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The Story of Camano Island
|Flashback May 2001 and my husband and I are on a Mother's Day Tour of Camano Island. Camano Island has a wonderful community of artists whom host a Mother's Day tour every year on . . . duh. Mother's Day. My husband and I living a mere 2 ½ hours away at the time, decide to take the trek up North to visit this quaint little island. We ended up taking one or two of the studio tours and my husband develops one of his infamous migraines. I asked if he wouldn't mind if he just kick back and I drive around the island since we took the long drive up. He says no and reclines the passenger seat all the way back. I look over and his eyes are closed. So I'm driving around the island (it goes full-circle) and just enjoying the views. It's so green! And water! Views of the Puget Sound at every turn! And pastures of horses! Oh! How wonderful it would be to live here! So peaceful! And look- A woman riding her horse on the side of the road! So lovely . . . Yet sadly, my husband's eyes aren't open to appreciate the lovely countryside.
We're driving and driving and we're passing by real estate sign after real estate sign of homes for sale and I'm just chomping at the bit to do a drive by . . . Not gansta style shooting of crips or bloods, Eastside/Westside, but more a lookie-loo-take-a-peek sorta way. But my poor husband is in pain and he is suffering long enough for me to drive around the island (15 miles long? 2 miles across? Or something like that. For goodness sake, google it if you're that inclined) Anyway, we pass yet another sign on a long gravel road that says, "home on acreage" and I'm just about beside myself. (I am SUCH a good wife.) My husband with both eyes closed, says . . . "Why don't you turn around? It said, "home on acreage".
I would say that the rest is history. But five and a half effin' years later, I know better. History is one long-ass lesson and I never received better than a C+ grade.
We drive up this long gravel drive, come to a private little ranch and we see rolling hills, two cute red barns (for horses!) a wrap around porch, views of the Puget Sound, and on a dead end? Only slightly out of our price range? Does life get any better? We called up the realtor, he rushed up (Red Flag #1) and we made an offer within an hour. A few months later, we were living in our dream home.
But I'm WAY ahead of myself. First, to get financing on our "dream home", I had to get mortgage insurance for a 1965 home with a flat roof. Good Lord. A flat roof in the Seattle area where it rains a LOT is just . . . asinine. (Red Flag #2) This took weeks and a bit of sleepless nights to accomplish. And then there was the home inspection to qualify for a mortgage loan. Apparently there's this like little LAW as to where they won't give you money for a home that sits directly on the dirt, and an 18" crawl space has to be dug out under the house. Huh? (Red Flag #3)
But horses! Water! Countryside! Green grass! Rolling hills! Wrap around porches! Not one, but TWO barns! Yippee!!
So dumb following dumber, we STILL wanted to move up here. And we did. Do you honestly think any of this would deter us? Two parents with two young children under the age of 5 . . . . scared? Run away? I think not! So what if we knew nobody- Had no family or support team. We had each other and our little ranch. Hubris! Ignorance. Whatever. It was sunny! And quiet! I could have horses! A long gravel road! A bit of a water view! (Can't swim in it because it's too damn cold, but hey. Horses!) And so what if our 1965 home had shag carpet, dark wall paneling, drop styrofoam grid ceilings, and itty bitty windows that probably weren't up to fire codes even in 1965, it was after all the Age of Aquarius . . . We HAD EACH OTHER. And did I mention the countryside? And horses? Water?
So we moved up here and admittedly, I was a bit sad that I had to give up a cute suburban home with the upgrades and local amenities for a home with shag carpeting and the aforementioned, but yeah. Yeah. Horses. Water. Whoopee. I was coming down from my fresh air high and in the middle of flippin' nowhere with two children not even in freakin' preschool or Kindergarten yet, with SHAG carpet AND wall paneling. But I did buy a horse and this made me vr vr happy. And then I got a second horse. And a pony. They quickly chomped down all of the rolling green hills only to enlighten me on the fact that pretty much all of the 20 year + fences needed to be replaced and repaired.
Three months after living on our cute little ranch, winter hit and our flat roof home . . . flooded. A day or two after Thanksgiving. You know- right before Christmas. I was awakened to my three-year-old son doing a re-enactment of water pouring through a vent in the ceiling and into the living room. I rushed out to find that my living room, laundry room and bathroom (with cobalt blue indoor/outdoor carpeting) were an inch under water. Panic set in. What do you do when your roof is draining a gallon per minute blocking your view from teletubbies? Seriously. I didn't have enough towels and rags to deal (and I tried- At which I became the butt of the contractor's joke who came to my rescue.) So, 3 months later, a FREEZING cold winter (the main heat source came from the living room), $25K of insurance claims, numerous flooding nightmares, and one crappy Christmas, I can say that I no longer have shag carpets and wall paneling in my living room. (My husband and I had a PLAN. Flooding at the time complicated things GREATLY, yet simplified things in the long run, as I'm sure you can imagine. Hindsight was NOT 20/20 for a VR VR long time.)
And folks. It doesn't end there. In 1965 homes nothing is straight or even. Adding new flooring takes somebody with a calculus or P.H.D. math degree because in 1965, apparently square angles weren't mainstream enough to be used in erecting houses. When say, you replace the dirt ground with like . . . 18" of no ground . . . The house tends to bow. And when you perk up the bowed parts with new beams- doorways and walls in particular . . . crack. And doors don't always close/open any more. And don't even get me started on 1965 plumbing (of which I'm sure MANY of you are VR familiar with. Hee.) Or 1965 electrical which is quite tasty and OH so yummy to field mice . . .
So sometimes I don't post. And it's not because I'm busy. It's merely because I am simply a robotic shell of the sparkly, magnetic personality that I once was 5½ years ago before this little ranch turned me into a blob of adult onset ADD. As it seems, my living the high life of non-wall paneling walls and high-maintenance needs are an acquired taste. So what if I didn't play Chutes and Ladders every day with my kids on the shag carpet floors? I gave them woods to play in, fresh air, ponies (which they have NEVER had any interest in) and a long country road to catch the school bus on every day . . . They were blessed with a special Mommy who could turn green, spew vomit, and make her head spin completely around.
I wouldn't change a thing ...
But winning the lottery would be SO sweet. After all, Momma needs a new non-flat roof. But please God, no more shag carpeting, wall paneling, or living room floods. And while I'm making my pleads . . . Can you do something about this 1980's fashion comeback thing? I'm just so not ready yet. And don't think I'm not on to you with this whole Pergo/Laminate flooring thing. You think you can just get rid of wall paneling, snaz it up a bit, throw it on the floor . . . AND NOBODY IS GONNA NOTICE? I know where wall paneling goes when it dies. Even Hell didn't want it.
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- carla said...
How true that dreams usually don't come cheap. I guess that's what's fueled the arts through the ages... poor humans grappling with the cosmic trade-off! It sounds like you have your share of woes, but you sure made me laugh! What else can you do! I'm sure that Camano Island is a groovy, gorgeous, inspiring place to live, and you have horses! I dream of living on a ranch in northern CA (with a small staff to manage the grounds and keep the house nice, of course) so I can have all kinds of animals and a great big studio. I spend a lot of time (when I should actually be doing something productive) imagining that idyllic life, but then I have to remnind myself that there's a huge gap between fantasy and reality. Nothing that lots of dollars can't fix... but... that's why it's fantasy! Anyway... today's one of those days when I need to get my arse back into my studio and do something beautiful. Thanks for the laugh, Shano! Keep on keeping on:>
- Tony LaRocca said...
The thing about homes is that you can fix them up one room at a time. Roofs are expensive, of course, but the answer is simply creating a small slanted force field over the roof, which would divert the rain down the back of the house. :D


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I'll be mothing at a raised bog outside of Stevenston this year, so - because it's not in Stevenston - I thought I should start a new thread.
My first trapping session with a small 15W heath trap produced 5 moths of 5 species:
Nut-tree Tussock
Poplar Hawk-moth
Small Square-spot
Hebrew Character
Flame Shoulder
(Despite the abundance of both Birch trees and moth recording at Ardeer Quarry LNR, I've never caught a Nut-tree Tussock there for some reason.)
Also, I swept the common micro moth Micropterix aureatella from some nearby Bilberry, lots of Common Heaths were flying over the bog and I swept a Heath Rustic caterpillar from the heather.
