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Be Independent - Live "Off the GRid" with your own Solar power, well water, fresh rainwater storage, Be Self Sustaining
Ambergris Road Project going North
Road to link Ambergris Caye to Xcalak Mexico
Please click on the blue highlighted text links to see photos
Paradise is this
secluded oceanfront beach house on the Mexican Caribbean.
Enjoy the magnificent view from the balcony of this 2 story
house overlooking a secluded palm lined beach with crystal
clear blue water and a view of the MesoAmerican Reef only 500
yards offshore. You can wade out 500 feet and go snorkeling
around huge brightly colored coral heads or go fishing
right out your front door. Fully furnished kitchen. Floor fans, lights and
refrigerator powered by Solar Panels,
plus a 5000 watt generator, 8 Rolls marine battery bank for power storage.
All the furnishings and amenities you need to make for a memorable
one of a kind vacation in paradise are included. Just bring your suitcase. Plenty of room for the whole
family. The downstairs has a master bedroom w.full ensuite bath with
livingroom/diningroom area and kitchen and patio overlooking the ocean. The upstairs has a
large bedroom with double bed, full bath and seperate
livingroom/kitchen area with queen size futon that can also be used as a
bedroom. The upstairs has a separate backdoor entrance from the downstairs so can be used as a duplex or as a single family as there is a door in the
foyer that can be opened to adjoin them. There is High Speed Internet access w.wireless and an Upstairs office
that has it's own desk and balcony overlooking the
ocean. A perfect getaway for the romantic couple, writer or artist seeking a place to escape and create.
You live totally off the grid here so are very independent-great for survivalists!
Plenty of coconuts here as it used to be a coconut plantation and all kinds of fruits, nuts & vegetables grow well in this area:
Buy locally or grow your own almond trees, bananas, pineapples, noni, papayas, mangoes, avocadoes, plantain, cantalope, watermelon
-all the same things you can grow in Floridas sandy soil grow here too.
Gas is the same price as in the US. Driving here from Houston, TX takes 4 days and costs
about $1500 for gas, food and good hotels.
I use Sanborns Insurance for Mexican auto insurance - you must keep full coverage in the USA
if you want to be covered by full coverage in Mexico. You may also want to check with Lewis&Lewis as it may be cheaper.
There is a Sams Club,
Chedrai - similar to WalMart, Walmart,
Office Depot, McDonalds, Wendys, Burger King and
Mall of the Americas in Chetumal.
Yes major credit cards accepted - just like in the US.
It's great because you can actually drive here from the USA.
Chetumal to Costa Maya Bridge Project Planned
Mexico's Economy Expands at Fastest Pace in a Decade as Growth Hits 5.5%
If you plan to buy groceries and then drive down you will need to get up very early so you will get to xcalak before the sun sets.
You should buy your groceries at a grocery store in Playa del Carmen as the traffic in Cancun makes them harder to find.
Playa del Carmen further south also has a Mcdonalds and Burger king on each side of highway 307.
As you go south on 307 in Playa del Carmen (there is alot of construction) across from the burger king
you will see a Sorianas grocery store on the right in a mall that is easy to get to. It is on the right (west) side of 307.
Here is a map to print showing all the grocery stores in Playa del Carmen-there is a walmart and office depot there too
The main drag going into Playa Del Carmen towards the beach and all the shopping is Constituentes going east if you want to see what Playa looks like and there are also alot of large grocery stores there as well as walmart.
There is a Subway in Tulum you may want to stop at on the way down.
In Xcalak the Leaky Palapa on the main drag is best for dinner (email for reservations)
For tacos Tobys little red and white painted cafe. Sylvias is ok too for lunch of fish and rice.
Click here for links showing all xcalak restaurants.
Print these maps and take with you of this area
Xcalak Town Map 1
Xcalak Area Map 2
Large ocean frontage - 82 feet by 836 feet deep to the road = 1.5 acres (25 X 255 meters).
2 Story Beach House
Footprint is (26' X 33'8") is 2 bedrooms - 1 up and 1 down, Plus upstairs office that can be used as 3rd bedroom, 2 baths - 1 up and 1 down. Upstairs Balcony overlooking ocean and downstairs patio.
It is built like a 2 story duplex w. doorway in foyer to separate both floors (can be used as a single family also), battery room upstairs,
back balcony overlooking backyard,
fully furnished Guest Cottage,
generator/storage building Plus a Bonus 12'X 35' Workshop
w. palapa roof that could be made into another living quarters or restaurant/bar (Workshop already has cistern, septic, water tank tower
and 2 bathrooms on one end). Property has lots of jungle tiger lillies, mature producing coconut and almond trees
$150,000 Handyman Special Price as it now needs: better beach cleaning, all buildings need painting,
lots of yard maintenance, palm trees trimmed, minor repairs such as doors replaced on generator building and cottage.
New rollers put on sliding glass doors, new screens. New window cranks on jalouseys, windows and screens cleaned.
Could use a new stove and couch downstairs. Wooden furniture is 17 years old.
Needs plumbing added to upstairs kitchen sink. Needs a new well pump. Workshop/Storage building needs to be cleaned and
organized. Present caretaker has no interest in sharing space w.new owner so you will have to find your own
if you don't plan on living in it full time. Pictures do not reflect present condition as present unpaid caretaker
is not required to and is not motivated to do maintenance. She gets to rent it out and keep whatever
she makes from it in exchange for staying there. Please do not ask for updated pictures as there are none - just
drive down to see it. To answer questions recently: No neighbors or power lines for 3 miles down a dirt road
until you get into the tiny gravel road fishing village of Xcalak.
Marino base 2 miles south runs on diesel generator. Best to drive an SUV or Jeep.
This house comes fully furnished w.1 medium size refrigerator, 1 minifridge - 1 upstairs, 1 downstairs. Propane stove, pots, pans, dishes, glasses, silverware, towels and linens.
Includes all the yard tools, hand tools, power tools. Groceries can be bought in Cancun before driving down and closer in Xcalak, Mahahual or Chetumal after arriving.
It is completely self sufficient with 8 - 235 watt solar panels on the roof, 1 - 5000 Watt gas generators for power,
8 Rolls Marine Batteries for power storage,
2 wells, 6 water storage tanks (tanakas) and a 1000 gallon cistern giving you a total of 2500 gallons of water storage.
Propane is used for heating water and cooking. Has an
oceanview guest cottage out back that rents for $400 monthly,
and 12' X 35' storage building. Comes with both local grid receiving antenna providing high speed wireless internet access thru a router upstairs
- you can actually use your laptop and be online right on the beach! Drinking water is picked up in town in 5 gallon containers and is
stored on premise or cistern water can be purified. Electricity is in town 3 miles away w.small locally owned convenience stores in town.
Large well maintained Paved Airstrip w.it's own security 5 miles away. Aviation Fuel in Cancun or Chetumal.
This area is famous for its diving, fishing, mayan ruins and proximity to shopping in Belize by boat. San Pedro Belize is an hours boat ride away. Local dive shop and fishing guides will pick you
up right in front of the house for diving, fishing and exploring. Most popular snorkeling reef and fishing hole right in front of this house and cut in reef to go out deep sea fishing.
Shallow draft boats can pull up to the waters edge. The waters are very calm as it is actually considered to be a bay protected by the reef.
Fly Fishing in this area
Click here for more photos of house
View of town and house
Beach House Video
Beach House Video 3
Beach House Video 4
CLICK HERE for NEW REEF VIDEO made at reef in front of house
Car Shippinghttp://www.lineaships.com
Ship 5-6 days a week to Progreso. Depending on where you are driving from in the US the gas, tolls, hotels and so forth are about the same as the shipping fee.
I think you can ship most cars for under $600 from FL and can be as high as $1800 in Houston. Click here to read more about car shipping.
Fly from Mobil, Alabama or Tampa, FL to Merida to pickup your car in Progresso.


