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On To Adele's Grove
Derek got some awesome snaps during the night and early morning of the moon.
A quick breakfast, a quick tidy and we were hooked up and on our way. We planned to make our way to Adele's Grove where we wanted to stay at least a couple of days and maybe more. Just a short trek up from Firey Creek, we drove through Gregory Downs which had lovely green, full connection campsites as well as free camping down by the river which would have been nice as it was shady and the river was actually running. I could immediately see why Derek had tossed the possibility of this site – just mere minutes from Firey Creek. Actually I need to remind non Canadians that I am Canadian. We may not have much of an army and be very good at peace keeping and we may be incredibly polite but it all breaks out into passive aggressive sarcasm and totally violent curling bonspiels.
The place was packed. Of course, Firey Creek was deserted. We had tons of room. That was the reason, right? One thing we started noticing is that the HEMA camp book's information is not always correct. It states that people are not allowed to camp along the river anymore, apparently that is not true. There have been other little comments that we have found not to be true as well. Best to check on something if you are really wanting to do it or are altering your plans because of something that has come up.
Still, the bitter part of me wanted to dress in some military type looking outfit, carve a wooden gun and go to each caravan and yell at them and tell them they are not supposed to park there. I wanted to show them where it said that and then make them all go spend a night alone in the dirt. That part, the bitter part, was firmly seat belted into a speeding truck hauling a caravan and Derek locked the window controls until we were miles down the road.
Derek says he likes the fact I speak my own mind and it was one of the reasons he married me but I am beginning to question that.
Then we hit about 85 miles of rough road that was going to be a real test. Dirt roads, sustained corrugation and bull dust – dust so fine that it is like layer after layer sprayed on everything and hard as heck to get off. You breathe it, you feel the fine grit of it on everything you touch and anywhere there is moisture or even the slight grease from a finger mark, it clings to it. Many a marriage has been ruined by bull dust. How do you explain hand marks where there should not be any, when you were not home? Life gets difficult as you age. The children move out and there are fewer people to blame for things.
Traffic was thinning out the further north we travelled. Many of the caravans had chosen the opposite direction when we turned to go to Julia Creek. They headed towards Cloncurry and Mount Isa. This is where it starts to matter what kind of a vehicle you have and how your caravan or whatever you are sleeping in (and believe me there are sooo many "whatevers" it is amazing). Some of the people we had camped with up to this point, simply would not have been able to complete the drive. The road was not as rough as some of the ones we would be traveling and certainly not as rough as the true blue off road camper warriors do. Those people travel places that seem both impossible and insane. Even though Derek and I qualified on those two points, and Fluffy was a partial off-roader, there is no way we could ever do those roads.
Derek drove the road to Adele's Grove like a pro and I was fine. Being raised on a farm in rural Alberta meant I was well versed in unpaved roads that could shake your teeth right out of your mouth. In fact we had an bowl at the front door with extra sets of false teeth so people could chew their dinner. Sometimes you had no idea where yours ended up but centuries from now they will find old wrecks of farm trucks and pull bucket loads of false teeth from them and make up some really compelling, documentary worthy crap that will spawn a whole new generation of conspiracy theories. I like to think that will be the leading tease for the new television season in Heaven at some point.
We followed the weaving path, our eyes on the hills off in the distance that had to be "Boodjamulla National Park." This was formerly known as Lawn Hill. You will note that many of the names once used in Australia have changed. This is due to a program in the 90's, I believe, where they started to change the names of these important places in Australia back to their original native name. So, for example, it is no longer "Ayers Rock" but "Uluru."
It was a dry and dusty trip. Think Montana along Highway 2 next to the Canadian border, or areas around Drumheller as you get into the Badlands. It also reminded me of the areas southwest of Penticton, BC. Dry, desert like conditions, with the odd struggling, dwarfed tree, and a bit of scrub. We drove that and finally, just about the times we were ready to give up and draw straws on who was going to be the cannibal and who was going to be the cannibal canapé, we came to the gates of Adele's Grove. The signs cautioned us about the extreme dust danger and insisted we park our rig in the parking lot dust bowl that was covered with fine shattered glass. We were to park there and register before we came through the second gates. Signs at the second gates advised that the only speed allowed in vehicles was walking speed. I could see a few trees around a main house and my heart kind of sank. 2 days in the desert heat?
