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The control tower at Northeast Florida Regional Airport loses Federal Aviation Administration funding April 7, so the Airport Authority's board of directors scrambled Monday night to find a way to keep its aircraft flying safely.
In a contentious 3-2 vote, the board decided to spend $51,550 of their reserves to keep the tower operating at least a month longer.
Board member Bob Cox said, "We need to buy time."
Ed Wuellner, the Authority's executive director, agreed.
He called it "a stay of execution. This is not something we can do indefinitely. This is a stop-gap measure."
Wuellner said no one knows why towers in some cities lost funding and some didn't.
"It's a closely guarded secret. The FAA's only criteria seemed to be national interest. They did not appear to consider air safety, the number of operations or the economic impacts that might have been felt by a community."
He said 75 percent of the towers that lost funds are in Republican-held congressional districts.
Another 102 towers have been spared until September.
Airport sources said the potential financial impact to this region will be $500 million.
Board member Matt Mercer, an attorney, said, "We can seek injunctive relief. That can be a very quick and very inexpensive action. It seems terrible that they're using the men and women in the towers as a political football."
The FAA must eliminate more than $600 million nationally due to the sequester. But Wuellner said closing air traffic control towers only saves $35 million this year.
If the St. Augustine tower does close, the airport:
� May be forced to close runways.
� Could limit training at its two pilot training schools.
� Will do business with fewer corporate jets.
� Will end aerobatic flying.
� Will sell less aviation gasoline.
� Will lose the business of VIP aircraft going to The Players Championship in May.
U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Ponte Vedra Beach, who spoke Monday morning to the St. Augustine Rotary at the Casa Monica Hotel, said that the FAA's budget rose 41 percent in 10 years.
"We didn't think there needed to be closures," he said. "(These closures) have the intent of doing things with a big profile in order to make a political point. They've had a year and a half to plan for this. There are other things they can do to cut their budget. There's enough money to keep the towers."
The St. Augustine controllers monitor a takeoff or landing every 1.6 minutes over a 14-hour day.
"This is not a low-level activity tower," Wuellner said. "It could likely be in the top 10 of 251 towers this year."
According to Mark Napier, supervisor of the six air traffic controllers, said they all appreciated the kind words from everyone.
"It's an unknown for all of us. We are touched. Like everyone, we want a safe and expedient movement of air traffic. We call it 'procedural deconfliction,' keeping airplanes separate," he said. "(Losing the tower) is like taking stop signs and street lights from the streets."
There is some risk of self-financing the tower.
"Once you're out of the federal contract tower program, you're out," Wuellner said. "It could take six months to a year to get back in, and with FAA furloughing employees, it could take even longer."
Board member Joe Cirillo asked that the board come up with a list of alternatives, so when the board meets April 15, it will have choices.
Wuellner said several facts are in their favor.
One is that the FAA failed to follow its own policies in making these cuts, which could possibly have importance if a case goes to court. Another is that the city of Naples, also fighting the closure of its tower, is seeking other entities to join in a federal circuit court action by the end of the week.
Michael Slingluff, director of Galaxy Aviation, the airport's fixedbase operator, said that 30 to 40 percent of commercial and military operations will be lost without the tower.
"We're in absolute disbelief that this is coming to pass," he said.
Three board members wanted to give Wuellner "executive discretion" in dealing with the crisis, but Cirillo and Mercer wanted control to stay with the board.
Wuellner got a month to get more information.
"I don't have the answers to many questions," he said. "I don't think anybody does."

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Seriously, sometimes I wonder where these ideas come from...so, I woke up this morning, nice and early with the sun, thanks to my sweet son, and decided, hey I should paint my bathroom! What?! That's right, I wanted to paint the bathroom in the apartment we rent...but wait, it get's better...I wanted to paint BOTH bathrooms, different colors at that!! All of this happened during one morning nap. Thanks, Everett, for sleeping over two hours! I tell ya, the designer in me NEVER stops. I feel like I always have the desire to update something here or move something there.
Honestly, my best advice, which I learned when I moved from a house to an apartment, is to pack up some of your favorite accessories and use them again at another time! I should take my advice more often. I tried it the other day with a picture frame that I had stored away. Well, what do ya know? I have fallen in love with that thing all over again...it's new location is perfect and it makes me smile every time I walk by it. That may also be because our wedding picture is in it!
Remember, a little project can really change the day! So...save money, shop at home, and don't stop being creative! A little buzzing around never hurt!