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Necrocarcerus is the new S&W game with the Emern crew, though we've recruited some new people and are back up to 7 people. This is post is purposefully a little vague, since some of my PCs read this blog and I don't want to give too much away about the setting.
The inspirations are mainly Dark Souls, Demon's Souls, Wraith: the Oblivion, and Bas-Lag, plus all those weird fashion photos I've been posting for the Dawnlands, though there's the usual grab bag of other weird stuff in there that'll come out over time.
The basic idea though, is that Necrocarcerus is where the souls ("pneuma") of people go when they die. There, they are sorted based on their moral qualities and passed onto a final destination appropriate to that quality. Those who are of "mixed" natures (being neither entirely good nor evil) are let loose in the City of Necrocarcerus to "live" until one tendency, either good or evil, predominates. Their memories of their former lives are vague, allowing them a fresh start to choose which way they will go. That may take centuries, or even aeons. Everything in Necrocarcerus is composed of pneuma, including plants, animals and equipment, and killing things lets you absorb some of their pneuma into yourself (i.e. XP) and turn the rest into equipment (a creature or person can be turned into an item with a cost equivalent to or less than their XP value).
So yeah, a lot of the tropes of Wraith: the Oblivion done using D&D. I never played Wraith except online once, but I always liked it. Each session until I get bored with doing it, the PCs will be drawing cards with various personal characteristics on them, representing the memories and tendencies of their past life returning. Some will provide XP for following them, some grant powers, and some will just be weird shit they can incorporate as they please. Because this is all stuff from their past life, they can choose to follow or not follow it as they please.
The first cards I handed out were vices, which was a misstep but with hilarious consequences. With seven PCs, I wrote up the seven vices, plus one "You're a perfectly decent person" card. The guy who got it asked to draw another, and did. This meant that the first session involved puke-bukkake, backbiting, and a discussion about who they should murder to turn into their first sets of equipment. After the session, I set a limit on claiming the XP reward from your vice to once per session. Morality started to rise to the surface and they decided to kill someone who had killed or harmed a child for their first gear, and the session involved penetrating the outer grounds of said kid-killer keep, which included a giant acid-spewing dog, some half-dead looking guys, and a charm person spell cast on a guy with no skin on his face. Nobody perma-died this session (outside of the set-up, I mean), though two PCs were dropped to 0 and had to make saving throws to avoid death.
I knew one of the new guys (first time roleplayer) was a natural when I said "You all have only vague memories of your past lives. You can't even remember your gods..." and he interrupted to say "Not me! Rogar worships Lupo the Wolf. Look, I wrote it down," and showed me where he had. I was beaming with pride.
Our heroes:
Sarah Beard, Assassin, who "is basically you as a woman" and wears a fur bikini
Rogar, Fighter, who "has a wolf-head hat" and worships "Lupo the Wolf" and carries a partisan
Logan the Huge, Paladin, who is "dressed like Bane from the movie"
Bathsheba, Wizard, who wears "a catsuit with a strapon"
Bruce Cocksucker (pronounced "Kosher"), Cleric, who "wears red robes and jewels and shit"
Carlos, Thief, who "is a fifteen year old kid and a pirate"
Dathun, Paladin, who "is dressed like Logan but with a yellow coat" and has a harm touch
Last session they were equipped with daggers, saws, hammers, a partisan, and some drills for handweapons. They managed to kill enough guards, stirges and acid-breathing giant dogs to get some swords and armour, and 500 ft. of rope.
Gonzo, here I come.


