text: Who's Ready for a Fresh Start in 2013? January 6, 2013 08:07 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Bob Utterback Farm Journal Columnist Email Every year, the markets make a fresh start. There are great expectations and hopes for good yields and prices. This year is starting out no different, but there are more storm clouds on the horizon than usual. The macro economy is uncertain. Many market watchers are suggesting we are merely in a cyclical downturn. All that is needed, they say, is more consumers spending and the rich to pay more of their fair share. On the other side of the argument, there are those who suggest that we are not merely in a cycle low, we are in the final stages of a bubble economy and fiscal and monetary restraints are needed. They argue that we have seen the housing market crash and the consumer debt crash, but the big bubble of government debt and a weak U.S. dollar are yet to come. Regardless of which side of the argument you believe, you still cannot afford to ignore the extensive market price movement in 2013 and beyond. This will have a tremendous impact on every producer's strategy to protect his or her farm assets. Uncertainty about the strength of domestic and global demand for grains and oilseeds are already causing concerns, as is the issue of consumer pushback because of high beef and pork retail prices. As if these two factors were not causing enough insecurity in the fundamentals, there are considerable concerns about the potential of another yield reduction event due to weather in 2013. For now, keep a tight rein on risk exposure. Consider using the federal subsidy crop insurance program and an integrated marketing program to maximize profit. Sales Index Key Excellent sales opportunity...... 10 Excellent buying opportunity..... 1 Finally, if we do see a yield reduction event this summer, use that rally to extend your coverage into 2014 via the futures markets because eventually the best cure for high prices is high prices! Corn 12345 6 78910 The corn market corrected after the August highs and is now hovering within a tight trading range in the old crop. Expectation is still high that lead-month corn will spend limited time below $7—but it will also spend limited time above $8. The cash basis level will continue to be extremely strong as end users acquire inventory in a tight stocks environment. Midwest producers should take a cash bid as close to $8 as soon as possible and not hold until the summer for the weather scare event. Normally I'm bearish and recommend being a strong seller of December 2013 corn above $6.45 to $6.65. Now people seem to be more bearish than me! It seems like they want to use a trend-line yield of 160 bu., which, when combined with a 98-million-acre crop, should lead to a significant increase in carryover. We might get undermargined producers to panic-sell in January and February but be unable to handle a weather scare in May or June. Anyone who wants to sell inventory now should use a deep-in-the-money put and stay away from all cash, forward cash and short futures contracts until June 15 or later. Beans 12345 6 78910 The soybean situation is just like corn. The old crop is very tight, but bearish concern is developing for the new crop. If early projections of 80 million acres are realized in the U.S., along with a rather big South American crop, it might be difficult for November 2013 soybeans to get above $13.50 unless we see a serious summer yield reduction event driving soybean yields below 37 bu. Unfortunately, we will not know this until we are well into August, so producers need to have at least half of their expected 2013 soybean crop sold via a deep-in-the-money put below $14. Again, refrain from cash, forward cash or futures contract sales until late summer because of the explosive upside risk if a drought event should occur. The tightest supply time period for old crop soybeans will be during the first quarter of 2013. The biggest hope for producers with high-priced soybeans in the bin is weather stress in South America—otherwise a lot of old crop soybeans will be held all the way to July or August. I know producers have been bailed out the past two summers, but it's not a speculative venture. Eventually, they will get caught holding the bag. Wheat 123456 7 8910 The wheat market is scary. On one side of the equation, we still have plenty of global supply. The Chicago wheat production region will most likely see more wheat acres planted and crop conditions will remain stable. The real concern will be with the western wheat production region: Kansas City wheat could do exceptionally better than Chicago wheat, which many traders are capitalizing on. I believe Chicago wheat producers need to be more aggressive in pricing expected production between $8.50 and $9. The biggest challenge is if weather concerns can pull up the Kansas City wheat or corn markets this summer. For this reason, I still suggest using deep-in-the-money options rather than selling futures or cash. Again, it's about having a floor strategy in place, allowing farmers to benefit if some upside price strength is realized by summer. Cattle 123456 7 8910 Cattle prices have backed off, along with grain prices, as speculators have generally become less excited about commodities. It is not an issue of oversupply or high weights; the primary concern is how much consumers are willing to pay for beef. Some suggest cattle prices will move to record highs during the spring and summer months. While there is merit to this argument, concern about the domestic economy will likely keep most consumers on the defensive, making it difficult to argue for sharply higher beef values at the grocery counter. Don't limit your upside potential, though. Be long in a vertical bear put strategy below the market and leave the upside open during the first half of the year. Your first order of business is to ensure feed supplies are locked up in the cash market to avoid basis and flat price risk exposure. If you are using a lot of borrowed capital, stay with short-term rates and watch the bond market for a longterm signal that interest rates should be locked up. Hogs 123456 7 8910 The seasonal signs in the hog market point to a period of weakness from February to April. Since prices have come off strong levels in 2012 for the April 2013 contract, it will be difficult for the market to get April hogs back above contract highs. If the market gets close to the highs, lock up all inventory for the first quarter of 2013 in futures or cash sales if the basis is acceptable. Stay flexible from May to June. My comments in the cattle section in regard to protecting feed supply also apply to hog producers. This material has been prepared by a sales or trading employee or agent of Farm Journal Media/ Utterback Marketing Services, Inc., and is, or is in the nature of, a solicitation. This material is not a research report prepared by Bob Utterback/Utterback Marketing Services, Inc. By accepting this communication, you agree that you are an experienced user of the futures markets, capable of making independent trading decisions and agree that you are not, and will not, rely solely on this communication in making trading decisions. 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When I'm counting my blessings, one of the items on my list is my career. Among other things, it took us back to Texas, where I was born. During my childhood and then as an adult, we've moved frequently. After we moved to Dallas in the 90s, we always knew Texas would be home.
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What better way to celebrate Friday, than with a little Texas swing? Asleep at the Wheel's Miles and Miles of Texas is one of my favorites and I used to play it regularly on Friday mornings when I worked in DC. It wasn't long before we Boogie(d) Back to Texas. Gotta love Ray and the rest of the band. 😉


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Movie Review: Bad Teacher
Bad Teacher
2011, 92mins, 15
Director: Jake Kasdan
Writer (s): Gene Stupnitsky, Lee Eisenberg
Cast includes: Cameron Diaz, Lucy Punch, Jason Segel, Justin Timberlake, Thomas Lennon
UK Release Date: 17th June 2011
If I were to describe Jake Kasdan's "Bad Teacher" in one word, it would be "wasteful". The film neglects to make much use of either its spicy premise or cool cast, flat direction and poor writing too often undoing what little good the picture boasts. Cameron Diaz tears into the leading role with relish, but sadly there aren't enough worthwhile jokes on show to buoy the comedienne's efforts, resulting in a final product that can't keep pace with its star. It would be remiss to label "Bad Teacher" as utter bilge, but to date it's probably one of 2011's wildest underachievers.