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Sometimes I wonder if people can ever fully right there wrongs . sometimes I'm sorry & I forgive you's aren't always good enough . The pain one caused is always a nagging thought that comes across your mind . Until you, let go of the pain . Get rid of the burden . I've thought before that all the pain I've endured - has been forgiven & forgotten - but truth be told ; it hasn't . Every time somethin happens within the same situations - I keep reminiscing on past times - the pain, feelings, & memories replay constantly until somethin else happens - & I lose sight of it .
I thought that once I said - I forgive you & I understand that your sorry - that if yu did the same thing ,it'd be all good - but the truth is ; sht gets 100 times worse . which is horrible . the love that I had for you as a person - is faded , never remainin' - cus I'm done maintainin this life that yu made for us .
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Sometimes I wonder if people can ever fully right there wrongs . sometimes I'm sorry & I forgive you's aren't always good enough . The pain one caused is always a nagging thought that comes across your mind . Until you, let go of the pain . Get rid of the burden . I've thought before that all the pain I've endured - has been forgiven & forgotten - but truth be told ; it hasn't . Every time somethin happens within the same situations - I keep reminiscing on past times - the pain, feelings, & memories replay constantly until somethin else happens - & I lose sight of it .
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Monday, February 16, 2009
wednesday was like - ugh ! a horrible day . seriously - I think I have the worst luck EVER !
the story ;;
I just recently got my license back & sht - so ya knw - I was happy as fck to be legal . so it was wednesday & me & my girls didn't have sht else to do, so we was chillin with some dudes . all we was doing was ridin' around smokin & wasting my fckn gas . lol - so these niqqas neva rode with me before & we needed to spice up the boring drive around durham - so my girl said take em on the roller coaster .
huh ? wht roller coater ??
- in hope valley farms - toward like MLK in the townhouse neighbors , there is this hill - like omgsh - its like the funniest sht ever to go on . wen I discovered it ; I went on tht sht like everyday .
anyways; so like weneva I go on that sht - I make sure no families are out or cars are around because I push around 40ish goin down it & its like a hill that goes down & has a dip in it so like the car lifts off the ground - CRAZY sht - but fun as hell .
so I had 5 people including me in my honda so we was packed in that btch & jess said we should go cus they had never been . so I agree & we pick a song & we ride . so coming dwn the hill - I prolly was pushing like 45 & my car lifts off the ground with tht sht . & then I see the cop car . man - I've been on this hill like 30 times before & they has NEVER been a cop anywhere around . I knew that he was gonna pull me over - so I pulled over & he pulled up behind me .
he comes to the window with his hands out & asks what was I thinking . sht - I was like man, I don't knw . he took my license & registration & took forever to come back & give me a citation for reckless driving . man on tht sht - it was my vechical was airborne . ): - that sounds so dangerous .
guess I learned my lesson . ):
thoughts of LC at 9:26 PM 2 comments
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Saturday, February 14, 2009
-tongue piercing*
soooo ; like four days ago -- I got my tongue pierced . omgshhhhh - talk about painful sht . so like - I only did the sht cus I was pissed with my mom & I knew that she'd be pissed if I did it . but anywho - me & my btch went to dibbs so he could do it cus he did one of our other piercings . so like ; I knew that he didn't have the correct jewelry so we had to get our own. so my friend got her tongue pierced & they used a bar that was bigger then the usual jewelry that would be used . so I kinda knew that this sht wasn't gonna be right .
sooo -- we went & got the jew & went back to the place ; & my girl jess went first . because even tho it was my idea - I was scared as sht . lol . so she went & like he didn't give her no kind of warnin that he was about to stick the big ass needle through he tongue. then she was bleeding like crazyyyyy & then she was done . It was all so quick but oh so painful . gotdamn ; I swear after seeing her sht get done - I wanted to just bounce ; but we pinky promised - so I couldn't break that sht . so we started lookin at her sht & seen tht it wasn't straight . but I told her dnt wrry about it .
so I sat my ass in the chair & lettem' knw tht I was prolly gonna scream or cry . so I told him; he better put my sht straight . so he got damn stuck that needle thru my tongue & I screamed & I yanked my tongue back in my mouth - but that damn clamp was on it ; so it made it hurt even more - finally :: I let go & let him finish - but got damn ; I was in so much pain & there was a lot of fckn blood - EWWW it was gross . my poor tongue was feel horrible.
40 $$ & we bounce.
I get in the car & look in the mirror & it just wasn't right cus my tongue felt like it was about to fall off because the bar was so small . so I called twisted six- cus I knw they knw wht they are doing because they did my industrial & tragus piercings . so I was tryna to explain the problem & they ended up tellin me to just come in & see them - so we headed to twisted six .
wlk up in there & tlk to this lady & basically she said that - he fcked up us . BIG TIME ; so she said that I needed to remove that jewelry because if I didn't ; my tongue would swell up so much on top of the jewelry tht I'd have to have that sht SURGURICLY removed . -- I was bEYOND PiSSED . so then I ask can I but the jewelry that they use & put it in & she says yes & that they'll put it in for me .
so we go upstairs & he takes the sht out & blood is everywhere manee - so he tries to put there jewelry in & hotdamn - moreeeeeeee BLOOD . so he tells me - my best bet is to just let it heal & come back & let them do it because they knw how to do it right . so I'm pissed because I spend like gotdamn 50 ish $$ & didn't get nothing to show for it.
so me being the G that I am - wen I was sittin in my car - me & jess put the bars in twisted six gave us in ourselves . It didn't hurt that much - & it went in with no problem . it felt so much better then the sht tht dibbs did .
but the nxt day gotdamn - I was miserable . so I took that bullsht out & put in a bar that I had in my ear in my tongue & it was clean - so it relieved the pain bc it was bigger . but I still couldn't tlk right nor eat . it still was sooo painful .
so yesterday - that sht had to come out - the pain was still there & I couldn't stand it man . so I'm not sure if ima still get it redone later or not . but its not worth all the pain . I'm just crazy & wnted to do something crazy . so I did it - had it - & hated it .
dibbs fck'd me up tho - its cool tho ; tht sht is gon now . (: & I can tlk & eat like I wnt to . _(:
thoughts of LC at 12:42 PM 3 comments
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boy oh boy oh boy ; people always say - dnt say yu hate yur life / or say its hard to deal with : bc yu never know wht the nxt persons life is like ;; sht true as hell bruhh .
people see me & think - aye ; she got it easy or sht cnt be tht hard for her. [honesty]- idntknw wht they say ; but they prolly think tht sht it better then how it really is. my smile & personality is something that I can make people think I'm the happiest girl in the world - & wht kills me - is the fact tht I'm really not.
if yu only knew the sht that went dwn . yu'd think of me as a fuckin superhero with the way I put up with this bullshit. I make it seem like I dnt have a care in the world , wen really I'm wondering when somethin else will happen .
I really wnt to keep it 100 ; but there is just some sht ; tht should be kept private & personal about me & my life : so ima keep it like that. but inside ; its killin me because all the emotions & feelings are bottled up - tightly sealed - never being opened . & thts how they are going to stay.
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
these last few days have been hell . like - I haven't even wrote a blog because I can even express how I fuckin feel in wrds. like - ugh !
basically my "best friend" - lmao at tht title; anyways - she wants to be "independent". funny thing is ; she says independent like I'm holding her back from sht. which is most def. not even true.
before I state the situation - or how I feel , let's be clear - this is MY BLOG - remind YOURSELF it says "& LC said..." - my thoughts' , opinions, & venting area. so if you get offended - oh muthafucking well !
so honestly in my opinion ; the [whole] situation is so muthafuckn BULLSHIT. honestly ! & wen I tell other people - not random people - but people that know both me & ol girl say its some BULLSHIT. like the whole shit started because of a dinner & me being her "best friend" didn't get invited ; remind you - she get invited everywhere with me & attends when she is invited - no matter the event. & then wen I txt yu , yu dnt respond which basically makes you look guilty as sht , like yu knw your in the wrong . the call the evening of the nxt day & try to carry convo like nthn was wrong . then ask wht I'm doing for the superbowl - & I say something with your friend that you ignore when she tries to chill or do anything with you & somehow you end up comin along. then she says - she talked to me - well said hey when I got in the car - which I NEVER even heard...& not talk to me the rest of the night ; then get pissed cus I write a blog about the sht & I call yu a btch. bein a "bestfriend" yu shoulda known me & that I was gon write about it. ANYWAYS - then say I "screw faced" you at school & call me a btch in the middle of the hall - like you lost your damn mind. THEN - I come to your house to talk to you & find out wht the fckin issue is & you really act like you lost it. THEN got the nerve to call me & tell me that you think we need to talk because its turning into something that it wasn't suppose to turn into ... THE FCK ? I just came to yo gotdamn house to tlk about the sht. THEN today - yu get in my front seat & tell meeh all these excuses. well excuse me - to me everything was a EXCUSE. "going off to college & having a job & my boyfriend & this music thing & tryna get A's in my classes, I'm just tryna to be independent" - THE FCK? I knw wht yu have to do - I was your "friend", I clearly knw all that sht -- & I dnt have nothin to do with that. got damn - I dnt need your rides - I dnt need anything from you - so dnt make it seem like I bother you or anything - because that's def. not the case. sht just real stupid. but aye - I'm done tlkn bout sht; yu dnt wnt to be my friend - but yu dnt wnt beef ?? sorry - but I'm just going to dislike your ass, because still to me - everything is an EXCUSE & FAKE.
once again - this is LC's blog. MY OPINIONS!! so whatever.
you lost one ; not me.
thoughts of LC at 8:07 PM 1 comments
Sunday, February 1, 2009
losing friends are like losing $$ - you might be pissed cus you think you need it . but then you realize ; there's more $$ in the streets. yu'll get more.
lately, I've been having some issues . [like always]- its funny how people change & get a lil bit of something & forget they started with nothing. - thts like the realest sht ever.
I swear - I had the best people in the world surrounding me - now it seems I only have 1. but that doesn't bother me at all. because one is all I need anyways.
but sht has jus been pissing me the fuck off . & I take steps to make sure that its just not me that's tripiing over sht. : I'll ask others opinions about the situation just to make sure I'm not over reacting . but this sht ; I've recently experienced is beyond fck'd up. & the funny sht is - I never woulda thought this btch woulda did some bullsht like this. but aye - it is wht it is I guess.
let me explain ; I dnt give a flyin' fck if yu have an issue with me - dnt call me ; be fake with me on the fone - then see me & act like yu dnt knw I'm even present when we are in the same muthafuckin place. esp being that your the stupid muthafucka tht caused the issues. & its funny how wen a dumb person knws they did something wrong / wasn't right doesn't wnt to bring attention to the fact tht they did something - instead pretend like sht is fine. but ya knw wht - all the [fakeness] isn't needed at all. stay wrapped up in your "happy" life - & ima just do me.
& I knw yur reading this sht (: - so uh ; hope ya like'd it .
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After the most stupidly busy December on record, when I am sure I radiated more panic than "Good News for all humankind", I feel obliged to think about how I might do things differently next year. Advent and Christmas deserves better than me just trying to work out how many more things I can cram in.
Thankfully January is looking saner. "An empty diary is a happy diary" a clergy friend once said to me. Well it's definitely not empty but, at the moment, it looks as if there is enough time to prioritise the things that need prioritising, do some of the things I've been putting off, and even cope with an emergency or two that wasn't foreseen. This is a happy diary.
On Wednesday I'm going to see my Bishop for my biennial MDR (Ministerial Development Review). Yes – it's as scary as it sounds! We will look back at the last two years in some detail, and reflect on what the priorities and hopes are for the future might be. I'm hoping it will be useful – and I have a whole load of ideas of things I'd like to do for Church and community as well as family and piano pupils for this year.
And I think, even if I only do one or two of them, that will probably mean walking away from something else.
During our all age service at Skipwith on Sunday, we acted out the story of Jesus and Peter's first meeting. Jesus was talking to the crowds on the sea edge. It was so busy it was getting dangerous, so he asked a local fisherman (Peter) if he'd take him in his boat so that he could teach people whilst standing in the boat and shouting back to the shore. When it was all over, Jesus suggested to Peter that he did a bit of fishing before taking him back to land. Peter said there was no point – he'd been out all night and hadn't caught a thing. Jesus insisted. Peter rowed into deeper waters and let down his nets, and what do you know? Mountains of fish – so many fish it broke the nets.
This, we think, when we read the story, is the "Ta-da!" moment. It's a miracle! Look at all those fish! But I think something much more extraordinary happens in this story. Because when they get back to land, Jesus asks Peter to change his life and follow him, and the really weird thing is – he does.
He walks away from the best catch of his life. He walks away from goodness knows how much market value fish. He walks away from success and financial security, and follows something – someone – that his gut tells him is worth more.
We are all full of New Year's resolutions. We expect such a lot of ourselves. We expect that we can take on more and more, try harder and harder. But the reality is, we can't follow a dream, without walking away from something else. We need to know when to say "no", and "not yet" and "not anymore" if we want to live good, balanced lives where we are able to say "yes" to our genuine callings.
This year I might do some walking away so I can do some following on. What about you?