While I waited I watched the many interpretations of "walking speed." We clearly had some Olympic champions and had I been able to see the occupants of the vehicles in the dust clouds they created, I might have secured an autograph. Everything was going to end up filthy in the place.
Derek came back all signed up and told me our spot was further up the road to the back as we had a generator. We drove through the scraggly bush, avoiding the circles of sharp jagged rocks that defined the camping spaces AND the roads. The map they gave us was missing a whole section that we were seeing and it was not long before we were totally confused. We had left the groups of caravans clustered together, who had generators and were way off in the bush. The numbers were even more confusing but thankfully one of our fellow campers took pity on us and pointed us in the right direction. I think he was sick of us circling round and round, stirring up dust and interupting his quiet privacy. WAYYYYY back in the back, a long way from where he was parked, which already seemed like out in the back 40, we found our spot. We were in the last area, the furthest area away from the camp. A dirt road ran behind us. There was a sign warning of extreme dust danger and telling people to slow down but come on … did anyone think the Olympic walkers were going to be able to read THAT sign?
We set up without a problem. We had water which we were advised not to drink without boiling, and that was it. We could use our generator which we were now completely convinced was not throwing out 240 volts like it was supposed to. (insert scream with as much hair pulling as you can afford to pull out without going bald because you can be angry but never angry enough to forget fashion)
Then we walked back to the main building which had a restaurant and a small store. We needed milk. They had none. They had canned meat, cake mixes and such but no milk. When we got there I found a lovely building set up with tables, chairs and shade. Coffee and water was available at the side of one wall. People could order drinks or food. Washrooms were available. It was open to the grove and the swimming hole part of the river that pooled in lovely, picturesque lagoons as it lazily snaked its way across the camp. There were raised tents of wooden pads with cute little front porches so they could sit and watch the river go by. Amenities were conveniently located. We noted a cute little fish and chip place tucked up in the woods and banks of seating around fire pits that invited intimate little gatherings of your own choosing. There were picnic tables and all kinds of perfect little spots to lie down on a towel or sit and just do whatever pulled at your heart strings. At night the whole place was lit with fairy lights. It was just so calming and relaxing. You could sit there all day and feel like you had spent the day at some luxurious resort. The trees were tall and varied and blended into the lush tropical vegetation that framed the river. The trees, planted by a French Botanist named Albert De Lestang was commissioned by the government. He had purchased the land in 1930 and by 1939 he had managed to successfully grow some 1,000 species of shrubs and trees. There we were, enjoying the results of his hard work and passion.
Camping inside the grove was restricted to only those that could fit their vehicles in and those without any generator. The only other place that offered electricity was in the main dining room. One plug was available. The main building had access to internet and phone – but did not provide any free access for data. Each camper had to have their own program set up and work off wifi.
As no pets are allowed in any national parks in Australia, it can limit the travel plans of many. Due to Adel's ideal location just outside the National Park, they marketed themselves to not only welcome pets, but to offer babysitting services so that owners could have the best of both worlds. It is a lovely idea, however it meant that there were a lot of animals, many off lead when they should not be and I was surprised to see cats being allowed to wander. Poor unsuspecting wildlife!
People come from all over the world to work here, voluntarily, for their room and board and food. What a wonderful opportunity for those young people taking advantage of the "work while traveling" programs afforded to Commonwealth Countries. 6 weeks or so in paradise AND you get trained in every aspect possible. Everyone takes turns at all the jobs so the learning curve would be challenging but you are working with people like the rangers, some of whom have been here over 20 years. Imagine the wealth of wisdom they gain from the whole experience. Priceless!


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If you are a landlord, you almost certainly want to protect your buy to let investment with the appropriate level of insurance. The economics of running a successful buy to let business are on a fine edge, however, and you need to make sure that you secure the most competitively priced landlord insurance cover.
So, how do insurers calculate the price of the premiums you need to pay for the cover you receive?
The cost of insurance
The cost of any kind of general insurance – in other words, the price of the premiums – is calculated by the insurer in terms of the estimated costs of paying out on claims. Premiums charged are designed to cover the cost of meeting claims.
