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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Debate for Midlothian Supervisor Tommorrow Night
Donald Sowder (R-incumbant) vs. Dan Gecker (I)
current Midlothian Planning Commissioner
Rematch of the 2006 special election where Sowder defeated then Democrat Gecker by about 1,600 votes
Sponsored by Chesterield PTA and Chesterfield Business Council
Format: Candidates will answer questions submitted before the debate and compiled by the sponsors
Goal: To draw 150+ voters to the debate
School Board candidates will also square off at the event as well.
18 comments:
Thanks for the notice, I hope to see you there.
Perry DeMay
Candidate for Sheriff
- November 1, 2007 at 3:30:00 PM AST
This is a bit off topic, but how do you explain to independents that normally follow a conservative political path and want to protect the quality of life they have spent their lives building in Chesterfield County, that a candidate who runs from their party affiliation, promotes the backing of liberal teacher and firefighter unions, uses a NoVa (non-local) publishing house to produce and send out all her mailers with money from local businesses that prosper from growth, wants to expand the school beyond pre-K(at $7000 per child not including subsidies),.... just might be blowing smoke when they promise to lower your taxes AND fix the transportation crisis?
Is it a promise or an empty campaign pledge to claim "she will not approve any zoning case that compromises our infrastructure and natural resources and that negativley impacts those who already reside here.".... when it is prodevelopement businesses funding her campaign? Very few of the smaller developers have the scale to proffer roads and schools, so where does that leave them? You know, the ones that live next door and their child is on your team.
I have to ask, how do you "Lower Taxes by stopping the out-of-control increases in assessments." A supervisor cannot change state law that requires assessments to be valued at 100% of market value. The only way to do what she is promising to do is to so negatively affect the value of your home that the market value drops. Drying up the zoning process will only create more demand for existing homes and drive their market value up, say like San Francisco. The only way I can see her fulfilling this pledge is to simultaneously approve every zoning case that comes before the board and not spend another dime on schools or roads. That my friends will lower your assessments! If you are confused but still want your assessments lowered, vote for the Bermuda District Democratic candidate with the blue signs and the colorful mailers.
- November 1, 2007 at 10:24:00 PM AST
- Bill Garnett said...
I attended the debate and my count was 89, including participants, those running the debate, and some assorted politicians that showed up. I would guess there were only about 60 actual Midlothian district residents that showed up who were the actual audience. In a district of about 60,000 residents -- that would be one out of a thousand who showed an interest in attending this debate.
And I predict attendance at the polls next Tuesday will not fare much better – I'm estimating a 25 to 30% turnout of eligible voters countywide.
- November 2, 2007 at 5:13:00 AM AST
Thank you. I to felt it was just short of 100 people.
I am sorry I did not get a chance to speak with you afterward. I did get a chance to have a brief conversation with Perry Demay outside before the forum.
More today to follow on Sheriff race, School Board and Supervisors.
- November 2, 2007 at 11:18:00 AM AST
The Supervisor race is too close to call. Last night did not really help me either way determine who to give my support.
The School choice is even harder. Mr.Finkbeiner is obviously a well schooled communicator and has been involved in politics for quite some time on various levels as he articulated, but I just wonder if thats what the Board needs at this juncture. I am just not sure.
I think Carpenters efforts in different levels of community involvement speak volumes but again this one is hard to make a determination simply over just last nights performances.
I am leaning now, however, Sowder for the fact he delivered what he said he would in his first year and Carpenter because she seesm to have been a dedicated advocate for our children. I plan to do a little more digging this weekend before casting a vote either way Tuesday.
- November 2, 2007 at 11:53:00 AM AST
- Bill Garnett said...
TO: Anonymous,
If you have no trepidation about the governance of Chesterfield County and think things today are hunky dory and see no dark clouds on the horizon, then you may want to stay with the Republican controlled board. However, if you realize that the world is moving exponentially while the county governance is moving linearly; if you have a depth of hindsight, to see that westward migrating low income families (mostly black and Hispanic) will inexorably overtake the county pushing middle class families (mostly white) into Amelia and Powhatan; if you think that the residential and commercial growth does not have commensurate and appropriate infrastructure; if you think that there will not be high paying jobs available in the county for the next generation of graduates – then you may reconsider voting to maintain the status quo.
I personally think the current board is ill equipped to manage balanced growth in the county, as well intentioned as they may seem.
If you attended the debate are you satisfied with Don Sowder abstaining on important votes? Do you really think in the year he was there that he should take so much credit for Watkins's Landing and Cloverleaf Mall? Do you support his view that the board not be increased from five to seven members?
I spoke with Mr. Sowder after the meeting. I had sent him two emails – and he had not responded to either, although he contended in his remarks on stage that "accessibility" was on of the four principles he was running on. He told me courteously that he was swamped with emails and could not deal with each one individually. He is retired. Yet Dan Gecker not only responded to the same two emails in depth, he requested I (someone he did not know at the time) meet with him and he spent an unhurried hour discussing issues that I was interested in. I like Don Sowder as a person. But I am fully convinced that Dan Gecker brings far more to the board. Dan is extremely bright, has uncommon humility, knows the county inside and out, has both perspective and vision, and I think he will bring a balance to the board that has been too tilted to "growth is good and the consequences will eventually take care of themselves" attitude.
- November 2, 2007 at 3:34:00 PM AST
I hardly think you can blame Donald Sowder for the Republicanesque conclusions the previos comment alluded to.
I hope you are not saying that Gecker has never abstained from a vote on the PC....he has.
Gecker plays the game very well. He blames Sowder for the developers influence and his perceived voting record with regard to zonings and then refuses to consider impact fees or raising the proffers on those very same developers. So which is it Dan? You say you do not want the citizens to pay anymore undo taxes but you will not increase the developer proffer system we have now in place, so if growth does not pay for growth how are YOU gping to change anything from a financial standpoint. Fact is, your not.
