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Winter Sun on Weston Beach
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A very cold but very sunny fabulous walk along Weston Super Mare beach with Pavlos and Georgina
Warm October Day
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How lucky - a 20degree day in October ! At Matara in Tetbury. A really quite delightful venue, and a beautiful wedding.
Swedish Forest Wedding
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Åsa and Paul got married by a lake in her fathers forestland in southern Sweden. It was a three day affair as people came from the UK, USA, Germany. There was a big dinner the night before and a big brekafast the next day. Flowers and decorations came from the forest, the sun shone and the party lasted all night. First a couple of shots of the family's forest from my medium format film camera...
Vintage Wedding Fashion Shoot
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December 17, 2012
Collaboration with 'withlovefrombobbin' headpieces, 'Vintage Zizou' dresses, Asa Sonden-Cook model, and makeup Kylie Jonkman, at The Bunkhouse (cafe and accommodation) in Cardiff.
Super sunny spring wedding
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Gemma and Dan had a lovely wedding in the countryside at the fabulous Kingscote Barn in Tetbury. It was in May - remember that little bit of summer we had when it was 30 degrees for a weekend. Wow. A really delightful quintessentially English spring wedding.
Saturday afternoon at the farm
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A lovely setting at Polly's family farm in Wincanton.
Ellie and Andrew
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September 21, 2012
A beautiful sunny spring afternoon spent in Tregedar House in Wales...
Rainy & windy engagement shoot!
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August 3, 2012
Weeks of rainy weather in England, so we decided to embrace that and go out and brave the elements. We went on three short wet and windy walks from Donna and Andy's cottage, between each short walk we ran back inside to dry off. I had waterproofs, Donna and Andy changed and dried off three times. What a game couple. We looked up rainy engagement shoots on the internet before we went out to see how many other crazy people had done this before. We saw a couple of umbrellas up, but not really rain as such - ha! you call that inclement weather?!
Graham & Ashley in a sunny Wales
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St Fagans country museum estate in Wales was perfect for exploring and playing around. Graham and Ashley - they were so cool, and so fun!
Evening, camper van, beers, lake; Åsa and Paul
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Another ideal pre-wedding shoot in that we picked something that the couple really like to do; which means that they are relaxed, happy and comfortable just being themselves. Åsa and Paul love spending time in their camper van, so we jumped in and drove down to the lake one evening after wrok. I picked a spot which I knew had a horizon view to the setting sun - which luckily came out... we opened a couple of beers, what a great way to spend the evening :-)
Sandy and Paul on Brighton beach
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August 1, 2012
Sandy and Paul hang out on sunny evenings after work on Brighton beach just a minute from thier house - to walk, read, catch up with their respective days, so I tagged along one evening for a walk; what a nice way to make for an authentic engagement shoot. I love finding light like this - facing away from a sun that has just set.
ali & stu : wedding in richmond park
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nina und simon : hochzeit in tubingen
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An old village church in Germany, and a grand al fresco lunch which went on all afternoon, a balloon launch and drinks outside in the warm air until the early hours. SEE MORE...
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What to do with a 45 watt solar panel?
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That's what they do! I'd recommend getting all your lower power electronics in the house hooked up to said battery with appropriate efficient dc>dc converters, and remove the parasitic power from your energy bill. A 45 watt source can't do much, but it can power things like your internet router, small nightlights, alarm clocks, etc -- stuff that is always on but doesn't take much. Saving on these small items means you spend less building/buying an inverter to run big power items.


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A WOMAN has died and a man is in hospital following a house fire in the early hours of the morning.
Police are treating the death as "unexplained" and have launched a joint investigation with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS).
Fire crews were called to the scene in Glenapp Place in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, in response to a 999 call to the fire service soon after 2am yesterday.
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When they arrived they found a "well developed" fire and the building filled with toxic smoke.
They discovered the woman, who was confirmed to have died at the scene.
The SFRS teams rescued a man who was passed to the care of paramedics before being taken to hospital.
Firefighters also treated a second woman from an adjacent property for minor smoke inhalation.
Station manager Scott Cunningham, the incident commander, said: "The thoughts of all the emergency responders will be with the family and friends of the woman who lost her life as well as with the man and woman who were injured.
"Our crews arrived at this incident within minutes of the 999 call but they were already faced by a well-developed fire producing large amounts of toxic smoke.
"We immediately committed teams to the building and a total of eight firefighters in breathing apparatus were operating inside the property, conducting both search and rescue and firefighting duties.
"Their skill, courage and professionalism ensured a man was rescued from the smoke-filled building and taken to hospital. However, tragically, a woman found inside the property was confirmed to have died at the scene."
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Consolidation Shapes An Evolving Industry
An industry report by the Civitas Group LLC indicates that the market for homeland-security-related products and applications continues to grow. Consolidation among security service providers is driving much of this expansion.
Firms attract customers with packaged service offerings, move away from stand-alone products.
The homeland security market is undergoing a major shift away from individual products and systems to integrated, solutions-based offerings. A combination of business mergers and new technologies is the major force behind this change. Companies have consolidated critical sectors of the market, creating a business environment where broad suites of complementary services have an edge over narrowly focused products.
In the three years following the terrorist attacks in the United States, the commercial sector has moved to support the massive restructuring of the U.S. government. The centerpiece of these efforts is the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which is the focus for private sector firms seeking contracts on research and procurement programs. Although initially swamped by thousands of applications to submit bids, creating a logjam that delayed programs and funding, the department has streamlined its procedures to increase the speed of future transactions. However, the market extends beyond the DHS and the government sector.
In a report, Civitas Group LLC seeks to correct what it believes are erroneous views about the market and to highlight ongoing trends, explains Mark Shaheen, vice president, Civitas Group. The company is a Washington, D.C.-based strategic advisory and investment services firm focused on the homeland security market. The attacks in 2001 did not create a new market but rather accelerated existing trends in the industry, he notes. These developments include increased growth and continuing consolidation as large systems integrators acquire smaller technology firms.
Shaheen believes that a dominant force in the market is a long-term shift from stand-alone products to an environment where packages of products and services are sold to multiple customers. Instead of providing an individual, narrowly focused solution and then having customers try to adapt their processes and collection of technologies to make that solution work for them, buyers are now requiring packaged services, he explains. For example, firms and government agencies used to contract with separate vendors for guard services, security cameras, access control systems and information technology security. These organizations now seek firms that integrate these different products and services.
The report finds that the homeland security market is very sensitive to setting standards that can be statutory, policy-based or industry-driven. While the U.S. government rarely defines explicit standards in this area, its actions often indirectly create de facto standards through the scale of its purchases. This can induce state, local, international and private sector buyers to adopt the same product or interface, the report concludes.
Another major factor affecting the market is its size and diffusion. The report notes that in the United States alone, more than 30,000 federal agencies and state, county and city governments are potential customers for security solutions. It finds that customer needs and market sophistication varies widely and that many firms are competing for business in the market's different subsectors. But funds are available for firms seeking contracts. The report estimates that the total value of the global homeland security market in 2005 will be $42.4 billion. The United States will spend approximately $23.4 billion among federal, state, local and private organizations.