Nut-tree Tussock
Poplar Hawk-moth
Micropterix aureatella
Heath Rustic caterpillar

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In what may be an unaccepted move from the perspective of people who think the Obama administration will become 'gun grabbers', Gibbs voiced support for people legally carrying weapons near Obama events. I do not think this is a signal of policy or opinion shift. A general stance in favor of obeying the law could be an attempt to dissuade some fears without alienating his base. It does not mean that they will not try to change the laws in the future.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/18/AR2009081803416.html (bold mine)
"Armed men seen mixing with protesters outside recent events held by President Obama acted within the law, the White House said Tuesday, attempting to allay fears of a security threat.
Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, said people are entitled to carry weapons outside such events if local laws allow it. "There are laws that govern firearms that are done state or locally," he said. "Those laws don't change when the president comes to your state or locality.""
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Obama Administration Voices Support For Local Gun Laws
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Vol. 1, No. 7 Summer 2009
Company Profile
Built in 1907, the Plaza Hotel is a treasured New York City landmark. It is the setting for the famous "Eloise" books, several films and has, over the decades, hosted eminent guests from the worlds of entertainment, politics and culture. The Plaza was closed in 2005 in order to undergo a multi-million dollar renovation and re-opened in March, 2008 with its old-world luxury and elegance complemented by state-of-the-art technology. The property offers 282 hotel rooms and 167 private condo hotel units and is managed by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts.
Technology Objective
Implement a key control system that could accommodate the new plastic key cards as well as hard keys and allow the staff to have controlled access to the keys as required by their job functions. The system programming for accessing and returning keys needed to be flexible so that several different groups could be accommodated. In addition, a quick and easy audit trail was required so that any allegations of impropriety could be immediately addressed.
The Challenge
Prior to the renovations, the Plaza Hotel utilized hard keys for guest room access. Plastic key card technology was implemented as part of the renovation. While the individual guest room door locks can now be "interrogated" for their access history, it is still necessary to secure and control the security keys used by the staff to access the guest rooms and also for management to be able to interrogate the key control system for its access history. Because so many of the hotel staff may be required to enter a guest room (i.e. housekeeping, in-room dining, butler service, amenity waiters, etc.), programming of the system needs to accommodate up to eight different groups, working around the clock. Certain groups only have access to certain keys; some require fingerprint identification access and others require numerical code access. Additionally, management needs to be notified immediately if a key is not returned within the programmed parameters as well as who may have returned a damaged key.
Morse Watchmans Solution
KeyWatcher® Key Control System — The KeyWatcher is a custom configured solution that allows the Plaza to maintain key integrity and key control. It automatically records the access history of each key, including user, date and time of key access/ return. The system releases assigned keys only to users with the proper authorization code (either fingerprint identification or numerical code), and cannot be manipulated or easily tampered with. The illuminated key slots make accessing and returning keys easier and the system as configured readily accommodates both hard keys and plastic key cards.
KeyPro® Performance Software – The userfriendly PC application software delivers real-time transaction polling, key status, alarm and reporting capabilities for the KeyWatcher system. Activity reports can be customized to trace key movements by time, date and user code or biometric access data. And because the software allows the KeyWatcher Key Control System to be conveniently accessed and programmed remotely via an IP connection, control of the keys can be more efficiently and safely managed remotely as well. Priority email alerts can be sent to management to keep them informed of the whereabouts of high security keys or if they have been logged out for too long.
In Action
The KeyWatcher system installed at the Plaza Hotel is used for controlling approximately 100 keys, the majority of which are key cards used by staff for guest room entrance.
Using the The KeyPro Performance Software, hotel security management is able to program access to the keys for each of the eight different groups, allowing for overtime and for unscheduled work hours. The software also generates reports which provide accurate and detailed information, such as which employees accessed the keys, when they accessed them and when they were returned and notifies management if keys are not returned after a certain amount of time.
The Results
The KeyWatcher system has allowed the Plaza Hotel security management team to maintain control and integrity of plastic key cards used for guest room access in addition to their hard keys.
Transaction reports are generated two-three times a week, but at any time the system can be queried as to which keys are out and who has them. This capability speeds up the process of monitoring and auditing key transactions and, in the event of an allegation of impropriety, the quickly produced information helps to resolve situations in a more timely manner.
"It used to take hours of tedious research and cross-checking to determine who had what room key and when. Now it can be done in minutes with the MorseWatchmans KeyWatcher and KeyPro Software systems. It's part of the 21st century technology that has been deployed in this New York City landmark hotel."
Don Smith, Director of Security – Plaza Hotel
Keywatcher Features
- Illuminated Key Storage
- Advanced Network Capabilities
- Real-time Transaction Polling
- Centralized Programming
- Up to 2,000 User Codes
- Biometric access option
- Secure Single-Key Access
- Secure Card Slot and Locker Options
- Tamper-proof mechanism
- Secure Storage For Up to 2,000 Keys
KeyPro Performance Software
- Extensive and detailed reporting options
- Centralized programming
- Advanced network capabilities
- Real-time transaction screens and polling
- Notification alerts


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Are you someone who absolutely loves to run? Are you also someone who happens to have a kid? If you answered "yes" to both of these questions, then you might feel at odds with yourself. In other words, you had a huge passion for running before having your child, but since then, you have had a hard time getting back into it. Not only is it because you are way too busy taking care of your kid, but also at the end of the day, you are way too tired and not motivated to go out for a nice, easy run.
True, not being able to run because you need to take care of your child can be disheartening. It can even take a toll on your health, physically and mentally. However, you do not need to feel down, because there are ways to combine both your loves—child and running—into one! What we mean is that you can get a jogging stroller, as means of starting back up on running while looking out for your kid at the same time.
How to choose the best jogging stroller, though, you might ask? We are here to help! Learn more in this article to get tips and tricks when purchasing one, as well as get suggestions from us to get you started. Soon enough, you will be getting back into shape, along with your child, in no time.
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Baby Jogger 2016 Summit X3 Double Jogging Stroller - Black/Gray
At first, you might be intimidated by the amount of research and care taken in order to make sure that your child is not only comfortable, but also safe when strapped into the jogging stroller and taken for a ride around the block. However, there is no need to be overwhelmed: we break down some of the essentials to look for to ensure the ideal stroller for you (and your kid):
The #1 thing to consider is, of course, making sure that the stroller is stable enough for your kid to feel comfortable and safe in. However, it is not a matter of having a well-balanced stroller, since there needs to be a bit of flexibility in order to easily navigate bumpy roads and inclines. As a rule of thumb, if the stroller can take a beating through rough terrains, then it is a good one for you.
Also known as a "locked" front wheel, this feature makes for better stability than one which is left to freely swivel wherever it can.
While a free-swiveling wheel sounds good in concept, especially for different types of roads you run on, it is actually not a good idea, for it can make the ride very bumpy and vibrating for the kid, which can be unpleasant.
Not only that, but also it can be dangerous, for if the wheel were to come in contact with a small pebble or bump in the ground, it can cause the stroller to veer off drastically, thereby making you lose control of the stroller. Hence, having a front wheel that can be locked in will make for a better, safer experience.
If you are of average height, then this point does not apply to you. However, if you are shorter or taller than normal, then taking the time to find a stroller with a good handle height for you is essential. After all, you would not want to be leaning over or raising yourself up just to clutch the handles. It can be uncomfortable, while also hurting your running posture.
Some jogging strollers have handles which can be adjustable, so it might be of more convenience for you to consider that option, especially if you have other family members of varying heights who want to use it, too.
This point refers to harnesses and straps to keep your child in place, so that they do not bounce too much in their seat or create a safety hazard when riding. A five-point harness, in this case, works the best.
In addition, it also refers to the motion it can absorb when on the road, so as to make your child feel comfortable and enjoy the ride.
For a general idea of a good baby stroller, check out this video:
Whether it is a hand brake or a foot brake, having a parking brake is crucial, so that your child does not end up rolling away when you are in the middle of taking a break from running (after all, running and pushing a stroller can be super exhausting!). Even more so, if you need to park on a hill, then having this feature is certainly very helpful.
Before purchasing a jogging stroller, check to see that the parking brake is effective by locking it in and pushing it around to test if your child would be risk-free in this contraption.
Besides the necessary safety precautions of the jogging stroller, what about comfort? If you find that your child does not enjoy being in the stroller, then it will make not only their ride unpleasant, but also your run as well.