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LAO Newsroom
Responses to recent media enquiries
Legal aid in Northeastern Ontario
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Legal Aid Ontario provided information to the North Bay Nugget in response to a media enquiry received April 12, 2010. What follows is LAO's responses to the North Bay Nuggets questions for the article 'Dismantling' legal aid that was published on April 14th 2010
Ive learned that all of the area directors in Northeastern Ontario have been terminated and replaced by Louise Huneault who will oversee legal aid in North Bay, Parry Sound, Sault Ste. Marie, Manitoulin/Sudbury and Timmins. Is this correct?
Yes, LAO has implemented a district model to improve the coordination and accountability of legal aid services by restructuring the traditional area office model of 51 independent offices into 9 larger districts. As a result LOA will enhance client service via new technology and reduce overall administrative costs by more than $20 million in 2010-11.
The new Northeast District office will act as the district hub and support service providers, manage client services and build partnerships with local justice stakeholders in Northeastern Ontario. Louise Huneault is the District Area Director for the Northeast District and oversees all legal aid services with in North Bay, Timiskaming, Sault Ste. Marie, and the districts of Sudbury-Manitoulin and Timmins-Cochrane. Having one director manage one larger district also provides more flexibility and consistency in meeting client needs.
Additionally there is an LAO district administrator for the Northeast District, who is located in North Bay.
What happens to the area legal aid committees in Northeastern Ontario?
What happens to appeals at the local level?
Area Committees will be changing to improve client service. As part of LAOs wider modernization strategy, the role of area committees will be evolving to ensure services are responsive and timely for clients, more cost effective, make greater use of technology and streamlining administration. LAO is currently working on a number of area committee reforms, which include centralizing area committee functions so that appeals are processed quickly and more consistently.
Legal Aid Ontario has a pilot project underway to test a new appeals model. As part of the pilot, the members of the area committees in Parry Sound, Muskoka and Simcoe County amalgamated to form the new Central District Area Committee. During the pilot, appeals will have a shorter turnaround time cases will be considered within three days of receipt so clients whose appeals are unsuccessful may be directed to other resources as quickly as possible. Meetings will be held twice weekly to ensure that there is enough time to hear and make decisions on each appeal.
LAO is moving toward more technology-based practices and as a result, meetings will now be held by telephone conference call. Clients will receive assistance in completing their appeals documents, but will no longer be required to attend meetings. To further promote efficiency, LAO will make all documents available to area committee members through electronically.
So far the preliminary results and the feedback from members of the first three District Area Committees meetings have been very positive.
Ive learned that three full-time staff at the Main Street West office are being replaced by one part-time staff once the courthouse office is opened. Is this correct?
It is LAOs policy to not discus specific staffing information out of respect for our staff. As LAO continues moving forward with modernization and expanding client access points, the functions of some positions will change, some positions will no longer be required, and some new positions will be needed.
The new LAO office in the North Bay courthouse is still under construction. Until construction is complete, a Legal Aid Ontario staff person will be available for clients in the in the courthouse from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Additionally, clients who need to speak with a legal aid representative in person can do so at the Legal Aid Ontario office at 375 Main Street West from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., -- Monday to Friday.
Clients can access a full-range of legal aid services over the phone, including applying for certificates. The toll-free number is 1-800-668-8258 press 0. No coins required from a payphone and LAO accepts collect calls. The number also provides access to other legal aid services such as summary family legal advice from a lawyer for eligible clients, general information, and referrals to other social service agencies. All of these services are available in 120 languages.
Following the completion of the Legal Aid Ontario office in the North Bay courthouse, clients will be able to apply for legal aid services at the same time they attend for their court appearance. Our court-based office will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday.
Having an office at the courthouse is a convenient way to assist people when and where they need help. Clients who are in court can quickly travel down the hall to apply for legal aid, rather than having to leave the courthouse, and having to return to court on another day.
Our legal aid office on Main Street is generally open five days a week, but in cases where closing the office is unavoidable due to employee illness or similar circumstances, our toll-free number will be a primary point of contact for clients in North Bay.
Ive learned that two full-time duty counsel (one for criminal matters, one for family matters) will now have to do financial screening. Is this correct?
There has always been a financial test applied by duty counsel, a pilot is underway to simplify this process.
LAO is piloting a new income based Simplified Financial Eligibility Test (SFET) in a number of locations across the province to improve client service, fast-track the process where possible and reduce red tape by:
- Providing clients with faster decision on their eligibility for legal aid so they can begin moving forward with their legal matter
- Making it easier for clients and other service providers to understand fincial eligibility criteria
- Reducing the amount of supporting documentation clients are required to provide to support their application
- Improving the consistency of decision-making on legal aid applications
During the pilot, clients applying for legal aid are approved using the Simplified Eligibility Test. Client applications that do not meet the SFET criteria are completed using LAOs existing financial test.
The financial criteria to qualify for Legal Aid Ontario certificate for the Simplified Fincial Eligibility Test pilot are:
Family Size
Income less than
5 or more
Will legal aid still conduct a means test to determine eligibility?
As previously mentioned, Legal Aid Ontario is currently piloting a simplified financial test, which will reduce red tape and help clients get the help they need, faster.
When will the legal aid office at the courthouse open?
Please clarify the hours of operation for the legal aid office at the courthouse.
The new LAO office in the North Bay courthouse is still under construction. Until construction is complete, a Legal Aid Ontario staff person will be available for clients in the in the courthouse from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Additionally, clients who need to speak with a legal aid representative in person can do so at the Legal Aid Ontario office at 375 Main Street West from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday.
Clients can access a full-range of legal aid services over the phone, including applying for certificates. The toll-free number is 1-800-668-8258 press 0. No coins are required from a payphone and Legal Aid Ontario accepts collect calls. The number also provides access to other legal aid services such as summary family legal advice from a lawyer for eligible clients, general information, and referrals to other social service agencies. All of these services are available in 120 languages.
Following the completion of the Legal Aid Ontario office in the North Bay courthouse, clients will be able to apply for legal aid services at the same time they attend for their court appearance. Our court-based office will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday. LAOs court-based location is also in line with the provinces Justice On Target strategy to reduce court delays by 30 per cent.
Does legal aid want to make additional comments?
On April 7th 2010, LAO extended and invitation to meet with North Bay judges and members of the local law association to talk about the significant improvements LAO is making to services for clients in the North Bay area. A meeting has been set up to meet with judges on April 26th, 2010.
A follow-up email was sent to the local law association on Friday April 9th, 2010. LAO has yet to receive a response.
Additionally, a letter was sent to local stakeholders advising them of the improvements to service delivery and LAO locations and office hours.
It's part of LAOs mandate to provide high quality and cost-efficient legal aid services, and for the past several years we've been looking at ways to incorporate technology and streamline our administration to improve services for clients and provide greater value for taxpayers.
LAO is working to streamline the client application process, so that we can focus on providing direct legal aid services such as duty counsel, and summary legal advice over the phone. Legal Aid Ontario is offering more services and assistance over the phone than was available at the local office, including summary legal advice for family and criminal law.
Clients have been telling us for years that they want the convenience of getting legal advice and information and applying for legal aid certificate coverage over the phone, as it eliminates the challenges posed by transportation issues, and language barriers. When Ontarians call the toll-free number, theyre connected to legal aid staff located in communities across the province including North Bay -- who can assess the persons situation, and connect them with the right legal aid resource.
LAO has also simplified the application process through SOAP (Simplified Online Application Portal). This process targets the more than 50 per cent of our clients who are clearly eligible for legal aid because of their financial and legal situation. The SOAP process reduces the application time by 62 per cent, so clients receive the legal aid help they need, faster.
Some of our other initiatives include:
» Increased online information and resources for clients
We have redesigned and re-launched our website (www.legalaid.on.ca), introducing changes to make the site more user-friendly. The revised site provides access to information about legal aid services, and other online resources and information. Since launching the site in late November, the site has had more than 175,500 visitors, and three quarters of a million page views.
» More payment methods for clients
Legal Aid Ontario clients with contribution agreements no longer need to visit a legal aid office to make payments. Instead, payments can now be made at any bank location in Ontario. Clients do not need to have a bank account, and there is no fee for making a payment. This alternative also saves a trip to a legal aid office.
» Improvements for legal aid lawyers
LAO has introduced a number of enhancements for legal aid lawyers to make it easier or them to do business with LAO, including online billing and website tools that expedite the certificate acknowledgment process (which confirms a clients' status and authorizes lawyers doing work on behalf of legal aid clients to begin working on a case). These processes are all done online, so that lawyers no longer have to contact or request confirmation from a legal aid office.
For more information
For more information please contact:
Kristian Justesen
Manager, Communications and Media Relations
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com


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- Sample La Negra Juana de Dios
- Sample Canto
Philadelphia Colombian Band leader
With a rare contralto voice that pierces the heart, she transcends the age gap with the intensity that only a musical leader can do. With her new project, a quartet including exotic instruments as the colombian harp, she builds a world of poetry walking through latin american rhythms as Cumbia, Bambuco and Joropo (Colombia), Zamba (Argentina), Lando (Peru) Bossa Nova and Samba (Brasil), Flamenco (Spain), mixed with the unique New York style.
The leader of this Philadelphia Colombian Band's first CD released 2008 is a hole trip around latin America with a New York sensibility.
In 2006 she released her first Poetry Book, where she developed a new concept of poetry mixing her colombian roots with the US culture and her own experiences as inmigrant and New York resident.
Philadelphia Colombian Band performances
Among the many stages where she performed, she had the opportunity to sing in the annual Colombian heritage festival held at the Madison Square Garden and was one of the audience's favorite artists.
A performance art legacy-- having been a member of her father's traveling theater company since childhood-- the leader of this Philadelphia Colombian Band delivers an intensity in music that could be described in words, but is much better experienced.


text: Ready to get outside and enjoy fall? Hikers and walkers of all levels are invited to join foresters from across the state for the annual "Walk in the Forest" event held at Turke Mountain Urban Wilderness Area in southwest Tulsa from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. on October 22. Foresters and natural resource professionals from across the state will be stationed along the trail to provide information about the forest,which is located in Tulsa's backyard. There will additionally be special activities for kids at each station.