The report also finds that many of the nation's security vulnerabilities occur in sectors with many participants, limited accountability and profit margins that discourage adequate security investment. For example, the 2002 strike by West Coast longshoremen cost the U.S. economy roughly $1 billion per day for its duration. However, these costs are minimal compared to the potential for damage caused by an attack on a major port such as the Los Angeles and Long Beach facilities, which receive approximately 34 percent of the nation's shipping traffic. The report predicts that the potential economic impact of a nuclear attack on these ports could reach $1 trillion.
To protect these areas, government and private sector organizations must acquire the right technologies and services. Shaheen explains that the report divides the homeland security market into three generations of technologies. First-generation equipment and services existed before September 11, 2001, and were rapidly applied in large numbers to fill security gaps. These technologies are mainly traditional security applications such as surveillance cameras, barrier systems and metal detectors.
Second-generation technologies were in development at the time of the attacks or soon thereafter. These new systems are a major improvement on existing capabilities and are now beginning to be installed at facilities across the country, he explains. Examples of these technologies include holographic imaging systems that can detect ceramic or plastic weapons hidden under clothing, sensor integration and smart security camera technologies.
Third-generation equipment is still under development and will not be available in large quantities until 2008 or 2009. According to the report, many of the firms developing these technologies are small, privately held companies conducting advanced research with direct homeland-security-related objectives.
For a company to better understand its place in the homeland security market, its officers must determine where the firm's products and services lie on the technology continuum, Shaheen relates. "Your strategy will be very different depending on what you have and where your technology is [in terms of development]," he says.
Shaheen predicts that purchases of first-generation equipment will begin to taper off in the near future. He notes that this does not mean markets will cease to exist for these basic technologies, adding that firms must use their research and development money to develop new products carefully and to position themselves well in an evolving market. That success hinges on many factors, he cautions, adding that having the best technology does not necessarily guarantee success. To succeed, firms must determine how their products fit into the larger market and find partners and distribution channels. These growth considerations are especially important for smaller companies. "In a lot of ways, this market is no different than any other market," he says.
Roughly 70 to 80 percent of the critical infrastructure in the United States is controlled by the private sector, Shaheen observes. To prosper in this broad economic landscape, firms must understand their strengths and the products they are selling. "We see a lot of companies go about it in a very haphazard and opportunistic way. We think there's a great benefit to actually sitting down, gauging the market and developing a real strategy before going after that market," he shares.
These strategies can vary, but for smaller firms it often means forming teaming relationships with the right partners. Shaheen adds that major government contracts are usually going to be won by large companies, making teaming arrangements critical for smaller firms. Companies also are diversifying their customer base rather than relying solely on government customers. He notes that it is risky for small new firms to focus only on a single segment of the market.
|The Civitas report finds that technologies, such as this fingerprint scanner, are more attractive to customers when they are provided as part of a bundled package of services.
The report identifies 11 key homeland security mission areas and examined the expected private sector opportunities over a five-year time span. These areas include aviation security, port and maritime security, ground transport security, border security, physical infrastructure protection, cybersecurity, emergency preparedness and response, bioterrorism prevention, nuclear and radiological prevention, domestic and foreign intelligence, and counterterrorism and law enforcement.
Among its findings, the report notes that systems integration will be a major revenue opportunity in aviation security as firms work to provide an information technology infrastructure for the Transportation Security Administration. The U.S. Coast Guard's Deepwater Project also represents the largest long-term DHS project over the next decade and is a major business opportunity for maritime security. Ground transport security is another area of activity where planners are actively examining second- and third-generation technologies for explosives detection. Other opportunity areas include ongoing programs to develop nuclear and biological detection systems, data analysis and simulation tools for intelligence gathering, and systems to help law enforcement agencies coordinate operations.
The report highlights seven key technology areas within the homeland security market. These are sensor technologies, identification and authentication systems, screening equipment, surveillance systems, tracking technologies, data analysis systems, and cybersecurity management technologies.
Shaheen believes that the homeland security market is very robust. Although its growth potential has drawn some comparison to the dot-com boom of the late 1990s, he maintains that the two are very different markets. "This market is actually based on people building real products, and that's a very good thing. I think that it has a very solid foundation of government research funding and procurement that will help to really smooth this market and stop wild fluctuations," he says.
But a number of factors can still affect the market. If there is another major terrorist attack in the United States, the nature of that attack will influence spending and research decisions in those sectors of the market. For example, if explosives are used, either through a truck bomb or a Madrid-style train bombing, it would likely lead to increased research and procurement for explosives detectors focused on rail security. "All of these different things certainly have the ability to affect the market, and they are not predictable with any certainty," he says.
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Capital city goes all shy on a NZ Games idea
New Zealand is looking at hosting another Commonwealth Games - but Wellington is already running away from the prospect of pumping money into the idea.
NZ Olympic Committee president Mike Stanley emerged from a two-day Commonwealth Games Federation meeting in Glasgow to announce the possibility of a New Zealand bid for the Games in the near future.
He suggested Auckland and Christchurch would be the two most obvious candidates - a view Wellington Deputy Mayor Justin Lester was quite happy with yesterday.
Lester said there would be little appetite for pumping money into a one-off event that would leave the capital with redundant "white elephant" facilities.
"There's no long-term benefit - it's 10 days and then it goes away."
The city lacked an indoor velodrome, and $25 million would have to be spent to bring the Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre up to the deepwater standard for elite competition.
Lester doubted whether the Games was a big enough draw to justify a bid from Wellington, although he did not rule out the possibility of co-hosting, most probably with Christchurch.
He said Auckland and Christchurch, which have both hosted the Games before, were more logical options - Auckland because it had existing infrastructure, and Christchurch because it needed to be rebuilt after the earthquakes.
The Glasgow Games start today, with the opening ceremony from 8am (NZ time). The costs of hosting the Games have been rising steadily, with host cities looking at potential losses of half a billion dollars.
This has led to increasing questions about the Games' relevance, a key topic at the federation's general assembly.
Athlete and official numbers for Glasgow were meant to be 6500, but that figure has blown out by almost 1000 as the Games grapples with costs.
But Stanley emerged positive on all fronts, including the likelihood of a New Zealand bid for a future Games.
"When we looked at it, right now it didn't appear to be the right time, but I'm absolutely sure New Zealand will host the Games again at some stage," he said.
He admitted the rising hosting costs were a concern, however. It would be "premature to comment" about a New Zealand bid for 2026, but "we're in conversation with local and central government about [hosting the Games at some stage], and the timing just has to be right for everyone".
Westpac Stadium boss Shane Harmon said the success of 2011's Rugby World Cup made a good case for a multi-city, New Zealand-wide bid, focused on the main centres.
He said the stadium could be reconfigured to host track and field events, but it would cost tens of millions of dollars, and an event the size of the Games would not be financially feasible for Wellington alone.
But a potential advantage of hosting events in the capital as part of a multi-city bid was the creation of "legacy facilities" such as an indoor arena that could double as a conference centre.
Edmonton, Canada, and Durban, South Africa, are bidding for the 2022 Games and made initial presentations to the federation meeting.
