As I posted earlier, disgusting, violent comments about women have been made many times on Fox News. But of course, they never involve Sarah Palin. In fact, when Governor Rick Perry made threatening comments about Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, Van Susteren dismissed them as "a touch of Texas swagger."
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Monkseaton Cricket Club will be under new leadership this season with Chris Beever being voted in as first team captain.
He will be assisted by Mike Driver while Eric Thompson takes up the reins again as second team skipper with Chris Walker his number two.
After years of running the third team, Nigel Green has stepped down. A spokesperson for the club said they owe him an "immense debt of gratitude because without him the third team would have struggled to exist and we hope he can now enjoy his cricket unhindered".
A J Nayar now assumes the role as third team captain.
Indoor nets for the seniors begin on Tuesday, February 2, at Kings School from 6.30pm until 8pm, where new members are welcome.
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"Re:Late/Able" is about finding and fending off love, about researching and searching for a connection, about losing signal and staying single.
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If you hadn't noticed what an untold week it's been in the Winter Olympics, then you've seriously been missing out. We had the The Flying Tomato falling on his arse in a slushy halfpipe and not even medalling, and a Swiss/Russian artist formerly known as 'iPod' waltzing to victory, alongside Britain's first ever medal on the white stuff. Good times.
To explain the drama any further would be to give the game away – you're here because you want to test your knowledge right? Well we have just the thing in this week's Winter Olympic Quiz. All the answers can be found on MPORA or on Whitelines, and some of the questions will need you to do a bit of digging. If you get really stuck, then check out the clues.
Question 1: Iouri Poladchikov Wins Olympic Halfpipe
Question 2: Britain's Slopestyle Bronze Told in 15 Tweets
Question 3: The 5 Guys to Watch in Olympic Halfpipe
Question 4: The World Reacts to Their New Halfpipe Champion
Question 5: Sochi 2014 Meet the Medallists (Whitelines)
Question 6: Sochi 2014 Olympic Uniforms Ranked from Best to Worst
Question 7: Olympic Halfpipe Not Up to Competition Standard
Question 8: Britain's Slopestyle Bronze Told in 15 Tweets
Questions 9 & 10: Josh Christensen Leads USA Men's Olympic Skiing Slopestyle Clean Sweep
Good luck – and stay tuned for next week's quiz!


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[Posted by ErrePi on December 28th, 2011, 2:56 am]
- How close was Timothy to the townspeople and how did he escape the raid?
- Can we get Ian+Richard pre-story ice-cream shopping?
I split VoiceOfSociety's question into two parts 'cause I thought they were interesting and fun to draw. Yeah!
Concerning Timothy's hometown. The reason I go so much into it is because it's actually a reference to my very first comic, ever, called Vi's Manor. The people he's talking to are townspeople, the woman there is Teresa. The town itself was called St. Antoine and was surrounded by the mountains on three sides and the sea on the last so the only way in or out was via train making it a very secure town.
If you REALLY want to witness some horror that was wrought by my hand and if you promise not to remind me of this monstrosity that is "Vi's Manor"... you can check it out here.
But, y'know. Don't.
Hey, so I finished drawing comics for all the questions and I ended up with quite a bit so I can probably update every day until the tablet arrives. Enjoy! I had a lot of fun drawing these.
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[Posted by VoiceOfSociety on December 29th, 2011, 1:57 am]
Aw SWEET! I get a full page to myself! 8D
Firstly, I suddenly feel quite a bit more depressed for Timothy. Secondly, Richard and Ian are giving me diabetes and I will die happily from it. Third, that transition was really really SMOOTH. Cool! Thanks for the comic!
[Posted by mk_insane on December 29th, 2011, 7:58 am]
Dannng, that transition was really good. Augh, my heart goes out to Timothy! </3
Fff Richard and Ian are so cute. And kudos to Ian for his good taste; coffee ice cream is delicious.
[Posted by Tallinn on December 29th, 2011, 8:11 am]
Those Q&As are so sweet! They made me love Timothy even more...
[Posted by campanella on December 29th, 2011, 10:24 am]
D8 sam's dead fer sure.....
RIP sam
[Posted by Rachel (Guest) on December 29th, 2011, 12:23 pm]
All my loves, you can take them.
Oh, and here, you can take all of my sads too.
You know what I might as well just give you all of my feels.
[Posted by ErrePi on December 29th, 2011, 2:36 pm]
@Moogsinator: W-why are you yelling at me? This isn't my fault!
Haha, glad everyone enjoyed this.
[Posted by Ilmir on December 29th, 2011, 7:58 pm]
that was kinda sad... 1st, timothy's story, then seeing ian's parents there, knowing that they are now dead. I feel bad for them
[Posted by Pyua on December 29th, 2011, 10:37 pm]
Our dear Timothy... TT^TT
And epic transition right there, though I got confused for a few seconds. xD
And by the way, that Vi's Manor is pretty hilarious. xD
[Posted by ErrePi on December 30th, 2011, 12:43 pm]
@Pyua: Hey hey! You weren't supposed to remind me of that!
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Great games come in many forms, from incremental riffs on familiar genres to radical explorations of untouched design spaces. The creative tension between the poles of iteration and innovation animates much of game design, and the ability to negotiate these currents is a feature that can elevate truly inspired concepts above others. On Episode 25 of Vertical Slice we're discussing the subtle art of blending new design elements with the familiar, and discovering how worthwhile breakthroughs can actually come from many points on the iteration/innovation continuum.