After her plans for a life of married luxury fall through, Elizabeth Halsey (Cameron Diaz) is forced to return fulltime to her teaching job. A neglectful and morally bankrupt educator, Elizabeth quickly becomes suspect in the eyes of upbeat co-worker Amy (Lucy Punch), a hyperactive and diligent busybody who dislikes Elizabeth's classroom etiquette. When a wealthy new temp named Scott (Justin Timberlake) joins the school staff, Elizabeth sees a prime gold-digging opportunity, predicting a pricey boob job will provide her with the keys to the young man's heart. In a bid to raise funds for her surgery, Elizabeth overlooks her professional duties more than ever, desperate to amass enough cash before a scheming Amy makes her own move on Scott.
Diaz is in storming potty -mouthed form, but the script by "Year One" scribes Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg fails to build the character into anything more than a boozy, sexually promiscuous parade of "fucks" and "shits". "Bad Teacher" barely features a narrative arc, and grants its central figure literally no redeeming qualities. Towards the end of the production Elizabeth does something for a student that the filmmakers want us to read as edgy yet touching, but in truth it's just creepy. It's this sort of misjudged writing that makes the film such a tough sit in spots, Diaz deserving minor praise for doing her very best, but unfortunately she's been saddled with an unworkable role.
Kasdan fails to juggle his supporting team efficiently, whilst the script as a whole features at least one key character too many. As the object of Elizabeth's affections, Timberlake manages a few amusing line readings, but is generally happy to keep hitting the same notes again and again. It doesn't help that his character makes precious little sense, his personality seemingly varying from scene to scene. At some points he's a voice of reason and decency, but in others he's the type of guy who cheats on his girlfriend and ejaculates in his pants. Lucy Punch on the other hand is excellent, displaying oodles of energy and a clear knack for physical tomfoolery. Diaz may be adequate, but it's Punch who really stands out here. Jason Segel is barely there as a gym teacher aspiring to hook up with Elizabeth, yet another talent underserviced by the lackluster writing. This tedious arc, along with one involving a nerdy kid trying to score with a girl in Elizabeth's class, is a perfect example of how structurally misguided "Bad Teacher" is. To call is loose storytelling would be an understatement
Aside from a neat opening credits sequence, Jake Kasdan displays very little flair or even directorial competency with "Bad Teacher", a surprising revelation given that his previous comedies ("Orange County" and "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story") were both quite good. The pacing feels off throughout, whilst interactions between the actors often appear forced and unnatural. Kasdan also makes the rookie error of allowing multiple scenes to run beyond their comedic lifespan, resulting in several missed punch lines and a bloated runtime. At a standard 92 minutes "Bad Teacher" may not appear overcooked on paper, but in execution it feels stretched way beyond its natural length. In fact the ideal format for this concept would probably have been a 5-minute sketch, not a feature length summer release.
There are some laughs to be had, a stinging line of dialogue here, and maybe an enjoyable thespian contribution there. I did chortle a handful of times, and have no reservations about applauding the piece for committing so rigidly to its vulgar R-Rated vibe. Still, these minor positives can't outweigh the massive problems, which when combined render "Bad Teacher" a patchy miscalculation.
A Review by Daniel Kelly, 2011
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Writer: Bill Mantlo | Artists: Al Milgrom & Jim Mooney
Letterer: Diana Albers | Colorist: Bob Sharen | Editors: Tom DeFalco & Danny Fingeroth
Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter | Gracious Plot Assist: Roger Stern
The goblin conveniently finds the web-slinger out for an evening constitutional with the Black Cat, and attacks. Spider-Man proves a match for his foe's newfound strength, but when the Cat attempts to offer aid to her love, she spoils his hastily planned trap and allows the Hobgoblin to escape into the night.
The Sub-Plots: Harry and Liz Osborn host a lunch at Central Park's Tavern-on-the-Green, where they announce to their assembled friends -- Peter Parker, Mary Jane Watson, Ned and Betty Leeds, Flash Thompson, and his girlfriend Sha Shan -- that they're expecting a baby.
Later, Spider-Man pays a visit to the Black Cat's apartment and enjoys dinner with her before they head out on the town. The Cat reveals to Spidey that she never had "bad luck" powers as she had claimed when they first met, and that her abilities were actually the results of carefully rigged battlegrounds of her choosing.
- Liz was Peter's high school crush and Flash was the school jock.
- Betty was Peter's first girlfriend through his work at the Daily Bugle, though she eventually married Bugle reporter Ned after she and Peter broke up.
- Peter and Flash moved onto college together at Empire State University, where they met Harry.
- Mary Jane also attended ESU with this group, though she met Peter outside college through her Aunt Anna, Aunt May's neighbor.
- Flash left school to join the army and served in "Southeast Asia" (a.k.a. Vietnam), where he met Sha Shan and brought her back to the U.S. with him.
- Sometime later, Liz returned to Peter's life and met Harry through him.
During the same lunch scene, Peter thinks about the tragedies in the lives of both Harry and Liz -- her brother, Mark Raxton, is Spider-Man's one-time foe, the Molten Man, and Harry's father was the Green Goblin, a fact Harry does not currently remember.
Uncle Rog Speaks: "...I didn't plot SPECTACULAR #85. My editor asked if Hobgoblin's empowering could take place in SPECTACULAR, and I sort of consulted on it. But it didn't happen quite the way I would have preferred. But since it didn't screw things up, I didn't complain." -- MarvelMasterworks.com Message Board posting, 2012
Spectacular Spider-Mail: Letters appear regarding SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #80, a J. Jonah Jameson solo adventure by Bill Mantlo. Danny Fingeroth also drops by to inform readers that he will be out of the office next month and Bob DeNatale will handle the following issue as part of Assistant Editors' month.
My Thoughts: Bill Mantlo takes a swing at the Hobgoblin, and the results are surprisingly decent. Mantlo, as always, has a fine grasp of Peter Parker's and Spider-Man's dialogue, so there are no issues there. He also seems to have toned down his purple prose quite a bit since the last time we checked in with him. His take on the classic supporting cast is strong as well, with some excellent soap operatic sub-plot material between them. Simply seeing all these characters united in one place is a nice touch, and something Stern sadly hasn't done yet. Mantlo even works in a couple characters Stern has yet to utilize -- Flash Thompson and Sha Shan.
But the Spider-Man/Black Cat scenes are the story's downfall. It's really hard for me to buy the Cat as Spider-Man's domesticated girlfriend. Granted, she doesn't want to be domesticated here, but the scenes between the pair read like a romantic sitcom rather than a Spider-Man soap opera. These two, who had excellent "will they or won't they" sexual tension in the past, are now just another couple dealing with mundane problems while mooning over one another. Once their romance became official, it lost anything that made it special.
It would have been preferable to see Stern handle the goblin's strength upgrade himself, but, as the writer himself notes above, at least nothing is "screwed up," and the Hobgoblin remains at large as an even more credible threat than before.