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Plant workers step back into the job market
HERMISTON, Ore. (AP) Employees who were destroying nerve gas and other chemical weapons at an Eastern Oregon plant knew all along that the chore and their jobs there would come to an end. It's still a shock, though.
"I knew it was a temporary thing, but I don't think it really click at the time," said Clint Shoemake, who was recently laid off. "When you're 19 and they're saying it's closing in 2014 or 2015, that seems like forever."
The next planned reduction of employees of the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility is in March. That cut will reduce the current workforce by half, the East Oregonian reported.
About a quarter of the workers already laid off went directly to other jobs with URS the company overseeing the facility's closure at other plants closing in places like Colorado and Kentucky. Up to 14 percent of the other workers left the Oregon plant before their scheduled reduction.
URS doesn't keep track of the remaining displaced workers, protocol manager Hal McCune said.
Most workers know their layoff dates more than a year beforehand. URS gives workers formal notices 60 days in advance.
Shoemake, now 31, began looking for a new job about six months before his Aug. 1 layoff. He has found limited options for jobs that would pay what he had been making.
"Jobs that I qualify for outside of that realm are not near the pay of that magnitude," Shoemake said. "There's a lot of opportunity (at URS) but you have to be willing to move."
Shoemake, who is married and has a teenage nephew in his care, didn't want to move from Hermiston to another URS project.
Since completing destruction of chemical weapons in late 2011, the East Oregon facility has cut almost 700 jobs. There are 165 employees left.


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Darren Ambrose says he would consider a move to Colchester United if an offer came his way.
And the 30-year-old former Ipswich Town favourite says he is already suitably impressed by what he has seen of the U's.
Ambrose made a surprise appearance for the U's in their 3-0 pre-season friendly defeat against Ipswich Town, on Wednesday night.
The former Premier League star is currently a free agent having left Birmingham City and had most recently been playing his football in Greece, with Apollon Smyrni.
But the former Newcastle United and Crystal Palace player has recently moved to Thurston, near Bury St Edmunds, with his family.
And Ambrose says he would be happy to talk about a possible permanent deal with the U's, should he get the chance.
He said: "I spoke to the manager (Joe Dunne) and if he can help me get fit, that's great.
"If something happens here I'd be delighted but at the moment, I'm just weighing up my options."
For more on this story and all of the latest Colchester United news, including a preview of their two friendlies against Dover Athletic and Dagenham and Redbridge, see Friday's Daily Gazette.


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Baby showers cross the pond
More and more mothers-to-be on this side of the Atlantic are throwing American-style baby showers to celebrate their forthcoming arrival. Lisa Salmon asks what these often extravagant parties are all about ONCE the preserve of pregnant US housewives and celebrities, it seems the trend for baby showers has crossed the pond.
Increasing numbers of ordinary mums-to-be are hosting the parties to herald the imminent arrival of a new baby - research suggests that 14 per cent of women in Britain have attended a baby shower in
the past year, and a number of baby-shower companies selling tableware and gifts for the events have sprung up on the internet.
The parties, which are normally afternoon events held between weeks 25 and 35 of pregnancy, often have a pink or blue theme and involve a mum-to-be's usually female friends showering her with gifts.
This month reality TV star Kim Kardashian, pictured, became the latest pregnant celebrity to host a baby shower, when she invited 50 guests to a friend's Beverly Hills mansion, and mingled with them in garden marquees full of flowers.
While Kardashian, who is expecting her baby next month, asked for donations to charity from her guests, research by website VoucherCodes.co.uk found that women in Britain and Northern Ireland now spend £220 million attending baby showers each year - equating to £50 per woman, per shower.
And one in eight even claim to spend more than £100 gearing up for a friend's baby shower.
Amy Edwards, founder of Bloomingbabyshowers.co.uk, which sells baby shower products such as invitations, bunting, balloons and games, says: "Traditionally, the idea of baby shower gifts were to help the new parents prepare for the arrival of their first baby and the essentials they'll need.
"It's now commonplace to have a celebration for second, third and even fourth babies, and these are called 'baby sprinkles', the idea being that all the essentials are usually in place and so a sprinkling of more indulgent gifts or pampering treats are well-received."
According to the research, more than a quarter of baby shower guests (27 per cent) have bought designer gear for the newborn, 10 per cent have splashed out on engraved baby jewellery, and 15 per cent have bought baby toiletries.
But to make it easier for guests who might be unsure of what to take to a baby shower, 12 per cent of expectant mothers questioned in the research said they'd created a baby wish list for their guests.
However, such lists aren't always a good idea, as 19 per cent of guests admit they resent having to buy from a gift list, largely because it forces them to purchase a more expensive present than they'd hoped to buy.
But whatever guests do or don't buy, the emphasis is on love and fun, says Edwards, who adds: "Baby showers are a little bit special and really recognise the milestone and excitement of a new baby.
"They are becoming well-recognised as a reason to celebrate and are full of love and good times. It appears people in the UK love the occasion as much as I do, and are embracing it as a reason to celebrate." Sophia Ovonlen runs another internet baby shower company, babyshowercentre.co.uk and has written the eBook The
Ultimate Guide to Baby Showers, which can be downloaded free from the babyshowercentre website.
She says: "In the early years, I noticed so many baby shower hosts didn't have any idea on what to do or where to start, so having planned several baby showers for friends and family, I wrote the book.
"More recently, with celebrities such as Rochelle Wiseman and Kim Kardashian having baby showers, baby shower popularity is set to soar.
"It is now the ultimate excuse for a girly get-together before the baby is born."
While baby showers are a topic of conversation on the parents' social networking site Mumsnet, its founder Justine Roberts points out that many mums still prefer to welcome babies with gifts after the birth,
"The idea of gathering together friends and family to celebrate a pregnancy over bubbly and cake is a lovely one," she says, "but most Mumsnet users would rather buy a gift when the baby's arrived than be confronted with an expensive baby shower gift list."
Many baby showers feature a huge cake, often relating to the theme of the shower, or even made to look like nappies.
But some baby shower cakes take the link to giving birth too far, warns Roberts.
"Baby shower cakes that reveal gender with pink or blue sponge are far too cheesy for many and the new penchant for anatomically correct cakes showing the baby's head emerging has most Mumsnet users running for the hills," she says.
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TAMPA — A man who was stabbed with an ice pick during a road rage incident last month died Sunday at St. Joseph's Hospital, authorities said.
Adelson Wathson, 20, was stabbed in the head during a Nov. 21 confrontation with Alcisviades Polanco, 62, on Manhattan Avenue.
Polanco was not charged after the incident, which authorities were investigating to see if it might fall under Florida's "stand your ground" law. That law says that anyone not committing a crime can use deadly force if he feels threatened with death or great bodily harm.
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Always keeping it classy, that one. President Obama visited Rhode Island where unemployment is stuck at 11.5%.
He said Republicans had driven the economy into a ditch and then stood by and criticized while Democrats pulled it out. Now that progress has been made, he said, "we can't have special interests sitting shotgun. We gotta have middle class families up in front. We don't mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."
Hmmm? Racial undertones from the post-racial president?
Then there's this stupid quote.
