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Urban Fur: Cat In A Hat
Filed under: 11211, 11249, Stuff That Makes Miss Heather Happy, Urban Fur, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
Taken April 17, 2017.
The Word On The Street: Season's Greetings From Second Avenue
Filed under: 10009, 11211, 11222, 11249, East Village, East Village Manhattan, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
As spotted today just around the corner from the premises of the 9th Precinct. Closing on a related note…
- Free Williamsburg has seen fit to publish a handy map of the establishments in Williamsburg which will be participating in this year's SantaCon event. One establishment offers mechanical bull rides. Drunk Santa Testosteronathon + mechanical bull rides = culling the herd.
- E.V. Grieve has excellent coverage regarding the "back and forth" between a number of elected officials and Norman Seigel, SantaCon's hired attorney. I encourage any/all north Brooklyn residents to give it a read as I for one found the coalition of elected officials who saw fit to sign this letter almost as interesting as the ones who did not. Inasmuch as I can tell (and by all means correct me if I am wrong), the only signee who represents north Brooklyn (READ: Greenpoint/Williamsburg) is Daniel Squadron. This of course begs a number of questions. It should be noted the Brooklyn Borough President's name is not to be found either. Not that I find this surprising, mind you. I don't.
New York Shitty Photo Du Jour: Lorimer Street
Filed under: 11211, Stuff That Makes Miss Heather Happy, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
Taken November 21, 2015.
The Word On The Street: From The L Train With Love
Filed under: 11211, The Word On The Street, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
Taken October 31st, 2015.
Williamsburg Photo Du Jour: The Big Apple
Filed under: 11211, Urban Artifact, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
This repurposed piece of fruit hails from Driggs Avenue and was captured today October 8, 2015.
New York Shitty Photo Du Jour: Grand Street
Filed under: 11211, The Word On The Street, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
Taken September 28, 2015.
New York Shitty Photo Du Jour: Walking The Walker
Filed under: 11211, Street Art, Stuff That Makes Miss Heather Happy, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
This find comes courtesy of the camera of Larry Auerbach, who I would like to take a moment to thank for granting me permission to repost!
The Word On The Street: Special North Brooklyn Development Edition
Filed under: 11211, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Hooliganism, Street Justice, Stuff That Makes Miss Heather Happy, The Natives Are Getting Restless, Urban Artifact, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
Many of you have undoubtedly noticed that I have not been terribly prolific on the blog. This should not be construed as a lack of interest in the affairs of this community (or this city in overall). Quite to the contrary: I have been quite busy. About a month ago I had a revelation: why not tap into what is the Garden Spot's most renewable resource? This, of course, is garbage.
Think about it, gentle readers: litter is not only free but by making regular "collection" runs I am, albeit in a small way, making this community a cleaner place. What's more, by (tongue firmly in cheek) "up-purposing" Greenpoint garbage I am raising awareness about the problem here. And we most assuredly have a problem.
Presently my focus is on drug baggies. These, as I have discovered, come in an array of colors and designs. The working plan is to fill the following 5 1/2 inch diameter snow globe with them.
The working title for this piece is "Taste the Rainbow" (for obvious reasons).
As you can see it is still in progress. Very pretty if I may say so myself! Over the last month I have acquired no less than
181 182 baggies. These were "sourced" exclusively in Greenpoint/11222. I felt parameters needed to be established. What's more, Williamsburg probably would have proved to be too easy. But I digress.
This project has led to a number of fascinating discoveries. For starters, most of the baggies I have found were discarded (and presumably consumed) in our public parks. I have long suspected this was/is the case— now I have some numbers to back it up. Playgrounds are not spared either. The item to the left was found in the playground at WNYC Transmitter Park. I also found five on the premises of the Vincent V. Abate Playground. One specimen had the Superman logo emblazoned on it. Regardless of one's position on the "war on drugs" you gotta appreciate that kind of wiseassedness.
This piece's working title is "Magic Carpet Ride".
The other location I have found a significant number of baggies is development sites. Especially those which are stalled and/or sport sidewalk sheds. Sidewalk sheds = privacy. Makes sense. Drug paraphernalia is not the only thing I have found at them, hence the (ostensible) purpose of this post. I have spied a few sullen utterances of revolt scrawl on them during my rounds. I am not the least bit surprised by this. Follows is a curated selection of those I found especially compelling and/or entertaining. Enjoy!
1. India Street
This one is somewhat indecipherable but the rage come across nonetheless.
2. 26 West Street
There are not less than three churlish missives on this one. Two are plainly visible. Follows is the third one. It is located to the left of "No Future".
And last, but hardly least…
3. Orient Avenue at Olive Street
As you can see this property had been served a Stop Work Order. Let's go in for a closer look!
Great stop more of these bastards.
If the Department of Buildings is paying attention someone is very appreciative of your work. Happy Monday!
The Word On The Street: Olive Street Consolation
Filed under: 11211, East Williamsburg, East Williamsburg Brooklyn, The Word On The Street, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
Taken August 22, 2015.

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Clarksville, TN – The City of Clarksville was recently recognized by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation as a "Walk with Me Tennessee" community for its pedestrian friendliness. The "Walk with Me Tennessee" program strives to increase awareness of alternate transportation in order to improve the health of Tennesseans, reduce environmental impacts and help citizens save money in fuel costs.
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Ok...my friend and I just saw the movie..twice in the past two days...and we STILL don't get it...
What we are confused on is the fact when Mark got back to earth, it was all apes and why was the statue of the ape dedicated to General Thade???? how did all that come about??? Someone PLEASE help...We're going nuts over here!!!
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The ending's supposed to be a bit vaugue and allows the viewer to draw their own conclusion. I like the fact a summer movie actually forces you to think a little. There are several theories out there on the other POTA boards around the net.
This is pure speculation but some spoiler space just in case
One theory I like is Leo is stuck in a time warp, the Oberon goes after him, crashing into a planet in 2025. The DNA enhanced chimps evolved on the ape planet. Mark gets there a couple thousand years later.
Common explaination in sci-fi: parallel dimensions. [I was a huge Sliders fan] Leo then goes back into time, but instead of returning to his earth, he returns to a different dimension where the same altered apes evolved and conquered Earth. Thus Thade can exist because it's the same yet different.
Different ideas pop up all the time, so don't take it as gospel. Only Tim Burton knows what it really means and he even admits he's a bit eccentric.
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Ok, this is what i think happened and why...