Next Issue: We'll check in on AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #17 to get Roger Stern's take on the Kingpin.


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Cuba's first inhabitants were the Taíno, Ciboney and Guanahatabey tribes. Christopher Columbus arrived in Cuba in 1492 and a permanent settlement was established by Diego Velázquez in 1511. Oppression and European diseases virtually exterminated the indigenous population within 50 years and African slaves were imported as replacements. In 1607 Havana was declared the capital.
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- May, E. R. and Zelikow, P. D., The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Belknap Press/Harvard Univ. Press, 1997Google Scholar
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An argument over underwear sparked a stabbing, Pocono Mountain Regional Police report.
An argument over underwear sparked a stabbing, Pocono Mountain Regional Police report.
Police responded at 7:45 a.m. Monday to a residence on Country Place Drive in Tobyhanna.
When police arrived, the victim, Jeffrey Vipond, 65, told police that his roommate, Oscar Johnson Jr., 65, had stabbed him in the left leg once with a steak knife.
Vipond said Johnson was angry at him because they had been arguing about a pair of underwear.
Johnson was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and instruments of a crime. He was arraigned in district court, police said.
Vipond was taken by ambulance to Pocono Medical Center for treatment.
Police said they also contacted the Coolbaugh Township Zoning and Building Codes Enforcement, Monroe County Municipal Waste Authority, and Pocono Country Place Rules Enforcement to look into conditions observed inside and outside the home.


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Mr. Speaker, there is another point on which everyone agrees and that is the securities file. The Minister of Finance is determined to change a mechanism that is working just fine and that nobody is criticizing, apart from a few Bay Street stockbrokers who would like to see a possible future pan-Canadian securities commission located in Toronto.
Can the Minister of Finance explain to us how he squares his plan with his government's promises to respect the jurisdictions of the provinces and Quebec? I would like an explanation.


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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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Saturday, January 29, 2011
New Year, New Home, New Blog
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Linda's new thing
I meditate on all your works;
I muse on the work of your hands.
Ps 143;5
Now that we have settled in our home in Tennessee, I have noticed that I miss blogging. In different seasons of my life, journaling has been an invaluable experience and I suppose blogging is simply a more public version of doing just that. So, I'm going to sort out a new blog name and a link to it from here, for those that are interested enough to know snippets from my pea brain! As the busy-ness of Christmas preparations and celebration settle, everyone seems to reflect in preparation for turning the page on the 2010 calendar. In exploring thoughts about meditation and 'remembering the days of old', I came across the verse above and could not help reflecting back on the beginning of our RV journey across America.
God showed us a special verse while we were contemplating our new season as Craig's retirement approached two years ago. We had been praying about the opportunity of his retirement and what should we do within it. In our many discussions and prayers, the possibility of selling the house and travelling the country in an RV came to light. In some ways, we dared not think about it too much as it seemed unrealistic, too unorthodox and even frivolous. Yet, the idea did not fade and further research eliminated many of the arguments about the practicality of this venture. A strong feeling of anticipation took root in the both of us. Then, this verse appeared before us through two separate sources on the same day:
Behold, I will do a new thing,
Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it?
I will even make a road in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert.
Isa 43:19
My mother sent Craig a retirement card with the verse and the same verse appeared in our daily devotion book that we share each morning. Coincidence? We believe not.
We took that as confirmation that God did want us to take this journey and equipped with that knowledge, we joyfully proceeded with preparations - learning all that we could about RV's, campground facilities, and pricing RVs while we placed the house on the market. Lo and behold, the house sold 3 1/2 months after Craig's retirement in a declining market with houses on our street that had not sold after being being advertised for significantly more months and, in some cases, years.
December of 2008 brought the closing on the house, a flurry of 'normal' Christmas events such as piano recitals and play performances, moving preparations and much more significantly, Craig's father became critically ill in a small town in Missouri over 18 1/2 hrs away by car, 8-10 hrs by plane and rental car. Strapped by the schedule of vacating the house and moving our belongings to storage in our selected home base 400 miles away, Craig made plans to travel to Missouri as soon as we could get the moving van unloaded. His dad's condition improved, so Craig then made plans to travel the day after Christmas to stay with his father and prepare him for transition to assisted living. He spoke with his father on Christmas morning and all was well. Then, a couple of hours later, his brother called with news that dad had suddenly passed away.
Within the week, Craig and I travelled north to attend the funeral. We drove the 1200 miles in the large pickup we'd acquired for our RV plans. The familiar but somber drive had mostly memories of anticipation of family visits from the years past and also the difficult travels to monitor his mother's declining health and passing several years before. Such a very bittersweet journey that was poignant with symbolism of endings and beginnings.
As we grieved the loss of this loved one, we celebrated the prospect of joining these and other loved ones for eternity through the grace of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The promise of that future grand reunion provides such great comfort when mourning the loss of the earthly life of loved ones!
In this reflective moment, during a season in which we celebrate God coming to earth, as the newborn babe Emmanuel, I can't help but also be reminded of His purpose - to make the sacrifice for the sins of man and all men through His death on the cross a mere 33 years later. I'm so thankful for all the blessings in our lives, most importantly the people in our lives. I'm immeasurably more thankful for Jesus' departure from His heavenly realm to purposefully dwell amongst men and complete God's covenant to make a way for us to live forever with Him.
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Thursday, November 25, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving!
As part of the many things for which I am thankful, however, the realization that even that table was just a 'thing' and my very special memories are more about the people and more importantly the love for and from those people in my life is the treasure that I value.
As we sit down today around a fold-up table with a tablecloth thrown over, I will have so many rich blessings for which to be thankful to God:
- God Himself, with His everlasting and ever plentiful provision for all our needs (spiritual, emotional, physical and material)
- my husband - such an amazing blend of strong and sweet
- my kids - each with their unique personalities that bring joy to my life
- my family - most reliable in their ongoing support, not always for everything I do - but always there for me
- my friends - wonderful companions in this life, whether near or far
- my country - with its' own set of challenges and worries at the moment, but by far the country that provides us with liberty 'to pursue happiness'
So, whatever your table looks like on this day, however the meal turns out, no matter who wins the football game - it is my hope that pursuit of the 'perfect' Normal Rockwell table in the photo doesn't get in the way of being blessed by remembering what you have to be thankful for. I know that I am so much more thankful for this little fold-up table than I ever would have thought!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Losing weight (about 12,0000 lbs.!)
Finally, on a trip back from Nashville to Bristol, we scheduled an appointment to see a home near Crossville, TN. We loved it! It fit everything to a tee except for being on a quiet road. It's on a fairly active highway, but everything else was so perfect that we made an offer before the end of the day. Within 24 hours, the offer had been countered and we accepted the counter. Now, about a month later, we have closed on the property and look forward to moving in within a month or so. We've got a few hurdles to overcome, including getting our two storage units full of stuff from Texas to Tennesse. We remain in absolute awe of our God and His amazing blessings for us!