"It's not enough to just play politics," he said. "You can't focus on the next election. You've got to focus on the next generation."
He said at a campaign stop.
I hope he keeps talking this way. Let him bash the Republicans until the day he's voted out of office in 2012. He'll remove any idea they may have of working with him, and we'll all be better off.


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NJ Super Bowl a Political Boon for Chris Christie [POLL/AUDIO]
Next month, New Jersey's MetLife Stadium will play host to the Super Bowl. Bringing the NFL's championship game to the Garden State is a big win for Gov. Chris Christie, particularly if he truly is eying a run at the White House in 2016. But one political expert warns of a possible pitfall for Christie as well.
"Getting the Super Bowl here to New Jersey was a huge achievement for Chris Christie for two reasons," said Peter Woolley, professor of political science at Fairleigh Dickinson University. "It'll pump a lot of money into the economy and he needs to show that New Jersey really is on an economic comeback, and it'll be free national advertising for Chris Christie. You have a whole week of events here."
The Super Bowl is not just a football game that takes place on one day. It's a national event that takes place over the course of a week, and many of the pregame festivities will take place in New Jersey.
"The downside for Chris Christie is that if anything significant goes wrong, it may actually hurt him," Woolley said. "Not handling inclement weather well, and huge traffic snarls, could be blamed on the governor."
It's not just rare to have the Super Bowl in New Jersey, it's unprecedented, and Christie will get a lot of credit for that. Woolley said it's a boon for the current GOP front-runner for president in 2016.
"This is really part and parcel of a national presidential campaign," said Woolley. "Whether it was meant to be that way originally or not, the fact is, it is."


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Jan 3, 13, 9:50 am
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Seeking Tokyo wheelchair accessible hotel for family of four!!
I plan to visit Tokyo for a few days in early August of this year (2013) with my wife and two young kids (6yo and 7yo). I use a wheelchair permanently. although I am very independent.
I have spent some time rooting through the threads here and found very useful information about both wheelchair accessible hotels, and hotels that take a family. But what about if you want both? I suspect this is a doomed quest but if there is anyone out there who has any experience with this I would love to hear it!
I am resigned to spending a lot of money for accomodation so for the sake of argument assume price is no object (it always is but...) but location is important. We have only 2 or 3 days in Tokyo and I do not want to spend hours per day getting from our hotel to the city and back.
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Welcome to Flyertalk.
According to JTB's website, the
Prince Park Tower
supposedly has "barrier free" rooms and connecting rooms. Whether it has "barrier free" connecting rooms, I don't know. Might be worth calling.
Actually, just looked at the Prince Park Tower website -
That universal room looks like it might fit parents and a 6 & 7 year old ... Definitely worth asking.
Scratch that. The beds are only 1.15m wide. Looked wider in the first photo. Still, worth asking about connecting rooms, I guess.
Failing that, LapLap might have some advice to offer.
BTW - August in Tokyo is stinkin' hot and humid.
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You should call the hotel to check, but I think all of the recent hotels will have barrier free rooms, etc. The building regs are pretty strict in this respect.
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But you'll likely have to get two rooms. Connecting rooms are available in the better hotels. It would help us give more precise advice if we knew your budget.
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Hello WheelieFlyer, and welcome to FT
I've been absent from the forums for a while but one of our (lovelier) moderators pointed out your request to me.
Here's a similarish query focused on the Conrad and my response talks about one of the few genuinely wheelchair unfriendly areas in Tokyo that I've encountered (which alas is the area around the Conrad hotel).
You might like to contact jenpdx for her impressions.
As a wheelchair user I have stayed in 3 Tokyo Hotels, I used points for these stays and because of deals and promotions was fortunate to land them at Hostel rates.
These were:
Tokyo Intercontinental ANA Hotel, Roppongi
Sheraton Miyako Hotel, Shirokanedai
Strings Intercontinental, Shinagawa
Budget was of great concern to me, and never more so during this period of immobility.
First of all, I hope you're fit!
Wheelchair access in and around Tokyo is generally excellent.... However, to gain access to the access you will need to cover more ground and spend more time getting into and out of entrances and exits than able bodied folk. Then again, it isn't very much different than going around Tokyo with a large infant and a stroller - which I got to do for the first time last March.
Questions for now are - will your wheelchair fit in the boot of a taxi cab?
There are different taxi companies in Tokyo and different styles. I would imagine that, particularly when travelling as part of a family, you won't be able to use just any old taxi. Other regulars may be able to help with this potential question.
If using public transport - and there is no reason why you shouldn't - quite the contrary - the question us which lines to navigate. Some lines are genuinely a PITA, my own suggestion is to stay somewhere with easy access to the Yamanote line which 'circles' Tokyo by connecting many of the main hubs and district centres. There are a couple of exceptions with tricky access, but all stations are theoretically accessible with the majority of them proving very easy to navigate.
I've got a nursery run to do now, will post more a little later.
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Had a consultation with MrLapLap over this (by pushing me he has a better idea of what constitutes reasonable effort in regards to getting around in Tokyo).
Roppongi (i.e. the Tokyo ANA IC as well as the Grand Hyatt and others) is not a great area to navigate. Roads and pavements are difficult and the subway/metro is deep, deep underground and takes an age to access. It isn't impossible by any means but not an area we'd recommend to base yourself in.
Both the ANA IC Tokyo and, paricularly, the Sheraton Miyako were convenient for us as my father-in-law lives in Azabu Juban. Getting around Tokyo from either hotel wasn't nearly as straightforward as it was from:
Strings Intercontinental.
This hotel ticked all the boxes for us. However, options for a family here are pretty limited and there are no connecting rooms. Only way I could imagine it working would be to get a King bed corner room and request an extra bed for a child with the understanding that one of your kids would share the King bed with the adults.
The other thought to put in your head is an evacuation. A large earthquake may make the elevators inaccessible so getting down from or up to the hotel via the staircase is an eventuality that could happen. The Strings is pretty high up, views are good, this is definitely your call.
So... other options...
Shinagawa worked for us and I went back there last March with a 2 and a half year old. It took a while for her sleep patterns to adjust and she had a blast running riot in the adjacent Konan business district. No cars, lots of greenery, lots to explore, turned out to be a great place to have her exhaust herself in.
But you are planning on visiting in August so that's not a concern, the trick will be to NOT exhaust yourselves.
The Strings is VERY close to Shinagawa station. Other nearby stations aren't so close, so the two Takanawa Hotels (Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa and New Takanawa Prince hotel) that I often recommend here are not so ideal. What is a nice 20 minute stroll in the Spring or Winter could be quite gruelling in August, particularly as part of the route is uphill.
I still think the big question here is how you anticipate getting around.
What are your initial thoughts on this?
It will make a hotel recommendation much more meaningful
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Tokyo in August with 6 and 7 year-olds might put you in a wheelchair if you don't already need one.
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The Four Seasons has a stay 2 nights/get 1 free offer for suites and a stay 3 nights/get 1 free offer for some rooms and suites. The offer is good until 8/31 - but availability is limited. You can play around with the website and see what availability you come up with. Note that some of the non-suite rooms are quite large. But - with 4 people - you'll probably want at least 1 1/2 baths (executive suite level or higher). Your cheapest rate for the cheapest room (and I think you'd need 2) would be a little under 39,000 yen a night with the "get one free" offer.