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Best Cities for Work - Ogden, Utah
The Great Salt Lake
High Standard of Living
Ogden, Utah is part of the Ogden-Clearfield metropolitan area and has been awarded a spot of the Top 30 Cities for Jobs in the US at Number 26. Population of this metro area is roughly 500,000 people.
Built against the Wasatch Fronton the west side of Rockies, Ogden-Clearfield as a metro area offers year-around sports and recreational activities as well as actual nightlife and a higher standard of living in some other parts of the US. The median income of Weber County is nearly $9,000 higher than that of the nation as a whole. Incomes tend to be higher in the north and west sectors of the City of Ogden.
Even though Utah is a dry state (no alcohol), such beverages can be purchased in Ogden (see below).
The metro area, as well as the state of Utah is largely a 1) Mormon (LDS) and 2) Evangelical Christian community that is home to houses of worship of many other faiths as well. However, the LDS, a homeschooling, and Evangelical school systems are quite noticeable. The diversity of the city also includes a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
For those considering a move to Utah and interested in the political aspect, 75% of registered voters are Republican, 23% Democrat, and 2% Independent. In 2009, a legislative vote was awarded to Washington DC for the first time, and considering that it would likely be Democrats, an additional vote was given to the State of Utah, likely to be a Republican vote.
Ogden, Weber County, Utah
Ogden is along the eastern coast of the Great Salt Lake.
Diversity and the Earth in Ogden
- Japanese American National Museum
Studies on file about Japanese communities in the American Southwest, including Utah. Highlights of Japanese Internment Camps.
- The Nature Conservancy in Utah - The Nature Conservancy in Utah
The Nature Conservancy in Utah. Green projects and Sustainability.
- The Sustainable Utah Four Day Work Week
Sustainability plans backed by government.
Remembrance Day Celebration of Ogden's Japantown
Top 10 High Demand Jobs in Ogden-Clearfield to 2016
- Sales - Retail and Wholesale & related
- Administrative and Support Staff
- Registered Nurses (RNs) and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs)
- Professional Services
- Management Occupations - all levels, across industries.
- Business Operations Specialists
- Financial Services Specialists
- Production and Manaufacturing - particularly govt contracts.
- Transportation and Freight
- Contruction and Extraction jobs
Great Salt Lake Salt MiningClick thumbnail to view full-size
Largest Ogden Metro Area Employers
- The largest provider of multi-unit healthcare in the State of Utah operates a site in Ogden: McKay Dee Hospital, under the parent company of Intermountain Health Care. Over 2,000 workers are employed at this facility, with additional job openings needing skilled people. The hospital is known coast to coast for a high quality neo-natal unit and outstand heart surgery program.
- Ogden Regional Medical Center is governed by another large healthcare concern: the Hospital Corporation of America(HCA). This local provider is most well known for its effective cancer treatment. The medical center employs at least 1,000 individuals and needs others to fill open positions, listed at their website employment page.
- Ogden Utah is the site of a large US military complex that is home to Hill Air Force Base. The USAF Base hosts the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing that uses the Utah Test and Training Range just west of the Great Salt Lake. The base aircraft maintenance unit is huge and employees thousands of civilian personnel as well as its military staff. Check the website for employment related links.
- A Regional IRS Office also operates in Ogden, its major function being to process business related tax forms.Thousands of workers for the IRS operate out of Ogden and jobs are available in an onsite listing at US Federal Job Website.
- The US Federal Forest Service maintains a large Regional Office in Ogden as well. Its responsibilities include forestry in the Southwest states of Utah as well as Nevada, Southern Idaho, and Western Wyoming. Dry weather and hot climate lend urgency to the trend toward drought and forest fires in this area, keeping the staff of 500 very busy. Check the jobs site above for openings.
- Weber State University is well known for its Education and Training curricula in the Industry Sectors of Business and Sciences. In addition, the school offers federally recognized courses and degrees in Manufacturing and Automotive Engineering. Job listings are available at the website.
- Weber County government serves 200,000+ citizens and residents across nearly 600 square miles that include the Ogden-Clearfield Metro Area. Its 600 – 700 full-time staff works within a budget of around $50 million. Review job listings at http://www1.co.weber.ut.us/ . Meanwhile the City of Ogden employees about the same number of workers under a budget of nearly 30 million dollars.
- Autoliv - Automotive safety experts to the major auto manufacturers worldwide. Over 60 subsidiaries and joint ventures in 29 different global nations. They have 19 crash test and have employed over 23,000 globally.
- ATK- Weapon systems providers for the US Military complex. Took over Thiokol and its space shuttle booster program 2001, the first year of the President George W. Bush Administration. Ogden employees commute about 30 miles to work.
- Fresenius Medical Care – Makers of kidney dialysis and other medical equipment. The site in Ogden has experienced considerable significant growth in the 2000s, with increasing opportunities for engineers and related professionals, such as technicians.
- Great Salt Lake Minerals – Mining through evaporation. Provides salts and fertilizers out of the Great Salt Lake, along with jobs for 300 – 400 workers.
- Parker Hannifin - Aircraft hydraulic and control systems with at least 500 employees.
- Western Zirconium – Part of Westinghouse. Staff of 400+ produce zirconium for application in the nuclear power industry.
- Kimberly-Clark Corporation - Huggies Diapers (disposable).
Utah Travel
Higher Education
- Ogden-Weber Applied Technology Center - Very active College Level vocational school. Employers in Ogden-Clearfield most often hire these new workers faster than they can be trained in school. Industry sectors include IT, automated manufacturing, technologies, electronics, quality assurance (QA), drafting, bricklaying, carpentry, cosmetology, machinists' trades, and several others.
- Weber State University - 70+ fields of study that include science, fine arts, criminal justice, and automotive programs. The student population is older than that at most of the rest of America's institutions.
- University of Utah in Salt Lake City, 36 miles south
- Utah State University in Logan, 45 miles north
- Utah State University Extension Center - graduate programs.
Major Sports
- Weber State Men's & Women's Basketball; Utah Jazz
- Ogden Raptors, Salt Lake Bees
- Ogden Rhino Raiders, Utah Blaze Arena Football, Weber State Football
- Ogden Outlaws, Weber State Women's Soccer
To Drink or Not to Drink...
Ogden has not outlawed alcoholic beverages. Reportedly, the city hosts three liquor stores and a number of private clubs that serve alcohol (and to which one must purchase a membership).
Humorously, Rooster's brews all of their own beers and serves them openly in their restaurant and bar. The humor comes in the names of some of the beers. House beers range from light honey wheat to dark chocolate stout; but, . a favorite of many is Polygamy Pale Ale. I suppose one watches Tom Hanks's Big Love on big screen TV while drinking it.
Great hub! Just one thing to add - two great ski resorts are about 25 min away from downtown Ogden, one being Snowbasin, where several downhill events were held during the 2002 Winter Olympics. It's a great resort!
Another GREAT Hub, Patty..!! I love Ogden, having visited there many times over the years...Great fishing, hunting, and the best tavern shuffleboard players in the world..( they get a lot of practice when it snows )...
Thanks for the tribute to a wonderful city that really has its act together...


text: Spots: Louis Vuitton Published on September 09, 2002. "The Voyage" is the theme of the global print campaign from Louis Vuitton and Havas' BETC Euro RSCG, Paris, breaking this month. In a journey of glamour and mystery captured in five ads, supermodel Eva Herzigova blithely crosses a snowbound railroad track, oblivious to an oncoming locomotive, then stretches languidly in a train compartment. In this world, travel represents intrigue and elegance, as well as Vuitton's leather goods, shoes and ready-to-wear clothes. Art director: Safia Bouyahia. Copywriter: Eric Niesseron. Most Popular In this article: TV Commercials