That said, some features to look into include a sun canopy, as means of protecting them from the harsh rays of the sun, which can otherwise cause sun burns and eye irritation. Other aspects include a reclining seat, so that they can sit back and relax while their parent pushes them all over the place.
Finally, things you might want are a peek-a-boo window to keep an eye out for your child, as well as an under-seat storage basket for carrying items such as baby bottles, wipes, perhaps an emergency kit under extreme circumstances.
Might come as an obvious, but you will need to make sure that it is 100% safe for your kid. Just like with cars, jogging strollers should come with a seal of approval from the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA), to ensure that it has undergone safety tests and passed them. Only then can you be sure that it will be good for using on your runs.
Another video to help you choose a good jogging stroller:
Product Name
Our Rating
Baby Jogger 2016 Summit X3 Double Jogging Stroller - Black/Gray
* Below, you'll see more detailed reviews, but you can also click the links above to see current prices and read customer's reviews on Amazon.
Extra wide with large bicycle tires, this jogging stroller from Baby Trend offers a spacious, comfortable, and stable ride for your kid to hop onto and enjoy. Not only that, but also it comes with all sorts of accessories, from two cup holders (one for you, one for them), a large canopy, plush reclining seat, and so much more. The wheels can be free-swiveling for walking and also locked into place for jogging.
Baby Trend's jogging stroller was nice and spacious; my child had no problem climbing up and enjoying how much room there was. As for myself, I liked how it came with two cup holders, so that I could store my water bottle, and that of my child's. Granted, the tires are a bit flat, but after a bit of pumping, they were good.
Consisting of an adjustable handle bar that can be locked into 9 different positions, BOB's jogging stroller makes for a convenient pushing experience for parents of all heights. In addition, it has an excellent suspension system for great traveling and weight support for a smooth, easy ride. It folds up in only two steps, so that you can transport it easily from place to place.
As someone on the short side, I found the adjustable handle a life-changer for fitting to the perfect height. Also really appreciate the suspension system for safety and the two-fold feature for easy storage. Only issue is that the canopy does not stay in place when I run, so that my child sometimes gets sun in their eyes.
If you are a parent to twins, then this jogging stroller from Baby Jogger can keep them both in place while running. Besides that, its hand-operated rear brakes make for a convenient way to keep your child safe while on an incline, or even on bumpy roads. Finally, its quick-fold technology allows you to fold it up in one step, which saves time and energy.
As a parent to twins, I found Baby Jogger's jogging stroller to be perfect for carrying them at the same time, so that I did not have to alternate with them week after week. The hand-operated rear brakes were excellent for inclines and the unstable trails that I am accustomed to running on, which was a plus. Only problem is that the front wheel lock is not stable, as it tends to oscillate and make it unstable to control.
What makes Chicco's jogging stroller distinctive is that it is compatible with just about any Chicco KeyFit and KeyFit 30 car seats, along with an integrated, removable arm bar for a variety of options to keep your kid comfortable while you run. It comes with a hand-activated parking brake and deceleration brake for better control and four, adjustable handle positions for all heights.
I really loved how Chicco's jogging stroller can be adjusted for all sorts of different car seats and arm bars, so that my kid can be as comfortable as possible. The hand-activated parking brake and deceleration brake were great for control, too. Only thing was that the rear wheel is not very stable, so that worries me a bit.
Graco's jogging stroller is excellent in design and mechanics, consisting of breathable fabric to keep your kid protected and comfortable from the sun. Besides that, its folding system for storage and transportation is so easy that you can even do it with one hand! It already comes with all its accessories, so you do not need to go out and buy them.
Overall, I found Graco's jogging stroller to be made from great material, with fabric that is breathable and protective for my kid to be under. Love the one-hand folding system, since I usually cannot be bothered with complicated contraptions. Only gripe is that it is too large for storing in certain places, so that has been difficult for me so far.
The winner of this roundup goes to Baby Trend Expedition Jogger Stroller, Bubble Gum (#1).
What makes this product great is that it is wide and spacious, while also having plenty of great accessories (e.g. two cup holders) for convenience. It is perfect for running and walking, so in the end, it is worth the investment.
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During the winter, we often hide inside our homes and travelling does not sound quite appealing. As soon as the mercury starts to rise, however, we start to think about where we would like to spend our next vacation. If you have a Canadian criminal record, or travelling with a record, however, you will need to take extra special care when planning a holiday abroad. This does not mean that you are necessarily restricted to local travel only, but you shouldunderstand the restrictions needing a criminal record check places on your travel plans. Every country is different and the restrictions imposed by one country may not apply to the next and some may require you to have an entry waiver when travelling with a record.
Using an Entry Waiver to Travel to the USA
The USA is one of the top destinations for Canadians. Being the closest neighbour, it's easy to understand why so many people choose to tour several states as part of their adventurous road trip. Before planning your trip, you need to make sure that the nature of your offence does not automatically and indefinitely bar you from travelling to the United States. When you approach the border, you might be subject to a criminal record check. These criminal record checks are random, so there is no way of knowing whether or not the border authorities will take a closer look at you and your documents. This is why it is always better to be safe than sorry. Rather than risking it, you should apply for a US Entry Waiver instead of travelling with a record. While this entry waiver is not a guarantee that you will be allowed to enter the country, it does reduce the risk of you being turned away. If you have a US Entry Waiver, you need to keep it on you at all times when travelling, along with any other relevant identification and documents.
Travelling to the UK
If you plan on visiting the United Kingdom, it's good to remember that Canada and the UK do have a somewhat special relationship. This is largely due to the intertwined histories of the two countries and the legal system that is still at work in Canada. Entry into the UK is usually denied if you have been convicted of certain criminal activity. It's also worth learning about the concept of a "spent conviction". This means that if you have gone 10 years (post-conviction) without committing another offence, your conviction is considered to be spent. This applies to convictions of 6 months to 30 months. Since laws can sometimes change, it's also important to consult a professional in this regard before planning your trip. Just as with US travel, the border authorities may refuse entry for any other reason as well unless you have an entry waiver.
Travelling to the European Union
The European Union is known for being somewhat more lenient than the US and UK. If you are asked to provide a criminal record check, you should always be honest. If you lie and they find out about it and they find convictions on your criminal record check, you will most likely be denied entry. That said, some crimes, like trafficking and smuggling, can keep you out of the EU.
You can be turned away from any border at any time for any reason. Remember, it's not limited to what shows up on your criminal record check. For example, if you have your US Entry Waiver in order but you are missing another document required by border authorities, they are fully within their rights to turn you away. Border entry regulations apply to all points of entry including air, sea, and road. Trying to get around the authorities could very well just land you in hot water and you might be banned from entering that country ever again. It is simply not worth the risk.
US Entry Waivers are best obtained through the correct channels and with the assistance of trained and experienced professionals, rather then risking travelling with a record. An entry waiver is a legal document which means that it's even more important to make sure that you have completed your application completely accurately and thoroughly. These entry waivers also take time to process which means that you should apply well enough in advance. Do not make any travel plans before you have your entry waiver in hand. The last thing you want is to pay for your reservations only to discover that you are not able to get your entry waiver on time. Another good tip to remember is to keep your travel plans as flexible as possible. While we don't like to think about being turned away at the border, it's always a possibility, even if you don't have a criminal record. If possible, make reservations for accommodation and other necessities (like car rental) that can be refunded if you are not able to make the trip for whatever reason.
For professional assistance applying for your United States Entry Waiver, contact Federal Pardons Waivers Canada at 1 (800) 543-2137. Our team of dedicated experts will help you through the application process to ensure that everything goes smoothly. We will be more than happy to answer any questions you may have in order to set your mind at ease.Social tagging: travelling to the usa with a criminal record > travelling with a criminal record


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Why Are Credit Ratings Important?
Have you decided to finally purchase your dream car? Have you decided that it is finally time to build that house you have been yearning for so many years? Whens such big decisions in life are being made, the money factor seems to play quite a large role in it. Therefore, sometimes you may feel that you will not be able to finance your goal alone. In such cases, you can always reach out for the assistance of financial institutions for financial aid. However, when reaching out for a loan, they are highly likely to look in to your credit rating, which enables them to understand how worthy you are of receiving that loan. Therefore, you must always work on keeping it positive, as the below benefits can be received by it.