The Four Seasons is a very low hotel (I think rooms are on the 3rd through 6th floors of a large office building). So evacuating wouldn't be as much of a problem if the elevators weren't working as it might be in a taller building. Also - the hotel is very small and has a lot of staff that might be able to help you out in a pinch.
If you book through a Four Seasons Preferred Partner agent - you will get at least 2 adult breakfasts included (don't know what the story is with children - but - if you book 2 rooms - you will certainly get 4 breakfasts) - and a room upgrade if available.
You will have to contact the hotel directly to make arrangements (note that I don't know whether there are handicap accessible suites as opposed to rooms):
Families can be accommodated in suites and, in some cases, through connecting standard rooms – we recommend contacting the Hotel to make the best arrangements. Rooms and floors for non-smokers are available on request. Please contact the Hotel directly to make arrangements for wheelchair-accessible rooms.
FWIW - I was surprised to find out the FSM was voted the #1 family-friendly hotel in Tokyo on Tripadvisor (
) - so I think it's definitely worth a look.
About the only downside of the hotel IMO is it doesn't have a pool. I don't know if that is important to you.
I also don't know what you want to see in Tokyo. So I can't comment on transportation to/from the hotel. I can say that the area around the hotel is reasonably flat - and that it's pretty close to Ginza and the Imperial Palace and subway stations (and next door to Tokyo Station). I think an area like Ginza will be useful in the afternoon because there are plenty of air-conditioned stores where you can cool off.
If I were in your situation - in a wheelchair - with 2 small children - in August (with the heat and humidity) - I would definitely consider booking at least 1 or 2 half day tours of Tokyo with a private car/driver/guide through the hotel. It's a splurge - but probably worth it if you can afford it. I am assuming that this is supposed to be a family vacation
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Having seen the stratospheric prices of day tours through JTB (Japan Tourist Board) I'd recommend contacting a company I have personally used and been delighted with - albeit for an airport transfer, not for a tour.
If this an option you'd like to pursue definitely get in touch and get a quote.
The charming driver we had (a keen golfer based in Shinjuku who spent time in California) spoke English fluently and proved excellent company.
(The quote I was given by JTB for the cost of a tour of Tokyo in 2006 was 52,500yen for the cost of a guide, plus 42,000yen for the car hire + costs and parking. To go to Nikko it was another 40,000 or so yen. Even back then, with the Yen being low at the time compared to USD and GBP, this was very steep - I sent the guy from Yokohama to Kyoto by shinkansen for a taxi tour with Mr Doi as this was considerably cheaper)
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Firstly - thanks to all who have replied. It never ceases to amaze me how much information is on these forums (fori?). Very helpful, and plenty to think about.
In response to some particular points:
Getting around:
My chair is a light-weight rigid type, wheels pop off and back folds down to make a fairly compact "box". In western cities there is never any problem fitting it in the boot (trunk) of a taxi and we managed it in HK 12 years ago also. With the exception of the airport transfers (where the extra luggage may create a problem) I am hoping that taxi is a viable option. I am willing to try the public transport also. The point about having to walk miles for the accessible entrances and so on is not unique to Tokyo and I'm hoping that with a bit of planning it will be possible. I am fairly fit, but I have to admit that high heat and humidity will knock me out very quickly!
Places like IC Strings and Four Seasons would be within budget. The difficulty is that there is no co-relation between size of room and accessibility (often a large room is inaccessible because the bathroom door is too narrow for example). I am resigned to spending a few days calling these places, but want to develop a short-list based on likelihood of having suitable rooms, and location.
What to do:
We have only two days so I think immersing ourselves in one to four things would be better than running around like lunatics. The Meiji shrine would be on the list, but I haven't figured out the rest. Mrs. WheelieFlyer wants to sample lot (and lots) of good food. And for the kids - I just want them to experience a different culture so they see the world is not one big homogenous place.
Thank you all for your suggestions and ideas.
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In western cities there is never any problem fitting it in the boot (trunk) of a taxi and we managed it in HK 12 years ago also.
The challenge with some (most) taxis in Tokyo is that the trunk (boot) is mostly occupied with an LPG cylinder. I would recommend that you get a mobile phone that works in Japan and keep the numbers for Nippon Kotsu (English language line) and MK Taxi on speed dial. If you're in a spot where you just can't get your chair in a car, call them up and have them send a large, boxy vehicle.
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a short-list based on likelihood of having suitable rooms, and location.
The hotels that people have cited in this thread (especially those mentioned by LapLap) are obviously a good place to start. There are other lists of hotels for wheelchair users. But they all seem so iffy. Here's one with my comments:
Palace Hotel - Central (near palace). Very new. Worth Calling.
Hotel Nikko Tokyo - Awful location IMHO. (Odaiba). Big resort hotel. Meh.
Hotel Intercontinental Tokyo Bay - Awful location IMHO.
Hotel Okura - A "grand old dame" of Tokyo hotels. Great service. Hard to believe it's all that wheelchair friendly. Worth calling for a discussion ...
Shinagawa Prince - Already dismissed by LapLap (see above)
Royal Park Hotel - Location in list is awful. Try the Royal Park Shiodome Tower. It's a new tower. Should have barrier free access ...
Hankyu Hotel Tsukiji - Never heard of it.
Tokyo Kani Hoken Kaikan Yuport - Seems institutional. Avoid like the plague.
Kodomo no shiro - Ditto
Shibuya City Hotel - Never heard of it
Westin Hotel Tokyo - Location quite a long walk from station on West side of town but a very nice hotel. Worth calling.
Hilton Tokyo - Location to the West of Shinjuku. Worth calling.
Keio Plaza Hotel - Often cited in lists of barrier free and family friendly hotels. Not my fave, but ... Worth calling
Barrier Free Pension Subaruu - On a remote island. In Tokyo metropolitan area but not in the city. Ignore.
BTW - I looked at a few sites and didn't see Four Seasons listed on any list of barrier free / universal design hotels. Still, it won't hurt to call them. You will certainly be able to speak with someone who speaks excellent English - and that person might well recommend other places.
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What to do:
Since you've only listed one place, are you sure it's Tokyo you want to visit? I happen to think Tokyo is awesome, but there's more to Japan than Tokyo.
EDIT - Some interesting videos (all Japanese) on barrier free access to Tokyo hotels and attractions here:
Model course (in Japanese) here:
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Since you've only listed one place, are you sure it's Tokyo you want to visit? I happen to think Tokyo is awesome, but there's more to Japan than Tokyo.
- Point taken, actually I have a list of possibles but want to keep focussed here on where to stay (I know the two are inter-related of course, but I suspect my hotel options are very limited so in the end will dictate a lot). I know that there is more to Japan than Tokyo but with only a couple days (and a wife who has always wanted to see Tokyo) then Tokyo it shall be. We can always go back once we have "broken the ice".
Your list is extremely helpful - thank you for taking the time on this. I now need to sit down with a map and a telephone and figure out the best options.