This is as true of landlord insurance policies as any other.
Small claims
Small claims are typically subject to special consideration by insurers, since:
- a small claim requires just as much administrative effort on the part of the insurer as a major claim – dealing with small claims therefore involves disproportionate costs for the insurer and risks increasing the price of premiums that need to be charged;
- one way of discouraging smaller claims is for the insurer to impose an excess – effectively leaving some proportion of the risks uninsured, explains the Citizens' Advice Bureau;
- not only does the existence of an excess mean that the insured is sharing responsibility for mitigating the risks of loss or damage, but it also allows the insurer to lower the overall price of premiums – and in so doing, make your premium more attractively-priced.
Making a small claim will also typically attract an excess – which you will be liable for.
Here at Cover4LetProperty, however, we have recently warned that it is not only the payment of any excess on your claim that may cost you dear. There are at least two reasons why this might be the case:
Your premiums
- when insurers are calculating the risks of your making a claim on any policy – that is to say, the basis on which they are also calculating the price of the premiums you need to pay – they typically take into account your record of previous claims;
- even when those claims are small, they appear on your record and are considered by insurers to increase the chances of your making further claims in the future;
- the effect, therefore, is for the insurer to charge you a higher premium in view of the assessed risk of your making further claims;
No claims discount
- even a small claim also counts against any no claims discount you may have been building up with your insurer;
- no claims discounts represent one of the main ways in which landlords help to control the cost of the insurance they need and the value, in terms of lower premiums, makes the maximum no claims discount something to be prized and safeguarded;
- certainly, with our policies, we typically include a 20% discount based on there being no previous claims. If you do make a claim, however small, you may typically lose your 20% discount – meaning you landlord insurance cover will cost you more.
If you are thinking about making a small claim on your landlord insurance, therefore, you might want to speak to us first so we can advise as to the next steps.

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5th Grade Outdoor Science Camp at Camp Arroyo in LivermoreREMINDERS!Donations Due: $260 due September 27th (cash or check)
Dates: Tuesday, November 5-8
Time: Arrive at school at regular time and put all items under signs outside the back of the MPR
Bring to Class:
Sack Lunch-Totally Disposable
Backpack-school sized
Labeled Water Bottle
Medication: All medication must be turned into our health clerk, Mrs. Larsen, before November 1st in the original bottle/packaging with a medication form signed by the physician.
Drivers: Details coming soon.
A Packing List will be posted on the Frederiksen Website, under Resources, 5th Grade Outdoor Camp, Forms and Parent Handbook. It is important to note that your child will need chapstick, sunscreen, a water bottle, light jacket, small backpack, hat, sheets(twin sized) or sleeping bag, pillow, close toed shoes(two if possible), sleeping clothes, towel, soap/shampoo/toothbrush, and an inexpensive rain poncho. (We hope we will not have to use this item.)
Please do not bring any additional food, electronics of any type, money, or more than your child can carry independently. Cameras are ok, but please label them. Please do not send an expensive camera that may become lost or damaged.More details to follow!


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A new report finds the international order continued to fray in 2018 in the face of a daunting set of global challenges like climate change.
UNITED NATIONS – The leaders of 28 foreign policy think tanks gave the world a "C" grade this week for the state of multilateral problem-solving, finding that amid a daunting set of challenges, "the international order [continues] to fray."
Stewart Patrick directs the International Institutions and Global Governance Program at the Council on Foreign Relations and says 2019 marked the first year climate change ranked as the world's most pressing challenge, while the risks of global terrorism look easier to address by comparison.
"Most world leaders now, or at least think tank leaders, think that this is a manageable problem, whereas the issue of climate change quickly followed by nuclear proliferation, those are really the big issues we have to focus on."
Patrick argues President Trump's sovereignty agenda elevating narrow national interests ahead of international problem-solving is making both issues worse.
"What the president's policies have done in terms of being skeptical of international arms control agreements or pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord on sovereignty grounds is it's slowed the momentum towards stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and their related technologies; it's made it much harder for the rest of the world to ensure that greenhouse gas emissions actually are stabilized at all."
And with the U.S. opting out of global leadership, countries like China have started rewriting the rules of internet regulation and international development, and feel more confident about getting away with rights abuses like the mass imprisonment of Uighur Muslims.