I think that General Thade somehow figured out how to use that big ship he was stuck in. It probably had the course to earth stored like the little chimp ship did. So he probably went BACK in time to earth. Far enough back so that apes could rule. So he would have some control of which species evolved. He probably tought the other apes. It probably ended up the same way it is now (like, with police cars, and reporters, and memorials) because, remember in the begining when Leo was in the main ship and they said they were picking up signals and t broadcasts of the past? well Thade probably watched all of those and learned about the human culture, went back, and made the ape culture on earth the same way. The reason he would want the culture the same way is because right before his dad died, he told thade that the only power the humans had over apes was TECHNOLOGY. Also, one of the gorillas told Leo that Thade would never give up, no matter what. So the planet Leo crashed on was a different planet than earth, but the 2nd one he landed on WAS earth. The 1st planet was ruled by apes because the big ship landed on it and it was in an enviroment where the ape, (who were already smarter than everage apes because they were being tought) were at an advantage because they could handle it better than the humans.
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I think I'll need to see it again to figure it out.
I don't usually like endings that can only be explained by the sequel.
The 2 timewarps existing simultaneously would mean that in the sequel Leo would have to escape this timewarp and get back to earth in the timewarp he knows and came from.
Similiar premise as "Frequency" and interesting. I felt the movie did suggest Leo returned to earth BUT like I said I'm got to see ita gain to even "feel" anything about this ending
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I thought a sequel was a done deal?
Didn't Mark sign on for a 2 picture deal??
Gotta go back and read the original casting articles from last year!
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I personally think oo00oo's theory was kinda interesting, but unless we ask Tim Burton ourselves why the movie ended the way it did, we will NEVER KNOW! Maybe the apes and humans evolvd together, and they just looked more like the apes.... that could explain the appearance... but I dont know why the memorial was to Thade..???
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Yeah, thats just what i think, I wish Tim Burton WOULD explain it to us but i think he did it that way so everyone could draw their own conclusion. So it sux for people with no imagination, (like the people who gave it bad reviews) because they said it was "ordinary"
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With parallel time dimensions you have 2 "futures" happening at the same time, so there still could be the year say 3050 where apes rule and one where humans rule.
The year he landed wasn't shown at the end so maybe he didnt go "back in time"to where he started from.
I gotta see it again (or draw myself a picture
) cuz the more I try to explain it even to myself the more I confuse myself!
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****. FOX exec Bruce Snyder goes on the record to Zap2It.Com about the ending saying: "You're not supposed to be able to (explain it). If the truth be known, it wasn't really supposed to make sense. It was just supposed to go 'whoa,' make you think. Now is he in another world, did he go back in time, did he get forward in time? The reality is there's no firm answer to that. It's whatever you want it to be". Thanks to 'Brandon'.
So what ever you think could be the answer.
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ok how did they get horses, and do you guys think they will have a part 2????
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I don't know how they got horses. How could they? They didn't have any horses on the Oberon.
About the ending... He went through the time warp thing in the beginning, and again in the end. In the beginning he went back in time to earth, and in the end he travelled forward in time. So, the Lincoln memorial has the face of General Thade? Well since General Thade led the army against the humans, he was remembered as a great leader to the Apes in the Past...
Do you guys get what I'm saying?
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I'd like to know how come some of the apes were chimps (Thade) and some were gorillas? It looked like there were only chimps on Board when they crashed.
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I can't explain that one, but my guess is that it has something to do with evolution
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Researchers found that 60 per cent of all deaths in Ontario can be blamed on those five unhealthy habits.
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The study also found that nearly all Ontarians have at least one of the five risk factors for shortening their lives, and the researchers say improving healthy behaviour will not only lengthen life, but also the amount of healthy life.
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Many Republicans have been heard to complain recently, "Hey, what's wrong with you conservative bloggers? How come you can't just make stuff up the way those left-wingers do? You need to get with this 21st-century Web 2.0 thing, OK?"
Yesterday, we discovered the problem: Conservative bloggers don't have "sources" the way progressives do. Take for instance, the highly influential blog called Immoral Minority, which has been rockin' the Site Meter lately. Their secret? Sources:
Earlier this week one of my best sources claimed to have explosive new information for me . . .
According to my source Sarah is finished with Todd and has decided to end their marriage . . .
As for the babygate story . . . my sources are still working on it, and the information is becoming more accessible . . .
It's all about "sources," you see. Which is a big problem for conservative bloggers, because for some reason we can't get any sources with intimate details of the marriages of prominent Democrats. Whereas the lefty bloggers make it look easy to find sources who know everything about Todd and Sarah Palin. Just check out CNN stringer/blogger Dennis Zaki (see update below):
AlaskaReport has learned today that Todd Palin and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin are to divorce. Multiple sources in Wasilla and Anchorage (including a former Palin staffer) have confirmed the split.
Wow. So Friday night, the Immoral Majority gets this big scoop from one of their "best sources," posts it at 6 a.m. Saturday morning, and within hours, Zaki's story with "multiple sources" is the top item at Memeorandum!
Behold the awesome power of "sources," ye conservatives, and tremble in fear!
But wait, what's this? Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton issues a statement:
There is no truth to the recent "story" . . . that the Palins are divorcing. The Palins remain married, committed to each other and their family . . .
Ah, but Stapleton is not "sources," is she? Nor is this person quoted by some conservative bloggers:
"Divorce Todd? Have you seen Todd? I may be just a renegade hockey mom, but I'm not blind!"
— SARAH PALIN, 5:35 p.m. ET
Sorry, Mrs. Palin, this simply won't do the job in the New Media environment. Anything said by someone with an actual name can never trump "sources," as the amazing Immoral Minority demonstrated with a subsequent update:
Update3: I just talked to my source again and learned the following.
Sarah and Todd will not be making their break up official for some time. . . .
However Todd is currently sleeping on the couch and, though they are still occupying the same house, the temperature is below freezing, if you get my drift. . . .
Doggone that "source"! Why is it that only progressives know where Todd is sleeping? Why can't any conservative bloggers get sources to tell them this kind of important stuff?
Myself, I didn't sleep with my wife last night because I didn't sleep at all. I've been working non-stop ever since I found out about this big story — and not from my sources, but from these highly reliable progressive bloggers who seem to have a monopoly on that "source"-type action. Transcript of a Saturday afternoon phone conversation:
ME: "Why didn't you tell me about this divorce thing?"
SOURCE: "Because it's not true."
ME: "What?"
SOURCE: "It's completely false."
ME: "Completely false? Can I quote that? Is it authorized?"
SOURCE: "They already issued an official denial."
ME: "Crap."
SOURCE: "What?"
ME: "So, not only didn't you call me first about the rumor, you also didn't call me first about the denial."