When considering the perspective of the lenders, lending money to a third party is always a risk. The risk factor of this activity can in no means be described. This is one of the primary reasons that all lenders must look into the credit rating of an individual, which help them understand how worthy they or receiving that loan. If the rating is low, it is always best to avoid it and invest that money on a better customer with a higher rating.
Once again, this factor or benefit comes into play to the lender. When he/she lends money to a third party as a secured loan, it is always best to look into that individual's credit rating in order ensure the safety of the lender. It is in your hands, if you are the lender, to ensure that you are being responsible while inspecting credit ratings. A high rating would ensure a lower risk; therefore, always invest in that option.
While the perspective of the lenders have been looked into, now it is time to look into the borrowers' side of the story. Credit rating plays a huge role when it comes to fast cash loans NZ and other types of loans that you may be forced to take in times of difficulty. Therefore, you must make your best attempts to maintain a considerably high credit rating in order to be able to receive the credit that you require desperately in order to fulfil important goals in life.
Interest rate
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Birthday Wishes and Messages for Your Dad: Your dad is the one who helped make you the person you are today. So on his special day, you can return the favor by wishing him some of the most wonderful greetings. Pour you heart out to the man who stood by you through thick and thin and toiled so that you could have the life you wanted. Make him feel the warmth of your words with some special birthday wishes and create the most grand birthday memories. Partake in this magical day with some of the best birthday wishes for your father and bring a smile on your dad's face. Speak from the heart to reach his and you know you would have made your dad proud. Birthday wishes are meant to be as heartfelt and informal as possible so don't hold back and keep your dad in mind so that you will know just what to say. Make him feel as special as he is on his birthday!
Happy Birthday Wishes For Your Dad
From making me believe in myself to helping me achieve the milestones and goals I set for myself, I couldn't have done it without you Dad! Happy birthday to the greatest man there ever lived.
We all need that certain someone to guide us in our lives and help us create the perfect path for us. And for me, that person was you Dad. I wish all the best things of the world for you today on this special day. Happy birthday.
We'll be making memories till days to come and if it wasn't for you I would not know how dad. Thank you for always being by my side and have the most wondrous birthday.
The hard work, the passion, the long hours, the toiling away, I often wondered why you worked so hard. And I soon realized it was to ensure I have the future I had always dreamt of. Thank you father for making my dreams come true. You truly are a special man who deserves the best birthday wishes on your special day.
Compassion, strength, humility, vigor and passion are all qualities I learnt from you dad. I cannot say how much you mean to me because words will fail me. But I would love to wish you a very happy birthday indeed and hope you will see many more glorious birthdays to come.
I remember the days when we used to play into the sunset and eat candy at night when mom was not watching. My dad, you are my best friend. I would not have been able to do half the things I have without your constant support and guidance. I love you dad and wish you a merry and grand birthday!
In your long and glorious years as my father, I got to know one of the greatest persons. I hope that you will continue to instill in me your words of wisdom and valiant features. Happy birthday father, have a great one!
You inspired me to be a better person throughout my life. And as I watched you, I knew I had the best teacher. You, my dad deserve only the best on this special day. A happy birthday to you!
For all the times we have laughed, cried, fought and shared those glorious moments together, I salute you. I hold these memories forever in my heart as I remember you today on your special day. Happy birthday!
I have created some great memories with you Dad and have looked up to you at every moment. On this special day of yours, I salute you and wish you the best for every moment of your life.
To join in this grand celebration of such a special person gives me immense delight. Nothing can be more special that a father figure and you my dad deserve only the best. Have a great birthday!
You have proved to be an inspiration not just to me but to a number of people throughout your life. So today we salute you and the way you are. Happy birthday to one of the best dads in the world!
Creating the best memories has been easy because of a dad like you. I hope only the best for you and wish you all the happiness in the world. I love you dad and happy birthday to the great person that you are.
You have given the greatest gift a dad could ever give his child: happiness and confidence to fulfill their dreams and destinations. And for this there are not enough words to thank you. All I can hope is that you have an amazing day and amazing years ahead like the life you have bestowed upon me. Happy birthday to a wonderful dad.
Singing me to sleep every night and wishing the best for me was what you always did best dad. I hope I become even half of the wonderful person that you are. Here's wishing you one of the grandest birthday celebrations!
Happy Birthday Messages For Your Dad
This is the day I look forward to every year as I get to celebrate the best man in my life's birthday. Dad you have made me who I am and owe everything to you. Happy birthday to one of the greatest fathers that ever lived.
To say that you inspire me is an understatement as you have carved the entire path for my life and made me who I am. Hope you have the greatest birthday and achieve all the best in your years to come!
There is no man who is as special to me as you dad ! You have been an authority figure, a shoulder to cry on, a man with all the right advice and my fellow comrade throughout my growing years. I cannot imagine my life without you and am happy to see you every day of my life. Happy birthday to the greatest dad.
Right from a tiny infant to a rebellious teenager and now a mature adult, you have seen my through these progressive stages. There is no one I would love and care for than you and mom and today we celebrate you and your ways. Happy birthday you brilliant specimen of a human being!
May you have all the best moments and memories in your years to come. Thank you for giving me the best possible childhood and creating a beautiful life for me. Happy birthday to the best father in the world.
I wish only good things for the man who has given me everything. Dad I love you and want to see you as happy as can be in your coming years. Hugs and kisses on this grand birthday of yours.
Each day celebrates your glorious presence in my life and today is a special day that celebrates who you are. Happy birthday my lovely father. There is no one I would spend my best moments with.
Days come and go and our eternal bond is strengthened each moment. Thank you dad for making me the strong personality that I am today and for helping me achieve your strength and compassion. You are the best dad ever and I wish you a very happy birthday.
To say you are just my father would be an understatement as you are so much more. A teacher, a guide, a friend and mostly important the greatest man in my life. I love you dad and wish you a great birthday.


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On the Issues: Safe and Effective Public Transportation
Safe, affordable, and reliable transportation is the backbone to a strong economy. For the constituents I represent in Abington, Braintree, Holbrook, Quincy and Rockland—the MBTA, Commuter Rail, bus lines and Expressway are all critical transportation lifelines that carry people to and from work, school, shopping and medical appointments. Because our communities rely so heavily on this transportation network, it is critical that we make investing in it a priority.
For years, maintenance to our roads, bridges and train stations have been ignored. The MBTA alone has over $6.7 billion in outstanding maintenance and modernization needs to reach a "state of good repair." In the aftermath of the MBTA's breakdown during the winter of 2015, and the hardships too many in our communities faced because of it—lost time and wages, disrupted business and family activities, missed doctors' appointments—my focus has been not on placing blame on one party, but on how to best move forward and ensure that the failures of our past do not repeat themselves.
I supported many aspects of the reforms proposed by Governor Baker at the beginning of the 2015 – 2016 legislative session. I believe the MBTA needs strong management with the tools to make positive change. Reforms passed by the Legislature included the creation of an MBTA Fiscal Management Control Board charged with implementing measures to ensure financial, operational and managerial stability. I supported the creation of this board, and their authority to seek revenue opportunities, including reasonable fare increases over time. I also supported the creation of a winter resiliency fund to prevent the type of system breakdown we experienced this past winter, and a capital investment plan that includes significant repairs and upgrades to signals along the Red Line and the purchase of new Red Line cars to provide more reliable service.
At the same time, I do not believe that "strong management" equates necessarily to privatization, or wage and job cuts. I did not support the Governor's proposal to bypass the so-called "Taxpayer Protection Law" or "Pacheco Law" that establishes a detailed process whenever a public service is privatized. I've also pushed back against cuts to the custodial staff that keeps our stations clean and functional. Cutting costs simply by putting a greater burden on fewer or lower paid employees is not a sustainable solution, and I will continue to advocate for policies that truly invest in and improve our public transportation system.
I also believe that as a Commonwealth we are failing to advance one of the most cost-effective, reliable modes of transportation – water ferries. Those presently running, like the ferry from Hingham to Boston, have a proven record of transporting hundreds of passengers a day with minimal infrastructure investment. Working with local, state and federal officials, I continue efforts to bring permanent ferry service to Squantum Point Park in Quincy, with a goal of servicing UMass Boston, the Kennedy Library and the Edward M. Kennedy Institute, Logan Airport, and downtown Boston, and with connections to North Shore communities and beyond. A trial program running through the summer and fall of 2016 has showcased the great potential of this service.