Show Notes
- Chris has been exploring educational games and finding that great titles are surprisingly hard to find. Bobo Explores Light is one old but venerable title that demonstrates true educational innovation.
- Everything, by David OReilly, is a great recent example of a game that (successfully) tosses out familiar design conventions in favor of something altogether different.
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Boston, MA – Today Governor Mitt Romney announced that several new Republican leaders in Alabama have joined his state Leadership Team. With Alabama's primary tomorrow, these Republican leaders will help mobilize Governor Romney's grassroots support in the state.Of course, a few days after the massive set of primaries and caucuses, Romney abandoned his race. Mike remains high profile in Alabama Republican politics.
Announcing that these new Alabama leaders will be joining Romney for President, Romney Alabama Chairman Kay Ivey said, "Throughout this past year, our campaign in Alabama has grown steadily and is ready to mobilize Governor Romney's grassroots organization for tomorrow's primary. Today's announcement is yet another indication of the support Governor Romney enjoys in the state. We are all proud to be campaigning for his message of conservative change in a Washington that is fundamentally broken."
The Alabama Leadership Team Members:
- State Rep. Mike Ball
- State Rep. Chad Fincher
- State Rep. Barry Mask
- State Rep. Pat Moore
- State Rep. Elwyn Thomas
- State Board of Education Member David Byers
- Judge Kelli Wise
- Montgomery City Councilwoman Martha Roby
- Vestavia Hills Mayor Scottie McCollum
- Randy and Kelly Owens
- Bob and June Russell
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Academy Clubs Strive to Create a Professional Environment
For almost every single Development Academy player here in Frisco, whether playing in Showcase matches or in the Playoffs, the end goal is the same: to play soccer at the highest level possible.
While the ultimate dream may be to take the field at Old Trafford or the Bernabeu in the future, every player knows they have to work their way up. The Academy provides players with the environment to make that first step towards those goals, enabling every player the chance to reach their highest potential.
Academy teams such as FC Dallas strive to take advantage of their connection to a professional club, giving the Academy players the opportunity to see the effort required to be a professional.
"We get them in practices, we get them in activity with reserve games," said FC Dallas U-17/18 head coach Oscar Pareja. "Sometimes coaches invite some of the Academy players to train with the first team, so this creates a very professional environment and helps us a lot with their mentality. They see professionals around them all the time."
When FC Dallas started a youth academy to join the league three years ago, they had a few specific goals in mind.
"The first objective that we had before was to develop the Academy in a professional way, to create a good atmosphere for the boys," said Pareja. "We think we've reached that level. Now bridging the Academy with the professional team, that gives us a plus and we actually are very happy with the support from the whole organization for this program."
It's this total support from the ownership group down that provides the players with the full professional experience, which players soon find out brings both good and bad.
"A couple of us went up to play with the reserves and had some games with them and practiced with the first team," said FC Dallas U-17/18 defender Boyd Okwuono. "It's been a great experience. The practices are way faster, way more intense and way more serious. [On the first team] everybody is fighting for a job and fighting to put food on the table. It has helped me get better."
For FC Dallas, the relationship works both ways too, as coach Pareja was quick to remind.
"We try to bridge [the Academy and the professional team] so they can see a professional team as an opportunity for them in the future," he said. "They come and challenge for positions like any other country in the world, so it has been good for the professional team as well because they have players coming from their own academy, their homegrown territory, trying to challenge them."
Okwuono gets more out of the collaboration than a strong work ethic, however, as the interaction between the first team and the Academy teams lends itself to some immediate benefits as well.
"I'm learning from the other players and they give me a lot of advice," he said. "I grab the tips as I go on and use them as a tool for when I play."
It's not just clubs with an MLS affiliation that are seeing results. One of the strengths of the Academy is that non-MLS clubs, such as Indiana United Academy, are also clearly benefiting from a professional environment. One of the original Development Academy clubs, United Academy (formally named Carmel United), has won the national championship twice as a U-15/16 in 2008 and then as U-17/18s in 2009. Since then, they've had at least one of their teams in the postseason every year, illustrating the success gained from running their club in a professional manner.
"I think the biggest thing we do to create the professional environment is train as often as possible," said Indiana United's U-17/18 head coach Adam Bruh. "Most youth soccer teams around the country train twice, maybe three times a week, but when you look at professional teams, a lot of them only take one day off a week. We try and emulate that as much as possible."
The key, says Bruh, is to focus your training on specific things.
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The end goal that clubs like F.C. Dallas and Indiana United have in mind is to produce players capable of playing at their highest level. For some, that'll mean playing in college on their way to a degree. For others, perhaps a spot on the U-17 or U-20 Youth National Teams. A select few may even make it all the way to the full U.S. Men's National Team. But wherever they end up, Academy players will head into the future with the knowledge of what it means to work, and play, like a professional.


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Farms are a wonderful resource to teach children about the connection between the food they eat and where its grown. They will see what foods look like "whole" and will learn to identify many varieties of food. Farms can educate children about various animals, including what they look like, sound like, and what they like to eat. We have rounded up a few of our favorite Long Island farms that we feel are not only educational, but also a lot of fun for the whole family!