Also, your point about LPG tanks in the trunk is good to know. Hadn't thought of that.
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Jib71 has offered some very good advice about the taxis.
Here is a photo of me at Komagome station and, as you can see, the rudimentary wheelchair is definitely on the small side
This was too big for most taxis, even without luggage, we found a couple who would place it on the front passenger seat but this wouldn't be possible with four of you travelling together.
Rather than going for the top, expensive range of hotels and going for easy (or easier) public transport options, perhaps it would be best to go somewhere more modest and relying on arranged taxis to get around.
What really struck me at the Sheraton Miyako on my lat visit was how many guests in wheelchairs were staying there. We were upgraded to one of the larger standard rooms and this seemed ideal for a family, the downside was the bathroom which would not be easy to use. As the sofa bed option can't be found anymore (may be worth asking though) connecting rooms might be an option. Whether the accessible rooms connect to another, i don't know.
The surrounding areas are accessible, much more so than an area like Roppongi, and the optional pedestrian bridges all have elevators. It's quiet, residential, play parks nearby, and the Yamanote line is a cheap taxi ride away - there's a complimentary shuttle, but I don't know how accessible it is, I was able to walk a little bit which helped with lots of potential hurdles. The surrounding Japanese gardens are lovely, hopefully your kids will enjoy the, but do take mosquito repellant, I was here one October and was savaged, but mozzies LOVE me, much more than is usual.
When comparing this hotel to most on those depressing 'accessible hotels' lists, the Sheraton Miyako seems more appealing than I'd thought. The downside is the distance to Meguro JR station, but this is surmountable. Tokyo has a lot to offer kids, spending less on the accommodation means more money for the kind of experiences they will really enjoy (I doubt they get enthusiastic about a high thread count in Egyptian cotton sheets and upscale toiletries)
Do also enquire about accessible rooms at the Sakura Prince, Takanawa and New Takanawa Prince hotels and factor in a short taxi trip to and from Shinagawa station. All hotels are close together and are in gorgeous grounds you can partly and your kids fully enjoy which will make a lovely respite in the summer. IMO these hotels have proven to offer time and time again good value for money, not quite as swanky as a Hyatt or the Strings but the law of diminishing returns starts to set in after the upgrade from a dreary business hotel to a Premium room at the New Takanawa... you need to start spending serious money to get anything better, and then you get other problems like the way the carpets at the ANA Tokyo IC twist your wheels towards the left as you try to urge your wheelchair onwards through the corridors.
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Leanne says
It looks great Angie. You know I love organized spaces. What a great idea to cover the boxes and make them look cute.
Great tip, Angie!!! I've never tried spray adhesive. Isn't that some sort of craft crime against humanity?! 😉
Hey Angie! Thanks for popping by and saying hello! Looking forward to catching up on your blog and everything you've been up to the last few months!
Kirsten says
Nice work! I just tackled a similar section of my kitchen… I didn't make crafty boxes like you did, and I didn't take photos along the way… but I think (FOR ONCE!) my results are almost as good as yours!! Yay me!! (And YAY you too!)
Looks great! I swear those plastic containers seem to multiply in my house and they are such a pain to keep organized. What a great way to keep them organized.
Tammy says
Aren't you the clever one with your before and after box transformation. Goes to show what a little ingenuity will do for those pesky storage problems. Nice idea. Thanks for sharing.
Abby says
Great job with the organizing! It looks so much neater.
What a fantastic idea! Really great way to use what you already have. Thanks so much for your nice comment on my chair redo!
Hey Angie, congrads! You had the most viewed link at last week Whatever Goes Wednesday party. I am highlighting this post today!
omg I love DIY organizing projects! I love organizing, but I'm not good at taking the time to make things for it.
I'd love it if you would come over and link up your Wednesday organizing posts to my Organizing Mission Monday link party. I keep it open until Saturday.
Hope to see you there.
Holly says
You are making big strides in your kitchen organization! Nice job!
Maybe it will rub off on me.
Thanks for linking up to "Simplify for the New Year" at A Home Made by Kiki! What a great way to re-use things that you already had!
Life in Rehab says
I've done a few bins myself- LOVE the look of yours with a liner! Nice job.
Leanne says
I need to make some fabric covered boxes. Thanks for linking to We're Organized Wednesday.
What a clever idea! Doesn't it feel good to purge and create more space? You have inspired me to keep on moving in my kitchen. Everything looks great, fantastic job!!
Erika says
I like what you did with the bins–what a great way to use scraps and to get organized!
Anonymous says
I have been using the tops of paper boxes, covered with contact paper for over 20 years. Seriously, that's how long they have held up. I just recovered them for the 2nd time yesterday.
What a great idea! I love that you were so thrifty! I saw a post where someone covered large diaper boxes and they looked fabulous. I was thinking of trying something similar. 🙂
Plastic containers drive me crazy. Mine are in my lazy susan right now and they fall out everywhere. I've got to think of a better idea. Thank you so much for linking up to my party!
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My Uncle Ed just loves trains, and when I asked him why the fascination, he shared the following...........
My Love of Trains (1)
by Eddie S. Sanders
Dear Lib,
You asked about my interest in trains; most of the places I lived early in life was full of trains. I spent many summers in Jenkins, KY and just west of Jenkins is a town called Dunham, KY where a very large coal tipple was located. There were coal mines that ran for miles and miles through those mountains and the coal was delivered to the Dunham tipple where they were loaded onto rail cars. We watched them every day and formed a love from them as you would a pet. We knew the train numbers, the crews and where the coal would be taken to. As a matter of fact if you ever get to visit the Ford museum in Dearborn, Michigan you will see a large steam locomotive on display there. I watched that engine work in Jenkins and Dunham. From there we lived in Maryland on the Gun Powder River. The bridge between Washington and New York was about a mile away and we watched trains cross that bridge every day. More later.
Trains (2)
This is a continuation of my trains story. As I said in my first email most of the places (and they were many) we lived had train tracks close by. First in Jenkins, KY, next in Baltimore, then in Tennessee, and then to Alabama where we lived with our Grandfather William L. Sanders who lived right beside the main lines of the L&N Railroad. The only place we lived that didn't have a train nearby was Sand Mountain, Georgia. And, that place didn't have much of anything and, still to this day, doesn't.
When we moved to Shreveport, Louisiana, we live in a nice area but it was close to several oil refineriary's which had many railroads serving them. We could hear the train whistles at night and it was the most lonesome sound you could imagine. My mother used to sit and cry when she heard those sounds because it reminded her of her home in Virginia. When our dad died in New Orleans they sent us to Virginia on the train and unbeknown to us, in Memphis, Tennessee, they put dads body on the same train that we were on. So, we rode the train the last several hundred miles with his body. The family met us in Abington, Virginia and took us to Jenkins and dad's body to the funeral home close by. So, much of our lives were centered around trains because that was the mode of transportation back then. The sound of a steam engine still reverberates through me and brings back sad and wonderful memories. More later, Love, Uncle Ed
Trains (3)
More about my addiction to trains; by now you can understand why trains were so much a part of our lives back then. I loved to look at them, smell them and more than anything I loved to ride behind a steam locomotive. I have chased them all over this country but like most everything else, the railroads have changed. Now if you are a "Train Spotter" you better find yourself a place off the railroad right-of-way or you will land in jail for trespassing. I belong to the Cincinnati Railroad Club who sometimes sponsors train rides when they can afford the cost of insurance. We ride to Danville, KY or to Muncie, Indiana and sometimes up to Ashland, KY. Its a lot of fun but because of the cost to operate a steam locomotive the tickets are high.