Why is it that my sources never seem to understand how this whole New Media thing works? Let's face it, Mrs. Palin, as long as those progressive bloggers are getting up-to-the-minute briefings on the temperature at the Palin residence — if you get my drift — while somebody who has posting privileges here at Michelle Malkin's Hot Air can't even get the first phone call on the denial, how do you expect us to beat those guys in terms of making stuff up?
Now, here's my idea: I told my source to give my phone number to . . . uh, two sources in Wasilla, Alaska, if you get my drift. Because I've made my living as a professional journalist since 1986, I'm not really so good at this newfangled making-stuff-up business, but I'd be willing to give it a try:
MONDAY, AUG. 3, 2009, 4:34 P.M. — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and husband Todd "went at it like crazy" Sunday evening at their home in Wasilla, according to one source familiar with the couple's rendezvous.
"Man, I don't know what got into her last night," said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "I've never seen anything like it before. No, wait, maybe that time we went camping back in . . . '96. Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was '96, but it might have been '97. Anyway, the thing is, it was awesome."
Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton refused to comment on the allegation.
UPDATE 6:17 P.M. — I now have further confirmation of the previously reported romantic encounter between the Palins, although one of my best sources disputes key details of our earlier account.
"Me? He said it was me?" said the source. "Oh, no way, it was totally him. You betcha. All I did was put on an old Rod Stewart CD while I was cooking the fish we caught last weekend, and next thing ya know, he's singin' along about 'tonight's the night' and stuff. Of course, he can't sing worth a darn, but he doesn't know that."
According to this source, Todd Palin "came up behind" the former governor, put his arms around her and began kissing her neck "all sweet-like" which caused the 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate to laugh.
"Like I don't know what you're up to, Mister," Mrs. Palin reportedly said.
Todd Palin was obviously seeking to make amends for previous neglect, according to this source. A four-time Tesoro Iron Dog snow-race champion, the governor's husband "was trying to make up for lost time, I guess, because . . . well, he sure as heck wasn't complaining, I can tell you that. You betcha."
Asked about the apparent discepancy with Hot Air's original report, the first source confirmed these new details.
"Whatever, man," the first source said. "All I'm saying is, well, he shoots, he scores, right? Standing ovation, you might say."
Further developments in the new scandal will be reported as details become available.
UPDATE 7:42 P.M.:– Still more confirmation from a new source.
"Ewwwww, gross," said someone familiar with Sunday evening's events. "Like, it's bad enough when you can hear 'em in there, like I don't know, OK? I just turned up my iPod and was like, whatever."
While only indirectly confirming the controversial encounter between Mrs. Palin and the man the former governor still calls "First Dude," this new source revealed a potentially intriguing angle involving Bristol Palin's ex-fiance Levi Johnston.
Characterizing Johnston as a "total loser," this source suggested it is extremely unlikely the father of Bristol's infant son will ever "get his crap together."
"Oh, puh-leeze! You're talking 'Ricky Hollywood,' OK? I was like, 'What's up with that?' . . . He's supposed to be doing some kind of reality TV thing, and I'm like, right. They need to call it 'America's Biggest Jerk,' ya know?"
Also confirmed was that the reported breach between Bristol and Johnston is "definitely" permanent. "Not in a million flippin' years," said the source, adding that Johnston had not "bought the first flippin' diaper" for their son, Tripp.
Hot Air will continue to provide exclusive coverage of these controversies, including rumors that the Palins' 14-year-old daughter Willow thinks pop musician Joe Jonas is "totally to die for."
Anyway, Mrs. Palin, while I have no previous experience in making stuff up the way Dennis Zaki does, I would consider attempting it, if only I had some of those "sources" like the progressive bloggers do.
But like I said, I haven't slept since Saturday morning and haven't showered since Friday night, so I'll have to wrap this up now. Sources confirm that a shower and some cologne might be especially helpful in further developments, if you get my drift . . .
Update (Ed): According to Howard Kurtz, Zaki is not a CNN stringer.
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Jens Christensen Ritchie (sounds like "yenz") Nickname: My family calls me Jens, some pepole call me Ritchie and a few call me Weezer um i dunno about the last one. PDGA#: shawwww I wish but for now its just about playing and having fun Division: recreational/family competitions (he...he...he)
Began Playing Disc Golf: I started out of my senior year playing with this guy I knew I had played with beach disc all my life some ultimate frisbee here and there but he told me about this course in Balboa park where you could play this game disc golf and I said what...wait..huh...show me ? As for why I started playing when I saw some random old guy throw at hole five in the deep position I said ok I want to do that and so I went out a few more times and was hooked.....oh yeah!!!
First Disc: My first disc was a Shark. I only had it for a few weeks and I then I lost it in the big tree that fell on the 18th/19th hole before that cleared out the leaves and branches oh well
Favorite Hole at Morley: My favorite hole wold have to be five in the deep. I have a good strong arm and I can throw straight so I love to watch it go out there and hit close. I'm getting better and hope to deuce it some time soon
Morley Field Aces: None yet. some duces but when I do get an ace I'll be the first in my family to get one (bragging rights)
Favorite Disc: my dx cobra because it was the second disc had after i lost my shark i went to the pro shop and as what was a good disc and some characteristics like the shark and the guy there said a cobra was good that it had more of and s turn i was like ok whatever (note: i was still learning the game) but i try it and like it now here we are 5, 6 or 7 years later and i had to retire it and get a new one (still learn to fine tune my game) in dx plastic
Favorite Driver: My favorite and most used driver is a Millenium JLS. It is straight and to the point and does good for my arm
Favorite Midrange: My Cobra
Favorite Putter: I have a random Grateful Dead putter I dont use but get props for (score one for the hippies),but dont use it so just use my Cobra alot. Ii did just get an Aeroso ill see if my style changes ?
In My Bag: DX Wraith Millineum JLS DX Goblin DX Cobra DX Aero i also have a golden retriever for water O.B shots (note: I lost two discs, a star sidewinder and a some Lance Armstrong disc from some tourney at fountain hills before I bought the retriever)
Tourney wins and / or Top 5 finishes: No win or finishes yet but im the first person in my family to get the lowest score ever and first to duece on any courses hah beat that uncle frank ha...ha...hah !!!
Favorite Disc Golf Website: Innova. I love the discs and always go for their stuff (except for my JLS which is a millennium but its made by Innova whats with that ?)