Jamesport - Golden Earthworm Organic Farm
With a wide variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, this farm is certified organic. A country store sells the food they grow as well as homemade jellies, organic baked goods, and local honey. They also sell other hard to find packaged organic foods and are great resource for those looking for more information about the SLOW movement (Seasonal, Local, Organic, Whole). The Golden Earthworm is also a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) participating farm. They house many different animals, which visitors are welcome to pet and feed. They have a sandbox and a host of toys to play with. The farm also features a flower house filled with garden treasures, gift items, flats of flowers, herbs and hanging baskets. Events include: Hayride tours, animal shearing, live music, story telling, games, and cooking demos. They also host a Fall Festival and a one-day U-Pick Strawberry Festival.
Hours: Friday and Saturday 9 am-5 pm, scheduled to open at the end of May.
Where: 652 Peconic Bay Blvd, Jamesport, NY
Contact Info: 631-722-3302
Mattituck – Harbes Family Farm
With a wide variety of fresh picked fruits and veggies, Harbes' three farm locations makes it convenient to shop the "farm fresh" experience. From baked goods, honey, and even a vineyard, Harbes farms has a little something for everyone. Their Mattituck location hosts many family actvities from pig races to pony rides, ensuring that kids can really enjoy their visit to the farm. There are plenty of animals to see, feed, and learn about. The staff is super friendly, knowledgeable and wants participants to leave learning a thing or two. Harbes has a fresh bake shop and cafe as well as a fully stocked farm stand with fresh homegrown veggies and fruits (including their famous corn!). They also carry plants and flowers too. The Farm hosts "pick your own" berries or pumpkins and has a season-long fall festival. Harbes features a milking station, a honey bee observatory, a corn "crib," tons of games, races, and even a little farmer's play land. The older kids and adults will love their pedal cart races.
Hours: Daily 9 am-6 pm
Where: 715 Sound Ave, Mattituck, NY
Contact Info: 631-298-0800
Melville - White Post Farms
With a huge indoor market offering a bevy of homemade foods made with freshly picked ingredients as well as fully stocked aisles of canned, jarred, and baked goods, White Post Farms is not an ordinary farm stand. With a much more commercial feel to it, White Post Farms is known as one of Long Island's premier birthday party and fall festival spots. Children will be able to feed a goat, hold an exotic bird, take a pony ride as well as build a sand castle and play in the indoor/outdoor playground. With a huge indoor and outdoor petting zoo, games, holiday festivities, inflatables, and various entertainment for the children, White Post Farms always has a lot to offer. In addition to fresh fruits and veggies and a host of baked goods, visitors can take a walk through its spacious nursery filled with beautiful hanging plants, flats, potted plants, and herbs. White Post Farms is known for its customer service and family friendly atmosphere.
Hours: Petting Zoo: Daily 10 am-5 pm (admission fee), Farm Stand/Market: M-F 9 am-6:30 pm and weekends 9 am-6:00 pm, Garden Center: M-F 9:30 am-6:30 pm and weekends 9 am-6 pm (NOW OPEN)
Where: 250 Old Country Rd., Melville, NY
Contact Info: 631-351-9373
Setauket – Benner's Farm
Looking for a unique experience? Visit Brenner's Farm. This is a fully equipped, real working farm complete with organic veggies, fruits, and a wide host of animals. The Benner Family Farm has been in operation for over three hundred years. They raise animals for self-sufficient living, sell their own honey, jams, jellies, and fresh eggs. They are fully knowledgeable and helpful in every aspect of "living off the land" from sustainable farming to sheering wool animals and making clothing. Benner's is open to the public and also offers a wide variety of classes from Mommy and Me to scout field trips as well as day courses, camps, and birthday parties.
Hours: Varies, please call ahead
Where: Southeast of 25A and Northwest of 347 off Old Town Rd, Seatuket, NY
Contact Info: 631-689-8172
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These Chucks were so fun to make. They were my first booties... and my first project with a color change in the middle of the row. They were not particularly difficult... in fact I'm sure I will be making more of these for expecting friends in the future. Some of the ladies at the shower put in requests for friends.
I made this ribbed baby hat to go with the Chucks... No hip baby should be without a black beanie and matching shoes! I know the doll modeling this hat is a bit creepy... but hey creepy is good!
Here is babies first tattoo. Since it is illegal to ink your little brat... I thought this classic tattoo design would be more appropriate done in yarn.
And here is a little sock monkey. I used the anything animal pattern... added a sock-monkey-esque mouth and wah-la!
I also threw in a couple of these easy to crochet wash cloths and a bib I made with a monkey on it (which I forgot to photograph).
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'Growthbuster' Gardner in council race
Dave Gardner, who refers to himself as the "self-appointed local growth critic," will compete for the District 3 City Council seat in which incumbent Jerry Heimlicher is
seeking re-election.
The district covers the city's southwestern quadrant, taking in the southern part of the Westside up to Uintah Street. It is one of four districts up for grabs in the April 7 election. Each seat is for four years.
Gardner, 53, is a native of Colorado Springs and graduate of Wasson High School. After building a film-making business over a 20-year span in Dallas, Texas, he returned to the Pikes Peak region in 1993. He had come back because he disliked the sprawl and crime of Dallas, but he soon found himself worrying that the Springs has a "growth addiction" and is heading in a similar direction.