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Sparrenburg Castle is the most famous landmark. It was built between 1240 and 1250 by Count Ludwig von Ravensberg. The 37 m high tower and the catacombs of the castle are open to the public. The oldest city church is Altstädter Nicolaikirche. It is a Gothic hall church with a height of 81.5 m. It was founded in 1236 by the Bishop of Paderborn, and enlarged at the beginning of the 14th century. The church was damaged in World War II and later rebuilt. Three times a day, a carillon can be heard. The most valuable treasure of this church is a carved altar from Antwerp, decorated with 250 figures. A small museum housed within illustrates the history of the church up to World War II.


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MANILA, April 28 — The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) announced Wednesday that its kaSAYSAYan: A Historical Scriptwriting Contest launched in February has received a favorable response from Filipino writers all over the world.
The FDCP still accepts entries of full-length scripts until May 20. Winners will be announced on June 12.
FDCP chairman Rolando Atienza said when his office launched the contest, it extended the invitation to join the historical scriptwriting contest to numerous Philippine service posts around the world because the competition is also open to Filipino writers based overseas. He added that the contest is open to writers of Filipino descent.
Since its initial launch, the Philippine Foreign Service posts in Prague and the Czech Republic, France, Bangladesh, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Toronto, the United States, Sweden, Greece, Italy, and Myanmar, among others, have endorsed the contest to the Filipino communities abroad, and the response from interested contestants has been encouraging, said Christine Dayrit, kaSAYSAYan project leader.
Dayrit is also the chairman of the Cinema Evaluation Board, under the aegis of the FDCP. (PNA) vcs/JCA/PR


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The world famous surfing break of Honolua Bay turned on 3-5 foot waves for day one of the Billabong Pro Maui. Quarter finalists were decided after three rounds of the final event on the ASP women's world tour were completed in the perfect point peelers.
Seven-time world champion Layne Beachley, attemping to retire on a dream note, topped the scoring for the opening round of the Billabong Pro Maui with a heat total of 16.50 out of a possible 20. Beachley then charged through to the quarterfinals with another convincing win over Nicola Atherton in round three.
Beachley, 36, who is contesting the final event of her illustrious 19-year career, is currently the front-runner for the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, awarded to the top performer over the three event Hawaiian leg. A victory here (where she has claimed five of her seven world crowns) would be a fitting end to her stellar career.
However, two-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore is giving her a run for her money, showcasing her fast and fluid style from her opening ride at the break, advancing through two rounds for a quarterfinal berth.
In round one Gilmore posted an 8.40 and a 6.75 for an easy win over Atherton and Billabong Pro Maui main event wildcard Paige Hareb. Despite already bagging her second ASP world crown, the stylish natural footer is still hungry to claim her second consecutive Billabong Pro Maui title and the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing. Gilmore currently stands just 50 points behind Beachley on the Triple Crown rankings.
Eighteen year-old Hareb has made history as the first New Zealand women's surfer to qualify for the ASP women's world tour on the 2009 season. Competing in her first ever world tour event, Hareb overcame her opening round nerves, beating current world No.2 Sofia Mulanovich in round two to prove she will be a force to be reckoned with on the 2009 tour.
Brazilian powerhouse Silvana Lima excelled in the excellent afternoon conditions posting the days highest heat score of 18:00 points out of a possible 20 to eliminate Karina Petroni. The current world No.3 is also in contention for the Triple Crown title after recently finishing second to Gilmore at Sunset Beach. The pocket rocket is regarded as a major threat at Honolua Bay and the smart money would be on the Brazilian after her epic showing so far…
Hawaiian prodigy Carissa Moore lived up to her reputation as a giant killer, eliminating world Mulanovich from round three. The 16-year-old wildcard winner surfed with confidence beyond her years to upset the Peruvian superstar.
The the waiting period for the Billabong Pro Maui runs through until December 20th, 2008.
QF 1: Layne Beachley (AUS) vs. Rosanne Hodge (ZAF)
QF 2: Rebecca Woods (AUS) vs. Stephanie Gilmore (AUS)
QF 3: Carissa Moore (HAW) vs. Melanie Bartels (HAW)
QF 4: Megan Abubo (HAW) vs. Silvana Lima (BRA)