In government, as with most things in life, the challenge is finding the right balance. As we move forward with transportation policy discussions across the Commonwealth, it is critical that we find the proper balance of reform, oversight and fiscal prudency, while continuing to make investments in our transportation infrastructure. These steps will ensure that we have a safe and reliable transportation system, making our local economies stronger and our communities more appealing places to live, and a system that the riders and taxpayers of the Commonwealth can count on and deserve.
As your State Senator and Vice-Chair of the Joint Committee on Transportation, and as a frequent Red Line commuter, I will continue to make transportation investment a priority.


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- Organic foods are more nutritious.
Many different studies have been made comparing the nutritional value of organic foods, such as grains, vegetables and fruits, with non-organic food, and these studies have shown that organic foods have greater amounts of nutrients than the non-organic.
- You won't be ingesting chemicals.
The government has approved more than 600 different chemicals for use on farms in the United States. The amount of chemicals used works out to about 16 pounds per person annually. However, for 90 percent of these chemicals, we do not know the health effects from long-term use. Moreover, only about one percent of all foods are tested for pesticide residue, so we have little knowledge of the amount of chemicals on the food.
- Growing organically helps protect the environment
The chemicals that farmers use in their pesticides often end up in the water, creating health and environmental issues. Organic farmers, however, cannot use any toxic chemicals.
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In an effort to gather as much information as possible about how much authors earned in 2017, the Authors Guild conducted its largest income survey ever last summer, reaching beyond the guild's own members to include 14 other writing and publishing organizations. In all, the survey drew 5,067 responses from authors published by traditional publishers and from hybrid and self-published authors as well.
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The findings of the new survey are in line with previous studies: income for authors continued to decline. The new study found that the median income received by published American authors for all writing-related activity in 2017 was $6,080, down from $10,500 in the guild's 2009 survey. The survey also found that, specifically for book-related income, the median income for published authors declined 21% in 2017 to $3,100 from $3,900 in 2013, and it was down just over 50% from 2009's median book earnings of $6,250.
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Previous Man Booker prize winners are among those keenly awaiting the announcement of the new sponsor of the prestigious literary award, after the prize's sponsor of almost two decades, Man Group, became the latest in a wave of companies pulling out of backing book prizes.
The hedge fund, which has sponsored the £50,000 literary award since 2002, announced on Sunday that it would end its association with the prize after 2019, which cost them £1.6m a year. On Sunday, the Booker Prize Foundation said that its trustees are already in discussions with a new sponsor "and are confident that new funding will be in place for 2020".
"There is an emotional dependence on it, in a way that doesn't attach to any other of the British prizes, as splendid as they are. Not having it there would be a little bit like navigating without a North Pole for fiction," he said.
"The Booker prize certainly makes a difference to one's life. Peter Carey said it was like being run over by a bus - but it's a bus many of us would put our hands out to be run over by ... It is the lodestar of the literary year and if it vanished it would be a big adjustment. It looks as though they'll get sponsorship but it would be an interesting climatic change over the book industry if they don't."
While it is not the only financial corporation to take on a literary prize - investment management firms Baillie Gifford and Rathbones currently sponsor the Samuel Johnson and Folio prizes respectively - some have speculated that Man Group pulled out due to criticism of their role as a financial institution, as well as their influence on the prize. In July, author Sebastian Faulks branded Man Group "the enemy", saying: "Man Group are not the sort of people who should be sponsoring literary prizes. They're the kind of people literary prizes ought to be criticising."
Neil Gaiman on His New Storytelling MasterClass, Good Omens, and the Upside of Twitter | Vanity Fair
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Most Internet-savvy folks are already aware of MasterClass, an online-seminar platform that allows mere mortals to learn from people at the very top of their fields. Chef Thomas Keller may teach you how to make a sauce; Werner Herzog may teach you the ins and outs of camera lenses. But as the company has grown, one name has cropped up again and again as the person would-be writers most wanted to learn from: Neil Gaiman.
The multiple award-winning author burst on the scene three decades ago, when his genre-defying Sandman took the comic-book world by storm. Gaiman has been defying descriptions ever since, conquering not only comics but short fiction, long fiction, children's books, radio, film, and TV. Even those unfamiliar with his written works will know the films and TV shows based on his wildly popular stories, including Stardust, Coraline, and American Gods. Now, Gaiman has finally partnered with MasterClass for his first-ever online class, and gave Vanity Fair an exclusive sneak peek at what's to come.
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Wattpad, the Toronto-based online reading and writing community that says it has received 565 million story uploads since its launch, is starting its own publishing division, Wattpad Books. Ashleigh Gardner, deputy general manager of Wattpad Studios and Publishing, will head the new unit and Deanna McFadden, publishing director for Wattpad Studios, will manage the book unit's operations.
Wattpad Books will launch this fall with six young adult titles. According to the company, the six stories on the initial list collectively accumulated more than 100 million reading minutes from the general public in 2018. Gardner told PW that Wattpad decided to aim its first list at the YA market because, while it has a diverse audience, the vast majority fall in the Millennial and Gen Z categories. She added the future lists will expand to include "various demographics within our network."
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Lauren Child thinks children's book publishing still gets a bad deal. It's one of the reasons the best-selling author-illustrator and current Children's Laureate - her tenure ends this year - is so happy to be a judge for this year Oscar's Book Prize. "There's still a lot of snootiness about children's books. Just look at the teeny-weeny percentage that get reviewed compared to adults. It's as if there's a kind of hierarchy."
Child is best known for her books featuring Clarice Bean, Charlie and Lola (who became a TV series), Ruby Redfort and Hubert Horatio, which together have sold more than five million copies worldwide. In the two decades since we first met quirky, snub-nosed Clarice Bean and her chaotic, trendy family, her legions of original fans have become adults.
"The most touching experience in my whole career is talking to grown-ups who tell me what the book meant to them when they were growing up," says Child, 53. "It's why I'm so passionate about the idea that children's book writing and illustrating should get more recognition, and why prizes like Oscar's Book Prize are so important, because there is so little coverage. We know that a child's life can be changed by what they read, so why don't we spend more time thinking about what that material is?"
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The 31-year-old south Londoner began writing at school, printing out poems, stapling them together, and charging classmates £2 for a copy.
More than a decade later, Jay, who self-describes as non-binary, has won the 2018 Ted Hughes Award for Surge: Side A, an exploration of the New Cross Fire in 1981 - which killed 13 young black people in south-east London.
Jay's poetry is personal and explores identity, politics, and what it means to be young and black in Britain.
Unlike Ashanti, Andrew McMillan, 30, grew up in a house where books of contemporary poetry were on his family's bookshelves. But the 30-year-old from South Yorkshire agrees that attitudes towards poetry have changed.
Andrew's debut collection, Physical, was the first poetry collection to win the Guardian First Book Award.
The award-winning poet and senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University says that, although more young people are buying poetry books, the industry isn't lucrative, as many poets still need part time jobs to fund their passion - unless they are already "independently wealthy".
Perhaps because of this, he believes poetry will always be niche, but that social media has made poets and poetry more accessible.
Adam Croft: Meet the independent author who at one point was outselling JK Rowling | Books | Entertainment | Express.co.uk
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Adam Croft could be the most successful author you might not have heard of. Aged just 31, he's already sold over a million copies of his crime novels and topped the bestseller charts all over the world, at some points even outselling JK Rowling.
And the reason he is underneath the radar? It's because rather than having his books printed by a traditional publisher, Adam sells his books via the internet via his own website and Amazon, so readers download them to read on computers, e-readers and mobile phones.
It meant that at one point, he was earning an incredible £2,000 a day in royalties from his books, making him one of the world's most successful independently published authors.
Adam's is an inspiring story for anyone who wants to be a writer but fears that the world of traditional publishing isn't for them.
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Without an advance or the support of a publisher's art, publicity, and marketing departments, securing funding to publish and publicize a book can be an uphill battle. Because of this, many enterprising indie authors have turned to crowdfunding platforms -- which pair artists and projects with donors -- to support their publishing efforts. Crowdfunding can be a fun and creative way to raise money to support a new book.