Now - about that title! Our 5th wheel has a gross vehicle weight of around 15, 500 lbs. We've loved travelling in it and have appreciated the space and conveniences that it provided for our family to dwell in while seeing all kinds of sights around the country. We remained comfortable in temperatures varying from 14 F to 105 F and enjoyed the enhancements of cooking in a well-equipped kitchen, showering with a decent amount of hot water, watching TV and movies, hauling our 4 bikes and 2 dogs all over the place, and laundering our clothes whenever needed. For our next season, however, we don't really require those conveniences and didn't want to deal with maintaining the trailer in storage for most of the weeks of the year. We decided to downsize and put a minimal amount of effort into selling the RV. Cory made a flyer that we left in a couple of RV Park offices, we posted advertisements in a couple of online RV forums and posted 'FOR SALE' signs on the trailer.
We had a couple of nibbles in the last month, but no offers. We were beginning to contemplate where we were going to put the thing after a couple of weeks when we will begin moving items to the house. As we headed out to do some shopping yesterday, we decided to drop in an RV showroom to browse smaller trailers and even pop-ups. We found a pop-up right away that was only slightly used and met our idea of how we might camp for up to a week or two. The sales staff was very attentive, as you might expect. When asked what our plans were, we chose to be brutally honest with them, expecting that they would not be interested in a trade in which they would have to fork over cash to us for the difference in our current, really large 5th wheel for the rather diminutive (by comparison) pop-up. There was the typical 'I'll go talk to the boss in the back room' series of events. We weren't expecting anything to come of it. Lo and behold, the offer came back in favorably. By favorable, we mean that they offered about what we hoped to gain in a FSBO (for sale by owner) arrangement. We lose about 12,000 extra lbs of trailer, that we don't need, and gain enough cash to help out with purchasing a 2nd vehicle or a tractor or something yet unseen for our new home!
Talk about our cup running over! Only one day after closing on our house, we couldn't have even come up with the idea that this could be handled so quickly and generously! We accepted the offer, made a deposit for the pop-up, and agreed for a representative to come back and verify the value of our 5th wheel.
Here's a link to our new camping buddy:
This post is not the dealer we're talking to, but they have some nice photos of the camper and it's exactly the same model.
Now, what say you about our God's ability to absolutely knock our socks off with His blessings that are above and beyond what we ask or even think?!? We are so amazingly blessed and hope our little story provides a testimony to you of how generous God can be in all the little (and big) details of our daily lives!
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Now what?
As of this writing, we still need to post pictures and a few paragraphs of our visit to West Virginia. On the heels of that trip, we began exploring eastern Tennessee as a prospective home site. We love all mountains and have been drawn to the beauty of the Smokies and the Appalachians. The state favors well economically with a reasonable cost of living and favorable tax laws for stretching our dollars further than some other areas. In case you are curious, other contenders for our home state included New Hampshire, Colorado, South Dakota, Wyoming, Virginia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Although Texas holds a warm spot in our hearts, there are precious few mountains and they are in rather desolate areas of the state. Several of the states fell in priority as having laws that are unfriendly to home schools. States that assess income taxes, including retirement pensions also fell to a lower ranking. When I say ranking, I mean just that - we made a spread sheet! Imagine two engineers doing anything without a spread sheet!
We're continuing to pray and browse this beautiful state and all the property listings. We'll not enter much of our deliberations here, as we don't see that as fitting our intended purpose of the blog. As truly newsworthy events transpire, we will post here.
Thanks for reading our travel blog. We plan to review it at a future date and publish it for our own memoirs. It's been a terrific adventure and we likely will do a '17 months reflection' post. We're a little road weary and happy to move into a new season full of things we cannot see from here!
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Smoky mountains round 2
Hello, it's Cory again. My parent's didn't have the courage to write this post, so I decided that I would take one for the team and tell it like it is.
We went back to the National Park yesterday. The weather was slightly rainy, so we decided instead of hiking to drive up to the highest point in the park to see the view.
The drive up was pretty, with all the flowers, streams and trees. We also saw some poor guy trudging up the mountain with a lawn mower (in the rain). On a slightly scarier note we also saw a car wrecked on the side of the road with windows that appeared to have been shot out with a shotgun.
Finally, we reached the top observation point. The bad thing about being really high up is that the most likely view is cloud. Which is exactly what we saw. So we decided to wait a bit and see if the cloud would blow over. While we were waiting, I was listening to the radio and looking around the parking lot. There weren't very many cars. Then, a guy got out of one of them and walked to the back (hang on, this story is actually going somewhere). He then took off his shirt and started rummaging around in the back. He came out wielding a bar of soap. Logically, I thought he was heading for the public bathrooms that were less than 50 yards away. Apparently, however, this guy has nothing whatsoever in common with logic. He walked around to the side of his car and started splashing himself with water from a puddle (he was standing in the rain, by the way. As if he wasn't wet enough). I ask myself why I kept on watching. Perhaps it was due to boredom. Perhaps I was just too shocked that this guy had no common sense. Whatever the reason, I will regret it forever. Why? Because after he finished splashing himself, he walked to the driver door, opened it, removed his shorts and threw them in (sadly, he was wearing no underwear). Screams echoed throughout the car as everyone ducked for cover, sheltering their eyes from the horrible hind end of Sir Showersalot. I will never get that image out of my head.
Once we were assured that the horrible scene was past and Mr. Free To Be Me was back in his car, we dared to look around once more. After a bit, the cloud did blow away a bit and the view cleared up slightly. Then it truly was a beautiful sight.
Again, I felt an odious and evil presence. My gaze was drawn back to the car of Mr. Mooner. Where just before the windows had been mercifully fogged up, there he was, cleaning them with his sock. I squealed and hit the floorboard again.
Needless to say, we did not linger on the peak. We may go back again today, and hopefully no one will get any ideas about taking a public shower.
Coragon, over and out.
"Blue moon. I saw you outside your car. Without a brain in your head. How very naked you are."


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SHRIMP & SAUSAGE PASTA with VODKA SAUCE
- 4 Uncooked Italian Sausages
- 1/2 lb. Shrimp, de-shelled, tails on or off (I used 26-30/lb Market Pantry/ Target brand)
- Fettuccine Noodles
- Fresh Basil (about 1/3cup)
- 1 Jar Simply Balanced Organic Vodka Sauce (found at Target)
- 1/2 small onion, diced
- 1 Tbsp minced garlic
- Olive Oil
- Salt and Pepper
Make it happen:
- In a large sauce pan, pour in the vodka sauce and bring to a boil. Once at a boil reduce heat to a low.
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I know many of you are sending your monsters back to school already, but mine are with me until after Labor Day so we still have plenty of time to get supplies and clothes...and make fun things like my new Locker Storage Box!