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We have listed below activities you can do with bored children! If you have ideas you would like to share please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com
Disclaimer: Play Scotland would ask that appropriate supervision is in place for any young children using our messy play recipes and that they avoid consumption.
Spaghetti Snakes
Cook spaghetti and once cool, add into a basin with a little water (to save from sticking) for your child to play with. You can even add in food colouring and shaving foam for extra fun.
DIY Sensory Board
Get a large piece of wood and attach various snibs, latches, baking trays (these can then use magnetic letters and numbers), push on push off battery operated lights, a calculator, light switch, chains, keys attached to ribbon, small wheel which would go on a box and lots more. Lots of fun will be had with these.
💡 You could get your child to draw a house on the board then add the snib / latch to the front of the house.
Textile Sensory Board
Using a large piece of wood or cardboard attach various materials to give a variety of textures to play with and touch examples: cotton wool, felt, ribbon, tin foil, zips, mirror, sponge, zip lock bags with hair gel / shaving gel / conditioner – even add in glitter!
Match the Pegs
You will need string and coloured clothes pegs.
Peg the coloured pegs to the string. The object of the game is for the child to find an object in the house, the same colour as each peg.
Pebble Painting
When out on a walk collect lots of flat stones/pebbles. These can be used to paint on. You could make dominos or paint faces and make up stories.
Boxes Galore
Give your child various boxes, tape and watch their imaginations come alive!
You will need: a bucket and rolled up socks (or a soft ball). Lots of fun trying to throw the ball into the 'basket'. Great for hand to eye coordination.
Obstacle Course
Make an indoor obstacle course. You can use cushions, pillows, small tables, hula hoops etc.
Make a balance beam by marking a straight line on the floor with masking tape.
Add in the basketball (see above).
Jump in and out of circles (mark these using masking tape).
Climb high, lie low, jog on the spot, star jumps and lots more!
Lava Floor
Object of the game is to get from one side of the room to the other without standing on the floor! You can use cut up carpet tiles, pillows, cushion, cut out cardboard as stepping stones.
Count the raindrops
On a rainy day, can you count how many rain drops run down the window.
Treasure Map
Make a treasure map and let your child find the treasure. Or they can make one and you can find the treasure. You can down load our activity sheet below:
Balls in the Box
Ideal for younger children. Get a large box and cut holes in the top of the box the size of coloured balls, like the ones you use for a 'ball pit' and let them place the balls through the holes.
💡 You could colour code each hole for colour learning fun.
Picasso Box
Ideal for younger children. Get a large box and take top of the box off. Pop your child inside or lie on floor to enable them to get in and out, give them crayons and let them draw their masterpieces inside the box.
Indoor hopscotch
Using electrical or masking tape mark out the hopscotch on the floor and use rolled up socks for the 'peever'.
Indoor Bowling
You will need 6-10 same size 1 litre plastic bottles. Fill up with water and ensure top is screwed on!
Mark the start line with electrical or masking tape. Use a soft ball and have fun bowling.
💡 why not pop a glow stick in for glow in the dark bowling.
Indoor Scavenger Hunt
Download this pdf for items to found in the house:
Treasure Chest
The undernoted are ideal to keep in a 'treasure chest' to play with and can also be transported easily.
Collect various items when you are out walking, for example: smooth and rough pebbles; shells; small sticks etc
Household items, for example: milk bottle tops; yoghurt cartons; silver foil; buttons; beads; lolly sticks; feathers; glass beads etc
Let your child's imagination run wild.
Note: Supervision required with young children due to lose parts
Rolling Pin Art
What you need:
Rolling pin
Paints on a flat tray
Items which can be wrapped round rolling pin i.e.:
elastic bands in various widths; bubble wrap; string in various widths
What to do:
Wrap an item round the rolling pin to create a stencil.
Paint rolling pin and roll onto paper – see what art shapes you can create.
If you don't have a rolling pin, try using a cardboard tube.
You can also get large sheets of paper, place blobs of paint on this and roll over the paint to see what shapes this creates.
Glow in the Dark Bowling
What you need:
Empty plastic bottles (preferably the same size)
Cold Water
Glow sticks
What to do:
Fill the empty bottles with cold water.
Break glow stick to activate
Pop in the bottle and close the lid.
Once dark these will glow – now it's time to bowl!
Magnetic Leaves
What you need:
Magentic strips
Googly eyes
Collect leaves, flowers and feathers when out and laminate these.
Cut out and glue magnetic strips on the back.
Add eyes to make leaf people.
Use baking trays or fridge door as the canvas.
Popping Hopscotch
What you need:
Bubble wrap cut into squares
Cut a square for each number and paint number on 1 – 10.
Place in hopscotch format. Play! When you hop on the square it will pop!
Scratch n Sniff Paint
Details on how to make scratch n sniff paint, great for sensory play
How to Play Conkers
Details on how to play the traditional game of Conkers.
Play Scotland Activity Sheets
We have a range of activity sheets which use materials that are free, recycled or low cost. All are available as pdfs to download. Should you wish a hard copy or these emailed to you please let us know.
A2 15 Things to do Before you are 12
A4 How to Make Gloop and Washable Finger Paints
A5 How to Make Funny Faces and Washable Finger Paints
A7 Few Ideas for Cardboard Tubes
A8 A Few Ideas to make with Stones
A12 – How to Make Pavement Paint
A13 – How to Make Crackle Foam and Goo
A14 – How to Make a Tooth Fairy Door


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So Go The Ghosts of Mexico (Part One)
Full Length Play, Drama / 4m, 1f
A twenty-two year old woman volunteers to replace a beheaded police chief when nobody else is willing to accept the position. She sets off a chain of reactions in her husband, the Narcos, and perhaps the entire country of Mexico.Read more +
So Go The Ghosts of Mexico (Part One)
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Cast Size4m, 1f
Duration120 minutes (2 hours)
AccoladesPrincess Grace
Target Audience
- Adult
Additional Info
- WINNER - 2012 Princess Grace Award
"so go the ghosts of méxico, part one is an incredibly moving play that successfully brings the fear, loss and tragedy that has happened so far away from New York City quite literally to the main stage." – Exeunt Magazine, Read More
"Chilling...persistently haunting...audacious, almost novelistic script." ‐The New York Times, Read More
"In so go the ghosts of méxico, while [Olmos'] talent with language still resonates and the mixing of realities prevails, his sense of timing becomes yet another feather in his hat. The humor in so go the ghosts… is timed to perfection. It lightens up the heaviness of the atmosphere and flows quite effortlessly through the absurdity of the situation at hand." - Theatre Jones, Read More
"...fantastical...poetic...a tantalizing premise that sets the stage for Olmos' [next] show. - Dallas Morning News, Read More
KeywordsBetrayal, Death, War, Latino Issues
Performing Groups
- Professional Theatre
- Drugs
- Intense Adult Themes
License details
- Minimum Fee: $90 per performance
- Time Period: Present Day
- Duration: 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Setting: méxico, present day
- Features / Contains: Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
Casting4m, 1f
the police chief
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Institute for Research and Democratic Dev. denies biases in ELBC elections coverage
MONROVIA,LIBERIA-The Institute for Research and Democratic Development, IREDD, says it has no single evidence to brand the Liberia Broadcasting System especially ELBC radio as bias in its elections coverage.
IREDD says during its elections monitoring exercise over the past three months across the 15-counties, there was no indication of ELBC denying opposition politicians air time.
IREDD head, Harold Aidoo, made the comment in response to a journalist's inquiry about allegations that ELBC was not giving opposition politicians sufficient air time.
Mr. Aiddo was speaking at a press conference Monday during the release of a report outlining violations it observed so far in the electoral process.
The report, code named "Electoral Integrity and Abuse of incumbency" underscored the denial of opposition politicians the use of public facilities.
Electoral corruption or vote buying and abuse of incumbency as well as open declaration of support by public officials to presidential candidate are some of the violations captured by the report.
IREDD Electoral Integrity Project Manager, Mercy Sackey, reading the report said: "The incidences documented by the entity undermine electoral integrity, fairness and must be checked and stopped."
IREDD is meanwhile calling on political parties to uphold and respect the electoral laws of Liberia and the National Elections Commission to be forceful in ensuring compliance of the provisions of the elections law.


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Harassment is unwelcome conduct that is based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, and/or age. Harassment becomes unlawful where the offensive conduct becomes a condition of continued employment, or 2) the conduct is severe or pervasive enough to create a work environment that a reasonable person would consider intimidating, hostile, or abusive. Employees are protected against harassment in retaliation for filing a discrimination charge, testifying, or participating in any way in an investigation, proceeding, or lawsuit under these laws; or opposing employment practices that they reasonably believe discriminate against individuals.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Batman And Joker Cat Are Not Amused
10 comments:
You mean a "paw-in". haha I love these kitties so much, they're my new FB profile pic. Just darling & best costumes ever.
- October 18, 2011 at 11:59 AM
- Catsparella said...
@Tasha You're right about them being a "paw-in"! :)
- October 18, 2011 at 12:01 PM
- T said...
bahahah poor kitties! lololol!
- October 18, 2011 at 12:23 PM
- missmuffcake said...
So cute! This is relevent because the new 'BatMan' game comes out today!
- October 18, 2011 at 12:29 PM
- CHo Meir said...
Not sure about Batman cat, but the Joker cat looks ready for mayhem, which would be the correct character look ~!0P
- October 18, 2011 at 2:18 PM
- AnnaMeow said...
cruel and unusual punishment for cats!!! Look at those faces...they are plotting REVENGE! LOL!
- October 18, 2011 at 2:24 PM
- Catsparella said...
@Kendy That totally made me think of this, haha: http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/01/11/this-is-relevant-to-my-interests-2/
- October 18, 2011 at 2:24 PM
- Sarah said...
OMC I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS! Am loving all the Halloween pics popping up and the looks on the kitties faces! Too funny :o)
Sarah x
- October 18, 2011 at 6:51 PM
- Julie said...
This is so funny! I absolutely love cats in costumes but my cat will not allow it at all. He goes into such a fit that I gave up even trying, but I so wish he would humor me LOL. Love this photo!
- October 19, 2011 at 1:46 PM
- KokoroPurrs said...
OMC, don't get any ideas mum ~bad enough you stuff me in a pumpkin for face book.
- October 19, 2011 at 8:18 PM