There are book-specific crowdfunding sites well worth checking out such as Pubslush, which calls itself a "global book club with a cause" and Authr.com. Though these have a smaller audience, the advantage is that funders are specifically looking to support publishing projects. The two largest and most popular sites, however, are the more established Kickstarter and Indiegogo.
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With some 687 million books sold in the U.S. in 2017, book-selling has been on the rise since taking a dive following the 2008 recession. Still, there's the odd politician, religious group, or police institution eager to advance an agenda by labeling a particular book persona non grata - or, since it's a book, "liber non grata."
When state or civil authorities blacklist books, the act is correctly labeled censorship. But what is the word when parent corporations act out political or ideological dissatisfaction by ordering their subsidiaries to snuff out information in the form of books, magazines, newspapers, radio, television, movies? There isn't a word or phrase that fully captures this form of censorship, at least not a negative phrase.
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When author and self-publishing entrepreneur Michael Anderle was a teenager, he submitted a short story to his high school's literary journal. It wasn't well-received. "Rather crushed, I pulled the submission and hid it in my books, never to try again," he says.
It was quite a few years before Anderle again took a stab at writing fiction. "When I turned 47, I decided to see what it took to release a fiction book as a bucket list item," he says. The result of that effort was the self-published novel Death Becomes Her (2015), book one in the Kurtherian Gambit series. Anderle hit the ground running: he followed his debut with five sequels within the span of 90 days.
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A passion for politics, particularly among teenagers and young millennials, is fuelling a dramatic growth in the popularity of poetry, with sales of poetry books hitting an all-time high in 2018.
Record £12m sales last year were driven by younger readers, with experts saying hunger for nuance amid conflict and disaster were fuelling the boom
Statistics from UK book sales monitor Nielsen BookScan show that sales grew by just over 12% last year, for the second year in a row. In total, 1.3m volumes of poetry were sold in 2018, adding up to £12.3m in sales, a rise of £1.3m on 2017. Two-thirds of buyers were younger than 34 and 41% were aged 13 to 22, with teenage girls and young women identified as the biggest consumers last year.
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After a tiny increase in 2017, figures show their ranks swelled by 15 stores last year in the face of 'an increasingly challenging landscape'
The litany of bookshops that have disappeared from the UK's high streets over the last two decades is long and sobering: chains such as Ottakars, Books etc, Dillons and Borders, and more than 1,000 independents. But over the past two years, indies have been quietly flourishing, with official figures from the Booksellers Association revealing a growth in numbers for the second year in a row.
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Bestselling urban fantasy novelist Sherrilyn Kenyon has filed a lawsuit against her husband that accuses him of poisoning her for financial gain, as well as attempting to destroy her career and reputation, in what she described as a "Shakespearean plot against her".
Kenyon, author of the chart-topping Dark-Hunter series, is suing Lawrence R Kenyon II, as well as two individuals employed by the Kenyons, for up to $20m (£15.5m).
The suit, filed in Williamson County in Tennessee, accuses Kenyon II, together with one of the two assistants, of "assault by poisoning", as well as "intentional interference with business relationships [and] prospective contractual relations" and invasion of privacy. Kenyon also accuses both of the assistants of helping her husband to embarrass her in front of fans and isolating her from her friends and employees.
In the most explosive of the allegations, Kenyon says that she suffered from symptoms including tachycardia, severe body tremors, hair loss, memory loss, crumbling teeth, "excruciating" stomach cramps and severe anaemia, which she claims were caused "by the toxins she'd been unknowingly ingesting in her tainted food and drink". The complaint states that Kenyon II and one of the accused assistants "would force her to eat and become enraged any time she failed to consume".
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Why produce a daily podcast? If your subject matter is the news, it's the only time frame that can keep up with the snowball-rolling-down-Mt.-Everest pace of what's going on. If your subject matter is poetry, the point is to slow everything down and keep slowing everything down.
That's the goal of The Slowdown, from U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith, the Poetry Foundation, and American Public Media. For five minutes every weekday, Smith introduces a new poem, explains why she selected that poem, and reads it. That's the whole podcast. It's a REAL THING. You can actually subscribe to a show that gives you permission to listen to a poem for five minutes read by the woman who was nominated twice to spread poetry all over the country. This is a literary once-a-day multivitamin to keep your body going a little bit longer.
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In London, Book Aid InternationalSupplies much-needed books to developing countries, raising funds from publishers and general public; 'Reverse Book Club' is masterly idea-for just £5 ($10) month you can provide 48 books to go to where they're most needed this week is reporting that in 2018, it transported more than 1.28 million books to libraries, schools, prisons, hospitals, and refugee camps in 25 countries.
The charity's operations last year represented an expansion, according to the staff, to embrace more displaced people and more war-impacted destinations than in the past.
As examples, the nonprofit cites:
- 7,000 books sent to Mosul where to help rebuild a destroyed library
2,591 books sent to Syrian refugees in Jordan
- 18,684 books sent to South Sudan, where the UN Commission on Human Rights reports it's investigating what appears to be systematic sexual violence amid the country's civil war
- 5,000 books sent to support children in Cameroon, where the Voice of America's Moki Edwin Kindzeka on January 3 reported that English-language areas are being deserted as battles continue between military forces and separatists
- 25,045 books to schools in Syria for children struggling to learn amid the hostilities


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|I felt like I was a human quantum packet in a double slit experiment. Notice the two stars at photo left that say "You are here"? I was neither a wave nor a particle in this respect. I ended up being in two places at once.
First, let me review the two 2017 Airstream Interstates that were on hand, because that's our brand.
|2017 Interstate Lounge EXT.
|See the design resemblance?
Seriously, this is exactly how that black-on-black scheme makes me feel when I enter the rig.
Thanks to Memory Alpha for the screengrab.
I spent some time inside this unit, contemplating both the design and the market research that apparently led to the conclusion that it's a good idea. I couldn't make any sense out of the latter, and here's the first of two reasons why.
|And I went to great pains to downside my wine glasses as well. Pics from this post on small space living tips.
|How much wasting away in Margaritaville can a person do, and still afford the likes of this?
|It's definitely a departure from Skin of Evil.
Which is to say that, secondly, the rig seemed to have an incongruously-youthful focus. Wikipedia describes the Tommy Bahama brand as "a lifestyle of never leaving the beach". There's an energy and a casualness that doesn't describe older, more sophisticated buyers outside the realm of temporary mid-life crisis. Maybe the market research pointed to this as a good idea, but I personally don't get it.
The other big annoyance here is that the TV sticks way out into the aisle, but in fairness, many Class B producers are now making this same mistake in the name of bigger-is-better. Especially with a rig that seems intent on getting its owners drunk, how long do you reckon before someone runs into that thing and smashes it?? How long do you think that owners are going to put up with the likes of that needless obstruction? Guys, if you insist on fitting your rigs with huge TVs, get off your butts and re-design the mounting arm so that they can be rotated out of the path of travel, which in a Class B is extremely tight to begin with.
There were some upsides to these two Interstates, namely these.
|Good execution on the work table behind the driver's seat in the Margaritaville. Not optimal, but good.
|Rear door screen on the Skin of Evil. Very nice.
|Slider screen on the Margaritaville. I liked the design and the feel of it. I would pay for it if I were ordering a new rig, not that I would order this model.
|The Basecamp, with the two afore-described Airstream Interstates in the background.
|Bigger is not necessarily better. This thing felt like the Goldilocks trailer to me.
|If we were intending to buy a trailer, there would be no competition.
|Show sticker for reference.
We were dismayed to find only one Roadtrek on the show floor. There may have been others, but we searched and searched and could not find any.
|Not only was there only one, it was an Agile, which are built on shorty Sprinters. And notice how it was shoved all the way over to the far wall. It was very difficult to even locate it.
|See the aforesaid tightness? Its nose is virtually touching the Class A in front of it.
DeMontrond offered that I didn't see anywhere else:
|This will appeal to a LOT of buyers.
OK, next in the assessment is the brand new Regency line, which is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.
|This is the first of two that were on the floor.
Limited ability to properly climate-control Class Bs has long been the bane of the industry, and this past week, Regency sparked this lively discussion on Class B Forum with its claim that it achieves an R32 insulation value. Many of us flatly disbelieve this, on the grounds that we suspect it is physically impossible using today's technology.
As for the interior, it's not my style, but I've seen worse.