Favorite Pro Player: Micah Dorius. He is a super cool guy. I've never seen him in play but he looks like a cool guy. I love his how to vids on the website. Its been helping me to work on my shots. keep'um comin
Tip For New Players and Players Looking To Improve: ok for new player rent a disc and try the game and if you like it go and buy a disc at big five when there on sale a shark or cobra practice your throw get it to go straight if you can or try to keep it level once to get tor throw down work on distance and accuracy then work on tricks rollers turnovers etc. and last practice putts all day and every day your not playing it helps for players looking to improve i say go and get a practice basket (travel basket folds up in a bag and goes any where) they work good and help me to drive longer and hard also helped me to putt somewhat better also dont be afraid to try new techniques like rollers and tomahawks they can work and last but not least dont worry about style its not important how you look on the course its how you play


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OnLive full review
One of the more remarkable innovations of recent months has been a new service for both Mac and PC gamers called OnLive.
The idea behind OnLive is to stream videogames from a remote server to your computer, and then play the game in a light client application. Instead of the game being installed on your local machine, it is crunched remotely on a server, and streamed in to your Mac or PC. Your input is sent to the server, it runs the game, and you play it on your local machine.
This opens up a whole new world of gaming possibilities: suddenly you don't need to own a computer with the latest high-end graphic card, CPU, or packed with memory to run even the most high-end games.
In fact, the system specs for OnLive are simply a 2Mbps connection (although 5Mbps is recommended), Mac OS X 10.5.8, Windows 7 or Vista, and a screen resolution of 1024x768. It can run on just about any machine, even a MacBook Air.
Keen gamers will understandably have some questions: how good is the experience? How fast is the response time, and is there be any lag between the input of the controls and the response of the video?
These are all valid points, but one thing we're happy to report is that the service (for the most part) is responsive, and that games are perfectly playable. Although there are instances when the display starts break up, and sometimes the quality of the video decreases (and it's fairly low resolution to begin with); by and large we found it perfectly possible to play the latest games on everything from a MacBook Air to a two-year old PC.
Much of that depends on your connection though. We tested out OnLive in the office, in a hotel room, at home, and in various other locations and the results were somewhat mixed.
We were surprised to find that in the Macworld office and hotel - both sporting fairly standard connections - performance was top-notch. Reaction times to the games was exemplary at most times (if anything it was the display that became sporadic, not the controls). More importantly it'll sometimes display a "Network quality too low" error on the screen and you're left twiddling your thumbs.
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Musings, learnings, tips, ideas, rantings and general thoughts from Christchurch New Zealand.
Monday, September 12, 2011
What motivates us to act?
It is amazing what can be organised, depending on the reward and motivation.
Yesterday it was an absolute pleasure and privilege to work with 60+ volunteers and declutter the silt, liquefaction and other related earthquake debris from Christchurch's eastern suburbs. We did it because we could. We made a difference and many people who benefitted from the day of shoveling, digging, clearing and moving. For some it was as simple as opening a cupboard for the 1st time since February and others making a path so they can hang their clothes to dry.
This event was all done by volunteers and organised over a period of 5 weeks. We had folks from all walks of life arrive ready to get down and dirty from Tom who is 8, to John in his 70's and everyone in between. One of the local radio stations 91ZM arrived at lunch time to cook up a BBQ and we all sat and chatted before heading of to do some more work. We had equipment donated by companies such as Fonterra, whittakers and Coldstore, and a happy base at the Waimari Methodist Church.
Everyone went home, tired and sore but totally satisfied at the positive action and organising that had taken place. All volunteers saying they were keen to do it again.
I am also keen to work with the amazing crew of Deon, Ali, Ben, Mark, Betty and Others to organise another "Lets get it done" Event. We called it "Lets get it Done" because we are about action, doing, being positive and getting things done. Next time I want at least 300 Volunteers and we will be getting loads done.
In contrast today there is a Rally (Protest variety) in roughly the same area of Christchurch, I was dismayed to see a picture of this rally and the turn out was huge by the look of the image I saw. I know people are hurting and angry, and this post is likely to piss a few people off, but why cant the energy be turned into POSITIVE ACTION as opposed to negative placard waving and words. There is a veritable community army protesting about land values and payouts, when in reality the Government were not obliged to step in and do the insurance negotiating on their behalf, and the residents to are not obliged to accept the offers made to them and they can negotiate themselves. However still the Community came together to Rally their feelings.
My question is "How do we get the same number of people to come together for a positive event, like "Lets get it Done"?" I know of one volunteer yesterday who is from a RED ZONE home, the others I believe are from parts of Christchurch not effected in the same way as the Eastern Suburbs. It was not an exclusively Eastern Suburbs event as help was sent to Tai Tapu and Lyttelton, however we did the majority of the work within the Eastern Suburbs.
I want to know where the residents who are protesting today, were yesterday? Is one of them the man who expected our volunteers to move car bodies and tyres in his yard (not earthquake related, just junk)? How many of them could have helped the elderly get to their mailboxes, clothes lines or even open their back doors by shoveling some silt and liquefaction? How do we get them to take positive community action instead of protesting?
I would love to hear any solutions or suggestions to this. As I know the reward for positive action is longer lasting and far reaching in comparison to the negative energy and resentment that can come from protest.
So look at what you organise and the implications, make it positive and long lasting, oh and spread the word so others can benefit from helping others and growing positive community
Posted by The Mind of a Mother at 9:08 AM
Labels: accountability, action, motivation, organising, productivity, protest
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- Website Design Houston said...
Simply awesome when people come together motivated by the desire to be a positive force or simply to help one another. Thanks for the reminder to be a positive influence in the community.
- July 4, 2012 at 7:36 PM
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For most of us, budgeting ranks at the very bottom of our to-do lists, right below completing our taxes and visiting the dentist. In fact, two-thirds of Americans don't even prepare a detailed budget at all, says a recent Gallup poll. According to researchers, "It is certainly possible that the strain of the recession or that modern banking technology — the ability to check one's bank account balance or get money at any time — has caused fewer Americans to feel the need to budget."
I reckon we're also experiencing some fatigue over the entire notion of budgeting. The term itself is enough to elicit dramatic eye rolls. And since the recession, there's been a growing emphasis on scrimping and saving and appropriating every penny into its own category, which — don't get me wrong — has its merits, but in practice, can feel a lot like eating a bowl of your least favorite vegetable (for me, that's zucchini).
But for those of us yearning for some financial order in our lives and ample wiggle room to actually start having a lifestyle, instead of just a life, budgeting can be instrumental. Here are seven tips on how to get the most bang for your budget.
Fight Budget Fatigue
For most of us, budgeting ranks at the very bottom of our to-do lists, right below completing our taxes and visiting the dentist. In fact, two-thirds of Americans don't even prepare a detailed budget at all, says a recent Gallup poll. According to researchers, "It is certainly possible that the strain of the recession or that modern banking technology — the ability to check one's bank account balance or get money at any time — has caused fewer Americans to feel the need to budget."