That's why the Cheyenne-area resident is running for office now, he said. About eight years ago, he started "Growthbusters," a volunteer group that rejects the commonly held civic principle that cities need ever-increasing size for economic health. As proof, he points to the last 15 years, in which the city grew at a steady pace. "But it didn't bring prosperity, and we have a higher sales tax and new fees," Gardner said, adding his belief that the city is now "in a state of emergency."
If elected to office, he would push to have developers pay more to cover the impacts of growth. He is particularly interested in the city's costs to create the Southern Delivery System, a water project that is primarily needed to service the major Banning Lewis development in eastern Colorado Springs.
Asked about Westside issues, Gardner praised Old Colorado City for its historic revitalization, which has strengthened the city's "core" area. But he also ties that in with his growth concerns. He believes that the Springs Utilities tap fees for new development are too low, which results in new homes out east being cheaper than older homes on the Westside. If that were changed, he said, "then we'd have families moving back into the core."
He also would like Westsiders to think more broadly, in the sense that a Westside Highway 24 expansion might not be proposed were it not for growth elsewhere. "If you don't want 24, then you don't want Banning-Lewis," he said.
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As the popularity of the Barbie dolly continues to transfer on to the 50 period mark, payable Barbie dolls are also acquirement in quality. Here's a swift summing up finished instance into the world of assembling Barbies.
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Cape Bojeador Lighthouse
Burgos, Ilocos Norte
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what a way to see a lighthouse!
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Come on over and watch my piece of sky with me!
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this is one place in Ilocos Norte that I'd really like to get to. Hope someday soon. Great captures! happy skywatching!ReplyDelete
you're giving me a stiff neck!:p
i love lighthouses...they're so romantic. i wish i could visit this one someday.


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Katharine Isabelle joins "HANNIBAL" for season twoMovies/TV,News Ken W. Hanley
Will Dr. Lecter have a taste for GINGER SNAPS in the second season of HANNIBAL? That just may be the case, as Katharine Isabelle is joining the suave NBC horror reboot.
No stranger to genre television, as she's just coming off a guest stint on Syfy's BEING HUMAN, Isabelle's post-AMERICAN MARY resurgence is in full effect, and her major part on HANNIBAL will put her in front of an even wider audience. Details that have surfaced about her role of Margot describe her as one of Lecter's troubled patients, a lesbian recovering from years of abuse courtesy of her murderous twin brother. Furthermore, Margot will serve as a bigger foil for Hugh Dancy's Will, complicating his romantic life and possibly pitting Will against Lecter. Isabelle is set to debut on the eighth episode of the second season; she'll also be seen this year in SEE NO EVIL 2, where she reunites with her AMERICAN MARY directors, Jen and Sylvia Soska.


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Lucky patient is seduced by nurse and doctor
This patient was a stunning mature blonde lady that I could tell straight away had a great body. She had come in regarding stomach pains and also pain when having sex, this can be resolved by a simple urine test so I sent her to the toilet. The lady was gone for a long time and when she returned was a bit flustered, I wonder if the nurse had tried something on with her as she is just as horny as I am. I then couldn't wait to get her onto the examination table to get a closer look at her sexy figure. As I slowly moved my hands closer and closer towards her neatly shaved pussy my hard on was raging in my pants. I slowly moved around the table and then very gently licked her pussy, my tongue was shaking with excitement and her body tensed with pleasure. I could feel her legs relaxing as I continued to slide my tongue in and over her pussy.June 16, 2014


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This is the action packed, mystical tale of a space faring centorg and his journey of self-discovery. Long before he helped Queen Jatarri to rid the planet Praktill of the dreaded Spigmodite Plague (in Dark One's highly acclaimed Animal Mystic series), Klor was a barbaric, arrogant killer. But that all changes when the enigmatic Father Kroy sets Klor on the path toward inner peace and awesome power!
Klor must not only battle his personal demons, but also Father Kroy's rogue pupil, Mirgin, a vile centorg bent on destroying the Muishaa Order and overrunning the galaxy with the shaggy hordes of darkness. Only Klor has the power to stop him, but can he realize this power before it's too late?
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Stories of spirituality
Here are my latest book recommendations for Northwest Asian Weekly: In the Shadow of the Buddha, One Man's Journey of Discovery in Tibet By Matteo Pistono Plume, 2012 When Matteo Pistono first traveled to Tibet, he went as a Buddhist pilgrim. But after living among Tibetans and hearing their stories, he spent nearly 10 years […]


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Tzedakah at home and abroad
With the rise of the Zionist movement in the late nineteenth century, European Jews and the new immigrant communities of North America, gave tzedakah to help settlements in Palestine. National funds such as Keren Kayemet, Keren Hayesod, and Keren Tel Chai used tzedakah boxes in Jewish communities worldwide to raise money to buy land and build the infrastructure for a Jewish state. Tzedakah boxes were also used to raise money for local causes in Jewish communities in North America and Europe in the early twentieth century, including: maternity aid and child welfare, schools, hospitals, and free burial societies. Larger charitable organizations soon developed as well, such as the Associated Hebrew Charities in Canada – the predecessor to the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, United Jewish Welfare Fund, and UJA Federation of Greater Toronto – to act as a central pool of funds to support Jews in Toronto and Israel.