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Mirko Bonné
Directing this question at the mirror, even if just the mirror of language, I work out that it's been more than fifteen months now that you've been one of the five authors working on the Weather Stations project. Has the way you see the world changed after having been a weather station yourself?
Every morning, the first time I look out of the window I take in the weather, the sky, the clouds and trees, the trees that enable us to read the wind. A year and a half ago, reports about a tornado in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern would have surprised me, but I certainly wouldn't have made the connection with my profession and noted down the things that the mayor of Nützow said, things, by the way, that I also heard expressed in very similar fashion in regions of Australia, where they've been living with extreme weather for decades now.
The Weather Stations project is about raising awareness. Something which must be pretty much old hat for you, no?
Climate change is of course a good match for today's world. No one actually attends to anything that can't be understood or consumed. The only thing that counts is what's useful – and preferably to oneself. During my adolescence in the Kohl era, we still used to offer dogged opposition, happy to have something to rebel against in the form of the throwaway society, but we didn't guess at the time that we in our morally flawless manner were taking part just as diligently in establishing the throwaway world in which we live today. It goes without saying that writers are concerned with raising awareness. But they shouldn't allow themselves to be yoked to a particular cause, not even one such as this. Writers have to keep hold of the reins themselves and not allow themselves to be led too much, the best balance is somewhere between horse and driver. As far as I'm concerned, climate change is a linguistic problem, as for me it's all about examining the possibilities of how it can be represented and communicated in literary terms. The Weather Stations project has taken me to linguistic fields into which I would never otherwise have ventured. I sat at Chowder Bay in Sidney with two oceanographers who explained to me what it's like to dive in a forest of seaweed and algae.
Are writers able to contribute to making the complex, manifold demands exacted on today's world by so-called climate change and its consequences more transparent – would you agree that that's what it's about?
Over the course of the project, I've realised – and have been very surprised by – just how much everything depends on the individual here. I would even say that climate change isn't a problem for humanity, but rather affects each person individually. Whether in Dublin, London, Melbourne, Potsdam or Sidney, I was able to observe the same thing everywhere in the faces of the oceanographers, cloud researchers and meteorologists we talked to: their frequent astonishment at sitting across from people for whom language actually means something fundamentally different.
For a writer and a poet in particular, it's difficult to talk about language and writing in purely abstract, fundamental terms. Was the Weather Stations project restrictive to this end?
There's no reason to relinquish a sense of productive doubt just because the problem in question seems so very urgent. It would be absurd to have to disregard the demands, dismissals and doubts that poetic minds have attempted to communicate for centuries as soon as the focus is on seemingly unambiguous conflicts that can only be determined for sure via science.
You've said in various panel discussions that you believe the debate surrounding climate change revolves around a conflict either not recognised as such or concealed.
The conflict is far-reaching and can hardly even be expressed in worlds. I regard the consequences wrought by climate change as the expressions of a world attempting to put its human inhabitants in their place. It is a dialogue that has gone off the rails, an ancient conflict that is now escalating. Humankind against nature – and vice versa. This is likely the root cause for the fear many people have of engaging with the subject to any real extent. Yet I equally believe that it is first and foremost the linguistic side of things that is important in this debate.
Because you're a writer rather than a computer or speaker. Could you maybe formulate your approach in more detail?
I try to avoid every theory. John Keats said that every philosophical axiom must be proved on our pulse. And Günter Eich was of the opinion that writing means seeing the world as language. Communicating the dramatic nature of climate change – I actually prefer to say climate destruction – is to my mind also a problem of precision. Science claims to operate based on the most precise language possible. For me, as a poet, on the other hand, language is far more than just a vehicle for data or a semantic tool. It is a sensual, tangible, historical medium, that is, a narrative one. It is itself the communicator. And it is always also a monster fully capable of being manipulated. I can never hear or read the word "total" without thinking of the criminal demagoguery of someone like Goebbels. For me, language is no more or less an instrument than magic is. In my eyes, it's the connective tissue necessary for life, that which connects me to everything and everyone else, linking our world of today with the past world of the dead and the future one of our as yet unborn grandchildren. Language is the only parallel world whose existence I do not deny. The wonderful quotidian poetry of so many of the texts written by my Melbourne Weather Stations colleague Tony Birch talks about precisely this again and again: What does my life, the life of people today, have to do with the stories of people from the past, who still knew how to read the land and didn't have to cover everything in concrete and destroy it out of pure fear and insecurity?
What experience was the most important for you in these months as a weather station?
The best moments were always when people started talking. Past weather and the weather of today. The sort of weather described by my grandfather, the sort of weather we used to have when I was still a girl. A student in Tallaght near Dublin told me how he saw his grandparents' house being washed away when the heavy storms hit Ireland in summer 2014. It was really moving to visit the Yarra valley south of Melbourne and to speak to people about the bushfires that destroyed entire stretches of land there. In those months, it became very vivid to me how much people love their lives and their stories. I think that's also something we have a form of language to thank for which aims at vagueness rather than precision. That's why I think that climate change represents a chance, probably the last chance for a greater sense of togetherness.


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For Dennis Chanay, the battle has just begun.
The Kansas University student senator couldn't believe his ears when he learned earlier this month that athletics officials from KU and the University of Missouri agreed to change the official name of the schools' rivalry to "Border Showdown" instead of "Border War."
So he launched a crusade to get the name restored.
"It's based on an actual war," Chanay said of the rivalry. "(William) Quantrill rode into town. Lawrence got burned to the ground. A hundred and fifty people died. To change the name after hearing no complaints, it's revisionist history."
The name change was announced Oct. 4 in a news release issued by the universities' athletic departments. The switch was necessary to "reflect a sensitivity to current world events," they said.
"We feel that in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, and the ensuing events around the world, it is inappropriate to use the term 'war' to describe intercollegiate athletics events," said KU athletic director Lew Perkins. "We need to be more sensitive to the men and women who defend our country for real."
Added Mike Alden, MU athletic director: "Our rivalry with Kansas is a very important thing to many people, but it certainly pales in comparison with what is taking place overseas, and this is the right thing to do."
"Border Showdown" will be used in the trophy competition sponsored by Midwest Ford Dealers that awards points to winners of head-to-head competitions between the two universities. The 2002-2003 year was the first for the competition, and the car dealers have agreed to sponsor it through 2006-2007.
But Chanay on Wednesday introduced a resolution to Student Senate that said the change was "blatantly over the top and far too politically correct." It also noted that the rivalry was called the "Border War" during other military conflicts.
|On the Street: Do you prefer the term "Border Showdown" or "Border War" when it comes to the athletic rivalry between Kansas and Missouri? Chronister: Name change ridiculous, unnecessary (10-06-04) 'Border War' no more; KU-MU series retitled (10-05-04) 2004-05 Border War schedule 2003-04 Border War standings
"I thought it was ridiculous," he said. "We're trying so hard not to offend someone that we're willing to throw out tradition."
Chanay's resolution needs the approval of two committees to be sent to the full Student Senate. The Student Rights Committee approved the resolution, but the University Affairs Committee wanted more information and will consider it again Nov. 3.
Chanay said he hoped to contact Missouri student government representatives about presenting a similar resolution. Messages left Thursday at the MU Student Assn. office weren't returned.
"Taking a stance is the most important thing," Chanay said. "As students, we should be protecting our heritage and our tradition."
Jim Marchiony, a KU athletics spokesman, said his department hadn't been contacted by any students to discuss the change, but he didn't expect the decision to be reconsidered.
"The name has been changed, and while nobody has contacted us, we respect their opinion," Marchiony said. "But this was something we felt was important to do. Judging by the reaction we've gotten from some veterans, it was a good decision."
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"i'm" Making a Difference
May 7th, 2007 by Mr. Fanrastic
You know those pesky ads at the bottom of your Messenger window? Well, Microsoft has decided to put them to good use through the Windows Live™ Messenger i'm initiative. If you are running Windows Live™ Messenger 8.1 or later, you can help donate a portion of the ad revenue to charity. The best part: it's easy and it's free!
All you have to do is add a special code after your MSN name (not in the "Personal Message" though). Every time you start a conversation, Microsoft shares a portion of the program's advertising revenue with your chosen charity. At the time of writing, the list of codes is as follows:
- *red+u – American Red Cross
- *bgca – Boys & Girls Clubs of America
- *naf – National AIDS Fund
- *mssoc – National MS Society
- *9mil – ninemillion.org
- *sierra – Sierra Club
- *help – StopGlobalWarming.org
- *komen – Susan G. Komen for the Cure
- *unicef – U.S. Fund for UNICEF