After I came back state side from Okinawa, I was stationed around Washington, DC. It was so much cheaper to ride the train home than to drive and a heck of a lot safer. The railroads gave servicemen big discounts. I remember that I could buy a round-trip ticket from Washington to home and back for about $15. Then I could devote the travel time to drinking and partying in the lounge car. I must have made that trip twenty or more times and loved every minute of it. More later.... Love, Uncle Ed
Libby, this is the final installment of what sparked my love of trains. My mother and my heart always resided in the area where she and I were born. Don't know if you remember or not but Jenkins, KY and Clintwood, VA are only about 15 miles apart and no matter where we resided our hearts always yearned to be in those places. So, when mom heard the wail of a train whistle it was as though it was calling to us to return to the place of our birth. There were plenty of trains in Southwestern Virginia for it was a very large producer of coal and timber.
At Norton, Virginia for many years was the industries largest stoker producer in the country. Stoke is residue of coal heated to a high temperature and burned much hotter than coal itself. So, the demand was very high but you could hardly breath the air there because of the smoke and pollution the stoke ovens produced. As many as ten trains arrived and departed that area almost every day. The area also had two passenger trains per day, which was a lot. The activity in the area for a train lover was the very best one could hope for. One example of how badly the draw was for me, in 1952 I was 14 years old. A buddy and I decided to hobo to Jenkins. We caught a train out of Shreveport thinking it was going to Memphis but wound up in Houston, TX. From there we hopped another train and this time wound up in New Orleans. When we left Shreveport we may have had sixty five cents between us and now we have been on the road for two days. We go lucky in New Orleans thinking we were on a train going back to Shreveport but this time wound up in Memphis. There a railroad cop caught us and turned us over to the city police who called my dad. He sent the money for a bus ticket back to Shreveport. Needless to say, I was punished severely. The cops in Memphis fed us a baloney sandwich and cool aid and I had never tasted anything that good my whole life.
When we lived with Grand Pa Sanders in Trafford it was on the North and South main line of the L&N Railroad. Many trains passed each day and each one was more exciting than the last and there was always something different to see on that line. One time I remember that the railroad was sending several of its very old switcher engines to the shops in Louisville to be cut into scrap metal. These were still working engines but just outdated. Something went wrong and they set about eight of these engines on a siding at Trafford. Well, needless to say we had a whole set of new toy's to play and play with we did. We carried five gallon buckets of water to fill the tank and many buckets of coal so that we could fire up one of those engines. And, we did, and drove it around on a siding about a mile from town. The only problem was that to get to the spur line we had to pull out onto the mainline and that triggered an alarm in the terminal in Birmingham. They sent a crew out to figure out what had been on the main line and found us driving that engine back and forth on the spur. The took the engine away from us but ironically, we had just run out of steam when they found us. So, they had to carry water and coal to get the engine back to the siding and that took most of a day. They were a little mad at us but were astounded at the fact that we knew enough to fire up and run that engine. Never a dull moment and if nothing was happening we would make something happen. We had an entire railroad to play with. I am sure that you have seen the little work cars the railroads use for crews maintaining the road. These were run by a small gasoline engine and were easy to operate. Well, one day we found one running on the main line just south of town. We couldn't find anybody around and figured that it had just gotten away from a crew somewhere. So, we decided to take it back to the Birmingham yards (20 miles south of Trafford) and figured that they would reward us for recovering their work car. What we didn't figure was that there were many fast moving freight and passenger trains that moved up and down those tracks everyday. Well, we didn't get far when we heard a train catching up to us from behind. So, we got the thing stopped at a crossing and managed to pull it off the tracks just seconds before the train passed. Of course, a crew and a cop showed up right away and took the car and the cop took us. As it turned out there was a crew with that work car who were up on a bank having lunch who were very mad at us. They never left a work car running again after that…..
Personal Biography
by Ed Sanders
Much of my young life was spent in Virginia and Eastern Kentucky. In 1944 dad moved us to Baltimore, Maryland. We moved from Baltimore in 1947 to Harlan, Kentucky and from there to Trenton, Georgia. We then moved to Trafford in 1948 and lived with Grand Pa Sanders for a year. We then moved to Shreveport and lived there until 1953. No matter where we lived it seems that I spent every summer with my aunts and uncles in KY & VA. Dad died in early 1953 and mom moved back to Jenkins. I entered the Army from Shreveport and was discharged in August, 1953. They found out that I was only 15 and kicked me out. I re-entered the military in 1954 and spent the next four years in the Air Force. While in the Air Force I was stationed at Cheyenne, WY. There we witnessed some of the most exciting railroading that I had ever seen. Big trains and lots of them day and night. Boy! What a place. I didn't much care for the people of Cheyenne but the railroad was a magnet to get me back there. I have visited Cheyenne twice since and would love to go out there again. Anyway, that's my story and I am sticking to it… Love, Uncle Ed
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Ex-Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson says he ran football operation, not Jerry Jones
IRVING — Jimmy Johnson said he wasn't interested in creating controversy, but he wanted to set the record straight Wednesday about his role with the Cowboys in the years he coached the team.
"The time I was with the team, I had complete and total responsibility over the football operation," Johnson said in a telephone interview from his home in the Florida Keys. "That meant personnel, the draft, coaches, including the strength coach. Everything.
"It was always in my contract."
Johnson was reacting to comments owner Jerry Jones made in the wake of the Cowboys' loss to the Atlanta Falcons. Jones said he ran the Cowboys' football operation from the day he bought the team in 1989 and would continue to do so.
"When I bought the team, the night I bought it, I said I would be doing what I'm doing and that's GM the team and making the final decisions on personnel," Jones said late Sunday night. "That's the way it's always been done. We've won three Super Bowls doing it that way, so I'm going to do it again."
Johnson, who coached two of those three Super Bowl teams, and has been widely credited for assembling the talent that twice beat the Buffalo Bills and the team that went on to win a third against the Pittsburgh Steelers under Barry Switzer, agreed that Jones held the title of "general manager" but…
"When we signed that first contract Jerry said, 'I'll be in charge of the finances, you'll be in charge of the football,' we'll make history," Johnson said.
Jones responded in a statement Wednesday night.
"I came into the NFL as the owner and general manager of this team, and one of the first decisions I made in the role of GM was to hire Jimmy as head coach," Jones said.
"Jimmy and I worked well together. We had great communication, and I have always appreciated what he has done for the organization. I wanted all the input in the world from Jimmy on personnel.
"During Jimmy's tenure, the authority to hire the players was with the GM. But it was agreed that we wouldn't bring a player into the organization that he didn't approve of. We were a team and it worked very well. In our unique circumstances, where the owner and the GM were the same person, in the case of a disagreement — which we never had — the owner had the ultimate authority."