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I awoke this morning to a temp of 25 degrees....and SNOW! It came as a total surprise to me, as I had not heard the weather forecast last night. The way weather has been lately, it could be 75 and sunny tomorrow. In Arkansas, we never know! One of my friends has a nice bunch of purple Iris blooming. Who knew?
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced the nationwide voluntary recall of a lot of Hospira, a hydromorphone hydrochloride injection. According to the announcement, this recall has been initiated due to two reports of single drug delivery cartridges containing more than the 1 mL volume of the labeled medication.
These Hospira cartridges are part of the Carpuject Syringe System, which consists of prefilled glass cartridges that are loaded into a syringe holder to deliver the drug. This system is intended to provide an easy, safe, convenient, and time-saving method of delivering this medication.
However, the FDA explains that opioid pain medications such as hydromorphone have life-threatening overdose consequences which include the following:
- Respiratory depression-slowed or suspended breathing
- Low blood pressure
- Reduced heart rate and circulatory collapse
The faulty lot was distributed from September to October of 2011 and has the lot number 07547LL. The expiration date for this lot is July 1, 2013. The medication was first distributed to wholesalers and some hospitals in the following locations: Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Although the drug's manufacturer, Hospira, Inc., says they have not yet received any adverse event reports related to this lot defect, they have begun an investigation to coincide with this recall. Through this investigation, the manufacturer hopes to determine the root cause of this defect, as well as determine any preventative actions that need to take place.
The recall announcement explains that anyone who experiences problems that may be related to this medication is encouraged to contact their physician or healthcare provider to report these issues. Furthermore, anyone possessing this medication is instructed to stop using or distributing it and to quarantine what they have.
Individuals are then instructed to call Stericycle at 1-888-912-7093 to arrange the return of the product. The FDA explains that replacements from safe lots of this medication are available to customers and can be received by sending their DEA 222 form to Hospira, 1635 Stone Ridge Drive, Stone Mountain, GA 30083.


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Located in the heart of Northeast Philadelphia The Dollhouse is owned and operated by two sisters Desiree and Dana. Both sisters are certified in airbrush tanning. Desiree is a licensed esthitician and has worked in the top salons and spas in the greater Philadelphia area. Dana attended the Pennsylvania State University and has a bachelor's degree in corporate communication.
The salon opened in May of 2011, and is underneath a local hair salon called Jojos on Fairfield and Willits road. They transformed their space from a massage salon into a comfortable and inviting airbrush tanning salon and spa.
We have created The Dollhouse to meet everyone's individual needs whether it is a customized facial or one of our four airbrush tanning shades to perfectly match your skin tone. We focus our services on communication and comfort ability. The Dollhouse strives to help you look and feel your best.
We keep ourselves educated and informed on what the people want by focusing on the newest most up to date, healthiest skin friendly products . We use hypoallergenic wax and all organic solution for our airbrush tans; we want to keep our clients looking beautiful in the safest way.
Our goal is to make clients feel comfortable and make it a personal experience when coming to the Dollhouse. We want everyone to leave looking and feeling even more fabulous than when they arrived!
This includes friendly staff, professional technicians and a calm, inviting environment.
We use the highest quality make-up that is photo shoot friendly and we also offer hypoallergenic make-up for all skin types.
For waxing we use a skin sensitive pearl wax that is safe for facial waxing and can also be used on the rest of the body.
Facials are customized to fit your skin type. Facials include a complimentary skin analysis and will be priced accordingly.
At The Dollhouse our solution is chemical free and does not contain any dyes. Our solution is made up of cocoa beans, DHA, and walnut shells. Leaving your skin perfectly bronzed and in no way orange.
Yes, you can still get a sun tan, our solution does not contain any SPFs we actually encourage you to still wear sun screen to be safe.
Your tan will last 5-7 days depending on how you care for your tan. The more you moisturize the longer your tan will last. Your face will fade the fastest due to makeup, make-up removal and face washing. We sell tan-in-a-can which is a spray that comes in beach and natural that will touch up your face perfectly. You can use this product as a daily face tanner even without a spray tan.
Your tan will take a total of 15 minutes; 8-10 minutes to apply and 5 minutes to dry! Quick and easy!
YES!! Airbrush Tanning is 100% safe! We just ask that you run it by your doctor just to be sure. Also, please make sure if you are nursing you cover your breasts (*we recommend a bandeau bra)
At the Dollhouse we suggest you wear loose fitted clothing dark in color. Bottoms must be worn! You can wear underwear, a thong, or bathing suit bottoms a bra or bathing suit top is optional and totally up to you!
We have four colors to choose from:
Natural- this color is exactly what it says very Natural. It makes your skin look flawless with a nice bronze glow!
Bronze – Bronze is a color we mix with our natural to give your skin a more tinted glow, slightly darker than our natural.
Beach- very noticeable, this color will leave you looking like you just spent a week at the beach! Our most popular color leaves your body beautifully bronze!
Island- the darkest of all four colors, you will leave with cocoa skin, and is extremely noticeable!