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Letter with An Order for The Supply of Toys :
XXXXX BUSINESS HOUSE191 / N - Patricia Avenue
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Phone : 0011 - XXXXXXXX
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6 March - 19XX
To :
The Manager,
The Maalyvalley Business House,
326 / H - Raman Nair Street,
Maalyvalley – 682 016.
Dear Sir,
We have the pleasure to introduce ourselves as your old customers of toys. We gave you a good business year before last in toys manufactured by you, having sold them for about $ 50,000. For some reasons beyond our control we could not find it possible to arrange the sales and could not place orders with you for the supply of the same. But this year we have decided to come in the field again and would expect you to favour us with special consideration for our orders as you did year before last.
Kindly book our order for the supply of toys as per details given below.
(i) Plastic toys of different kinds and sizes - $ 2500.
(ii) Paper toys of different kinds and sizes - $ 2200.
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(iv) Clay toys of different kinds and sizes - $ 1500.
Total $ 8200.
Please see that the toys are properly packed and deliver them to our destination as before. Your firm will bear the responsibility for any damage due to breakage.
A prompt response is awaited.
Yours Faithfully,
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Baker on the Housing Bubble
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Dean Baker spoke at a Center for American Progress lunch panel on The Economic and Policy Implications of the Housing Bubble (includes video and transcript). Excerpt from Dean's remarks: "I know everyone talks about housing -- the American dream -- and if you're running for office you'd better say that, but...what we want to have is, on the one hand, people to have good, decent, safe, and secure housing. That can be done through rent. Secondly, we want people to be able to save for their retirement, for their kids' education, or whatever it might be. Obviously one way to do that is through homeownership, but that's not the only way to do that."


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Dear AFE Parents and Students,
I am delighted to be working with you and your child this year at Adams-Friendship Elementary School. I am looking forward to a very successful year and I know you are too. It is my objective to provide all students an educationally challenging, yet fun, experience at AFE. I have high expectations for all children and staff. I believe in applying equitable practices and upholding consistent expectations for all. I will do all that I can to help your child achieve his/her goals.
This year at AFE we are encouraging our students to develop good habits through Positive Actions. These great ideas help students develop habits that will help them succeed in school and in life. Each month we will be teaching and practicing the concepts in Positive Action. Students will be recognized for exhibiting these behaviors and encouraged to recognize them in others.
We will be continuing our work together through the Academic Parent Teacher Teams (APTTs). AFE has been awarded a continuation grant where we will be implementing Academic Parent Teacher Teams (APTT). This approach to parent involvement includes three APTT conferences and one individual student conference during the year. These dates have been set and we look forward to learning alongside you and your child.
Again, I am looking forward to an exciting year! If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to get in touch with me. Please visit our Facebook page and website to keep up-to-date on upcoming events.
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I am running Ubuntu 10.04 on VMPlayer within Windows 7. Our corporation has just enforced an internet proxy, let's call it internet.largecompany.com:8443 for the sake of argument, and we can no longer get access to outside sites.
We can get access to the internet without any issues on Windows but no access at all from Ubuntu. I've tried changing the proxy settings in System>Preferences>Network Proxy along with providing my username and password but to no avail.
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What's everyones recommendations on good places to buy jewelry on the island?
we use andy at Kay jewelers...yes, same name as the states, but not the same company. When shopping stop in, check out the place, and get a soda...
We have had excellent service from Shiva's, located in Royal PLaza and also Touch of Gold located across the street directly behind Royal Plaza.
we visit Kay's everytime we have been to Aruba; Ash is wonderful and seems to remember you each time you come in. Maybe that is just a good salesman that can pass that off!!!
You have to be careful at any jewelry store you purchase from. We have one locally owned at home that we do business with and you can really see the difference, especially in diamonds, when you are looking through the magnifier at the shops. I will buy colored stones etc, but probably not diamonds. Maybe diamond earrings, but nothing larger than that. THere is a difference.
But Ash is handsome enough to make you want to just buy something from him!!
Hello Everyone,
I'm from Elma NY and Ash from Kay's was my department head's sons roomate at Providence. He knows his business, and perhaps he will give you a discount if you tell him Mrs.DuBois from Iroquois Central sent you. He sold my son an engagement ring and right now we could sell it for a much higher price. Say hi from MR. Fris!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's my boss. Shear quality.
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Trio of MLS Academy Teams Joins Gordon Jago Super Group for 2019 Dr Pepper Dallas Cup
Current USSDA national champions New York City FC, former Super Group champion FC Dallas, and Toronto FC join elite bracket
DALLAS, Texas (Thursday, Jan. 24) – The Dr Pepper Dallas Cup, the oldest and most prestigious international youth soccer tournament in the United States, has announced that FC Dallas, New York City FC, and Toronto FC will compete in the Gordon Jago Super Group at the Dr Pepper Dallas Cup's 40th Anniversary Tournament this April.
Considered by many as one of the most successful MLS academies, FC Dallas looks to make another championship run in the Gordon Jago Super Group. The local side is the only MLS academy team to hoist the iconic Super Group "Boot and Ball" championship trophy. FC Dallas accomplished the feat in 2017, spearheaded by the attack of Paxton Pomykal and Jesus Ferreira, who figure to play a big role at the FIFA U20 World Cup this summer for the United States. FC Dallas' new wave of academy talent is looking to improve upon last year's Dallas Cup appearance where they failed to advance from the group stage.
Dallas Cup newcomer New York City FC looks to make a strong tournament debut in the 2019 Gordon Jago Super Group. This past summer, NYC FC was crowned the 2017/2018 US Soccer Development Academy U18/U19 national champions. The academy's success has rolled into the 2018/2019 USSDA campaign, as they currently sit in first place of the Northeast Division thanks to a prolific attack scoring 44 goals in just 13 games played.
Also returning to the Gordon Jago Super Group is Toronto FC. The Dallas Cup's 40th Anniversary tournament will mark Toronto FC's fourth Super Group appearance since debuting at the Dallas Cup in 2013. They hope to improve upon their previous appearances and become the first Canadian champion across all age groups since 1988. Current academy standout Ayo Akinola was recently announced as part of the U-20 USMNT January camp in preparation for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
The MLS trio joins previously announced Premier League sides, Arsenal FC and Liverpool FC, as well as defending Super Group champion Tigres in the 2019 Gordon Jago Super Group. Dr Pepper Dallas Cup's 40th anniversary tournament will be played April 14-21, 2019. Keep up to date with more news at www.dallascup.com and follow us on Twitter @dallascup.