I reckon we're also experiencing some fatigue over the entire notion of budgeting. The term itself is enough to elicit dramatic eye rolls. And since the recession, there's been a growing emphasis on scrimping and saving and appropriating every penny into its own category, which — don't get me wrong — has its merits, but in practice, can feel a lot like eating a bowl of your least favorite vegetable (for me, that's zucchini).
But for those of us yearning for some financial order in our lives and ample wiggle room to actually start having a lifestyle, instead of just a life, budgeting can be instrumental. Here are seven tips on how to get the most bang for your budget.
Retrain Your Brain
The B word gets a bad wrap. It feels restrictive and unrealistic. "Most people don't like to budget because they view it as a sort of punishment," says personal finance expert Stephanie Taylor Christensen. But as with most financial hurdles, it's important to change your mindset to make a forward leap.
Instead, try to think of a budget as a window of opportunity, a vehicle to help you get what you want in life, whether to get out of debt, save up enough to buy a home or just shore up a little extra savings each week to pad your rainy day account. "Train yourself to recognize that [a budget] ultimately represents freedom," says Taylor Christensen.
Another way to look at it is like preparing to go on a diet. Losing weight for the sake of losing weight doesn't give us the same sense of purpose and drive as losing weight to, say, fit into those skinny jeans before our high school reunion next fall, right?
Be Flexible
Don't assume that your budget needs to be written in stone. As life changes, so should your spending and saving needs. In the beginning, set conservative expectations, says J. Money, founder of the personal finance blog RockStarFinance. Otherwise, you risk setting yourself up for failure after a few months of frustration.
For example, proclaiming that you must save $10,000 in six months with your new budget could be far too lofty a goal. It's better to start out by taking baby steps, like vowing to save a few hundred dollars in the first month after negotiating your insurance payments and cooking more at home.
You could also map out your first few months by reviewing your recent spending patterns. "A good rule of thumb is that your initial budget should match an average of your last three months of expenses," says J. Money. "Once you have mastered that … you can then start tweaking your goals month after month to consistently pull in the wins."
Fry the Big Fish First
Alright, so you're revved up and ready to reappropriate your money. Where to begin? The low hanging fruit on everyone's bloated budget — those countless lattes on the way to work and bottles of water we buy at the gym — is usually what we're told to eliminate first.
But forget that conventional wisdom, says Elisabeth Leamy, consumer journalist and author of "Save Big." Her philosophy: "Don't overstep the hundred-dollar bills to pick up the pennies."
"Save money on the big, boring stuff so that you have something left over for life's little pleasures," she says. The "big" stuff is synonymous with your "needs" and typically takes up 50 percent or more of your budget. It includes payments toward housing, transportation, groceries and, more than ever these days, health care.
A safe percentage limit for these big-ticket items, after taxes, is no more than 25 percent for housing, 15 percent for auto payments, 10 percent for groceries and up to 5 percent for health care expenses.
Hack Housing
Your biggest monthly cost is likely to be housing, whether you rent or own. If your monthly rent or mortgage check is eating up more than 25 percent of your take-home pay, you should seriously consider cost-cutting measures to create more breathing room in your budget. For example, if you earn, after-taxes, $5,000 a month, you want to aim to keep your monthly housing expense to $1,250 or less. This is a more conservative percentage than the 30 percent you may find in the financial planning textbooks, but in today's world of overwhelming consumer debt and a finicky housing market, it's smartest to play conservatively with housing. (One exception: If you live in one of the most expensive cities in the country, such as New York or San Francisco, it's acceptable — and realistic — to allocate more toward housing, up to 35 percent. But you'll need to make up for it elsewhere on your budget.)
Still gone overboard? For homeowners, this may mean refinancing your mortgage to a lower interest rate or, if you're renting, re-negotiating your lease with your landlord. Offering to sign a longer-term lease, for example, may earn you a slight discount. A more dramatic step may be to move, altogether, to a more affordable place if your housing costs are way out of proportion.
Additionally, homeowners will have to set aside a big chunk for property taxes, but this may also be an area where you can lower your costs substantially due to inflated property valuations. Thirty to 60 percent of taxable property is, in fact, over-assessed, resulting in inappropriately high property tax bills, according to the National Taxpayers Union.
The NTU's website has a checklist of steps to take to appeal your assessment. It usually involves an hour in a local courtroom presenting various documents, but it could be well worth your time. For new homeowner Allison Fishman Task, contesting her property tax bill in court won her a savings of about $5,000 a year. The New Jersey resident says her winning ticket was proving the "fair market value" of her home. "We had to document the value of similar houses sold on the same street within the year and to demonstrate that our house wasn't [purchased at] a 'fire sale' but was consistent with house values on the street," she says.
Prioritize Saving and Debt
Personal savings and debt are extremely important budget categories, though we tend to overlook them until the end of the month whilst scraping the bottom of the paycheck barrel.
While budgeting for the big stuff, remember to pay special attention to your future. That's what saving and eliminating debt are all about, isn't it? Aim to reserve 10 percent of each take-home paycheck toward a rainy day account for life's urgent financial scenarios: a leaky roof, a broken down car, a surprise medical bill. Do this until you have at least six months of your bare-bones living expenses tucked away. If you have less than $2,000 saved for a rainy day, you're considered to be "financially fragile," and more than 50 percent of Americans wear this label.
Retirement is another savings bucket that, hopefully, you can save for through your employer sponsored retirement account or 401(k). If that's the case, your contribution gets painlessly taken out of your paycheck. Try to save another 10 percent each year for retirement, including any match your employer provides. If you don't have a 401(k), open an individual retirement account or IRA.
As for debt, assume a budget of up to 20 percent of your take-home pay toward paying off your student loans and credit cards and pay more than the monthly minimums to achieve this. For those of you whose minimum balances on all debt total more than 20 percent of take-home pay, you may want to seek the help of a credit counseling professional to help you negotiate with your lenders to modify your loans and make them more affordable. (Check out the various debt management programs offered by national nonprofits such as The National Foundation for Credit Counseling and Money Management International.)
A note about car payments: If these exceed 15 percent of your take-home pay, you may want to refinance. "Most people have never heard of this," says Leamy. "Many credit unions specialize in refinancing car loans and anyone can join a credit union." Find one at www.ASmarterChoice.org.
Budget for Your Lifestyle
Further down on your budget totem pole is variable spending toward things like vacations, new furniture and shopping sprees. However tempting, if you're saddled with debt and have little savings, budgeting for this category will be next to impossible to achieve. (All the more reason to squash that debt once and for all, for this is where the fun truly begins!)