The Planning side to be sure is something Gecker and maybe Durfee may be skilled but how are they going to adapt to the changing economies of scale when it comes time to re-surface our roads, build our schools, eliminate trailers and address the potential shortfalls in the disability fund.
What is his stand on illegal immigration? Where does he plan to get the revenues neccessary to pay for updating services if he is not going to increase property tax or hold developers more accountable?
To say that Sowder raised our taxes is political spinning and furthermore it was the School Board who determined to move forward with funding the pre-k (none of which is in Midlothian) over than of employing 18 teachers and bus drivers. Sowder may have voted to remove the original funding but it was the School Board that determined the outcome not Sowder.
I had thought highly of Gecker until the last two mailers. Sowder delivered what he set out to do in a short term and based on Gecker's lack of answers concerning solutions to problems see no reason to abandon Sowder now.
The last thing we need is someone who is great at pointed out the troubles but has no solutions. I do not think we can hold a man who has been in office less than a year for some axe someones got against the so-called rooted Republican influence of the Board. Lest you forget Barber was a Democrat and had the support of the majority of the community.
For that matter, Ed Barber was against Watkins Center and Sowder WAS involved as soon as he took office on that one. He can take some credit on delivering that to Midlothian while Gecker supported it two years ago all the way up until after last years election and now this year all he has is talking points on the planning. So was Gecker for it or against it? Or maybe he abstained?
- November 2, 2007 at 7:49:00 PM AST
- Bill Garnett said...
TO: Anonymous,
Let me ask you something. Are you the same person who posted anonymously earlier in this thread? Or are you a different anonymous person? Why do you assume you can carry on a conversation from the dark shadows and not be considered a coward? Who are you who is so willing to attack others from behind the veil of anonymity?
In any other public discourse, you would be the one under the sheet, the one with their voice altered, the epithet from someone faceless in a crowd. You sir are a coward – an unabashed sniveling, weakling of a person who cannot come out into the light of day and take responsibility for your statements and your accusations. You are making statements about real people, accusations about real people – this is not a schoolyard game.
J. Scott can set the conditions for his blog – but I would hope he would join in an effort to stop this cowardly unattributed sniping.
- November 2, 2007 at 9:51:00 PM AST
Again, I will respond here.
Anonymous posting is certainly allowed and endorsed on this blog.
There are many reasons why someone may want to remain anonymous but the fact remains it is an option before them. many of the people who read this blog are County or State employees like teachers and PTA friends and in my view I do not believe that the risk in todays political climate is worth it to such an extent that I demand their identity. I prefer to keep the dialogue of various views going regardless. I do not expect everybody to be a Patrick Henry.
I am absolutely against any hate speech whatsoever against individuals or groups on any thread, whether folks identify themselves or not. Fortunately, our discourse here has never warrented such action nor do I see anything on this thread that would either.
That said, I must admit that I do have issue with someone who would call someone a "coward- a sniveling, weakling of a person" based on voicing an opinion that may be opposite of their own.
I gather the offense is not posting anonymously but the fact that the post was counter to someones beliefs regarding the matter of issues. The politics of personal attacks should never stand.
So I will be the mediator here,lets take alook.
Have the mailings from Friends of Dan Gecker stated Don Sowder "has never once voted against developers"----YES. The mailers accuse Don Sowder of never voting against developers.
Did Dan Gecker vote against both the impact fee proposal and raising the cash proffer system?
YES last night Dan Gecker stated he was against impact fees that would only bring in a portion of the required funds over ten years and he did not feel the residents should be faced with that expense. He also stated the proffer system was broken.
As to Growth paying For Growth and alternatives?
No one has communicated in either campaign how the neccessary funds or revenues would be garnered without impact fees or a raise in proffers. Donald Sowder mentioned last night he felt that the liklihood that the BOS would endorse the impact fees that the Planners voted down was "likely"
Dan Gecker's mailer states he "has a plan to put us back in charge" and further states he would require "developers to mpay their fair share of their impact on our infrastructure". Currently that is through the Cash Proffer System which Gecker did not support raising above the current $15,600. So not sure how aspect gets us very far.
Accussation by Friends of Gecker that Don Sowder raised county taxes on homeowners?
Gecker last nght stated that he "felt" that Don Sowder raised taxes because he did not go along with the .94 cent proposal for taxes and aligned with the .97 cent compromise which was lower than the 1.04 previously taxed. Don Sowder came back with the fact it was the highest reduction in tax rates in county history. Further examination of this lies in your view of assessments. If you feel that the Supervisor is responsible for the rise and rate of assessment level than you may align yourself to the belief that Sowder was a willing participate in rising tax bills. I do not believe however you will find many that are in that camp. Market value has risen in Chesterfield in given other localities in Virginia it was behind the curve for much of the 90's in this area and it finally caught up with the county. The State as well requires these assessments be aligned with prevailing market values. Furthermore, Dan Gecker endorsed the rate of .95 cent before the compromise of .97 was inacted by the BOS.
The School Board issue?
Donald Sowder did endorse the line item veto of 750,000 from the budget of the SB that was to be directed to pre-k in the budget. He addressed his rationale as that of the response of constituents on the issue and the fact that Midlothian would not receive such funding.
Did his vote cost the school system 18 teachers?
Yes & No. Yes he supported removal of 750K , but if you listened to the SB candidates you would have heard how they feel that their budget is their responsibility. They decide what is to be funded. In the end, the SB favored funding pre-k "targeted" not "universal" over hiring teachers and bus drivers. Again the direct the funds provided by the BOS.
Trailers? What has either candidate done to address this issue? Niether has proposed how to face up to this problem other than to say "planning" must be better.
Niether address the future uses of Clover Hill HIgh School (the old one) when the new school comes on line.
The point I believe that was trying to be made is how can the poor planning be put at Sowders feet in this race entirely, when Dan Gecker has been part of the same process for longer as a Planning Commissioner under Ed Barber and now Sowder. Opponents can make the case that it may have been better after Sowder won last years election that Gecker should have stepped down. I do not support that view, but many in the county have that view given the fact they campaigned against one another.