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Read Matthew 13:33
The Parable of the Yeast
What experience do you have in working with yeast? If none, think of someone who does and ask them about it. If you haven't done so before, purchase a packet of yeast and mix it in ¼ cup of lukewarm water. Take note of what you observe.
In your experience how can you ensure that yeast is effective? (Again if you don't have experience, seek out someone who does.) Is yeast easy to work with or not? Explain your thinking.
I, for one, have marvelous stories of times when the yeast 'worked' when I least expected it to and of when it didn't work when I had every reason to think it would. Does my experience offer any insight into the Kingdom of Heaven? What might we take from that?


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At their home in Rockville, UT, we met with original resident Robert Cox and his wife Mary. This land, Bob pointed out, has been owned by the Cox family dating back to 1918. This property was purchased as a winter residence by his parents, who spent their summers in Little Rock House where it was cooler. When we first called Bob, he said he'd be happy to talk with us but he "only goes back in this area, about 1924." We assured him this was plenty far back.
Bob remembered his days growing up in Rockville: working on the farm, raising pigs, and producing molasses from sorghum, using a car to process it when the horses got tired. He recalled how different the town was before the national park was established, most notably the traffic. Before the park you might have seen 3 to 4 cars pass by in a day—now, you might see 1 every 6 seconds.
He shared a few stories of growing up near the park. Bob's father was part of the crew that built the Zion-Mount Carmel tunnel in 1930's; blasted out of a mountain side, it was the country's longest automotive tunnel at the time it was constructed. Bob's father suggested the men and horses would accomplish more with one day of rest on the Sabbath, and was proven right, and thanked for his suggestion. He recalled secret swimming holes in the park, and riding bikes down the highway switchbacks, trying not to use their brakes. As an adult, Bob remembered hauling away food scraps from a now-defunct motel in the national park, as slop for his pigs.
As we wrapped up our interview, Bob insisted we leave with pecans and apricots. We left with a bounty, and are appreciative to Bob and his wife for taking the time to meet with us, especially in the week leading up to a big Cox family reunion!


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An Amazing Picture of Selflessness
Items Needed: few pictures of memorable events (trip, birthday, holiday, etc.)
Show each picture of an important event and ask the kids to remember and tell what happened.
Just before Jesus died, He told His followers to remember His death on the cross by celebrating the Lord's Supper/Communion. What an amazing picture of selflessness – Jesus loving us and giving up His life for us! Instead of remembering and treating His death as a very special event, they were dishonoring Him.
How can we honor and show our appreciation for Jesus' selflessness to us? (loving Him, serving Him, obeying Him, worshipping Him, etc.)
What Is Selflessness?
Items Needed: two index cards or pieces of paper
Bag or basket to hold them
Write 'selfish' and 'selfless' on an index card. Ask kids to explain the meaning of each word. ('Self' is in both words – but selfless is means less of self and selfish means more of self and wanting one's own way.)
Put both index cards in the bag. Think of different situations (or use some of the following) and ask two kids to pick a card from the bag. They will 'demonstrate' someone acting selfishly or selflessly.
- Your mom asked you to donate some toys to a needy family
- Your dad is working in the yard
- Your sibling wants to play a game
- Your best friend got the toy you wanted
- Your neighbor fell and broke her arm
It is sometimes hard to act selflessly, but Jesus is our example.
A Perfect Example
Items Needed: sidewalk chalk
Review the Bible verse that elementary age students are learning – Ephesians 6:10.
Draw a hopscotch-type grid on the sidewalk. In each square, write a word from the verse. (You may need to write more than one word in each square, depending on how big you make your grid.) Take turns jumping the grid and saying the words of the verse as you hop on it.
Jesus gave us a great example of selflessness. He was thinking of us and not Himself when He came to earth and died on the cross. We can grow to be more like Jesus with God's help.
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Ascent Resources has signed a series of key agreements with its Slovenian partners, which lay the foundation for the commercial development of its Petišovci gas field.
These include:
◾ A revised Joint Venture agreement which will significantly simplify the relationship between the partners and remove the issue of consents which had thwarted previous attempts to secure project finance. Ascent's partner in the Petišovci Joint Venture is Geoenergo which is owned in equal parts by Petrol dd and Nafta Lendava doo.
◾ An infrastructure agreement with Petrol Geoterm doo; which will facilitate the construction of the plant to process hydrocarbons for the Slovenian domestic market.
◾ A service agreement with a Petrol Geoterm doo; who will oversee the processing of hydrocarbons and their transmission to the national grid.
The signing of these documents is the culmination of months of close cooperation amongst the partner group and lays a solid foundation for an effective future working relationship.
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Storyteller videos announced
Phillip Chapman
For more than ten years Henson fans have been longing to have professional video releases of arguably Jim Henson's best non-Muppet production, "Jim Henson's The Storyteller." Now this dream has become a reality.
On September 21, two videos will be released, each containing two of the best episodes from this series. The first video features, "Sapsorrow" and "The Luck Child." While the second tape features "The Soldier and Death" and "A Story Short."
To order "The Storyteller - Sapsorrow/Luck Child" video click here. And to order "The Storyteller - A Story Short/Solder and Death" video click here.
On this same day, The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth will be released on video and special edition DVDs with never before seen footage.
All of these titles can be ordered from Muppet Centrals Store. Ensure that you have these great releases delivered to your door the first day of their release. Thanks for your support of Muppet Central.