But even if you've been responsible with credit and have a nice savings cushion, all this miscellaneous spending, more commonly known as our "wants," shouldn't exceed more than 30 percent of your budget. That is, if you still plan to have a roof over your head and food on the table.
How to prioritize your wants? Be highly discriminating and make it personal. Let's face it: You can't have or do it all. What are the three or four most important elements of your life that breed happiness? For example, if your top wants are travel, good wine and working out, then that's where your money should funnel. Everything else outside of those top categories isn't worthy of your hard-earned money. Learn to ignore the sale racks and pressures to eat out with friends every night.
That said, just like with dieting, a realistic budget offers room to cheat or splurge. "One of the best ways to do this is to squeeze in some padding for a little guilt-free spending on whatever your heart desires. Nothing raises your spirits more than letting loose with a little cash that's already been accounted for," says J. Money. "The amount will differ for everyone, but even something as small as $25 or $50 per month can work wonders in keeping you motivated," he says.
Stick to Cash
Some expenses on your budget, like your mortgage, car payment and credit card bill, are best paid automatically to ensure timely payments and no late fees, but using cash for some items can help free up some much needed space in your budget. For day-to-day expenses like food, gas and incidentals, you may want to hit your bank's ATM once a week and cover them with cash.
Sticking to cash — instead of plastic — makes you think twice about each and every purchase. In fact, an NYU study found that those who paid with cash — and cash equivalents — saved more than those who used credit. It turns out it's more "painful," so to speak, to pay with cash because you have to actually think and reflect on where that money is going — but that's helpful if you're trying to save.


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Producers surveyed across the United States intend to plant an estimated 81.5 million acres of soybeans in 2014, up 6 percent from last year and an all-time record high, according to the Prospective Plantings report released this week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).
With the arrival of warmer and dryer weather, farmers have been in the fields this past week doing tillage work and applying anhydrous ammonia.
The beginning of fieldwork means that motorists will be more likely to encounter tractors as they move to the fields. Use caution, and give them plenty of room.
Early spring temperatures were cool throughout the state for the month of March.
Many farmers were moving machinery out of storage and getting it ready for the season.
Temperatures averaged 33.3 degrees, which is 7.6 degrees below normal.
Statewide precipitation averaged 1.49 inches, 1.61 inches below normal. Topsoil moisture was rated at 2 percent very short, 15 percent short, 78 percent adequate and 5 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture was rated 7 percent very short, 29 percent short, 62 percent adequate and 2 percent surplus.
Illinois to receive specialty crop grants
The Illinois Department of Agriculture is now accepting proposals for federal specialty crop grants.
The agency has been notified that Illinois will receive a share of the funds and will be instructed to begin the proposal selection process. The exact amount of the award has not been determined.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently released the preliminary 2012 Census of Agriculture results.
Key findings include an increase in the value of agricultural products sold in the United States, totaling $394.6 billion in 2012, which was up 33 percent ($97.4 billion) from 2007. The number of farms and land in farms were down slightly, but held steady. Additionally, agriculture is becoming more diverse.
The 2012 census reported several historic changes in value of sales for agriculture producers in the United States:
Cold conditions continue in state
Cold winter conditions continued throughout the state during the month of February.
Temperatures averaged 18.8 degrees, which was 11.4 degrees below normal.
Precipitation was slightly below normal in the Southwest and Southeast districts, but slightly above normal in the rest of the state. Statewide precipitation averaged 2.28 inches, which was 0.35 inches above normal.
January precip, temps below norm
Much of the state was hit with snow and ice during the month of January.
Temperatures averaged 18.5 degrees, which was 6.2 degrees below normal.
Precipitation was slightly above normal in the northeast, east and central districts, but below normal in the southern and eastern districts.
Statewide, precipitation averaged 1.78 inches, which was 0.15 inches below normal.
Topsoil moisture was rated at 4 percent very short, 20 percent short, 69 percent adequate and 7 percent surplus.
Mike Williams of Fayette County has been selected as a winner in America's Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund.
Williams selected Farina Fire Protection District to receive the $2,500 donation in Fayette County. That check was presented to the district on Jan. 20.
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Fully Funded for 2011-2013!June 20th, 2011 by martech
All of our collective efforts have paid off, we are fully funding in the 2011-2013 state budget! Thanks to everyone who has called or written to Raleigh on our behalf.
Please take a moment and thank our local delegation (see link below), without their support the final outcome may not have been as positive.
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It was announced this morning that the BBC is to close its superb 6 Music radio station as part of a cost-cutting shake-up. The station – and its DJs – have been huge supporters of Glastonbury, so we'd certainly like to do our bit to help them out now. We're also saddened at the closure of the BBC Asian Network, which has broadcast some great stuff from the Festival over the years.
We believe that the decision to close the stations is the wrong one. If you agree, then please email firstname.lastname@example.com to explain why you'll miss 6 and/or Asian Network or complete the Trust's BBC Strategy Review Online Survey. The BBC Trust will have to approve the closures and may yet refuse to do so if enough people show their support. A few minutes' effort could really make a difference.
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|Military Community and World War II Fort
|The mid-twenties ushered in a changed attitude toward military post construction and upkeep. Major General B. Frank Cheathem, the Quartermaster General, defined military post development under the new Housing Program of the Army. In his words, the new posts would be a "deviation from the set type of military post." His approach was to assemble a group of noted architects to develop plans for the permanent buildings for military installations. These men were able to produce designs that could be cast in the regional styles appropriate to the venue in which they were to be built. Thus the Georgian and Federal styles were considered appropriate for installations on the Atlantic seaboard. French Provincial for Louisiana posts, and Spanish mission for the Southeast and Southwest.
Fort McClellan, no longer Camp McClellan by authority of a 1929 War Department Order, was part of the new wave in military post development. The site was now considered a permanent installation. General Charles P. Summerall, head of the Citadel in Charleston and Chief of Staff of the Army between 1926-1930, officiated at the ceremonies. Summerall had a special rapport with the camp, having negotiated its purchase in 1917. The order spelled out that Fort McClellan would be a Regular Army post for one regiment of Infantry (1,500 officers and enlisted men) and would also have a standard layout for a summer camp with a capacity for 6,400 civilian trainees.
Fort McClellan entered into the post improvement program in 1929, two years behind it's regional counterparts, partly due to its delayed selection as a permanent post. The experience gained from the improvement projects at the other regional forts benefited Fort McClellan's overall layout. Although General Summerall was not post commander, he had a previous relationship with the camp and was in a position to comment on the chosen design. Hence he was a leading force in the plan for the improvements made to the fort in the 1930s.