This fun box is quick to put together and is big enough to hold new pencils, pens, and markers! The file comes with the box base, the locker top, the locker door, and the lock pieces! The locker is about 7-1/2" x 3-1/2" x 1-1/2" and the cut file is compatible with both the 12x12 and 8-1/2x12 mats.
Here is the tutorial:
1. Cut the box base and fold on all the score lines. Place adhesive on the four tabs.
2. Adhere the tabs to the sides of the box.
3. Cut the top of the box and fold on all the score lines. Add adhesive to the four tabs.
4. Adhere the tabs to the sides of the box.
5. Place adhesive around each of the top edges of each side of the box.
6. Insert the box top into the box base. Press on the sides to adhere.
7. Cut the locker door piece and adhere to the locker lining up the locker door slots. Cut out the lock pieces and apply a small foam square to the back.
8. Adhere the lock as shown.
9. Fill the box with your items
10. Then close the locker door, tucking the little tab inside.
Please note that all of my files have been loaded to the Silhouette queue and may not be available right away.


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It's been a busy week for Darren this week as he has also appeared in Breakthrough; the magazine for the Santander programme set up to help Britain's fastest growing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Darren talks about how important it is to learn from the experiences of other entrepreneurs when setting up your own business.


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I just wondered cos im so far deciding to stay single in my life rather than go searching for love. I found im just wanting to work on myself at the moment and work out alot more about my highly sensitive personality and my newly descovered empath place in the world. I was already doing so much work on myself and discovering so many things i wouldnt have discovered if id been with someone i dont believe.
I personaly feel i have too much 'stuff' to be getting into a close personal realationship. That coupled with i dont know what i want from someone else. And i have a very complex physical illness and mental things in tow. I feel it would actualy be very foolish to become involved with someone right now.
But there is someone i met through a forum. We have been speaking on the phone and im fond of him already. But if anything were to happen it will be a long way off in the future. I dont think he is in any sort of rush to start something. But there has been flurting.
I feel truely that i am better off alone. There is not the same constant stress like if you are with someone. Ive not learned to negotiate the emotions of other people yet to successfully be able to be around another person. I can just feel too overwhelmed by another. Ive often thought if i ever got a long term partner and we wanted to live together. I would ask him to live in the annex in my garden rather than live with me in the main house. Cos i would like to not have to see him everyday!!.
I am just a very self sufficent and solitary person. I get strength from being alone. That doesnt mean im anti-social i have friends and i see my dad three times a week. I would even like to make some more like minded friends That live in my area or even just online people. But i for now dont know how to be in a relationship with someone else. ive been single so long ! Its been 15 years since i had a boyfriend and im only 37. Ive had alot of personal problems that have led me to turn to myself more and more. And had illness problems as well so have adapted to be by myself. Now i cant imagine being with a man.
Anyway my question to you all is if you are single is it out of choice? Have you chosen it for your sanity or just cos you fancied being alone for awhile.
updated by @lilly: 09/04/18 08:44:02AM


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Dr. Deane Waldman brings clarity, understanding and a workable solution to our sick U.S. healthcare system
We can fix healthcare
Dr. Waldman's new eye-opening book lays bare the disaster that has befallen both patients and doctors over the last 50 years due to government and administrative involvement into health care. Today close to 50% of healthcare spending goes NOT to doctors to pay for care, but to administrators who manage the miles of red tape introduced by ever increasing number of government regulations.
Dr. Deane Waldman was Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at: the Children's Hospital of San Diego, the University of Chicago, and the University of New Mexico. Responsible for budgets in excess of $20 million, he has seen all aspects of our floundering medical care system. His proposal for a simple Direct-Pay USA system has the potential to revolutionize health care in the U.S. and save us from imminent financial catastrophe.
What Is Cancer?
I have already explained how cancer in a human body works. To help you understand how deeply dangerous the cancer of unrestrained greed and uncontrolled power is, I'm going to use another analogy. Cancer is like a nasty virus. It invades a cell in your body or a system like healthcare, and changes its raison d'être. Cancer is an evil reprogrammer, a malicious hacker.
When cancer invades your kidney, it tells the organ to stop filtering your blood and to start growing. When cancer takes control of a bureaucracy, it tells the bureaucrats to stop helping others, grab all the money they can, and spread out.
Regardless of the type of cancer or where it takes hold, cancer forces its host to do one thing and one thing only: GROW.
In this way, cancer is like Ebola or Hanta. These are viruses that invade parts of your body that you need to live. When the virus invades certain critical parts of your body, it reprograms the cells to stop doing their vital functions and just multiply. Ebola stops your coagulation system so you bleed to death internally. Hanta prevents your lungs from working so you die from lack of oxygen.
Cancer is the master reprogrammer. Whether the cancer is in your body or in our healthcare system, either way, it reprograms for growth, stops vital functions, and we die.
Healthcare's primary problem is not insurance companies making obscene profits; they are simply playing the game the way Washington set up the rules. Nor is it the massive chasm between Democrats and Republicans, as some would like to believe. Both political parties have done their fair share of expanding government bureaucracy and thus encouraging the spread of this cancer. Some have even called the federal bureaucracy the "fourth branch of government," claiming that the bureaucracy is the real government.
When a cancer of greed and power, with its ability to re-purpose, invades a bureaucracy that is susceptible to cancer because it has nothing to restrain it, you have a recipe for disaster. We are experiencing that disaster, the root cause, on a daily basis.
A cancer of unrestrained greed and uncontrolled power within a government bureaucracy is the root cause for progressive deterioration of the American healthcare system.
To cure a sick patient, whether it be a human or an organizational system, you must know the root cause of the illness.
Washington is unwilling to accept the root cause of healthcare's illness.
To make sure you understand precisely why healthcare is dying in America, Dr. Waldman has provided a free download of Chapter 6 from his new book, The Cancer in the American Healthcare System. Below is an excerpt from this chapter:
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Dad's Army in streaming. The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.
Oliver Tobias, Nigel Launder, Bertie, Emily Atack, Heinz, Mark Tandy, Tom Courtenay, Russell Balogh, Blake Harrison, Bill Paterson, Andrew Havill, Michael Gambon, Bill Nighy, Daniel Mays, Toby Jones
Directors: Oliver Parker
Duration: 100 min
Year of release: 2016
Genres: Comedy
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( 2 Tim 3: 16&17; Every Scripture is God-breathed (given by His inspiration) and profitable for instruction, for reproof and conviction of sin, for correction of error and discipline in obedience, [and] for training in righteousness (in holy living, in conformity to God's will in thought, purpose, and action), 17So that the man of God may be complete and proficient, well fitted and thoroughly equipped for every good work...
The Holy spirit Breaths through the hands of a son in one sleepless night to answer a question on Life, death and sleep).
And Now>>>> lets follow through the next Line of scriptures to get a Bird's eye-view:
A. Ephesians 2: 1-3: "And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins" Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others".