I absolutely detest the idea of having the bathroom sitting at the back doors, but there is a market segment to whom that appeals, so this was not necessarily a terrible decision on the producer's part.
|That is just absurdly small. Get rid of the second sink and build a functional galley or storage.
|Fit and finish = not ideal. Look at the way that door is gapping at the top.
|How can you use that bed as a couch if there is no back part to lean against? These fixtures are situated where your spinal column might want to be.
For years, many manufacturers optimized the couch capacity at the expense of the bed. But in response to consumers' well-known feedback, for example this survey by The Fit RV...
|Graphic courtesy of The Fit RV in this post of theirs. And we thank them because they did a great deal of work to gather those data and to communicate with industry regarding this issue.
What is the solution for this? I think the best of both worlds is achievable and I think it is to be found in a newer version of this, which is what we have in our 2007 Airstream Interstate.
Atwood or a similar manufacturer, and request that they re-engineer something that is a little more posh, in order to meet this need in a reasonable way.
OK, onward from that essential digression. This was the second Regency on the floor.
|As I mentioned on Class B Forum, I think they're making a huge mistake with those RV graphics. They're making their rig visually resemble units that are 50% less in cost. That cannot be an advantage.
|No swoopy-doopy graphics with my premium price, please.
|There's an interesting mechanicals cabinet in the Regency where some of the workings are found. We took pics for future reference so that we could parse the details as time permits.
|See what I mean? It might accommodate a 3-year-old's foot but not much more. Compare this lower ground effects step to the width of the original Sprinter footwell above it.
|This Sprinter-based Pleasure Way Plateau FL.
|Wow. This is not a flashy or pretentious interior, but the fit and finish are superb.
|Color wheel image courtesy of Sessions College for Professional Design. See how the yellow and yellow-orange are opposite blue? This kind of balance is essential if the result is to be pleasing to the eye.
|This is the work station behind the driver's seat. It beats Airstream's version hands down.
|This is Pleasure Way thumbing its nose at Airstream and saying, "We don't have to build a cabinet this nice, but we're doing it just because we can."
Pleasure Way's design finesse extended well beyond this woodwork. It's obvious that they worked hard to integrate every component, including the electrical inverter, in creative unobtrusive ways.
|Again we see the problem with the TV sticking out into the aisle, though.
|It did have one hell of a refrigerator.
It's also built on a Promaster.
It had some positives but again, some of the same limitations were glaringly apparent. They optimized the bedding, but now where do you sit? The owner who claims the right bed could prop up their feet and lean against that back wall. But the left-side owner is screwed because they can't really slouch against their wall - the mechanical controls are mounted there.
Here are two different interpretations of how to leverage those precious rear Sprinter (or Promaster) double doors.
|Winnebago's Travato-related interpretation - it's all about a place for the toilet, ugh.
|An image quilt selection of Instagram's spectacular back door views, made using the Tufte - Schwartz widget.
|Thank God for a slightly wider running board. Good grief.
But here's the thing buyers need to weigh: Is it really necessary to have a 3-burner stove in a rig that only sleeps 2 people? It's nice, and if cooking on the road is your big deal, then you just hit the jackpot with this rig. But personally, this is not where I'd want my rig's focus to be.
I did like the cabinetry in this one.
|Close-up. Very different and appealing.
|For the most part, I was so mesmerized by the stove-sink combination and by this solar charge controller which is a brand we hadn't seen before, that I forgot to take general interior pics!
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OK, before I break the internet with the world's longest blog post, here are my 2017 Houston RV Show picks:
2017 CLASS B BEST FIT AND FINISH - Pleasure Way Plateau FL. Congrats, guys. You are the dark horse and if you keep pursuing Airstream on this selling point, you're going to kick their can all the way down the road.
2017 CLASS B MOST IMPROVED - Pleasure Way. Before we bought our Airstream Interstate two years ago, we looked at a few Pleasure Way models and, although they had potential, the execution was too blah for us. Boy, has Pleasure Way turned that shortcoming around.
2017 CLASS B BEST ALL-AROUND - No winner. Irrespective of whether a rear door view is important to many buyers, every single manufacturer is still screwing up the bed - sofa execution. Until someone surmounts this challenge, I will remain noncommittal on who I think is really poised to increase their share in that market by virtue of all-around excellence.
2017 BEST-IN-SHOW - It's not a Class B at all. It's the Airstream Basecamp, which was the only truly innovative new product that we saw, and we looked at everything from Class A's (they all look the same) to trailers to toy haulers to toppers. We did it all, and nothing held a candle to the Basecamp.
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Hosted by the River Restoration Centre, Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5 April see's the 18th Annual River Restoration Conference come to life.
Our Catchment and River Restoration Team will be showcasing their unique opportunity and benefit maps that have been developed for the Environment Agency.
Designed to help the Environment Agency identify where Natural Flood Management (NFM) could potentially supplement Flood Risk Management (FRM) schemes in the pipeline, the maps will also help deliver multiple benefits to their current programme.
The maps will be available on our stand with staff demonstrating the full suite of over 4,500 interactive maps.
Want to know more?
Pop by our stand at the conference to talk all things catchment and river restoration with our team.
Our industry expert staff are also presenting the following talks so be sure not to miss them:
- 15:55: Kieran Sheehan – 'Integrated riparian survey – A holistic survey technique'
- 16:20: Barry Hankin – 'Modelling, mapping and engaging with NFM in Cumbria'
Prior to the conference, find out more about the catchment and river restoration work we do on our website.


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CRESCENT Vårgårda HIGHLIGHTS
Prowomenscycling.com has a report and a replay-video of Sunday's road race in its entirety, courtesy UCI (as are the videos shown above).
"Summertime" by Laurence Walden and the Jazz Connection feat. Womack Howard
(w/Paul Grant, Linda Paul, Bobby Ray and Ben Adkins)
Enjoy the video! Nice, upbeat version of a classic Gershwin ballad... it didn't take me very long to put this together, but I needed something to cheer me up a bit, so here you go.


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Kate Middleton and Sophie, Countess of Wessex, hosted a Commonwealth Fashion Exchange at Buckingham Palace with Naomi Campbell and Stella McCartney in attendance.
The guests got to admire 52 garments on show which were created with sustainability in mind and are all part of the scheme to bring together designers and artisans from Commonwealth countries, which included Burberry and Stella McCartney from the UK. A select few will be available to buy on matchesfashion.com in September.
The Duchess of Cambridge, who is seven months pregnant, wore an embroidered Erdem dress as she mingled with guests such as Adwoa Aboah, Princess Beatrice, Caroline Rush and Anna Wintour.
The free exhibit will be open to the public through March 6.
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Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, the legendary Italian progressive rock band, is proud to announce the worldwide signing with Inside Out Music / Sony Music group. Their new record 'Transiberiana' will be the first studio album in 25 years. Founding member Vittorio Nocenzi states: or too many years, the band was only dedicated to live performances, so it was about time we would go back to composing, playing and producing new stuff! By choosing the 'Transiberiana' concept for this new piece of work, there are two main issues I'd like to point out: first the new Banco line up consisting of great musicians and great people, secondly, the presence of my two sons in the project: Michelangelo co-writing the album and Mario Valerio, who took care of a marketing and communication strategy related to it. These two elements have been the best gifts I could possibly imagine to receive! And this is an extra motivation if ever needed to do my best for reaching our goals. I can only wish fans will enjoy this incredible project and look forward to see them live when we will go out to perform the album and classic Banco- tracks around the globe with Filippo Marcheggiani (lead guitar), Nicola Di Giŕ (rhythm guitar), Fabio Moresco (drums), Marco Capozi (bass), our singer Tony D'Alessio and myself!" The last Banco del Mutuo Soccorso album, '13', was released back in 1994 and after all those years and the loss of two historical former members, the band is back to confirm its place in the international progressive music scene. Tracklist: 1. Stelle sulla terra (6:06) 2. L`imprevisto (3:29) 3. La discesa dal treno (6:16) 4. L`assalto dei lupi (5:35) 5. Campi di Fragole (3:36) 6. Lo sciamano (4:01) 7. Eterna Transiberiana (6:20) 8. I ruderi del gulag (6:06) 9. Lasciando alle spalle (1:47) 10. Il grande bianco (6:33) 11. Oceano: Strade di sale (3:39) Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (which translates to "Bank of Mutual Relief") were formed in Rome, Italy back in 1969 and under the influence of British greats Gentle Giant, Genesis, Jethro Tull and Emerson, Lake & Palmer forged a truly original sound equally complex, melodic and dynamic. In 2019, 'Transiberiana' will prove that this style is very much intact and creative mastermind Vittorio Nocenzi promises an "autobiographical journey" lyrically, musically and in terms of concept. 'Transiberiana' is not only an impressive new album by Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, but also reflects upon a storied career and redefines what the group is all about. Banco del Mutuo Soccorso is: Vittorio Nocenzi (piano, keyboards and voice) Filippo Marcheggiani (guitar) Nicola Di Giŕ (rhythm guitar) Marco Capozi (bass) Fabio Moresco (drums) Tony D'Alessio (lead vocal)
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text: Treat your loved ones to an unforgettable holiday at some of the finest Maldives family resorts and catch a glimpse of paradise. Indulge in fun kid's activities and experience endless beautiful beaches. We offer special discounts to make your family getaway even more memorable. These resorts also offer day care facilities so parents can indulge in a precious evening alone and enjoy some well deserved relaxation.