Fort McClellan Headquarters BuildingWhile initial permanent construction focused on housing, the projects undertaken during the 1930s ran the gamut from quarters to a coal trestle. Specifically, the building projects included both officers' and non-commissioned officers quarters, and enlisted men's barracks, a fire station and guard house, a truck park, and a repair shop. In 1936 and 1937, the assembly hall auditorium (Hutchinson Hall or Post Theater No. 1), the main post exchange, the officers' club (now called Remington Hall), Silver Chapel, stables, wagon sheds, the regimental garage and vehicle shop, a bakery, three additional warehouses, the Quartermaster utility shop and office buildings, ordinance magazines, a railroad spur, coal trestle and yard, the gasoline storage system, a sewage disposal plant, a concrete reservoir and booster station, new primary and secondary roads, street lighting, a perimeter fence, a target range, and other public utilities. An estimated $1,370,000 dollars was expended for new construction during that two year period. An additional $425,000 was spent on street improvements, additional buildings, the construction of Reilly Field, a golf course and landscaping in 1938.
"The Gazebo"The finished construction gave Fort McClellan one of the most beautiful headquarters and officers housing areas within the Department of Army organization. A tree-lined horseshoe drive (Buckner Circle) was adorned with numerous officer housing units overlooking a large parade field. The post headquarters building was place on one end of the horseshoe. At the other end the officer's club (Remington Hall) was placed. A view from Remington Hall framed the Headquarters Building with the 'trademark' gazebo which sits in the middle of the headquarters parade grounds.
The 1940s witnessed a second boom period for Fort McClellan directly related to world affairs as Japan expanded, France fell to Germany, and Great Britain became increasingly vulnerable to attack. Delays in beginning mobilization ended as Roosevelt began taking steps to prepare for war. An outlay of $175 million was allocated for the construction of coastal defense works, updating arsenals, expanding existing military installations, and creating new posts. The Selective Service Bill of 1940 was passed on the condition that the draft would commence once proper arrangements for housing, sanitation, and medical care were made for the draftees. Thus the need to house men, particularly draftees, was foremost.
Fort McClellan, with functional areas already in place, need minimal construction to become ready for training new soldiers. A "Civilian Village" was added between 1937 and 1946, and this residential zone was laid out similar to the post command area. A traffic circle was added near the firehouse, joining "Middle Gate Road" (now Baltzell), 15th Street, 20th Street, "South Gate Road", and Post Headquarters Road. Both permanent and temporary construction took place at Fort McClellan in the 40s to accommodate the 27th Division . This phase of construction was accomplished with $6.5 million in federal funding. This generation of buildings was constructed during the tenure of Commanding Officer Colonel John L. Jenkins. Overall, the improvements included 47 miles of paved roads, 27 miles of unpaved roads, 27 warehouses, 12 shops and a small foundry, school buildings, a cold storage facility able to meet the needs of 40,000 individuals, sewage facilities for 50,000, a general hospital, new cantonments, three dormitories for civilian workers, four swimming pools, two libraries, service clubs, guest houses, 200 dayrooms, three bowling alleys, five theaters, and an amphitheater with a 12,000-person seating capacity.
As the 27th Division began to settle into the local environment, they and the City of Anniston began a close and harmonious relationship. Articles published in the Anniston Star in 1941, for example, herald the return of the 27th from maneuvers and announce a public dance in their honor on Main Street, exclaiming happily "A Yankee army will invade Anniston tonight." Not to be outshone, the Anniston Chamber of Commerce sent individual invitations to Anniston women; cars were hired to ferry women from Birmingham-Southern College and Jacksonville State Teacher's College to the gala (Anniston Star, October 8, 1941).
This harmonious relationship was interrupted after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The 27th Division was ordered to an 'unknown destination' on December 19, 1941. They arrived in Hawaii on May 21, 1942. The 27th fought in the Pacific theater of war until 1945, and participated in the occupation of Japan.
After the 27th Division left, Fort McClellan had the distinction of acting as the headquarters for the 92nd Division, the Army's second African-American division, activated on October, 1942. At least 6,500 men from the 92nd were trained at Fort McClellan. The 92nd was deactivated in 1945.
Other groups housed at Fort McClellan included the station complement which tripled in number during World War II. In addition, the post complement included two detachments of Women's Army Corps (WAC). The women in these detachments acted in administrative and clerical roles at the Post Headquarters, handled the post motor pool, and worked in the bakeries, service clubs, mess and supply. Women in the corps were afforded housing considered "separate but better" than that given to male soldiers. The essential WAC barrack was known as the converted Theater of War barrack. The early housing for the WACs was replaced in 1955 as Fort McClellan became the center for all WAC training and the first permanent home of the WAC since the group's organization in 1942.
Thirty POW camps were built in 1942 to house the onslaught of captured enemy soldiers. McClellan's POW camp was completed in 1943. By mid-1944, German POWs had become a significant part of the labor pool at Fort McClellan. In their off hours and in jobs assigned to them on post, POWs created a substantial legacy at Fort McClellan in masonry and art as well as more invisible improvements. Two hundred prisoners were detailed daily for excavation, drainage, and clearing operations on the main post; 170 were involved with food preparation; and others worked on vehicles on post. POW labor is responsible for numerous examples of stonework on Fort McClellan, including stone walls, chimneys, a patio built behind the old Recreation Center, drainage ditches, and landscaping. The carved bar at the Officer's Club (Remington Hall) and the exceptional murals which dress the club's wall are also credited to POWs. The camp at Fort McClellan not only acted as the processing center for all prisoners interned in the Alabama camps, but was the last camp to be deactivated on April 10, 1946.
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A man ran more than a mile back to his home after being shot in the foot in the Patterson Park neighborhood of Baltimore on Sunday evening, police said.
The man was shot at about 5:40 p.m. in the 100 block of N. Decker Street. He was found shortly after in the 700 block of N. Duncan Street, and he told investigators he ran there after being shot, police said.
The man's injuries are not considered life-threatening. More information about the incident was not immediately available.


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Jan. 29
7:47 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance took a light-headed patient from the 400 block of South Floral Drive to Hillsboro Community Hospital. At 9:13 p.m., Hillsboro ambulance transferred the patient from HCH to Kansas Medical Center in Andover.
10:58 p.m. — Tampa ambulance and Lincolnville Fire Department responded to a vehicle rollover accident on 290th Road between Remington and Sunflower roads. A 6-year-old with bruising and a sore neck was taken to St. Luke Hospital.