B. Deut. 30: 19-20 "I am now giving you the choice between life and death, between God's blessing and God's curse, and I call heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Choose life. 20 "Love the Lord your God, obey him and be faithful to him, and then you and your descendants will live long in the land that he promised to give your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob".
C. Luke 9:56 "For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them [[from the penalty of eternal death] (Amp Bible).
D. Luke 20: 37-38 But that the dead are raised from death]--even Moses made known and showed in the passage concerning the [burning] bush, where he calls the Lord, The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 38. Now He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all men are alive [whether in the body or out of it] and they are alive [not dead] unto Him [in definite relationship to Him].
E. I John 3:14 (New International Version)
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death.
I John 4:8 "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
F. John 11:11-15 "
Jesus said this and then added,
Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I will go and wake him up.
The disciples answered,
If he is asleep, Lord, he will get well. 13 Jesus meant that Lazarus had died, but they thought he meant natural sleep. So Jesus told them plainly, Lazarus is dead, but for your sake I am glad that I was not with him, so that you will believe. Let us go to him.
Ever wondered why the Jesus called human death "Sleep"? Seems Hilarious at first mention. When I was a baby Christian still feeding on the Milk of the Word (1 Pet.2:2), I always thought Jesus was trying to make Joke of the entire situation as serious as Human death, maybe because he was the Son of God. But when I began to Feed on the strong meat Of the Gospel (Heb 5:12-14), The Holy spirit brought me to a place of understanding as regards why Jesus used the term Sleep. One note of caution that was sounded into my ears " God is full of Joy and Laughter, but funny enough not even an iota of his word is a Joke".
(Jn 6:63--It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Jn 14:24--and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
Jn 12: 49--(NIV) For I did not speak of my own accord, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and how to say it.)
The above scriptures clearly shows that not even a term in God's dictionary is a Joke word nor was mistakenly uttered. God's words are life, they are spiritual, living, active and sharper than any two-edged sword (Heb4:12)---Not one thing in the entire Bible shows that God's word is a joke--so Jesus definitely could not be making up one when he says "Sleep". What then is Life, Death and sleep.
One thing that has to be clearly ironed out here is that any human formed and born into this earth will never cease to exist: Once you have been created, you will exist for eternity: on passage to the next world, your destination will be determined by the flight and airline with which you booked your ticket while here on earth. Why? Because matter is not destroyed but passes from one form to another. Interesting fact of science.
Secondly we all have to come to the terms that Humans do not "die" as that word does not exist in God's vocabulary. Little wonder Jesus rarely used the term to describe the passing on of a man. Luke 20:38 clearly points out that "TO GOD ALL MEN ARE ALIVE".
Dan 12:2 says And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake: some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt and abhorrence. Note the Use of Words in this passage 'As many Who sleep". The bible clearly proves that what man considers as death, God considers as sleep. Jesus had to condescend Low to the use of Human vocabulary to bring to the understanding of His disciples the case about Lazarus' demise (Jn 11:11-15).
AS Believers we are not subject to the use of Human vocabulary because we are not of this world (Jn 15:19: Rom 12:2). This was the level of wisdom that operated in the apostles when they began to address the church as regards issues of Human death. Paul addressing the Church in Thessalonica (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18) shows the working of divine wisdom in the use of his words and sheds more light on the issue of those who are asleep in Christ. So therefore we should talk like gods because we are(Psalm 82:6-7). Now we have clearly established the proper word to define human death as known to the World, so therefore what is Death.
"Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage." ( Hebrews 2:14,15).
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.(2 Cor 5:21).
For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man (Rom 8:3)
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.(Rom 8:6).
Let me begin from the very verse above Heb 2:14,15: Christ had to, through death, destroy him who had the power of death. Now note carefully that death itself is not destroyed but its possessor was defeated by Christ. The Bible clearly spells out that death will be the Last enemy to be destroyed (1 Cor.15:26). If death itself was destroyed Christ would not have been able to defeat the possessor of its power who by then was Satan: because Christ had to "die" to defeat the possessor of the power of Death. Ever heard of falling into a pit to rescue someone who dug the same pit--Pretty much what Christ did, but he did not go to rescue but to defeat. 2 Cor 5:21 shows that Christ was made death(sin) for us--does that give you a glimpse what death is??----Death is sin. That is why the bible clearly spells out that the wages of Sin is Death: (Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord). In other words when one fills a glass with water droplets, gradually it rises from one level till it fills to the brim...Then we can say the wages of that Little drops of water or the payment of the Little water drops is a filled glass of water. That why the bible in Provs 18:21 shows us that Life--The ability to confess Jesus and accept him as your Lord and Saviour(Roms 10:9), and Death--The ability to deny Jesus' Sacrifice on the Cross and continue living in perpetual bondage to sin, Is in the power of the Tongue.
1 John 3:14 says "We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death". In other words, this can be re-written as " and we know that we have passed from bondage of sin into Life because we love the brethren. What is love? 1 John 4:8 answers that "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. God is love. God is Holy and Holiness requires abiding by the Law: Thus therefore we are sin-free and Holy because we Love the brethren. How? Rom 13:10 "Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law." By abiding in Love we fulfill the law(Gal 5:14, John 13:34-35, Matt 5:17).
So therefore a fact is established: Faith is built up: Death is bondage to sin. We can only avoid sin by keeping the Law just Like Jesus did (Matt 5:17 "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them", Jn 13:34-35"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.").
And we are glad that we are Just Like Jesus because As He is, so are we, even now. (1 John 4:17 In this [union and communion with Him] love is brought to completion and attains perfection with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him], because as He is, so are we in this world.)
Pass from death to life------->Keep the law by-------->Fulfilling the law through------>Love.
(What is Life? coming soon.)
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Jim Smith is backing Bobby Robson to do what he failed to do - by bringing success to Newcastle United, (writes ALAN OLIVER).
Unlike Robson, Smith had a traumatic time at St James's Park, although to be fair the Bald Eagle did take United into the play-offs for a place in the old First Division.
And while Smith - he's now No 2 at Coventry City - believes that Sir John Hall sacked him in 1990 and brought in Ossie Ardiles he accepts now that the former chairman did a great job for the club.
Speaking on Tyne Tees' Football Flashback (11.30 tomorrow night ) Smith is quoted saying: "Bobby is a winner - he's done it all over Europe - and if anyone can bring success to Newcastle, it's him.
"In some way, they'll get into Europe for next season, and if Newcastle can qualify for the Champions' League it's as good as winning a trophy.
"I've known Bobby since I was starting out as a manager, at Colchester, and he was boss at Ipswich - and he's never changed. His enthusiasm, character and playing standards are as high now as they were then.
"It's nice for us older managers to see people like Bobby, Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger doing so well, because everyone thinks you've got to be a spring chicken to be a manager.