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From Doug Ross, "A Cabbie's Rant in Boston".
I see that politically correct folk people these days, when, for instance, a boy says, "I'm a girl, because I like playing with dolls, and I want to be a mummy", choose not to explain that, for most people, sex is determined by chromosomes and hormones and not just by external features, and certainly won't insist that the child get over it, remarking, "Where's the fetus gonna gestate, in a box?", but are instead perfectly happy to go along with any delusion, and will gladly accept that the boy is in fact a girl and ought to be allowed in girls' toilets and must be permitted to play on girls' sports teams, and suchlike. Similarly, then—and quite appropriately for the the multitudinous enlightened folk of the "progressive" side of politics who evidently believe that unsupported assertions are enough to prove any fashionable notion—the Abbott Government, to counter those sexists who complain that the cabinet contains insufficient females, should merely assert that 50% of all the ministers are in fact females.
"We must treat everyone equally", asserts a woman on the ABC's "Why I Am Still Jewish". I disagree (though I am an egalitarian); we should not treat, say, murderers the same as we treat innocent people.
Pat Condell mentions a few differences between liberal and "progressive" people in "the truth is incorrect".
Did you see this doozy, Deadman?
[Not until now. Thanks, Dan.]
Paul Joseph Watson, "Barrycades: Feds Try to Shut Down Privately Owned Mount Vernon":
The National Park Service erected barricades to shut down parking lots surrounding Mount Vernon despite the fact that the tourist destination is privately owned, another example of how the feds are deliberately worsening the government shut down.
Mount Vernon is the former plantation of George Washington and is owned by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, which doesn't receive any government funding. […]
Numerous other sites around DC have been unnecessarily closed by the NPS and other federal agencies in what critics are labeling a cynical political stunt which only serves to punish the American people.
In some cases, efforts to shut down these sites actually require more manpower and resources than if they had been left open, highlighting the fact that this is an act of partisan theater by the Obama administration to pin the blame for the government shutdown on Republicans and opponents of Obamacare.
– Numerous hiking and biking trails throughout the greater DC region, despite requiring zero immediate maintenance or patrols, have been closed down. Irate citizens are merely flouting the law and using them anyway.
– The NPS has stationed officers along the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal that runs 184 miles from Washington, D.C. to Cumberland, Maryland to make sure nobody uses the bike paths. It would have required less manpower to keep this trail open. The handles on all the well pumps have also been removed.
– The feds also shut down a tiny park in which children play on fake turtles, prompting angry mothers to remove the barriers, only to see them put back up. "The park is extremely small and sort of seems pointless to block off," reports the Daily Caller.
– Lincoln Park in DC, which is known to be used by several Democratic Senators, was not shut down, but numerous national parks across Montana were closed.
– The most widely reported case occurred at the World War II memorial in DC, where the NPS tried to prevent veterans from seeing the monument by erecting barriers and even threatening vets with arrest. The veterans stormed through the barricades anyway. "People had to spend hours setting up barricades where there are never barricades to prevent people from seeing the World War II monument because they're trying to play a charade," Senator Rand Paul told Fox News.
From an advertisement, "The man who lives without money", on the supposedly advertisement-free ABC, for a man who's written a book "about his year without money":
capitalism is fundamentally flawed, requiring infinite growth
Uh huh.
Now we are the only species to use [money], probably because we are the species most out of touch with nature.
Man is also the only species, I warrant, who would use "a woodburner made from an old gas bottle" or "a compost loo to make 'humanure' for [his] veggies" or a bicycle with trailer to "get around", but that doesn't seem to give him pause.


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The car sharing market
The car sharing market
[EXTRACT FROM "Corporate Mobility Breakthrough 2020"]*
There are B2B operators, B2C offerings and more informal peer-to-peer (P2P) arrangements. In Europe the leading carsharing clubs include Zipcar, DriveNow, car2go, Flinkster, and Autolib (mainly covering France and London); North America is dominated by DriveNow, Zipcar and car2go; Asia-Pacific has Orix, Park24 and EVCard among others. Daimler's car2go brand is now the world's largest 'freefloating' carsharing provider, available internationally at 31 locations (16 in Europe, including six in Germany, and 15 in North America). Once registered, customers have access via a smartphone app to more than 15,000 vehicles to hire at an affordable price (eg. 0.29 € per minute in Germany). Via the app, customers can find, hire and pay for the rental of vehicles. Parking fees, fuel/electricity and insurance are included in the price and there is no monthly basic fee. Almost half of the car2go customers are young families, couples and students who use carsharing in combination with their local public transport network.
Europe leads the world in carsharing, with 2.1 million users. And Europe leads the world in carsharing, with 2.1 million users and over 30,000 dedicated vehicles (not including peer-to-peer carsharing vehicles). In Germany alone, some 140 different carsharing services were in operation at the start of 2016, a fleet that had grown from about 1,000 vehicles in 2001 to more than 15,400 – about 50 percent of the total European fleet – with most of the growth occurring since 2011. The trend curve has gone past the early adopter stage and is rapidly heading toward mainstream penetration.
Source: Corporate Mobility Breakthrough 2020 by Luckas Nekermann with Tim Smedley - p.26-27 – 2016
*The author, Lukas Neckermann is a thought-leader with whom the Corporate Vehicle Observatory shares the same interest in the future evolution of the company car and corporate mobility in general.
The Corporate Vehicle Observatory is a neutral knowledge sharing platform dedicated to all corporate fleet stakeholders whether they are private or public companies, fleet owners, fleet lessors, car manufacturers or media. The CVO was founded in 2002 by BNP Paribas and its subsidiary Arval, specialized in the full service leasing of corporate fleets.


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Watch out for those steps people!
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Outfit for 5-7-15 - The Outfit That Almost Killed Me
Watch out for those steps people!
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- AnonymousMay 7, 2015 at 4:07 PM
Yikes! I'm glad to hear your fall wasn't worse. I hope it doesn't hurt too much!ReplyDelete
I do love your dress and the shoes and cardigan! I have a Calvin Klein dress that I also think is very flattering on me, and just feels good. And I always enjoy a good cat picture. Looks like a nice study in black and white, all around.
Thanks D! I was SO thrilled when I fit into that CK dress. Often I just can't do their clothes at all, but when I can, Wow!Delete
- AnonymousMay 8, 2015 at 7:56 AM
p.s. I don't think that's what they mean by "killer heels".ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 9, 2015 at 5:17 AM
Hi NadineReplyDelete
love your new hair, dress and heels. You are so beautiful and that being transgender, fantastic! You can look in a mirror with pride. Tell me where is the secret about your beauty. I'm sure, even your cat appreciate en femme.
Yeah the photo-bombing cat!Delete
Oh, the secret of my beauty is two-fold. One - being willing to try a large variety of different techniques to achieve the look I am striving for. And two - take LOTS of pictures!
Thanks cutie!


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On May 6, 2014, the East Grand Rapids community passed a bond proposal that provided the school district the authority to sell up to $31 million in bonds to fund capital improvements. The capital improvements scheduled throughout the district will be completed in two phases. The district sold bonds in June 2014 to provide $17.5 million for the first phase of projects. The district will sell additional bonds in the spring of 2019 to provide the remaining $13.4 in funding for the second phase of the program.
The first phase of the program focused on safety and security enhancements for students and staff along with replacing and updating district technology. New secure entrances have been constructed during the first phase of construction at the three elementary buildings, high school, and Woodcliff Early Childhood Center. Security cameras and card reader access were improved and expanded throughout the district to further increase the safety of our schools. Technology throughout the district has been replaced and enhanced, including educational technology. The media centers in all school buildings were renovated into Learning Commons. Other major capital improvement needs, such as the replacement of the high school boiler and exterior brick work at Wealthy elementary, were completed in the summer of 2014. The first phase of the construction program will be completed in time for the start of the 2016-2017 school year.
The second phase of the program will begin in 2019 and will focus on facility upgrades and technology enhancements for educational purposes. Updates include: replacement of roofs, mechanical and control systems throughout the district, boiler systems replaced at Breton Downs and Wealthy schools, and an additional $4 million in technology enhancements.
Additional details about the construction program can be found in the list of links to the left. In the spring of 2016 we began placing the below sign at our construction sites to show our appreciation for the EGR School Community supporting our 2014 Bond Initiative:


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This Site Provides Passport Office Information of Contact Number, Address, Map Location in India. You can select a state below to view details of a Passport Office. We have RPO 37, PSK 87, PSLK 17, POPSK 218, PIA 1 information for around 360. This is a non-official website.