Jones and Johnson arrived in 1989. The Cowboys won Super Bowls after the 1992, 1993 and 1995 seasons.
"Jerry was trying to pay for the Cowboys those first three or four years," Johnson said. "That's the way it was."
Jones did not respond to an interview request Wednesday.
In a May 21, 1989 Dallas Morning News story detailing Johnson's authority with the Cowboys, Jones was quoted saying, "Jimmy is coach and chief executive officer of the Dallas Cowboys. Jimmy has the capacity to run major corporations, so he can certainly handle the Cowboys. It's a unique situation, but he has unique abilities."
But Johnson said Jones wanted more credit when he realized the business end of the Cowboys was not quite as glamorous as the day-to-day football operation.
"In the third or fourth year, Jerry said, 'I want to be part of this. Nobody cares how much money I make, they want to know about a second-string guard,'" Johnson said.
Johnson said when the Cowboys traded with Atlanta for defensive tackle Tony Casillas in training camp before the 1991 season, he was surprised to hear Jones taking credit. Johnson said when he told Jones about the trade, the owner was not familiar with Casillas, who had played at the University of Oklahoma and been the second pick of the 1986 draft.
"I was steamed," Johnson said.
Johnson said when he negotiated subsequent contracts with Jones, the Cowboys owner was "always very adamant" that clauses detailing Johnson's control be removed.
"It was always a sticking point with Jerry," Johnson said. "I would never agree."
Coincidentally, the Cowboys' victory over the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVIII was the last game Johnson coached for Jones and the Cowboys. It was at the Georgia Dome, the same place Jones made his comments Sunday. The two had a famous parting of the ways that allowed Jones to bring in Barry Switzer from 1994-97.
The Cowboys won one playoff game in 1996 and one more since.
"I never said Jerry was not 100 percent into his job and the Cowboys," Johnson said. "I just want facts to be facts."
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Jacob Eason and Ben Cleveland started their friendship by rooming together at the Rivals100 Five-Star Challenge
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It continued in a big way Saturday when, during time with the
Georgia coaching staff, the two 2016 standouts announced their commitments to the Bulldogs.
Eason, a standout quarterback from Lake Stevens, Wash., has taken unofficial visits all over the country this summer
but he and his family felt like Georgia was the perfect fit.
"You go to all these different places and he's talked to all these players at the places he's visited and they all tell him you'll know in your gut, you'll know when it feels right,"
Eason's father, Tony, said. "They all say the same thing to him and I could tell right when we got on campus he was feeling good about it.
"He came here to throw and we got the whole tour just like we do everywhere else and everything felt so right to him. The people, obviously the facilities are great. From start to finish it was just a great experience."
Eason, who is in the running for top 2016 quarterback honors, really hit it off with coach
Mark Richt and offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Mike Bobo.
Together, they reviewed some film of former Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford to offer comparisons.
It all went over so well and Eason, unexpectedly, made his commitment. That's the thing, Tony Eason said. There was no plan to pledge this early but everything fell right into place and the decision was happily made.
"Bobo sat him down and showed him film of Stafford when he was young, what he was doing and how Jacob compares to him," Tony Eason said. "I just think ultimately that's Jacob's dream, just like any kid, to play in the league someday. When you look at what they did with Stafford, he was the first pick in the draft.
"He came out of this system and it just felt like such a good fit offensively for him and his skill set. They have a track record of producing quarterbacks. With his size and everything, we felt this isn't their first rodeo. They're a great group of guys and Jacob really likes Richt and Bobo and they're very personable. Jacob had a long talk with both of them and Jacob felt he could go in the office and chat about whatever.
"We didn't come down here thinking we were going to commit. We just wanted to come down and check it out but at the end of the day he felt this is where I want to go so why wait? Why wait two or three months? This is a great fit. Why even mess around and let somebody else get the spot?"
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XXV: Jan. 27, 1991
Giants 20, Bills 19
This could easily be one of the best games of all time. The consensus was the Bills' no-huddle offense would be too much for the Giants. But New York, a seven-point underdog, showed the best way to stop a good offense is to keep it off the field, using a gritty ground attack to hold onto the ball for 40 minutes, 33 seconds. Everything about the game in Tampa was tense, from the added security stemming from terrorist activities linked with the Persian Gulf War to the shocking ending — Bills K Scott Norwood missed a 47-yard field goal with just seconds left. Wide right. Enough said.
III: Jan. 12, 1969
Jets 16, Colts 7
QB Joe Namath's famous "guarantee" and resulting MVP performance put this one in Super Bowl lore. The Jets were 18-point underdogs by game time, but three days before, Namath deadpanned, "We're gonna win the game. I guarantee it." He carried the upstart Jets, going 17-of-28 for 206 yards, spearheading an offense that tallied 337 yards. The Colts folded, turning the ball over five times in Miami.
IV: Jan. 11, 1970
Chiefs 23, Vikings 7
With the Vikings 12-point favorites in New Orleans, not many gave the Chiefs a chance. But Kansas City stunned the crowd by taking a 16-0 halftime lead. They were led by QB Len Dawson (12-of-17, 142 yards, TD), who rebounded through an adversity-filled year. Dawson lost his father before the regular-season finale then dealt with a report before the Vikings game that he would be summoned to testify in a federal investigation into sports gambling (Dawson denied any involvement).
XXXVI: Feb. 3, 2002
Patriots 20, St. Louis 17
Nobody could slow down the Rams' "Greatest Show on Turf" all season. They won by an average of two TDs per game and were 14-point favorites against the Patriots, who would parlay this upset into a dynasty (three titles in four years). But New England came onto the field with no introductions (showing unity) and played an all-around strong game in New Orleans to win — thanks to a 48-yard field goal by Adam Vinatieri as time expired. "We," Patriots S Lawyer Milloy said, "shocked the world."
XLII: Feb. 3, 2008
Giants 17, Patriots 14
The Patriots were minutes away from joining immortality, just the second team in NFL history to achieve a perfect season. But Giants QB Eli Manning and an improbable catch by unheralded WR David Tyree helped the 12-point underdogs earn the dramatic upset in Glendale, Ariz. Manning hit WR Plaxico Burress for a 13-yard touchdown with 35 seconds left, just after Tyree's highlight-reel grab — in which Manning somehow avoided a sack and tossed the ball to Tyree, who leaped and pinned it against his helmet before holding on. It was the Giants' 11th consecutive road win and the first loss for the Patriots in more than a year.


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ESPN to Add Additional Half-Hour of First Take Afternoons For a Month– Whether it's an experiment or the forshadowing of things to come, ESPN announced today it will produce an additional live, half-hour of First Take to air afternoons on ESPN. The new program will debut this Thursday at 3:30p.m. ET and feature host Cari Champion and commentators Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith. For the time being the program will air weekdays until March 8th.
TNT NBA Double Header Thursday– Here is a look at this Thursday's NBA double header on TNT: Action begins at 8:00p.m. ET as the Lakers take on the Celtics with Marv Albert, Steve Kerr, and Craig Sager on the call. The nightcap at 10:30p.m. ET will feature the Bulls at Nuggets with Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller, and Marty Snider.
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