"I'm enjoying being number two at Coventry, because it means I can still get the tracksuit on and get out on the pitch - but I don't think I'll go on
as long as Bobby. The only time I'll get the tracksuit on at 69 is if it gets a bit cold and I want to go for a walk on the beach."
Smith, of course, is one of the most respected and well-travelled men in the game and he says his biggest regret is not bringing some success to St James's Park.
However he added: "The way the club and the city has changed since I was here is unbelievable.
"The whole place is fantastic. I think it would be fair to say the make-up of the board who were in charge of the club when I was manager wasn't conducive to building the club the way Sir John Hall did.
"He probably cost me my job, but the way the stadium has been developed first by Sir John and then by Freddie Shepherd, and the way Newcastle the club and Newcastle the city both look now, is only what the people deserve.
"It was a difficult time for me, when you consider that I arrived on the Monday and then on the Tuesday the papers were full of headlines saying Sir John would sack me when he took over! It wasn't the best of starts.
"But I've bumped into him since, over in Spain, and we've had a drink together. What happened is in the past - it's history. Possibly not the best part, but it's history.
"When I agreed to take over as manager, somebody told me there was a bit of trouble behind the scenes - but I didn't know how bad it was. Gordon McKeag was a diamond - a real gentleman. I felt sorry for him, and for the things he had to put up with.
"There was definitely an anti-Newcastle group of supporters, who were opposed to the people around the club at the time - me, the board and the players. It was there all the time, and it didn't make things easy.
"I thought I could keep the club from relegation, but the fear of going down is something that got to the players.
"It's difficult to perform at places like Newcastle when things aren't going well. In those conditions, I could understand why the players couldn't perform.
"We should have come straight back up, because we were as good as anyone in the Division and we played some nice football."


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Won in competition in 2004, the Corby Cube combines a diverse programme of uses into a new paradigm for civic architecture. Maximising its central location at the heart of a new town square the Corby Cube forms the centrepiece of the former steel town's ambitious regeneration. The building's complex array of uses are arranged around an internal street enabling access for all, and composed into a coherent form with four 'live' elevations articulating the uses within. The competition brief originally called for two buildings; a civic hub and an arts centre creating a gateway between the town centre and historic woodland beyond.
HawkinsBrown's innovative response combined these two briefs into a single building. This proposal provided multiple benefits in terms of sharing facilities and infrastructure to realise savings in capital and running costs, fostering synergetic relationships between users and the creation of a site for future redevelopment. The primary functions of the brief include a 450-seat theatre, studio spaces, foyers and back-of-house spaces, public library, café, customer services centre, register office, council chamber and members' suite, chief executive's suite, meeting spaces and informal gathering spaces.
The building achieved a BREEAM rating of 'excellent' and arranges these diverse functions within a reinforced concrete structure that is wrapped in a skin of striking glazing. Bigger on the inside, the public uses are woven together by an open circulation route that gradually ascends through the building's multiple levels and culminates in a planted roof terrace offering views of the town and wider context. Completed in October 2010, the total internal area of the building is 7,700 sq m and the construction cost was £35m.


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Don't be lost Cockblock is there for you!
A cursed toy with a conflicting purpose. A Cockblock doll can harness mystical powers of positive or negative. Will your Cockblock aid you in finding friendship and love, or plunge you and others into isolation and loneliness?
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Hello There friends. We got so wrapped up in year end excitement that I forgot to comeback and share with you the rest of my trip at the magical park of Disneyland. Well you are not getting off the hook that easily! I am like your weird Aunt who visits randomly with vacation slides.
This park is very very big. After an exciting meeting with the king mouse I decided to take a quick lunch break and then continue to see the rest of the park's many features… constant shopping ad scary rides!
No park visit would be complete without overpriced food! This meal set me back a whopping two paychecks. Cockblock money aint lavish yo.
They say that there are some spooky buildings in Disneyland so I went on a wild run through them.
This is that HAUNTED MANSION! It was full of very scary paranormal ghosts! It was scary at first but like everything in Disney they suddenly just broke out into song and dance and thus, like an oblivious boyfriend, completely killed the mood.


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1 Million Cups is a free, monthly national program designed to educate, engage and connect entrepreneurs. The event is located at Syracuse CoWorks downtown – add it to your monthly calendar – the first Wednesday of the month at 9 a.m.! by to support and check it out!
At each meeting, two entrepreneurs/organizations share a 6-minute presentation about their business and we encourage them to ask the community for help with a specific challenge they're faced with (e.g. marketing, expansion, product feedback, etc.). The audience spends 20 minutes offering feedback and suggestions. It's a great exercise for any business (or nonprofit), and a great experience for all participants, whether they're presenting or just listening to the conversation.
Apply to Pitch at 1MC:
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Stomach flu. We all have it. In place of a question, I'll leave you with this story my friend B told me this weekend:
Her friend D is a WOH mom, and was doing the normal rush one morning last week, getting everything ready for daycare and to leave for wrk. She brewed her coffee and couldn't find any of her travel mugs. So she took her coffee on the road in a sippy cup.


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Pytloun Penzion Zelený Háj Rooms
Total capacity is 58 guests. Can choose between double and triple non-smoking rooms or four- to eight-bed suites.
Rooms are divided into two categories. The newer ones have private bathroom with toilet, kettle, desk and LCD TV. The older rooms share bathroom facilities on the floor and are equipped with TV.
It is possible to rent only a bed from the suites. These suites feature fully equipped kitchen, bathroom with toilet and washing machine.The entire building is Wi-Fi covered.


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The twenties have roared... the thirties have yet to swing. John Whittaker (Ben Barnes), a young Englishman, falls madly in love with Larita (Jessica Biel), a sexy and glamorous American woman, and they marry impetuously. However, when the couple returns...
Easy Virtue
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May 29, 2009
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Jessica Biel, Colin Firth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Barnes, Kris Marshall, Kimberley Nixon, Katherine Parkinson
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Oh my goodness! It is almost Reveal Day at the ScrapThat! Kit Club and we can't wait!
The Design Team has been having so much FUN with the April Kit "Within Nature." It is simply amazing ... and one that you will not want to miss! While we wish we could share the whole thing with you today, a few tantalizing sneaks will have to suffice for now.
Stay tuned for our Blog Hop and April Kit Reveal on Friday, March 29th at 6:30 AM EST. You will want to visit all the designer's blogs to see their fabulous projects with this month's kit...
and for a chance to win our Grand Prize this month, the "Serendipity" Main Kit. Doesn't this look gorgeous?
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World Whisky Day is coming up THIS SATURDAY May 21st and we would love you to join us for a dram or two as we celebrate the water of life here at the wee Highlander! Events are taking place all over the globe, so join in with us on World Whisky day as we celebrate all types of whisky/whiskey and encourage everyone to enjoy a responsible tipple.
World Whisky Day is all about making whisky fun and enjoyable. It's not about being exclusive or prescriptive. You can drink it however you enjoy it (ice, water, mixer – whatever works for you). We want to be all inclusive and that means any kind of whisky/whiskey from anywhere in the world.