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Sports News of Thursday, 27 July 2017
Source: GHANAsoccernet.com
Ghana striker Patrick Twumasi extended his rich vein of scoring form by displaying Usain Bolt-like pace to score and give FC Astana a surprising 3-1 victory over Polish giants Legia in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday.
Astana surprisingly defeated FC Legia in the first-leg match of the qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League at the Astana Arena.
Twumasi, who scored both goals in Saturday's 2-0 home victory over Tobol Kostanay at the same venue, hit the target late in the game to seal the unexpected victory over the Polish side.
Kabananga put the Astana-based club on the scoreboard in the 36th minute of the match.
Then, Ivan Maevski gave Stanimir Stoilov's squad a 2:0 lead.
Legia managed to respond with a goal from Sadiku in the 79th minute.
But Twumasi of Astana sealed the fate of the match with the third goal.
The second-leg match will take place at the Stadion Wojska Polskiego in Warsaw on August 3.
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Carboplatin and Irinotecan Concomitantly With Radiation Therapy Followed by Consolidation Chemotherapy With Docetaxel for Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (GIA 12177).
- Determine the objective response rate in patients with newly diagnosed stage IIIA or
IIIB non-small cell lung cancer treated with concurrent carboplatin, irinotecan
hydrochloride, and radiotherapy followed by consolidation docetaxel.
- Evaluate the safety, toxicity, and complications of this regimen in these patients.
- Evaluate the median survival, 1-year and 2-year survival, and time to tumor progression
in these patients.
- Chemoradiotherapy: Patients receive carboplatin IV over 30 minutes followed by
irinotecan hydrochloride IV over 90 minutes on day 1. Patients also undergo
radiotherapy once daily on days 1-5. Treatment repeats weekly for up to 7 courses in
the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
- Consolidation chemotherapy: Beginning 3-4 weeks after completion of chemoradiotherapy,
patients receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour on day 1. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for
up to 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for 4 years and then
annually thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 32 patients will be accrued for this study.
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Response (complete response, partial response, overall response) as measured by RECIST criteria prior to course 1 and within 1 month after completion of course 3 of consolidation chemotherapy
5.25 years
Luis E. Raez, MD, FACP
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University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
United States: Food and Drug Administration
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The Alleghany County School Board shall conduct its regular meeting on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at the Central Office Complex. Included on the agenda is a public hearing to receive input regarding the 2018-2019 operating budget. A copy of the meeting agenda is attached to this notice.
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Are you a slave to email, do you feel that as soon as an email hits your inbox you have to stop what you are doing, read the email and respond to it, does email management exist for you? When you are out, do you check your emails on your smart phone? Does email sometimes feel more like a burden than what it's worth? The truth is that email is a tremendous tool that has revolutionized the way we work, when used correctly email is an awesome time saver and productivity tool. But, for it to remain a tool of productivity and not a drag, it's important to learn how to manage it better, so as not to be a slave to it, here's how:
Use Email Folders or Labels For Email Management
Every email software comes with the ability to automatically put emails in to particular folders or add labels to them as they come through. It will greatly reduce your stress if things go into folders as they come in, so you can take one look and differentiate what is an emergency and what can wait until later. I personally give all of my clients their own folder, inquires go into another folder, newsletter into others, etc… so that I know which folders I need to action when I am ready without getting distracted by other emails.
Check Email Regularly
Don't allow too much time to pass by before checking your email. You don't want to be tied to your email but you don't want thousands of emails piled up either. Check your email on a regular schedule, and then deal with each email accordingly. Shoot for having no more than 10 to 20 unread emails in your inbox at any given time. I know many business coaches will advise you to check emails once or twice a day, however in my opinion it really depends on your business, the number of emails you receive etc… hence setting a suitable time-frame to deal with 10 to 20 emails, and you'll quickly realize how this helps with email management.
Respond Promptly
When someone has sent you something in your email such as paperwork, forms, important information or something, be sure to quickly hit reply and say "Thanks! Got it." It's that simple. You do not always have to respond about the item they sent immediately, instead you can download the item, put it in a dated file and/or tag it as a task to deal with later. And the best advice is to prioritize your emails based on the folders or labels you have set up.
Read, Respond and File
Before there was email, there was snail mail and faxes. We all learned that the best way to check the mail was at our desks, near the filing cabinet as well as the trash can. Nothing has really changed. When you check your email you should read, respond and/or file it away depending upon the email. You can even, in most email programs, turn an email into a scheduled task.
Reduce Incoming Emails
Turn off notifications from social media; unsubscribe from newsletters you don't read but that you did sign up for. You can use a service called Unroll.me to get it done fast. The service will return a list and you can then just choose which ones you want to keep and which ones you want to unsubscribe to. You add the things you want to see to your daily roll up, which enables you to view them when you want to, but not clutter up your email and of course make sure your read the FX Digital newsletter.
Create a Disposable or "Burner" Email Address
If you like to read a lot online, choose a free email address from Google or Yahoo for anyone who doesn't require a business email address and for whom prompt reply will not be needed. You can always delete that email address and create a new one as needed. This can reduce what you receive in your work email exponentially and it will help you control spam.
Learn Your Software
A great example is the ability to "un-send" emails in Google email programs. Many people do not know this exists. You only have about 30 seconds to realize you should un-send it and click "undo send," but it's possible. If you use Google, make sure that you use this. If you use something else, find out whether or not you really know how to use your software to its fullest potential. If not, then you'll want to train yourself on how to use all the features your email program offers, it really is worth it.
If you have a lot of customer service emails, don't handle them yourself. It's important to understand that since it's your business, many of those customer service issues can take you a long time to deal with due to your emotional attachment to the issues. Instead, hire someone to take care of customer service. They will alert you to the most pressing issues that only you can deal with and handle the rest. I personally have a ticket system set up, which means customers send an email to our support desk, this automatically goes into our ticketing system which any staff member can access and deal with, you could set something like this up easily and if you don't know how to speak to us at FX Digital.
Smart Phones
I know almost everyone has a smart phone and I like many used to check my emails constantly while I was out of the office using my smart phone. However I quickly realized that this was becoming an issue and for the last several years I have not checked a single email on my phone. In fact, I've even stopped answering my phone while driving which has given me much more time to think and plan my business however that's the subject of another article.
Getting control of your email will enable you to become more productive, organized, and more effective at doing your job or running your business. You will feel more free and accomplished if your email is organized and not out of control and believe me, it's amazing to have this feeling once you stop being a slave to email and conquer email management.


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Even though more and more people are accessing the Internet via mobile devices, with mobiles now outstripping computer sales by a tremendous amount and over half of social media users now using mobile to access their favorite social media platform, so many marketers are making serious mobile marketing mistakes. Let's share some of the most common mobile marketing mistakes so that you can avoid making them. Complicated Forms I don't


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Here's the latest page of the re-jiggered Fantastic Life. By the way, I skipped Monday's installment of The Rough Pearl (my ongoing sequel to Fantastic Life) owing to family Xmas obligations, but it'll be back next Monday, Dec. 31.
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I've been tuning up the color in my first graphic novel Fantastic Life, fixing the crappy pink flesh tones I used originally and adding tonal gradients so it doesn't look so flat and washed out. I'm happy with the results, so even though this is "old" work I'm going to re-serialize it here every Wednesday, starting today with page 1. I'll post the whole book, which will take a couple of years, so if you haven't read it yet this is your chance! Of course, if you're less patient than that (and don't mind it being in black and white) you can order a good old fashioned printed copy HERE.
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Washington: Indian yoga guru Ramdev will visit the US next month to take part in the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of spiritual leader Swami Vivekananda.
During his five-day trip beginning September 26, Ramdev will visit Chicago and New Jersey.
In Chicago, he will commemorate the 120th anniversary of the famous address by Vivekananda at the World Parliament of Religions on September 11, 1893, his organisers announced on Thursday.
According to the schedule, Ramdev will leave city of Houston on September 27 to take part in a programme in Chicago the next day.
He will be in New York on September 29 for a visit to New Jersey where he will be the chief guest and speaker at an event.
Ramdev will be in Atlanta on September 30 before flying back to India.
He visited the country last in July 2010.
On his way to the US, Ramdev will stop over in the UK for four days.
"Swamiji, a revolutionary yogi, has transformed India in yoga discipline. His motto has been `national interest comes first`," former Ambassador-at-Large of India Bhishma Kumar Agnihotri, said.