Watkins Center issue?
If I recall and I may be wrong I think Mr. Barber did oppose it. Don Sowder has endorsed it as a "key economic engine of the future" for the County and supported the zoning. Furthermore, if I recall and I will have to consult Mr. Gecker on this but he was in favor of the planning and zoning as it came on line, except in the area with regard to the retail component. I think he was hoping for more of a commercial quadrant. He also raised an issue concerning the sewers that I had not heard before.
So in looking at the post I am not sure what it is entirely is being objected to here. The case can be made on either side of these issues and much of it is left of to the individual to determine where they come down.
I to believe that Mr. Sowder has lived up to what he stated he sought to accomplish in 2006/07 session. The question however is whether that will be good enough for the future direction we want to take the County.
There is an accessibility issue as demonstrated by Bill Garnetts post regarding his experiences. Dan gecker has commented on this blog and I thank him for that. There is no doubt concerning his passion for the County.
I saw him just today out in the community pounding stakes along Robious Road raising a big campaign sign going into Tuesdays face-off.
By the way Dan that was me who honked.
- November 2, 2007 at 11:36:00 PM AST
- Bill Garnett said...
TO: J. Scott,
I certainly respect your right to set the rules for your blog. I also can see your point. I have allowed anonymous posting on my blog when it is civil, but I hold my nose. And I realize my reaction may seem over the top. It is an issue that has been coming to a boil with me, and it is not this anonymous poster so much as the legions of anonymous posters who inhabit this new medium. No credible newspaper allows anonymous letters to the editor.
I don't expect everyone to be a Patrick Henry. But I would more respect an argument that free speech is a freedom only so long as it is expressed and protected. I fail to see that Socratic debate, presentation of facts, and the use of logic would be a detriment to any person in the county. If such would cause discrimination against any (County or State employees like teachers and PTA friends, etc.), then it is that discrimination that should be dealt with. Is this the civic values these teachers would teach our kids – to post anonymously?
If civil and open debate is now to be compromised so that unknown forces can subvert discussions by making anonymous assertions (and often overwhelming legitimate and open posters), then I wonder where we are headed.
The Internet and blogging is still in its relative infancy, but having a code of conduct that promotes open and civil discourse with posters identified would seem to be a better policy.
- November 3, 2007 at 12:15:00 AM AST
I feel compelled to comment on one of the earlier posts. Marleen Durfee has no business in the same sentence as Dan Gecker on planning issues. Dan has forgotten more about planning than most planners will ever know, he is gifted with vision. Marleen Durfee has never understood planning. She repeats what she has heard, like a puppet but doesn't understand land use whatsoever. I think it does a disservice to Mr. Gecker to suggest otherwise.
- November 3, 2007 at 7:26:00 AM AST
That last comment seems to be a glowing portrayal concerning individual who has sat and reviewed and or approved the largest growth agenda in the history of the County.
The people of Matoaca would never endorse him as a Supervisor. Good luck Midlothian.
- November 3, 2007 at 10:06:00 AM AST
How much progress would the County be making on the growth front if it were to be represented by Miller-R, Warren-R, Gecker-D, Durfee-I and Hart-D.
Just think of how many deadlock votes there would be if someone chose to abstain from a vote. How much progress would that be?
- November 3, 2007 at 11:15:00 AM AST
The answer to the previous question is zero.
If the people voice opposition adn actually bring themselves down to the meetings on Nov. 14 over illegal immigration and Nov. 28 for impact fees and get involved that is what could change some things. Merely voting and walking away from it all solves nothing. There is talk concerning developers influence every election and it never goes away and people need to realize it is because after the election they will simply shift their focus on whoever is in office and influence them while the public is asleep.
The next Board will be Miller,Warren,Tubbs,Sowder and the Bermuda race between Hart and Jaeckle is a tossup. So much for the grassroots independent push. Even if one should win are not they all really Democrat at the core anyway?
- November 4, 2007 at 12:17:00 PM AST
Remember the "shot across the bow" posting when Mrs. Jaeckle beat Jack Wilson?
Mrs. Jaeckle may be proudly running under the Republican banner, as opposed to Mrs. Hart's attempt to distance herself as far away from her DEMOCRATIC endorsement as possible, but remember that Mrs. Jaeckle and supporters had to form a grassroots revolt within the party to first, not continue support for Dickie King and second, to not accept the party choice of Jack Wilson as being any better regarding our desire to deal with growth issues from a homeowner/taxpayer perspective versus the old boy pro growth/pro profits perspective.
The only reason the Bermuda District race is as close as everyone imagines is that few people have paid close attention to Mrs. Hart's own campaign inconsistencies. Her campaign literature clearly reveals contradicting philosophies that can not possibly work. She has so far managed to obfuscate these glaring contradictions under the banner of opposing growth but, without any real plan to correct the existing infrastructure problems, much less future ones.
- November 4, 2007 at 1:33:00 PM AST
So are you in agreement that the race is indeed a "tossup"?
Its perfectly acceptable to point out the difficulties in someones campaign, but iis this not a factor that may be making this race close?
Both sides of this race have significant grassroots efforts. You do not get where they are in Bermuda without knocking on doors.
Bermuda is probably the most unique distrcit in realtion to the others in Chesterfield. It lags behind in the number of expansive developments and the people of that area may heed may that are seeing in Matoaca or evenm Dale recently to be very concerned that their area may be the next target of developers.