Jan. 30
6:13 a.m. — Peabody ambulance and Peabody Fire Department responded to an accident at the intersection of Indigo and 110th roads. The ambulance took a patient to HCH.
4:37 p.m. — Marion ambulance made an emergency transfer from St. Luke to St. Francis.
4:39 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance took a woman in her 80s who had fallen and had hip pain from Bethesda Home to Newton Medical Center.
7:56 a.m. — Peabody ambulance took a patient from Peabody Care Center to Newton Medical.
12:51 p.m. — Marion ambulance took a woman in her 80s who possibly had the flu from Hilltop Manor to St. Luke.
No dispatches.
12:05 a.m. — Marion ambulance made an emergency transfer from St. Luke to Hutchinson for a severe nosebleed.
2:36 a.m. — Florence ambulance took a woman with shortness of breath from the 100 block of West 6th Street to St. Luke.
8:25 a.m. — Marion ambulance responded to the 000 block of Echo Lane for a woman in her 70s who had fallen.
12:07 p.m. — Peabody ambulance took a man in his 50s who was pale and not alert from the 100 block of North Maple Street to Newton Medical.
1 p.m. — Florence ambulance responded to a man in his 70s who had fallen.
6:34 p.m. — Ramona Fire Department responded to the 300 block of North B Street where a dirt bike hit a gas meter.
7:55 p.m. — Tampa ambulance responded to a patient who had breathed gas fumes in the 300 block of North B Street.
2:49 a.m. — Hillsboro ambulance took a patient who had fallen from Parkside Homes to HCH.
11:36 p.m. — Peabody ambulance responded to the American Legion post for a possible injury accident. No transport was made.
11:56 p.m. — Marion ambulance took a woman in her 80s with left arm pain in the 700 block of East Main Street to St. Luke.
4:45 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance took a man in his 70s who had fallen and hit his head at the Tabor College track to HCH.
8:52 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance transferred a patient from HCH to Wesley Medical Center.


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BOSTON -- People carrying a "spare tire" around their midsections could be at greater risk for heart failure, a study by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) finds.
Researchers examined two Swedish studies and found that a larger waist circumference was associated with an increased risk of heart failure among men and women who were middle-aged and older.
Among women with a BMI of 25, a 10-centimeter (4-inch) higher waist measurement was associated with a 15 percent higher heart failure rate. For women with a BMI of 30, they discovered an 18 percent increase in heart failure rates.
In men with a BMI of 25, a 10-centimeter higher waist circumference was associated with a 16 percent higher heart failure rate, while the rate increased to 18 percent when the men's BMI increased to 30.
"By any measure – BMI, waist circumference, waist to hip ratio or waist to height ratio – our findings showed that excess body weight was associated with higher rates of heart failure," wrote Emily Levitan, ScD, the study's first author and a research fellow in the cardiovascular epidemiology research unit at BIDMC.
The study found that 34 percent of the women surveyed were overweight and 11 percent were considered obese, while 46 percent of the men were overweight and 10 percent of them were obese.
BIDMC researchers looked at two Swedish population-based studies, the Swedish Mammography Cohort (made up of 36,873 women ages 48 to 83) and the Cohort of Swedish Men (43,487 men ages 45 to 79) who responded to questionnaires asking for information about their height, weight and waist circumference.
Between January 1998 and December 2004, 382 of the women experienced first-time heart-failure events (including 357 hospital admissions and 25 deaths), and 718 first-time heart-failure events occurred among men (accounting for 679 hospital admissions and 39 deaths).
They also found that among the men, each one-unit increase in BMI was associated with a 4 percent higher heart failure rate, no matter the man's waist size. But among women, BMI was only associated with increased heart failure rates among subjects with the largest waists.
Findings also suggested that the younger the person, the greater the impact of weight to heart health. Researchers found that the association between BMI and heart-failure events actually declined with age.
The study was published in the April 7 Rapid Access Report of the journal Circulation: Heart Failure.


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Magnet cockroach is mischievous and bad taste.
I recommend a butterfly. It's rather easy.
The wings are cloth printed by iron transfer paper.
You can choose any butterfly from web or books.
The body is made of felt and fiberfill.
Bind the neck and attach button eyes.
Its antennas are embroidery threads hardened with some glue.
As a butterfly's body is thin, small magnet is good.
If the magnet is bigger, attach it outside.
Jul 10, 2009
Butterfly magnet
Magnet cockroach is mischievous and bad taste.
Jul 9, 2009
Magnet cockroach
This cockroach has a magnet in its belly. 4 centimeters.
Cut cloth.
Sew the head to the wings.
Put the head and wings between the body, and sew around except opening.
Turn inside out. Stuff the body with some polyester fiberfill and a magnet.
Close the opening.
Wind wires with adhesive tape. Insert them to the body.
Attach antennas.
Felt cockroach.
ラベル: Stuffed toy
Jul 7, 2009
Towel dog
Sitting puppy. It is made of a face towel without cutting nor sewing.
Making process.
Fold 4 sides of a towel.
And fold at the middle. Bind the corner with a rubber band. It is an ear.
Spread the towel, and cross a rubber band at both ears.
Roll the sides of upper parts from out to middle.
Fold again and tie the nose. Bind the nose at the middle.
Tie the neck with a rubber band. Tie the rolled part. This is a paw.
Tie the hind paws.
Bind a tail.
Stuff the belly with some filling. And it can sit.
Attach buttons at eyes and nose (sew or glue).
I hope you improve it and apply to other animals.
I used an ordinary sized "face towel" (35 × 75 cm).
ラベル: Stuffed toy


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Emmet's Elixir Wood Conditioner 4 oz
An all-natural, anti-microbial formulation of beeswax and food safe mineral oil, Emmet's Elixir is key to protecting your butcher block investment. This easy-to-use, cream-based conditioner provides a protective sealant and restorative luster to oiled wood cutting surfaces. Apply periodically to ensure a lifetime of performance. Emmet's works well on all wooden cooking utensils, too. Clean and natural rosemary lemon scent.
• 4-ounce squeeze bottle
• All-natural, food safe
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• Recommended for oiled boards and blocks
• Rosemary lemon scented
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Barrow County's growth may be in the doldrums today following the economic downturn, but between 2007 and 2008, new census numbers say its rate of growth was the 18th fastest among counties in the United States.
The census estimates (not actual counts) suggest Barrow topped the 70,000 mark in July 2008, up 3,150 from the year before. That calculated to a 4.7 percent growth rate, which is the basis for the 18th growth position.
Whether or not those numbers will hold up once actual counts take place remains to be seen.
Estimates suggest Barrow was 18th in growth 2007-2008
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