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We're on the move…
Can you pack your suitcase? We're about to move house.
These past few weeks I've been working on my new site EG | Social. I've been having all sorts of fun with hosting and migration and modifying WordPress themes and technical stuff. I'm almost ready to launch (you can see the work-in-progress at EG | Social – and your feedback is very welcome).
I've been learning loads about how to modify WordPress themes, using plugins and even tweaking css (!), but there are a few things that haven't worked the way they are supposed to. As with a lot of learning experiences, sometimes you have to press save, see what happens and then fix it.
One thing I haven't been able to test is whether I can migrate subscribers and followers. In theory if you have subscribed to my feed, you should notice nothing, but the support forums of WordPress suggest that this is often not the case. I'd like you all to join me on the move – the blog posts will continue as usual – so I'll ask you to be patient while I work everything out.
As a sweetener and early Christmas present, here's a mixtape of winter songs for you. Right click on the image above and download Scarves & Gloves Part 7 – 45 mins of HappySad music for your winter walks. If you want more of that sot of thing, you can fill your Christmas stockings with parts 1-6 of the Scarves & Gloves series.
The next time you hear from me, it should be coming from EG | Social.
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Dr. Sweeney began a solo private practice in Wheat Ridge in 1986, which grew to become Westside Women's Care. He has been delivering babies and performing surgery at Lutheran Medical Center his entire career.
He was born and raised in Colorado, attended Regis High School, met his wife at Colorado State University, graduated from Creighton University, and completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver. He is board certified and is a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Sweeney is past chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and continues to serve on committees at Lutheran Medical Center. Dr. Sweeney has been voted one of Denver's best OB/GYN's in 5280's Top Doctors.
Dr. Sweeney's passions include his practice, wife, four children and ten grandchildren. He loves to ski, ride road and mountain bikes, and spends as much time as possible with his children and grandchildren.
Dr. Sweeney loves obstetrics and delivering babies. He has a passion for helping women deliver vaginally, but when needed, making cesarean sections "family centered." By making the delivery room atmosphere comfortable and relaxed, delaying cord clamping, and encouraging "skin-to-skin" contact, a C-section birth becomes a more natural experience.
His gynecologic interests are in all aspects of women's health, minimally invasive surgery, laparoscopic surgery and vaginal hysterectomies. His philosophy is to engage patients in their healthcare and to relieve pain and bleeding problems so they can have the highest quality of life possible.


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We're down to our last bag of Buttons by now, so we melted those down and brushed it around the outside of the base, then inverted it onto the top of the bowl with the shell in it (get an adult to do this, or alternatively someone with at least some manual dexterity, like your significant other. Added benefit: you're free to take pictures and laugh when their sticky hands).
You can then flip the whole thing over. But tragedy (or rather gravity) strikes! There's not enough marshmallow in the dome, and its sticky nature means the top of the teacake is pulled down with it.
And things go from bad to worse - the marshmallow starts oozing out between the dome and the base, and our lovely smooth dome is quickly superseded by emergency patchwork with the remaining chocolate so that we can get a comparison shot taken.
Nevertheless, tradition demands a cross-section, so we bravely cut into the the Teacakes, but the camera batteries chose this moment to expire, and by the time they had been replaced the tasty base had already been subsumed by oozing marshmallow.
And then it's a rush to tip the lot back into the bowl to prevent the entire worktop being covered in *ahem* white goo...
So it was short-lived, but we nevertheless feel that this was a successful pimp. Particularly since the end result was so tasty - like I said, where can this possibly go wrong?


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Mould King 33034 the Cheap Syma X5C Drone Clone
Many low cost clones of the popular Syma X5C quadcopter have hit the market. Watch as I demonstrate one of them, the Mould King 33034 (this cheap quadcopter does not include a camera). More info here (please note the following is an affiliate link to the Mould King 33034 on GearBest.com) http://shrsl.com/?~7tho
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text: WOOSTER -- Joan B. Perry, 79, of Wooster, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday morning, Oct. 16, 2010, at Glendora Health Care Center following a lengthy illness.Joan was born July 26, 1931, in Easton the daughter of the late Kent and Mary (Wise) Bieri. She married Donald Perry on Aug. 5, 1955 and he preceded her in death on Sept. 10, 1995. She was a 1949 graduate of Doylestown High School and had worked at Dunlap Memorial Hospital, Apple Creek Developmental Center and retired from Lodi Family Medical. She was a member of Highland Church of God. She was an avid camper and was a member of National Campers and Hikers Assoc. She enjoyed crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, gospel music and family gatherings and picnics. She and her husband were known as "Needle Sticker" and "Pincushion" as their CB handles.She will be greatly missed by her three children, Ronald (Tina Pater) Perry of Rittman, Renee (Mark) Waggaman of Wooster and Rachelle "Shelly" (Robert) Sampson of Wooster; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; brothers, James (Loraine) Bieri of Wadsworth, Dale Bieri of Barberton and Richard (Kathy) Bieri of Doylestown; sisters, Barbara (Victor) Ryneer of Smithville, Janice Snelgrove of Rittman, Donna Dean of Wadsworth and Patricia Bieri of Damascus, Va. and nieces and nephews.She was preceded in death by her husband; a son, Randy in 1992; and brothers, Robert and Raymond Bieri.Services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Murray Funeral Home in Creston with the Rev. Mark McCourt officiating. Burial will be in Creston Maple Mound Cemetery. Friends may call Monday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Tributes may be shared at www.Murray-Funeral-Home.com. Memorials may be made to Hospice & Palliative Care of Greater Wayne County, 2525 Back Orrville Road, Wooster, OH 44691. The family extends their sincere thanks to the staff at Glendora Health Care and Hospice for the wonderful care given to Joan. Your love and support will always be remembered.


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Harrison Ford is rumoured to be stepping up to the plate in the upcoming biopic about baseball legend Jackie Robinson.
The actor is said to have been approached for the role of Brooklyn Dodgers executive Branch Rickey in Brian Helgeland's planned film, reported Deadline.
Jack Nicholson and Robert Redford had previously been linked to the part.
As the first black Major League Baseball player since the 1880s, Jackie is a cultural icon after being instrumental in bringing an end to racial segregation in the sport.
Branch was the person who signed the baseball player to a contract with the Montreal Royals in 1945, before making history by signing him up for the Dodgers in 1947.
Harrison, 69, was last seen on screen opposite Daniel Craig in Jon Favreau's Cowboys And Aliens.
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Also known as: PFT.
Pulmonary function testing refers to a broad range of tests used to monitor the function of the lungs. The tests range from exercise tests to spirometry to other forms of testing.
What happens during the procedure?
The precise nature of the pulmonary function test will vary based on which test is given. An exercise test monitors lung function before, during and after exercise. Spirometry measures the force of a breath and the patient exhales. Other tests can indicate how well the lungs transfer oxygen to the blood.
Is any special preparation needed?
Some tests require little preparation. Others may require avoiding food, drink or certain medications before the test.
What are the risk factors?
Most tests do not pose any major risks. Exercise testing can pose some slight risks, but they are performed in a controlled environment.
Reviewed by: Antonio Rodriguez, MD
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