- November 4, 2007 at 5:42:00 PM AST
not that it matters, but I predict:
- November 5, 2007 at 3:14:00 PM AST
Miller (easily)
Warren (easily)
Tubbs/Hastings (tossup)
Jaeckle ( by less than 100 votes)
Gecker (by less than 300 votes)
- November 5, 2007 at 8:32:00 PM AST


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Lawyers circling Leeds United and Football League like hungry vultures
Massimo clearly felt a deal had been struck at the end of last week, otherwise he wouldn't have been so stupid as to sack McDermott surely? The assurances must, therefore, have been pretty damn categorical, so should GFH Capital try to wriggle off the hook now, it would be amazing if a legal action didn't follow. We are now hearing that contracts were not exchanged, but Massimo would appear to have a pretty strong case given the public statement made by GFH Capital on the Official Site on Saturday which read:
"Following recent media reports and speculation, GFH Capital would like to confirm that it has agreed to sell a 75 per cent stake in the club to Eleonora Sport Ltd, a company owned by the Cellino family who have many years experience in football and who plan to invest substantially in the club including the re acquisition of Elland Road. Eleonora will be working on completing the required Football League approval."
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And then there's the matter of the Fit and Proper Person Test because should Massimo fail here, he can also allege bias because of the position of former Leeds C.E.O. Shaun Harvey at the Football League.
The last thing the club needs is a legal dispute over ownership as this could result in absolute turmoil and total inertia. How can you sign contracts if nobody knows who owns the club? But it's looking more and more likely that this is heading for the courts one way or another, because when the legal vultures spot a bleeding corpse, they circle and wait for the opportunity to feed their full.
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- Anonymous4 February 2014 at 10:13
Some good point's hf. but Harvey was C.E.O not CHAIRMAN of Leeds!!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Apologies. I will correct.Delete
- Anonymous4 February 2014 at 10:19
Your obsessed pal. Get a grip or get a lifeReplyDelete
- whitearmy4 February 2014 at 10:25
U dont know when to stop do you.i want the club to go to the right people.on one hand we have haigh,pearson,and fuck nose who else,who havent got any more more money than gfh,and on the other we have a pasta loving twat,who wipes his arse with 5o pound notes....i cant make my fucking mind up...just spend some cash u muppetsReplyDelete
- Anonymous4 February 2014 at 10:40
SHUT THE FUCK UP hf! You're making yourself look an even bigger arsehole than you usually do with this one. GFH had agreed to sell to to Sport Capital for nigh on two months, before Cellino popped up. Ever bought/sold a house hf? IF so (big if) you'd know you can agree to buy or sell without the exchange of contracts, only when contracts are exchanged is deemed that the agreement is legally binding. Surely if you've owned/bought/sold property you'd know this already! Besides you're just rooting for the crook cos you know we don't want him.ReplyDeleteReplies
I have bought many houses and I have never moved furniture in on the basis of an offer being accepted by the vendor. Nor have any of the vendors made an official announcement confirming the deal. Please show me the GFH Capital announcement that Sport Capita had bought the club, because I don't remember seeing it. I do, however, remember an exclusivity agreement being granted.Delete
I didn't announce that Massimo had bought the club, GFH Capital issued that statement on the Official Site, and the general inference was that it was a done deal subject to the Fit and Proper Person test. And I suspect that is the case, which is why Flowers is preparing a legal objection to Massimo being approved by the Football League.
I am not a lawyer, but you can bet your life that the lawyers are circling as this article says and I would be amazed if one side or the other doesn't issue legal proceedings. I don't say which side will win here, but I fancy Massimo will end up in control of the club. And to be honest, though he is a dodgy Sicilian, I suspect he is the best bet for Leeds to move forward because he has money and he will pool Cagliari and Leeds United's playing resources aka the Pozzos at Watford.
Had McDermott not been sacked, Leeds fans would have been happy to see Massimo take control. And there's only one thing for sure here, McDermott will be sacked one day, no matter who owns the club. So really Friar Brian is a side issue, the main concern should be who will pump most money into Leeds. And I think that's Massimo - Dirty Money for Dirty Leeds some might argue!
- Anonymous4 February 2014 at 16:30
He is selling cagliari!!Delete
- Anonymous4 February 2014 at 17:38
here we go again,lying about how many houses you own.........Delete
- Anonymous4 February 2014 at 19:45
dirty Leeds? didn't west ham commit fraud by signing Tevez ?Delete
- Anonymous4 February 2014 at 11:05
Can't argue with the fact that the vultures are circling! hf there's a good number of LUFC fans who can see past the £ signs, I've never wanted Cellino in charge having looked him up as soon as his name was hinted at, he proved just wot kind of bloke he his last week trying to squeeze Festa in and by his illegal "jumping the gun actions" on Friday night, on these actions alone (never mind the fraud) he should not be deemed to be a fit and proper person to own the club. No hf, we don't need another dodgy bastard at our club. No manager would ever feel safe.ReplyDelete
Hahahaha dirty money for dirty Leeds???? Lol if anyone's money is dirty its ures!!!! Seen as how its earnt from selling dildos !!!!! Which is ironic seen as how you have a team full of em!!!!!!ReplyDelete
I think we should get the dirty money in...and try and resolve the McDermott issue, with an "ironfist" contract, so he can contractually stay (not be fired) as long as Leeds remain above a specified position in the league. Surely some lawyer can work that one out......ReplyDelete
- Anonymous4 February 2014 at 16:34
Carol lost appeal! Ha ha ha haReplyDelete
- Anonymous4 February 2014 at 17:40
can you explain to me what happened with west ham signing max gradel? you know after you devoted a full article to gloating about it.....haha you make yourself look a twat sometimes mr.armchair hammerReplyDelete
What's the chance of "No Ruddy Chance" waking up to a horse's head in his bed?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous4 February 2014 at 19:30
See wankpot andy red card upheldReplyDelete


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Asia Movie Pass has been operating since 1996 and has never stopped updating their impressive collection of porn. Currently, there are 42,801+ full-lengths DVDs to download. In other words, if you looking for genuine J-porn, this is the only site you'll ever need.