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Scrap Car Boyden End, Scrap your car for free
Scrap Car Boyden End are your Boyden End, Suffolk based free scrap car collection service. Got an old scrap car then you will still be expected to keep the vehicle taxed if your vehicle is still on the road, even if you are not actually driving the vehicle. Do not pay to have your old scrap car collected. Scrap Car Boyden End will take away your scrap vehicle free of charge in Suffolk!
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As well as offering a completely free collection, we are also currently able to offer cash for scrap cars in Boyden End depending upon the weight of the vehicle!
If you'd like us to make you an offer just ask when calling or add 'CASH QUOTE PLEASE' in the 'Additional Info' box when submitting our online form.
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- Completely free collection!
- Environment agency approved recycling facilities
Book today with our team on 0800 043 5100 or fill out the online booking form to the right of this page!
Choose Scrap Car Boyden End
Scrap Car Boyden End have built up a service to be proud of with many years experience in the trade and a lot of happy customers. We know the area so well we can be out to you within 30 minutes. At Scrap Car Boyden End, our service also includes a very fast response and we will always be with you in your specified time slot. We will collect vehicles, seven days a week, 365 days of the year, and are able to work around your commitments.
We make sure that your car is disposed of the correct way. Unscrupulous companies might sell your old car rather than destroying it, in a lot of cases such as these they do not even inform the DVLA of any change of ownership. This leaves you open to fines and tickets, sometimes resulting to points on your licence. Scrap Car Boyden End will always notify the DVLA that your vehicle has been scrapped, meaning you can rest assured that you are in the very safest of hands. We always recycle anything that we can when we strip an old car, this minimises the impact on our local environment.
Ensure that you dispose of your car the right way, we would like to keep the streets of Suffolk tidy. If your area looks unsightly due to abandoned cars, we can help, call Scrap Car Boyden End, we will help keep our streets clean and tidy. Got an old car? We can help you, call today!
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There are many reason you might want to scrap your car. In our experience the main reason is that the vehicle has failed its MOT and the required work to repair it is too expensive. If your car is not working and has broken down you will need to still keep it taxed, so scrap it and save yourself some monies.
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Once the retail epicenter for Baltimore, the 27-block Market Center is a diverse community of commerce, arts, entertainment, anchor institutions and residential buildings perfect for lovers of city living. Its location in the heart of downtown is rich with history and landmarks, and it is home to world-class live theater, the famed Lexington Market, long time businesses and major employers. Small businesses, theatres and art galleries are moving into empty storefronts, and residents – drawn to this burgeoning diversity of uses and the convenient location, historic architecture, and walkability of Market Center – are settling into the upper stories of buildings that once housed office space. With its central connectivity to all public transportation modes, Market Center is primed for commercial and residential investment.
Market Center is roughly bounded by Baltimore Street to the south, Greene to the west, Cathedral/Liberty to the east and Madison to the north, though the specific boundaries are more complicated, as shown on the map below.
Market Center Boundaries
Development and Land Use Regulations in Market Center
Market Center's land use is governed both by the Zoning Code of Baltimore City and the Market Center Urban Renewal Plan (URP).
Retail Business District License Area Requirements
Established in 1983, Market Center is one of ten Retail Business District License (RBDL) areas in the City of Baltimore. Each RBDL was established by a separate City Council ordinance, and the businesses within the RBDL boundaries are required to pay an annual fee, which the city collects and then redistributes back to the business association for use in the district.
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If you decided to end your education before you received a bachelor's degree, you don't have many defenders in America.
True, you're in pretty good company. The entertainment and tech industries are teeming with fabulously successful college dropouts. But Americans understand that the talented and ambitious have a leg up in society today.
If you've really got the goods, and you've got the single-minded motivation to turn them into money, chances are you'll do well. The free market does an excellent job of identifying, recruiting and rewarding people with outsized skills and a whatever-it-takes attitude.
On the other hand, in today's economy, there aren't very many "hot" industries where jobs are plentiful. And those industries – like tech and entertainment – seem hard to just luck into.
That's why we think the best way to get ahead is by staying in college – even though we're a couple generations deep into the failed strategy of simply piling up educational credentials in the hopes of scoring a great career and a stable future.
That cognitive dissonance has costs. Millennials are making us increasingly pessimistic about the value of a college education. But at the same time, we're also more pessimistic about the wisdom of dropping out of college.
Under strains like these, our self-esteem-obsessed culture is starting to peter out. Boomers may still be trying to convince their children that they're beautiful and unique snowflakes, but the secret is out. It's obvious that, for many, the most important thing about us is how similar we are to everyone else.
It all sounds rather dire. But there's good news. As our vanities surrounding education and personal distinction fall away, space in public life opens up for people whose talents and ambitions can surprise us with their results.
One place we're virtually begging to be surprised in that way is politics. We're tired of the false choice between a world where the "idiocracy" rules and a world where the so-called meritocracy does. Yet we're probably most worried about living in a country where the elites keep power by pandering to the rubes. Democrats and Republicans have their own special versions of this same nightmarish vision.
Though no one politician can cut through the gloom at a single stroke, there's some evidence that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker can help ameliorate our fearful frustrations.