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I spent the day yesterday printing the pattern and taping it together, then cutting the main fabric, lining, interfacing, and Soft & Stable for the Daytripper bag that I'm going to be making on Tuesday with my friend Gayle. It took me the better part of the day since there are a lot of pieces and they must be cut using scissors rather than the rotary cutter.
After I made the first one (which was the larger of the two versions included in the pattern) I told myself I might not be making another. It's not difficult exactly, but I had added an extra layer (that would make three) of Soft & Stable since I wanted to use the bag for my camera and needed the additional padding that would provide. That just made it a little tricky and not quite as much fun. You know how having fun is my major goal in life right now.
Anyway, I had a change of heart and this time I'm leaving out the extra layer of Soft & Stable and I'm making the smaller version. And, I'm looking forward to it!
Take care,
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Getting ready... for another one!
3 comments:
- HollyM said...
Your bags are so pretty. I don't have much patience for making them although I do some small ones now and then.
- Mystic Quilter said...
I agree with Holly your bags are pretty - I did say I would like to possibly make one but don't know if my hands would cope with the small piece and zippers!
- Kar said...
Yes indeed, your bags are very pretty! I love the polka dots fabric for this one. I'm going to have to make a bag one day after seeing all the pretty handmade ones lately. :)
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Here comes Rise of the Rest [nytimes.com]:
For the past several months, there has been a torrent of press around how Mr. Case and Mr. Vance have teamed to try to revive entrepreneurship in what elites often derisively refer to as the so-called flyover states. As my colleague Steve Lohr wrote recently [nytimes.com], Mr. Case and Mr. Vance have been barnstorming various cities in a painted bus, holding entrepreneurship competitions as if they were politicians on the campaign trail.
But until now, at least to some skeptics, it seemed like a do-gooder vanity project.
How could these two men significantly change the dynamic among serious investors on the coasts to reorient their focus on cities, many of them suffering from the erosion of manufacturing, in the Rust Belt and elsewhere?
It turns out that while they were publicly crisscrossing America, they were also privately holding meetings with some of the wealthiest individuals and families in the country, urging them to not only invest in a new fund but become partners with some of the companies that will benefit from it.
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Also I was busy cooking a crap-load of food, so that was the other reason. This left me with a crap-load of tasty leftovers.
With all the posts about Thanksgiving Day, it seemed that one day was going to destroy every day prior you've invested in working out and eating clean. That's kind of misleading.
One day of bingeing is not going to cause you to gain any significant amount of weight. Very likely the increase on the scale the next morning was from high-sodium holiday food.
There's more than 30 days till we're in 2013. Between now and then is when you'll likely gain that extra 10 lbs. Out of the 30-something days there's only a few actual, official holiday days. It's not those days that need to be the focus. It's all the days in between that are the real problem.
The Never-Ending Feast
Mindless eating is exactly that: eating without using your mind. But everyone's mind is different. What works for one person might not work for another. You have to find what speaks to you.
Here's my tips that work for me, but don't hesitate to tweak these ideas to fit your life and personality.
1. Designate a shelf or shelves in the fridge
Make a shelf (hopefully more than one) in the fridge as your go-to shelf to grab something healthy. If you have to dig through the not-so-good stuff to find a piece of fruit or a Greek yogurt, you'll likely be tempted to eat what you see and touch first. By making one shelf "the good shelf" you automatically know where to find healthy eats. This is especially handy for all the leftovers. Hide them from yourself. I know I am a very visual person; if I see it, I'm more likely to eat it. This idea works for the cabinets and pantry too.
2. Never go to any place serving or selling food while you're hungry
This one works for everyone! It's a good idea to keep a quick healthy snack on hand like nuts, a protein bar, or a shake to grab when you find yourself hungry and headed to a place that serves or sells food. Hunger is powerful! You know this is true if you've ever watched Bear Gryllis scarf down a caterpillar.
3. Never cook hungry
There's a theme here. Never do anything hungry. Always have something healthy within reach to at least take the edge off enough to get you to the next full meal.
4. Say no to food gifts
A tricky one if your Nana makes you her famous fudge each year. Luckily for me, the Viking is more than willing to save me from such goodies. If every year you receive a food gift, it's ok to tell someone you're trying to watch what you eat. If you still receive such a gift, share it with someone who isn't watching their weight. And please, don't donate it to the office fridge at work. Very likely they're trying to avoid the weight-gain too! If you have to, toss it!
5. Don't be a food pervert
I confess to an occasional bout of obsessing. Usually it's about small things I think are going to grow into monster problems. Sometimes my family informs me that I need to chill, and almost always they're right. Except that one time when everyone ignored my warnings about the strange noise my daughter's truck was making and then a head gasket blew – but I digress.
Obsessing has a tendency to suck the very life out of the moment and magically give power to the very thing we're focused on. I think that's especially true of food. Avoiding food can be as unhealthy as seeking it out. Both can create an unhealthy pattern. Food thoughts shouldn't dominate your thinking.
What about you?
These are some of my healthy life rules that have worked for me. But you are YOU! What tips have you found to help you through a season of feasts and baked goodies?