All the content is organized by actual DVD titles for sale in Japan. You can browse by title, DVD series, models, and categories. The video quality is mostly good with WMV, AVI, and MP4 formats. There's a great selection of High-Definition movies in WMV format as well as plenty of lesser-quality movies. They come in their original Japanese formats with or without the censorship depending on when it was first released. The site updates daily with a minimum of 50+ new DVDs added every month!
The Content
Cum, cum, and more cum! Asia Movie Pass has more bukkake, cum swapping, cum drinking than any other site online. But it's much more than that. Every Japan niche imaginable is here including the more extreme fetishes. There's bondage, S&M, and forced sex fantasies. They even have a category called "Gooey Mess."
Everything you'd ever want is already included in the archives. Based on the sheer volume of videos, you'll find practically everything from mainstream AV models to the weird and bizarre. The only complaint I have is that some of the movies are censored (Japanese porn laws require the genitals to be pixalated). But it's not always a problem when the movies focus on cum play. And to be fair, many of the videos are still 100% uncensored.
If you prefer to view online, there's also an option to stream the videos online on the embedded video player. You can watch on your PC, Mac, smart phone since the videos are compatible on mobile as well.
The Navigation
When you select a DVD, you'll see a movie description with 6 screenshots and 20 similar movies recommended below it. This lets you find related videos to the one you're previewing. The NEW RELEASES page from the top menu lists the latest site updates.
When the site was first launched, it was adding one new DVD each day. But now you get closer to 5-7 full-length DVDs added every single day! One thing to consider before signing up is the download speed. The size of these high-quality movies can be over 2 gigabytes, so a good internet connection will be helpful. But if your internet isn't that fast, you can still choose a lower-quality option.
Bonus Sites
As if the content within Asia Movie Pass wasn't enough, they've also included 3+ bonus sites. At $29.95/month, it's a real bargain. You might not like all the content from the bonus sites; for example, Asian Prego won't appeal to the masses. But sites such as Brokeback Asians (Japanese lesbians) and Asian Ropes (extreme bondage) do add a lot of value to your membership price.
Membership Prices
- 3 days for $4.95 (trial membership)
- 1 month for $29.95
- 3 months for $59.95 (1 month free)
- 10 months for $99.50 ($9.95/month – best value)
If you are fond of Japanese porn, especially bukkake and niche porn, then I can't recommend this site enough. The content is excellent and the sheer selection of J-porn DVDs is the best I've come across. For both the casual and serious J-porn viewer, Asia Movie Pass is definitely worth joining.


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It's always fun to look back at publications which predict what the future will be like - especially if that future is already the past. Most of the enjoyment comes from seeing just how far we haven't progressed. In the case of this 1979 book, The Usborne Book of the Future - A trip in time to the year 2000 and beyond the predictions are remarkably prescient. Take for instance the car of the future; The book offers two distinctly different and yet remarkably familiar predictions - the hybrid, and the ever elusive electric car.
While the hybrid reminds us of the epic horror of the AMC Pacer and the electric car looks nothing like the upcoming Tesla roadster, we have to give it to the books writers for their accuracy. Take a look at the super huge version here for all the thrilling details as well as a peek at the semi truck of the future. [via Pointless Museum]


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Frankfurt Nightlife
You might not expect a city known for its banking industry to have much of a nightlife, but with its high rollers and multicultural expats, Frankfurt parties hard after dark. Whether looking for an epic night in the club or a laid back session of jazz, Frankfurt will have plenty on offer.
Some of the best clubs in Frankfurt feature techno and house music, and the clubbing scene is energetic and trendy. Those looking for something slightly more sophisticated will find that Frankfurt is one of the jazz capitals of Europe. For opera and classical music see what's playing at the Oper Frankfurt and the venerable Alte Oper. Frankfurt is also home to many theatres.
The Frankfurt nightlife is clustered around the city's northern area, near Fressgasse, Zeil and Römerberg. The cobbled lanes of Sachsenhausen have some especially lively Latin, Irish and local joints to enjoy. Adult entertainment is also a booming industry in Frankfurt and the area known as Bahnhofsviertel is one of the largest red light districts in the world.
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A mobile-friendly website is any website that works well on mobile devices.
This has become a huge issue in the last several years because of the growth of smartphones and tablets. Smartphone users are all familiar with the struggle of trying to read a site that doesn't function on a small screen.
Responsive Website vs. Mobile-Friendly Website
Mobile friendly websites function well no matter what size screen you're looking at it on. The main difference between a responsive website design (like this one you're visiting right now) and a mobile-friendly website is this.
Responsive design changes based on whatever size screen you're using. This is a more customized experience.
A mobile-friendly website, in contrast, is static. The content and layout doesn't change based on the screen size. It works well no matter what the screen size. This feat is usually achieved with a minimalist layout, content, and navigation.
So, a responsive design is mobile friendly in that it works well on all devices, but it does this by adapting to the screen. True mobile friendly website design is just a simple design that doesn't change but still looks great.
Does that make sense?
More On Responsive Websites
You can read more about responsive websites in other posts on this website.
- What are responsive websites?
- Responsive Website Benefits
- Responsive Website vs. Mobile App: Which do you need for your side hustle?
Need Help Getting a Responsive or Mobile-Friendly Website?
I offer affordable WordPress Set Up and Configuration Packages for your side hustle to help you get started. You can learn more about the services I provide here.
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Machine Robo Battle Robo MR04
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Action toys revival Machine robo series – Battle Robo
- Complete transform into tank mode and robot mode.
- Original designed Rifle included.
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- Die-cast parts
- Action toys Universal Stand included
License: <Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos>
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From many neighborhoods in San Diego, you can look out and see other neighborhoods. That's how it is in a city of hills. When I lived on Boundary Street, in North Park, I could look out my front window and see what seemed to be the last big hill before the border, its bald peak covered with a multitude of antennas. From the hill we live on now, on B Street, we can see downtown and the harbor to the west and south. On a clear day we can see the tip of Point Loma from our back door. From certain places on Point Loma, you can see all of San Diego. In contrast, from the house I grew up in on Long Island, I could only see the house across the street.