Conservatives are scoring easy points against those who slam Walker for opting not to finish his education. "If you drop out," rants one emblematic critic, "your [sic] obviously a moron!"
Walker says he didn't need a bachelor's degree "to be in the state Assembly or to be county executive or to be governor." But there's much more to the story than that. He's considering going back to school to finish his degree. For the political press, that's a sure-fire indication that he's interested in running for president. Walker disagrees, insisting he'd do it to inspire others.
Here's the twist: If Walker returned to college, it wouldn't be inspiring because he was "finally" going to graduate from college. Instead, it would help people understand that our life paths don't have to be chiseled in stone from an early age in order for us to achieve happiness and flourishing.
All too often, our successful dropouts seem to have been anointed by God or by Fate, achieving their destiny the minute they throw off the shackles of "conventionality." Even though they're dropouts, their unique path seems "meant to be." For most of those who don't finish college, however, there's no public sense of their destiny. They're viewed as directionless drifters, people falling through life's cracks.
Gov. Walker talks up Wisconsin's "flexible degree options" program as a way to help those who haven't finished school make progress. Culturally, Americans could do him one better by taking an even more flexible view of the "college track."
Before the dominance of tech over every aspect of the economy, and before the housing and financial crisis that began in 2007-08, we allowed a very narrow ideal to take over our view of what's possible for a good life. Our desired path became something rote and routine. College became the necessary first step in a sequence, like something out of the old LIFE board game.
"My Dad never went to college," said dropout Brad Pitt's character in "Fight Club." "So it was real important that I go. So I graduate, I call him up long distance, I say 'Dad, now what?' He says, 'Get a job.' Now I'm 25, make my yearly call again. I say, Dad, 'Now what?' He says, 'I don't know, get married.'" Then the kids, then the house – and all the while, pretty much the same job, in pretty much the same industry.
You don't have to start a bare-knuckle boxing club in your basement to realize that the old vision is losing touch with reality. Today, many people's life paths have way more unexpected advances and setbacks. An incomplete education here, a loan burden there, a failed marriage or a string of unsuccessful relationships – who hasn't experienced one or more of these things?
We're starting to learn, in spite of our fears, that we can help one another and help ourselves regardless of such twists and turns. Gov. Walker isn't a harbinger of more "uneducated conservatives," like his critics fear. He's an example of how college is just one plot line in the unpredictable story of our lives. It's not just fools and geniuses who take a nontraditional approach to education.


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Meet Dr. Ochieze This Week's Featured Resident with DeTar Hospital
Dr. Ochieze is this week's featured resident with DeTar Hospital's new residency program. Here's a little about the good doctor...
Chikezie Ochieze, MD was born in Nigeria, where he attended medical school and began practicing as a physician before moving to Houston in 2011. Dr. Ochieze, his wife Florence, his mother-in-law, and his infant daughter moved to Victoria with hopes of building their home and raising a family in Victoria, which reminds him of his hometown. He is particularly interested in learning how to fish. One of his favorite pastimes is spending time with his family. Dr. Ochieze wants to surpass his teachers and make them proud. At an early age, he was struck by an illness in his eyes, but he never let that stop him from his studies. That time in his life is his driving force behind everything he does. His overcoming of that illness empowers him. Thinking back to that time, he knows he can get through anything, and he instills that same passion in all his patients.
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As Realtors, we are often faced with recommending repairs to be made by the seller prior to listing a property with the goal of obtaining the highest possible sales price. This is not mandatory, but sellers ask what can be done to reach their goals, and we often do see some areas that need a little attention to satisfy the scrutinizing buyers. In order to do so, many are faced with hiring a handyman or contractor, so I thought this may be useful for our visitors.
1. Get at least three written estimates. You will be surprised at the difference in prices from each.
2. If it is a bigger job, get references and call to on the work. If possible, go by and visit earlier jobs.
3. Check with the local Chamber of Commerce or Better Business for complaints. This can be done online.
4. Be sure that the contract states exactly what is to be done and how change orders will be handled.
5. Make as small a downpayment as possible so you won't a lot if the contractor fails to complete the job. Unfortunately, this can and does happen, so insist that you do not pay the entire balance up front.
6. Be sure that the contractor has the necessary permits, and insurance, otherwise, your repairs may come back to haunt you later.
7. Be sure that the contract states when the work will be and what recourse you have if it isn't. Also remember that in many instances you can cancel a contract within three business days of signing it.
8. Ask if the contractor's workers will do the entire job whether subcontractors will do parts.
9. Get the contractor to indemnify you if work does not meet any building codes or regulations.
10. Be sure that the contract the contractor will clean up the job and be responsible for any damage.
11. Guarantee that materials used meet your specifications.
12. Don't make the final payment until you're satisfied with the work. I hope this helps! When you are ready to sell, give me a call. I would love to see your house, and discuss my qualifications!


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We are pleased to have James Brehm of James Brehm & Associates LLC continue to be our conference chair. As James points out, machine-to-machine communication is a market of markets, where each of the markets is growing exponentially!
Navigating these markets to share information that keeps focused on the common opportunities to implement solutions, reduce risk and increase profit is at the heart of the sessions at M2M Evolution. James brings his peers, thought leaders and business executives together to explore how Enterprises can capitalize on the Internet of Things opportunity.
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