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address@hidden wrote: > Using guile, mod_guile and apache, I can use guile '(system "dothis > <infile")' things to send a mail message, but this seems really silly, > as well as wasteful, slow and resource intensive, when mailutils could > be doing it. Sure. Allow me some time to experiment with mod_guile. I'll send you more detailed reply tomorrow. > Mailer questions > ---------------- > How does one set which mailer to use? I would like to use an SMTP > mailer external to the host I am running on - how do I do this? Pass its URL as the second argument to mu-message-send, e.g.: (mu-message-send msg "smtp://mx.your.host.net") > Evaluating mu-mailer in interactive guile shows me what a 'sendmail:' > URL looks like - what does an SMTP URL look like? Basically, it is smtp://IPADDR[:PORT] where IPADDR is host name or IP address of your SMTP gateway, optional PORT is a decimal integer indicating which port to connect to (defaults to 25). > If I know what an > SMTP URL looks like, do I (set! mu-mailer smtp-url))? Actually, there are two ways. You can either pass mailer url as to (mu-message-send), as I have shown above, or you can (set! mu-mailer "smtp://mx.your.host.net") and use (mu-message-send msg). > In 'grep'ping through the source, I noticed that there is a c-level > 'mailer_open' function, but no corresponding guile mu-mailer-open - does > this matter in this case? No, there is no mailer-open nor mailer-close in Scheme interface. Mu-message-send does this itself. > Out of curiousity, I saw a message in the archives from 2 years ago from > a Rob Browning. I've been spending a lot of time on #guile (freenode > IRC), and if I'm not mistaken, 'rlb' on #guile, one of the guile > maintainers, is *also* named Rob Browning? Yes, that's him. > I also found it a bit odd that no one on #guile seemed to know anything > about mailutils - one or two people seemed interested, but that was it. Lack of proper publicity, I guess. It's a pity... Regards, Sergey
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New Orleans Psychologist Dr. Suzanne Klenck holds specialized training in evidence-based practices such as cognitive behavioral therapy and interpersonal therapy for the treatment of anxiety disorders (including post-traumatic stress, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive, generalized anxiety, and other phobias), as well as for depressive disorders and a wide range of other difficulties.
Dr. Klenck focuses on evidence-based treatment practices, but finds the most important factor in therapy is the therapeutic relationship. Without a strong alliance with the client, she finds a therapist is limited in their ability to help the individual effect change.


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When faced with neck and back pain, a lot of patients want to avoid surgery at all costs. Well, how else would you fix acute or chronic pain without surgery or addictive pain medications?
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- manage issues associated with certain conditions (i.e. sleeplessness due to intense back pain).
Our doctors will determine the right length of time for conservative treatment depending on each patient's needs. With this approach, our doctors may recommend holistic pain management, which includes:
- physical therapy.
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- at-home conservative treatment (i.e. applying ice and heat, bed rest, exercise, etc).
We keep your overall well-being in mind when treating pain.
Surgery is the last resort as far as we are concerned.
We understand that some people out there view surgery as a "quick fix" to acute back pain. That is not our philosophy, however. Surgery can lead to unwanted side effects as well as certain health risks, and oftentimes, surgery is not necessary.
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Furthermore, we care about you as a person, which is why we also offer lifestyle management. Patients who choose lifestyle management will learn how to make healthy lifestyle choices to minimize pain and to live comfortably.
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Italy was made for grapes, or perhaps, grapes were made for Italy. Wine has been made in Italy for thousands of years, making this country one of the oldest producers of wine in the world. Today, wine from Italy is enjoyed by connoisseurs around the world.
Wine is made in Italy in all three regions of the country: northern Italy, southern Italy and central Italy.
Italian Wine Regions: Northern Italian Wine
Wine regions in northern Italy include the following:
- Friuli-Venezia-Guilia has more than 46,000 acres dedicated to growing grapes. Friuli-Venezia Guilia is known for such wines as Ramandolo and Friuli-Giulia.
- Liguria includes more than 118,000 acres of vineyards. More than half of the wines produced in this region are white wines.
- Lombardy has more than 60,000 acres dedicated to growing grapes. This region produces predominately red wines. Wines include Franciacorta, a white sparkling wine, and Botticino, a red wine.
- Trentino-Alto Adife has over 31,000 acres of vineyards, with the majority of the wines produced being red. Red wines include Alto Adige Colli di Bolzano and Alto Adige Santa Maddalena.
- Valle d-Aosta, or Aosta Valley, has over 82,000 acres of vineyards that predominantly produce red wines.
- Veneto has more than 186,000 acres dedicated to vineyards. Veneto produces Soaves.
Also included in northern Italy is the Piedmont region, with over 142,000 acres of vineyards. Piedmont is well-known for inventing the famous red Italian wine, Barolo. Barolo, which is made from the Nebbiolo grape, is meant to be aged for up to 15 years.
Another noted red wine from the Piedmont area, also made from the Nebbiolo grape, is Barbaresco. Barbarescos should be aged at least two years before drinking.
Piedmont is also known for its sparkling wines made from the Muscat grape. Unfortunately, many of these Asti wines do not make the grade as far as taste and quality.
Wine Regions of Italy: Central Italian Wine
Wine regions of central Italy include the following:
- Emilia-Romagna has over 143,000 acres dedicated to growing grapes. Emilia-Romagna is noted for the production of the white wine Albana di Romagna.
- Latiumhas more than 118,000 acres of vineyards. Latium produces fine wines, including Bianco Capena, a white wine, and the red Aprilia. Latium is also home to Frascati, a much criticized wine.
- Umbriagrows grapes on over 40,000 acres. Noted wines include the red Lago di Corbara and the white Colli del Trasimeno.
World-famous Tuscany is located in central Italy and is home to Chianti, made predominantly from Sangiovese grapes. Look for Chiantis that are designated Riserva, as these Chiantis have been aged longer than other Chiantis.
Legend has it that grapes were growing in Tuscany before mankind inhabited the area. Tuscany has over 157,000 acres of vineyards.
Italian Wine Regions: Southern Italian Wine
Wines from Southern Italy are produced in the following areas:
- Campania has over 101,000 acres dedicated to vineyards. Campania is known for Taurasi, a red wine, and two white wines, Fiano di Avellino and Greco di Tufo.
- Sardina has over 107,000 acres of vineyards. Vermentino di Gallura is a white wine of note produced in Sardina.
- Sicily has a large area dedicated to vineyards, over 329,000 acres. Sicily is noted for the fortified wine Marsala.
Other Southern Italian wines to consider include Fiano di Avellino, a dry white wine, and the dessert wine Aleatico di Puglia.


text: DigitalGap's Donald Fisher Doesn't Need Your Stinkin' SF MoMABy Steve Delahoyde|August 15, 2007 ShareBy Steve Delahoyde|August 15, 2007 ShareWe'd heard stirrings of this starting last week, but we didn't have quite the whole story up until the San Francisco Chronicle released their take with "Why Gap Founder Fisher Decided to Build His Own Art Museum." That Gap is the store and that Fisher is Donald Fisher, who, according to the article, started talking with San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art in hush hush meetings in 2006 about possibly giving them his more than a thousand pieces of near priceless works of art. In the end, he decided that is was just easier to open up his own museum (don't you find yourself making that decision most of the time too?). So the article gets into why he snubbed the SFMoMA and why, besides answering "just pure and simple vanity," you'd build your own place. Here's the quick answer and some details:For Fisher, after months of discussion and proposals, the decision came down to one thing."Our decision to pursue a new museum in the Presidio is about one issue: space," Fisher said. "Our collection is large enough to require a new building and would otherwise overwhelm many existing institutions, which already have impressive art to display to their visitors."Plans for the 100,000-square-foot museum, to be called the Contemporary Art Museum of the Presidio, must be approved by the seven-member Presidio Trust board. Fisher hopes the museum will open in about three years. It will have 55,000 square feet of gallery space, about 10 percent more than the S.F. Museum of Modern Art's gallery space. Sharehttp://adweek.it/2kjZw62 copy Adweek Adweek


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