Now I live with my husband in the Giddings House, built in 1911 on top of a hill that really does turn golden in the sunset. From our front window, we can see all the way to the Navy hospital, on the next hill over, where huge black helicopters bring the wounded from Iraq and Afghanistan. We also have a great view of the house across the street, a three-story late Victorian number complete with pointed turret and superfluous cornices. Floor-to-ceiling windows curve 270° around each story of the turret, and its third floor hosts a picturesque balcony with miniature columns. I can picture a wealthy businessman's wife standing on that balcony, at the end of a day in 1910, watching the streetcar climbing Broadway, bringing her husband home from his toils downtown.
While I watch the sun set over the city's building tops, I imagine the turn-of-the century developers of this neighborhood climbing the slope out of downtown, shedding bowler hats and tailcoats, reaching what is now the B Street summit at the long slant of afternoon, and declaring the hill "golden." Previous to these reconnoiters, when San Diego was a fledging city in the mid 1800s, Golden Hill was a dusty mesa with a great view. As San Diego's population began to expand rapidly in the latter half of the 19th century, land speculators took a chance on developing plots on the outskirts of the established city site. Several successful businessmen built houses in the new neighborhood, among them Mathias Heller, who pioneered "cash-and-carry" grocery stores in San Diego, and the son of Colonel George Giddings, who operated and later owned the "Jackass Mail," the first overland mail route from the east to San Diego. The old Golden Hill mansions still sit pretty on their perches, above the streets of downtown San Diego, clinging to plots that seem to be trying to subdivide out from under them.
Evidently the turreted house across the street from ours used to be one of these grand mansions, but now the current owners, a stout old woman and her equally stout son, seem to be having a little trouble keeping up with the upkeep. For most of the six years we've lived across from it, it looked like Lily and Herman Munster would answer the door--if you dared to knock. We took to calling it the "Munster House," warning visitors that Eddie or Grandpa might emerge at any moment.
When the house's owners gave the foreboding front door a new coat of shiny black paint and experimented with an attractive caramel color on the first floor, we thought the old place was finally due for an upgrade to "painted lady" status. Unfortunately, the restoration stalled at that stage for almost two years. The moldy, peeling, once-white clapboards and dilapidated woodwork continued to sag behind 100-year-old bougainvillea and wildly overgrown vines. The mansion seemed doomed to crumble into the annals of history. Nevertheless, tourists kept coming by to snap photos of the place, taking home a fitting souvenir of the decayed grandeur of the Victorian era. The iconic house even earned itself a place on the banners the Golden Hill CDC recently put up around the neighborhood.
In contrast, the two guys who own the "Giddings property," where we live, have meticulously restored the Craftsman-style mansion to its splendor of yore. The cedar shakes are new, the windows are new (but made to look old), the crown molding is stained a handsome dark brown. When we moved in, they solemnly advised us not to scratch the finish on the "$25,000" staircase. More and more houses in this neighborhood are getting these kinds of renovations, changing ownership and receiving the royal restoration treatments they require, though the streetcar has long since abandoned its route, and today's wealthy businessmen usually choose further-flung suburban neighborhoods.
The gentrification of Golden Hill has hiccupped along over the six years we've lived here, bringing fresh paint and a few brave restaurateurs. To our surprise (and relief!) the Munster House even got its share of the neighborhood makeover. After a few false starts, including a disturbingly butter-yellow shade of paint and what appeared to be volunteer labor, a man who seemed to be a contractor finally showed up in a white work truck emblazoned with the words "Jesus: The Love. The Life. The Miracle." We nicknamed him "Jesus" and joked that it would take a miracle to repaint that old place.
But Jesus stuck with it, and, over several long months of unsightly transitional stages, he managed to get a fresh coat of paint over most of the house. (He seems to have overlooked the cornices.) We were impressed when he put a primer on before applying the final coat of color, a soft sage green with salmon and burgundy accents. The result is more teenage make-up job than "painted lady," but we appreciate the effort. The view out our front window doesn't exactly evoke the heyday of the Golden Hill mansions, but at least it's greener!
More from SDReader
- More stories by Leorah Gavidor
- Rather Than a Riff: Golden Hill Cafe — March 23, 2011
- David Copley builds himself a big house in La Jolla. — Sept. 10, 1992
- Preservationist Robert Miles Parker gets started at Front and Grape — Dec. 9, 1976
- No supermarket in Golden Hills, just corner markets — July 8, 1976


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Jim Weighell, Director of Operations Southern Africa: Global Business Travel Association:
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the GBTA I would like to express our gratitude to you.
Your contribution and participation in our conference brought the level of quality and credibility to the event that we were seeking. The session on Managing Millennials (Social principles and the workplace) was made extremely powerful with your clear insight into possibilities that I suspect many of delegates had not thought of previously. The content and delivery was exactly what we were aiming for.
We have received a number of emails and messages of thanks regarding the content of our conference, which by all accounts was a great success, and in no small measure a result of your contribution.
My only regret is that we could not explore your knowledge further within the limited time we had available.
We are considering holding executive forums for senior executives whose portfolio includes business travel, where management and communications will be of the key topics. I hope I may be able to call on your services should we go down this route.
I also look forward very much to working with you in developing a cohesive social communications structure for GBTA SA, something we really need to have.


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On 21 March 2014 the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) will launch the 2014 World Water Development Report at UNU Campus, in Tokyo, Japan, during the celebrations of the World Water Day.
With this latest edition, the flagship report of UN-Water is the first of a new series of shorter thematic reports, concentrating on different strategic water issue each year in conjunction with the UN appointed theme of World Water Day.
The WWDR 2014 provides a detailed analysis of the complex interlinkages between water and energy in the context of sustainable development.