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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Nick Swisher traded to the Yanks
Ken Rosenthal reports the Yankees traded for Nick Swisher and pitcher Kanekoa Texeira. Jeff Marquez is reportedly involved in the deal, other players such as Wilson Betemit are said to possibly be included.
Not a bad deal for the Yankees here, put Nick at 1B so you don't have to spend the big bucks on getting Mark Texiera, and i looked up Kanekoa Texeira's minor league stats, in 61 IP he had a 1.33 ERA for Chicago.
Here's a video with Toby Hall and Nick Swisher, the guy is pretty funny.
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5 comments:
- J said...
The problem is he swings away like the white Robinson Cano...
- November 13, 2008 at 4:16 PM
- Alex said...
haha i never thought of it like that, you're right. Still we did get him for almost nothing, and the Texeira guy we got looks pretty good (according to his stats)
- November 13, 2008 at 4:23 PM
- http://janeheller.mlblogs.com said...
"Swish" may be funny in videos, but I want Teixeira. The one with the second "i" in his name.
- November 15, 2008 at 1:48 PM
- Alex said...
I would totally love seeing the other Tex in a Yankee uniform, but at this point, i'd really just like CC to accept that enourmous offer already!
Hope everything is alright with you Jane btw, i heard about the fires in California :(
- November 15, 2008 at 5:14 PM
- http://janeheller.mlblogs.com said...
Thanks, Alex. My bags are still packed, but I haven't had to get out yet. Just hope the winds don't pick up tonight. Very scary stuff out here.
- November 15, 2008 at 7:47 PM
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1924 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
- October 10 – Ezra Pound leaves Paris permanently and moves to Rapallo, Italy. He stays there briefly, moving on to Sicily (he will return to settle in Rapallo in January 1925).[1]
- McGill Daily Literary Supplement started at McGill University in Montreal, Canada (ceases publication in 1925; followed by the McGill Fortnightly Review, 1925–1927) by A. J. M. Smith, F. R. Scott, Leon Edel, and later joined by A. M. Klein and Leo Kennedy. The periodical, which publishes poems and articles on contemporary trends, is the first in Canada to offer consistent commentary on modernist principles in poetry and literature.[2]
- Daniel Corkery publishes the study of 18th century Irish poetry, The Hidden Ireland.
Works published[edit]
- Arthur Henry Adams, Fifty Nursery Rhymes with Music, Australian
- Edwin James Brady, The Land of the Sun
- C. J. Dennis, Rose of Spadgers
- Kenneth Slessor, Thief of the Moon, Sydney: Hand press of J. T. Kirtley, Australia
India in English[edit]
- Sri Aurobindo, Love and Death ( Poetry in English ), Madras: Shama's Publishing House[3]
United Kingdom[edit]
- Roy Campbell, The Flaming Terrapin[4]
- T. S. Eliot, Homage to John Dryden (criticism)
- From Overseas, verse from the British colonies; the first published anthology to include Caribbean poetry, with works by nine Jamaican poets included[5]
- Aldous Huxley, Little Mexican, and Other Stories[4]
- John Masefield, Sard Harker
- Susan Miles, The Hares
- A. A. Milne, When We Were Very Young,[4] for children
- Edith Sitwell, The Sleeping Beauty[4]
- A. H. Stockwell, editor, Eastern Dreams: a Selection of Verse, London; anthology; Indian poetry in English, published in the United Kingdom[6]
- Humbert Wolfe, Kensington Gardens
- W. B. Yeats, The Cat and the Moon, and Certain Poems, drama and verse, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom[4]
United States[edit]
- Hilda Conkling, Silverhorn
- Hilda Doolittle (H.D.), Heliodora and Other Poems[7]
- William Faulkner, The Marble Faun[7]
- Robinson Jeffers, Tamar and Other Poems[7]
- William Ellery Leonard, Tutankhamen and After[7]
- Archibald MacLeish, The Happy Marriage and Other Poems[7]
- Edgar Lee Masters, The New Spoon River[8]
- Marianne Moore, Observations[7]
- James Oppenheim, The Sea[7]
- John Crowe Ransom, Chills and Fever[7]
- Mark Van Doren, Spring Thunder[7]
Other in English[edit]
- A. H. Stockwell, editor, Eastern Dreams: a Selection of Verse, London; anthology; Indian poetry in English, published in the United Kingdom[6]
- W. B. Yeats, The Cat and the Moon, and Certain Poems, drama and verse, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom[4]
Works published in other languages[edit]
- Anthologie des écrivains morts à la guerre
- Robert Desnos, Deuil pour deuil[9]
- Francis Jammes, Livres des quatrains, published each year from 1922 to 1925[10]
- Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, La coupe de cendres ("The Cup of Ashes"), Malagasy poet writing in French
- Pierre Reverdy, Les Épaves du ciel[11]
- Saint-John Perse, pen name of Marie-René Alexis Saint-Léger:
Other languages[edit]
- Delmira Agustini, Obras completas ("Complete Works"): Volume 1, El rosario de Eros; Volume 2: Los astros del abismo, posthumously published (died 1914), Montevideo, Uruguay: Máximo García[13]
- Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Toomas ja Mai, Estonia
- Sir Muhammad Iqbal, Bang-i-Dara (The Call Of The Marching Bell), the first philosophical poetry book the author writes and publishes in Urdu rather than Persian (translated into English by M.A.K. Khalil in 1996)
- Vladimir Mayakovsky, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Soviet Russia
- Gabriela Mistral, Ternura: canciones de niños, Madrid: Saturnino Calleja[14]
- Pablo Neruda, Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada (Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair), Chile[15]
Awards and honors[edit]
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February 8 – Lisel Mueller, American poet
- March 2 – Edgar Bowers (died 2000) American poet
- March 5 – David Ferry, American poet and translator
- March 22 – Michael Hamburger (died 2007), British translator, poet, critic, memoirist and academic
- April 2 – Lauris Edmond (died 2000), New Zealand poet
- April 21 – P. Bhaskaran (died 2007), Indian, Malayalam-language poet and film songwriter[16]
- May 3 – Yehuda Amichai יהודה עמיחי (died 2000), Israeli poet and one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew
- May 7 – Marjorie Boulton (died 2017), English poet and literary critic writing also in Esperanto
- May 12 – Claribel Alegría, Nicaraguan novelist, poet and writer in Nicaragua and El Salvador
- June 7 – Edward Field, American poet and author
- June 29
- Cid Corman (died 2004), American poet, translator and editor
- John Haines (died 2011), American poet
- July 19 – Vassar Miller (died 1998), American poet
- August 22 – Ada Jafri (died 2015), Urdu poet
- August 28 – Janet Frame (died 2004) New Zealand poet, writer and novelist
- September 28 – James Berry (died 2017), Jamaican-born poet
- October 9 – Jane Cooper (died 2007), American poet
- October 20 – Robert Peters (died 2014), American poet, critic, scholar, playwright and editor
- October 29 – Zbigniew Herbert (died 1998), Polish poet, essayist, moralist and member of the Polish resistance during World War II; perhaps the most famous and most translated of Polish writers
- November 25 – Takaaki Yoshimoto 吉本隆明, also known as "Ryūmei Yoshimoto" (died 2012), Japanese poet, literary critic and philosopher; father of the writer Banana Yoshimoto and cartoonist Haruno Yoiko (surname: Yoshimoto)
- November 28 – Dennis Brutus (died 2009), South African poet and anti-Apartheid activist,[17] imprisoned in the cell next to Nelson Mandela's on Robben Island from 1963 to 1965;[18] earns the Lifetime Honorary Award by the South African Department of Arts and Culture for his lifelong dedication to African and world poetry and literary arts[19]
- December 20 – Friederike Mayröcker, Austrian poet
- December 24 – Nissim Ezekiel (died 2004), Indian poet, playwright and art critic writing in English .
- Also:
- Elizabeth Bartlett (died 2008), English poet
- Matthew Mead (died 2009), English poet and editor
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 16 – Kumaran Asan, 50 (born 1873), Indian, Malayalam-language poet[16]
- May 4 – Edith Nesbit, 65 (born 1858), English author and poet whose children's works were published under the name "E. Nesbit"
- July 19 – Kingsley Fairbridge, 39 (born 1885), South African editor of a poetry anthology and humanitarian
- December 8 – Bochō Yamamura 山村 暮鳥, 40 (born 1884), Japanese vagabond Christian preacher who gained attention as a writer of tales and songs for children and as a poet (surname: Bochō)
- December 15 – William Herbert Carruth, 65 (born 1859), American poet
- December 23 – Thomas William Hodgson Crosland, 59? (born 1865?), English poet
See also[edit]
- Poetry
- List of poetry awards
- List of years in poetry
- New Objectivity in German literature and art
- ^ Nadel, Ira B., ed. (1999). The Cambridge Companion to Ezra Pound. Cambridge University Press. p. xxii. ISBN 0-521-64920-X.
- ^ Gnarowsky, Michael, "Poetry in English, 1918-1960", article in The Canadian Encyclopedia, retrieved February 8, 2009
- ^ Vinayak Krishna Gokak, The Golden Treasury Of Indo-Anglian Poetry (1828-1965), p 313, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi (1970, first edition; 2006 reprint), ISBN 81-260-1196-3, retrieved August 6, 2010
- ^ a b c d e f Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ Brenier, Laurence A., An Introduction to West Indian Poetry, p 62, Cambridge University Press, 1998, ISBN 978-0-521-58712-9, retrieved via Google Books, February 7, 2009
- ^ a b Joshi, Irene, compiler, "Poetry Anthologies", "Poetry Anthologies" section, "University Libraries, University of Washington" website, "Last updated May 8, 1998", retrieved June 16, 2009. Archived 2009-06-19.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
- ^ Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair, editors, The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, W. W. Norton & Company, 1973, ISBN 0-393-09357-3
- ^ Bree, Germaine, Twentieth-Century French Literature, translated by Louise Guiney, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983
- ^ Web page titled "POET Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)", at The Poetry Foundation website, retrieved August 30, 2009. Archived 2009-09-03.
- ^ Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications
- ^ a b Web page titled "Saint-John Perse: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1960: Bibliography" at the Nobel Prize Website, retrieved July 20, 2009. Archived 2009-07-24.
- ^ Web page titled "Delmira Agustini" Archived 2011-09-02 at the Wayback Machine. at the Universitat Jaume's "Modernismo en España e Hispanoamérica" website, retrieved September 1, 2011
- ^ Web page titled "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1945/Gabriela Mistral/Bibliography", Nobel Prize website, retrieved September 22, 2010
- ^ Tarn, Nathaniel, ed. (1975). Pablo Neruda: Selected Poems. Penguin. p. 14.
- ^ a b Paniker, Ayyappa, "Modern Malayalam Literature" chapter in George, K. M., editor, ' 'Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology' ', pp 231–255, published by Sahitya Akademi, 1992, retrieved January 10, 2009
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.ru.ac.za/alumni/news/deceased/dennisbrutus[permanent dead link]
- ^ Poetry and Protest: A Dennis Brutus Reader Publisher's page includes video of Brutus and a remembrance by Amy Goodman.