We will be open from 5pm for food, drinks & fun and entry is FREE, RSVP your attendance and get a free dram of whisky with your first drink!
-Complimentary Scottish inspired canapes from 6-9pm!
-World Whisky flights from $15 all night!
-$12 Whisky cocktails all night!
-Boilermakers from across the globe!
-Mystery Whisky Challenge Competition for the nose that knows!
So grab your fellow Whisky lovers and/or anyone keen to sample a few drams and head on down for good food, drinks and fun with us this World Whisky Day!
Booth and table bookings welcome! Call us on 03 9620 2228 or email email@example.com for bookings. Spaces are limited so register here for priority entry and a complimentary dram of whisky with your first drink!
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The Maxham Firm has over 50 years of experience in patent and trademark law. With so many years under our belt, we have identified some of the most common mistakes many businesses make when budgeting for their new business endeavor. In this month's series, Should You Register Your Trademark?, we will explore three common scenarios businesses face when...Read More
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Evaluation of a Pilot Medication-Assisted Therapy Program in Kazakhstan: Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities for Scaleup
Published Date:Dec 10 2012
Source:Adv Prev Med. 2012; 2012.
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Pubmed ID:23289082
Pubmed Central ID:PMC3529415
Description:Study Aims. Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of the medication-assisted therapy (MAT) pilot in Kazakhstan and review implementation context and related challenges. Methods. We performed a desk review of MAT policy and program documents and reviewed medical records at three MAT sites in Kazakhstan. MAT patients (n = 93) were interviewed to assess their perceptions of the program and its impact on their health, criminal, drug use, and HIV risk related behaviors as well as expenditures on nonprescribed psychoactive drugs. Persons injecting drugs who are not in treatment, MAT program staff, and other stakeholders were interviewed to obtain their perspectives on MAT. Results. Legislation supports introducing MAT as a standard of care for treatment of opioid dependence; however, its progress has been hampered by active opposition. Inadequate access and coverage, insufficient supply management, scarce infrastructure of narcological facilities, limited opportunities for staff development, and restrictive methadone dispensing policies compromise the quality of the intervention and limit its potential benefits. There were significant reductions in criminal, drug use, and HIV risk related behaviors in patients receiving MAT. Conclusions. The MAT pilot in Kazakhstan demonstrated its feasibility and effectiveness in the local context and is recommended for scaleup throughout the country.
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A boy is raised to have a perfect life—as defined by a team of corporate scientists—in this strident satire of a near-future dystopia.
In the year 2020, the World Government—its president chosen by the World Economic Forum, its Congress composed of representatives from the 300 highest earning global corporations—adopts newborn Jimmy Clark as the prototype for its program of offering all citizens a perfect life. He is made handsome by infant cosmetic surgery, raised by a preternaturally nurturing robot, provided with a constant feed of drugs to keep his mood elevated and stable, and sent to Manhattan's finest private schools to acquire not knowledge but the "skills" indispensable for success: grit, teamwork, data-crunching, and back-stabbing. Jimmy joins an investment firm run by his benefactor, a fundamentalist Christian plutocrat who thinks God and Mammon get along fine, and soon amasses his own business empire, including a company wrapping the planet in an electronically linked supersystem called "the Internet of Things Web." The only complication in Jimmy's life is Chelsea, a school sweetheart and dissident in an underground hacktivist group. Despite her rebellious proclivities, the World Government insists she marry Jimmy: "Your role is to support Jimmy's success and make him happy. If you don't, you'll both be vaporized." The novel's rickety, absurdist plot and stick-figure characters—Jimmy is a Candide-like naif, Chelsea a doctrinaire romantic—exist mainly as pegs on which to hang Spring's (Globalization of Education: An Introduction, 2014, etc.) vision of softly totalitarian capitalism that is a lurid extension of current trends. The colorful world features driverless cabs, unctuous artificial intelligence, custom-flavored synthetic food, and inescapable video surveillance, even during sex. Plastic forests feature animatronic fauna, and a global water vendor pollutes rivers and lakes so locals will have to buy its products. Substituting for happiness are drugs and an ethos of "shoppiness": artificially induced dream fantasies bring crowds stampeding into malls. Among the bogus claims of convenience and personal empowerment, Spring's spoof of consumer culture is often funny, and there's an Orwellian verve to his prose: "If it wasn't for your mother, we would reeducate you at the We Love You Farm." But his dystopia feels less like a prophetic cautionary tale than a compendium of Occupier paranoias, with victims who are too robotic themselves to really care about.
A vigorous, sometimes-entertaining, but unconvincing tale of future imperfect.


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Approximately 3,000 babies are born at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust each year, with one in eleven of them needing additional support – ranging from a few hours of special care to a few weeks in an intensive care unit.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Below are the questions we receive most often about the conference & the applications process. If you have a question not answered here, feel free to contact us.
General Conference & Application FAQs
Q) Will literary agents be at the conference? How do I schedule a meeting with them?
A) Since our focus is primarily on craft, we don't bring in agents with the specific purpose of reviewing submitted work. We do on occasion feature publishing professionals on our special panels.
Q) Is the conference open to applicants outside the U.S.?
A) Absolutely. In the past, we've had participants from Japan, Israel, Canada, South America and other places around the world.
Q) I'd like to apply now, but send my writing sample in later. Is that okay?
A) As the writing sample is the basis of your admission, it's best to send the application and written submission at the same time. We are unable to review a submitted application without the writing sample.
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A) As we base our acceptance on the writing itself, we don't ask for a references or recommendations. However, in your statement of your writing background in the cover letter, you are welcome to include the names of teachers you've worked with, or someone who's recommended the Conference to you.
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Q) Must the submitted manuscript be unpublished or is a previously published story okay?
A) As acceptances are based on your written submission (10 to 15 pages or 2,500 to 3,750 words), you should send in your strongest work, published or unpublished, with your application. However, we expect an unpublished manuscript to be offered to the workshop and thus open to the review and response process.
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A) The manuscript sent with the application is not always the one used in the workshop. After acceptance, there will be an opportunity to submit a different manuscript for the workshop, one that would benefit from the review and response process.
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First, the cards:
I decided to try my hand at making my own snowglobe card, so I used George to put this one together. Added on the cute bird from Jolly Holidays and voila!
I used my new Paper Trimmings on this one - love those cuts! Got out my glimmer mist for a snowy background and, once again, pulled a cut fox from Jolly Holidays!
Made my own simple round card and added on a cute teddy from Christmas Solutions.
I also made some coasters for the first time - so easy and fun - and they look so nice!
I used a 2x4 to create a desk block for my son's teacher. One side is personalized with her name, and the other side I put on this quote from Yoda:
I also created these bags for my son's teachers. I used the freezer paper method, and let me tell you, I love making stuff with that! I have done several things this year so far!