The report describes the potential water-related constraints, challenges, impacts and opportunities related to different type of energy production. This will ultimately determine what the future global energy mix will mean for water resources and the people and sectors that also depend upon them.


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Dip Your Feet Into the Ocean One More Time!: Fall Getaway Cottages
Nov. 6, 2016
It's not time to hang up your swimsuit just yet. Fall Break is right around the corner. Turn in all of your homework, finish studying for your midterm exams and take a relaxing trip to the beach with your friends and family. Fall Break may not scream "beach weather," but you'd be surprised here at 30A! The sun is still warm, and the beautiful weather will have you in shorts and lathering up that sunscreen all day long. Whether you want to soak up the sun with your family or friends, we've put a list of cottages together for you!
This cottage located in Seagrove. This would be a fun house to have a girls weekend getaway. With 4 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms, it'll sleep 8 of your best friends comfortably. Not only is the inside floorplan beachy and spacious, but the private backyard is too. A built in pool with lounge chairs will have you and your girls living by the pool and soaking up the sun.
Centre Court
In the heart of Rosemary Beach, this 3-bedroom home will fit all of your needs during your Fall Break beach trip. Centre Court is just a few steps away from not only the beautiful white sandy beaches, but the Sky pool, which is heated when weather permits. Take a quick walk down the cobbled streets to find yourself near Rosemary Beach Merchants and tons of delicious restaurants. There are also 3 other community pools a short walk or bike ride down the road. The outdoor seating area has become everyone's favorite part of the home. It'll become your perfect go-to to begin your day with a cup of coffee, or to unwind with a glass of wine.
Jubilation Cottage
The Jubilation Cottage will be your family's home away from home. Just a few steps away from the Cabana Pool, the largest in Rosemary, will be waiting for you and all of your splashing and swimming needs. The outdoor gas grill will easily become Dads favorite, and the outdoor shower will come in handy for rinsing sandy feet and all of your beach toys and chairs.
Pitot Carriage
This private one-bedroom carriage home is one of the only ocean front options in Rosemary Beach. It's a perfect carriage home just for two, yet can sleep four! Gaze into the Gulf of Mexico while relaxing on the full length balcony. You can create breathtaking memories of sunrises and sunsets without having to step onto the beach. Take a five minute stroll into town to enjoy fantastic shopping and dining.
Want to see every cottage 30A Cottages & Concierge has to offer? Check out our vacation rentals.


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With a stay at Hotel Eurostars Zaragoza in Zaragoza (La Almozara), you'll be a 3-minute drive from Aljaferia Palace and 8 minutes from Basilica de Nuestra Senora del Pilar. This hotel is 1.9 mi (3.1 km) from Plaza del Pilar and 2 mi (3.2 km) from Plaza de Espana.
Make yourself at home in one of the 256 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and plasma televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with bathtubs or showers feature complimentary toiletries and bidets. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
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Enjoy a meal at the restaurant or snacks in the hotel's coffee shop/café. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee.
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This exquisitely crafted Visconti rollerball pen is inspired by the iconic 1889 Van Gogh masterpiece The Starry Night , depicting the village of Saint-Remy under a dramatically swirling sky, which currently hangs in New York City's Museum of Modern Art. Visconti gift box includes a faithful reproduction of the painting under the lid. 5 1/2L x 1/2 diameter; 1.10 oz. Handmade in Florence, Italy.
- Made from a unique natural resin mixed to approximate Van Gogh's color palette.
- Visconti's 18-faceted design enhances the vivid colors on the barrel.
- Name of the painting and artist are engraved around the band.
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Recently, Mukunoki Ayumi gave me a tour of Kuboco, the construction and roof garden company where she works in Shitamachi. She graduated from Nodai, where I am a research fellow. The meeting took place thanks to Edgy Japan's Yanigasawa Hiroki. I immediately recognized the building when I spotted the incredible wisteria that is trellised across one building and climbs to the top of the adjoining 8 story building, where it provides rooftop shade on a trellis structure. Mukunoki-san told me that the vine is just eight years old and very vigorous!
Kuboco designs roof gardens and vertical gardens for commercial and retail buildings as well as residences. Since they are a construction company, they are able to combine garden design and maintenance with structural engineering, water-proofing, and retrofitting trellises for vines and vertical gardens onto older buildings.
Mukunoki-san reports seeing a shift from roof lawns to vegetables in Tokyo. She attributes this to customers wanting less maintenance and greater value from their outdoor spaces. Kabuco has roof gardens on both of its buildings, one a more social space and the other full of experiments with soil depth and new vegetables. Kuboco is very hands-on in providing advice about how to build roof gardens and what to grow. Mukunoki-san explained that last summer she grew tumeric because one of her clients wanted to grow it. On my visit, I saw blueberries, carrots, onions, parsley and other food on their demonstration gardens, and admired how they are testing out what can grow in 5, 10, 20, and 25 cm deep soil boxes. And for a while Kuboco's roof garden provides fresh vegetables to a local onigiri restaurant.
She also introduced me to the Japanese term for "local food": 地産地消 (chisanchishou, locally produced and locally consumed, with the first and third kanji being the word soil).
The 8 year old wisteria looks like it's been on this building for much longer. It blooms best when trained horizontally.
I would love to try blueberries, too. It would be so satisfying to eat fresh blueberries, rather than the supermarket ones that have travelled from as far as Chile.


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As official videographer for the U.S. government, Kurt Sonnenfeld was detailed to Ground Zero on September 11, 2001, where he spent one month filming 29 tapes: "What I saw at certain moments and in certain places ... is very disturbing!"
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Just for you Mick, but plenty of other design links that suggest the exact same principles.
An exclusive interview with the photographer here: http://www.voltairenet.org/9-11-FEMA-videographer-at-Ground
Can't stop 9/11 truth!
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Also, as an aside, almost every man pictured above, is now dead, by Sonnenfeld and the admission of the NYPD, and NYFD.