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On that thought, it is analogous to the comment about US Bond ratings: Where else are they going to put their money?
While American Corporations are making foreign (capital) investments it could be said they have no faith in politicians or an acute grasp of the economy. I will assume the analysts can and have plotted the path of the trajectory.
Unless they are watching the news when they are reporting poll numbers (public opinion) savvy investors know the limits of the politicians.
There is little that Senator Bilgewater* can do to resolve our "Jobs" crisis. As it has been said, the government cannot create jobs. Only the private sector can create jobs. Senator Bilgewater is at this point in time an impediment to the creation of jobs.
Tip O'Neil once said, "All politics is local." This can also be said of the economy. Investors deal in large numbers. People want to know only one thing, "Will I have a job?"
Our country moves in spite of the politicians. In plain speak, the U.S. has had three GREAT Presidents: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and FDR. And I am a person who believes that Ronald Reagan was a President of Mythic Proportions. After all, he single-handedly tore down the Berlin Wall liberating 1 billion people ground beneath the boot heel of communist military occupation.
But that was then, this is now.
As an aside, there is a large difference between Soviet Style Communism and Chinese Style Communism.
The Soviet Union had its going out of business sale years ago, changed its name, and reopened under new management--Russia.
China is the second fastest growing economy in the world.
See the difference?
Politicians are Window Dressing. Senator Bilgewater is a Politician. Therefore, Senator Bilgewater is Window Dressing.
Politicians? Window dressing.
I am not Paul Harvey.
However, I am open to becoming a paid commentator, columnist, or blogger.
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The problem with this isn't just that people disgust me, but, more importantly, I've got the sneaking (okay outright) feeling that I gross others out as well. And over the years, this feeling has warped me into an introverted girl. Don't get me wrong?given the choice I'd be a crack-smoking whore who screwed men penniless and never work a day in my life. But as things stand, I've imposed on myself a strict regiment of shyness and modesty. Although maybe modest isn't the exact word to describe me. Asshole is probably a more accurate description.
John Waters said in Pink Flamingos, There are two kinds of people in this world, my kind of people and assholes. In my case, my kind of people are assholes. This debunks the theory that ugly girls overcompensate with sparkling personalities. I for one am mean, shy, paranoid and acutely antisocial. Actually, I think my main problem is that I require too much "me-time," or as my roommate puts it, "Choi-time," which, when I think about it, turns out to be "all the time." My work is customer-service related, so this leaves me satiated socially. Naturally, I want to be alone when I get home. My roommates will knock on the door and I'll pretend I'm not there, even though they can see the shadows of my feet under the door. Eventually, they go away and I don't come out until morning when I have to go to work again. So, it's not just that I don't like strangers, because I dislike my friends and family as well.
There's a good reason why I hate interacting with people: I'm socially inept. When people talk to me, I'm so full of nervous giggles that they walk away thinking I'm handicapped. I fall apart at fart jokes and become giddy when attractive men talk to me. And whenever I'm nervous, which is always, my voice gets so high-pitched that only sorority girls can hear me. All things considered, I really don't blame people for not liking me.
Fortunately, though, this isn't a cry for validation. In fact, you'd be startled if you knew the heights of unwarranted pride I've reached. I walk around my New Jersey campus quietly revolted by college students. I'm grossed out by skaters, intellectuals, alternadudes and?God forbid?ravers. Personally, my dream man is a fry-cook at Houlihan's. And right now he's nursing a baby bottle of beer and watching reruns of Friends. By himself. And he just released a symphony of farts. Now he's grinning in his sleep and baring teeth that look like piano keys.
My tastes are very particular, you see. My picture of happiness is either a lifetime with this dozing gentleman, or as the proud overseer of a sprawling dude ranch somewhere in Arizona. The ranch would be peopled by trolls and fry-cooks. But I'd leave it all behind to be a mail-order bride to a rich oil miner from Texas. Or any dude I could antagonize with a needy, loving undercurrent?anyone who would play Mr. Belvedere to my Wesley.
The sad thing is, I'm not entirely kidding. In fact, I'm not kidding at all. I truly find myself drawn to goofy men more so than ironic people?young urbanites terrify me. I prefer the company of men who refuse to touch a book unless it has a treasure hunt in it. And if I were a man, I'd feel the same way. I'd be falling in love with frizzle-headed Jersey girls and hiphop divas like Lil' Kim. And Bette Midler and Fran Drescher would be?are?my goddess muses.
Point being, I can't take people seriously when they're trying to be cute. What's worse is when they do it on paper. My system recoils at sex columns and I simply can't bring myself to write one with a straight face. The thought of it riddles me with self-consciousness, and makes me hate being a woman and the thought of copulating with whichever dipshits are finding that sort of thing hot. Reading sex columns makes me want to shriek and run and hide from civilization. But this may just be because, once again, I'm an overly critical asshole.
This isn't to say that I'm a totally horrible person (although I am). In fact, I can't help but like the majority of people once I get to know them (not really). But I do think the thought of trying to be sexy on paper is silly. My life is too dull for me to pretend I'm a dangerous whore who wants to rub nasties with random readers. Truth is, I probably don't. And not even so much because people are gross, but because I myself am an insurmountably volatile and nervous wreck.


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Acton Depot open day again. The husband was desperate for the latest limited edition EFE buses that are released just for the open days.
We met up outside with stroppy cow and her boy.. her boy and the husband bonded rather quickly over their matching geek levels.. A 30 year age gap seemed to make no difference!
Stamps in a "passport" were collected so the lucky bag could be retreived, and the buses were bought.. I think we each took a happy but tired by home with us ;)


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Happy Easter everyone! Later this week I'll post my write up about the upcoming Playoffs. But, because today is Easter, I'm sharing with you many pictures I've taken throughout the season. Some have been posted, some have not.
Monday night Jason returns with BULLS WEEKLY at Pedro's Cantina. It will be his special Playoffs edition. So BE THERE!


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Some of the year's worthy records that you may have missed, including albums by Madlib and Freddie Gibbs, eclectic pop upstart Shamir, infectious Swedish punks Makthaverskan, Japanese sample whiz Lee, and many more.
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Inspired by the anything-goes sampling styles of Madlib and Flying Lotus, Thailand-via-Japan beatmaker Ryuhei Asano—aka Lee—makes uncanny music that repurposes memory and sound into refreshing new forms. By Carrie Battan.
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