Actually the pre-sets were known of at the time, and were designed to bring the buildings down. These were steel boxes set at every point along the structural framework. It was determined in 1982 that these pre-sets were not sufficient to bring down any of the towers in a fashion configured for footprint demolition.
This is why Taped charges were put on all key structural steel supports, known as radio controlled "Cutter Charges".
Again, this was not enough, as it was determined that there was no way way to destroy the underground complex housing most of America's Gold, a feint, as it were,, since most thought it to be in the Federal Reserve, or Fort Knox. So, all gold was trucked out prior to the explosives, otherwise known as mini-nukes, that were clearly recorded just prior to the planes hitting and blew out all the windows of the lobby, as shown in the Naudet Brothers Video on 9/11. The blast were actually seven floors below the ground.
Btw, apeman, it was Building 7, not 6.
Building 6 was set just before detonation. pwersonnel had been cleared out. Bush had just done a remanning of key positions in the U.S. Border Patrol with untrained FEMAtards.
Doesn't anybody want to know about the presets installed during construction? You will have to man up and hit 1968-1972 magazine archives. Very scary. The potential of extreme personal danger. Your mothers might see what you really spend most of your time staring at on your computer after you leave the house to check out some journals and newspapers.
Articles about Skilling Engineers being pissed off about the preset and shoddy work are nonexistent. They WERE upset, and wondered why the shitty work was signed off as completed and approved. Glad to see the photo evidence of this preset. I have HAD IT with shit being thrown in my face. THANX SONNENFELD.


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Swiss Man in Nongkhai Robbed Of 500,000 bht While He Slept
Half a million baht in cash was stolen in a nigh time burglary in Nong Khai on Tuesday. A total of five house were hit in the burglaries.
Suphanee Conrad, the Swiss man's Thai wife, said that she had got up in the night and noticed that a door to a bedroom was open as usual. But by morning the door was closed.
Then a neighbor came rushing in to enquire if they had been robbed because the neighbors husband had been disturbed by a burglar in the night.
When they checked three bags that were lying about in the bedroom they found they had been the victims of theft.
They had prepared 500,000 baht in Thai money and foreign currency to complete a land purchase deal. Now it was all gone. The burglaries happened at the Dao Reung housing estate and are being investigated by downtown Nong Khai police.


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Pomegranates are a rich source of potassium. Before they disappear from the markets in January, scoop up a dozen to turn into a colorful, refreshing sorbet (and while you're at it, don't forget to tuck a few extra containers of seeds into the freezer to enjoy throughout the winter).
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"The book is titled Blind Shrike. It's not a rotten book, I think. In fact, it's a pretty traditional fantasy quest, just one that, to me, makes sense in George W. Bush's America. The hero of the story is on a quest for his own lost ignorance and innocence. He really doesn't want to know too much because, as many of us have learned, too much information is a soul-sucking pain in the ass. In the book you'll also find magic and monsters, angels and demons, magical swords and forbidden books. And blimps. Every fantasy novel should have at least one blimp." -- Richard Kadrey
Lewis Shiner is a two-time finalist for the Nebula (Frontera, Deserted Cities of the Heart), a finalist for the Philip K. Dick (Frontera), and won the World Fantasy award for Glimpses.
The plot thickens and larger issues may be at stake in the second book of Mayer Alan Brenner's "Dance of Gods" series. Originally published by DAW Books, the books are a witty and intelligent science / fantasy crossover.
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Plot-lines collide and family secrets are revealed in the third book of Mayer Alan Brenner's "Dance of Gods" series. Originally published by DAW Books, the books are a witty and intelligent science / fantasy crossover.
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Former Mayor Wellington E. Webb enacted the Denver Public Art Program in 1988, and it has since helped fund the installation of more than 150 public art works in our city. You see them all over town, and this one in particular saw the commission of both muralists and lighting technicians to set the algorithms for the LED lights.
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"Shipyards do not build ships, ships do not fight battles. It is the people who build ships, people who fight battles." -- anonymous Mare Island Yardbird (civilian shipyard worker).
"Shipyards do not build ships, ships do not fight battles. It is the people who build ships, people who fight battles." -- anonymous Mare Island Yardbird (civilian shipyard worker).
Two releases per year (spring and fall). $125 per release. Each is a "mixed craft case" (12 bottles, mostly 22oz'rs). Yardbirds can pick up their shipment at the Pick-Up Parties, have it held for later pick up at the Ferry Taproom, or have it shipped (as a member, you'll receive 50% off shipping).
Rotating limited-availability seasonal brews including: Monomoy Märzen Lager, Nuclear Sandwich Double IPA, Six Buckets Russian Imperial Stout and more. Additional Yardbird-only, reserve level tiny-batch brews crafted specifically for our beloved Yardbirds including: General Order No. 99 and Murphy the Pig Fresh Saison.
The two releases (spring and fall) include a dog tag specific to that release (handmade in-house on an old typo-graph). When you pick-up your release, you'll receive a dog tag that identifies you as a current, active, beer-purchasing-and-receiving-Yardbird. It will be required at events as proof of being a current member in order to receive member perks.
Each release, Yardbirds and their guests can purchase tickets to our rockin' Pick-Up Parties held at our Coal Shed Brewery on the waterfront of Mare Island. Parties include catered food, beer, live music, an intense and highly anticipated game (usually the highlight of the event, water balloon launchers have been involved), and of course, your release will be ready for pick up.
Multiple, fun, Yardbird-only events throughout the year: The Winter Feast, Yardbird Brewer's Bootcamp, 4th of July Fireworks viewing, SF Giants game, Historic Mare Island Brew Cruise, Crawfish Boil, and more. (See the calander below!)
Yardbirds (themselves only) tour and taste at our Coal Shed Brewery for free. Tours must be scheduled in advance.
Yardbirds receive 50% off shipping on all online orders, always (including club releases). Yardbirds also receive unique discounts and special access to various events throughout the year.
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