"The interpretation of a lot of the members of this network is that the United States is all about power without offering any greater purpose. There's not necessarily any positive agenda about what the shape of the world should be, and that is a major departure from previous administrations. International politics, like nature, abhors a vacuum, and so when the United States remains on the sidelines it actually permits others to take to the field and start to tweak the rules and play the game in a way that Americans might not want."


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I was cycling around town this evening when I saw this sail boat and a motor boat on the West River.
This is the field house at the Terry Fox Sports Field in Cornwall.
I visited friends in Stratford this morning . Mostly sunny at 25
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Drum & Bass duo DC Breaks have made their way onto the widest range of playlists. Their hardcore club cuts have been rewound by the likes of DJ Friction and Andy C. On the other hand, the songwriting ability displayed on the single 'Faithless', featuring Bianca, has plastered them all over the radio. That's just the tip of a very large iceberg. DC Breaks have earned their stripes in the underground but, with an album due in the Autumn and a packed festival season ahead, they're about to explode onto the international stage in a spectacular fashion.
"The album is unlike anything we've done before," enthuses Chris Page, 6'4" production dynamo and the 'C' in DC Breaks, "Good songs underpinned by seriously bangin' drums and bass. There's even live strings that make it really organic and fresh. I get down deep into the beats and Dan is really good on the songwriting and production."
"Chris is the bigger drum & bass-head," admits Dan Havers, the blonde, ebullient other half of the duo, "As a musician I go off into my own world but Chris always brings me back to what works. We've always worked so well together."
Since signing to Andy C's Ram Records they've carved a reputation for delivering world class remixes for some of the biggest names in pop. Their work on singles by Paloma Faith, Lady Gaga, Lana del Rey, Tinie Tempah and others, and production for Example (a cut on the 'Playing in the Shadows' album) woke the pair up to the possibilities offered by vocalists. It was the start of the journey that led to the forthcoming album, packed with crossover cuts such as the piano-led 'Breathe' featuring Dave Gibson, with its contagious, urgent chorus. Or the soulful explosion of 'No One Like You' sung with passion by Niara Scarlett. Or the epic blast of 'Salvation' wherein DC Breaks take heavy duty bass sounds and tie them to uplifting, irresistible vocal hooks.
The pair met at Edinburgh University but both had already been dabbling in dance music. Chris, originally from Ealing, worked his way from punk skater fare into The Prodigy then…
"A friend of my sister's had a Logical Progression tape that I stole off her," he laughs, "I had it constantly on my Walkman alongside a tape off [pirate station] Kool FM with Brockie and Skibadee. It showed me different sides to jungle."
He learnt well, hanging round Blackmarket Records, going to nights such as Renegade Hardware and Ram at The End, as well as sketchier raves at Bagleys Warehouse and the Stratford Rex. At home, always drawn to computers, he made primitive attempts at music on his Amiga 600 and Playstation.
"I'd played guitar since I was 10," Dan, also from London, recalls, "but when I was away at school I met a guy who had a couple of crappy belt-drive turntables, mixing hardcore records and fledgling drum & bass. He inspired me to get some of my own, then I realised the school had a tiny production studio with a couple of old samplers. In my penultimate year they upgraded it to a state-of-the-art recording facility but I was the only kid out of 1500 pupils who knew how to use it."
The pair met through a mutual acquaintance, a trombone-playing drummer who lived with Chris but played with Dan. Going under the monikers Kryptic and Samurai, Chris and Dan cut tracks for the Scottish drum & bass label Restless Natives.
"The fact Scotland had a limited drum & bass scene worked in our favour," remembers Chris, "They had some great drum & bass nights. Being bigger fish in a small pond helped us up the ladder."
The pair soon found they had a rare creative chemistry and DC Breaks was born. When they finished university, they moved in together and kept producing, starting to hit their stride. Chris eventually moved to Bristol, his studio housed in the basement of a city centre warehouse, a location he then lived in for years, initially without electricity or running water. Dan gave the desolate warehouse a shot but eventually moved back to London. However, they continued working together. Chris survived on wages from a surfer-centric wave'n'weather forecasting site, while Dan fired out nu school breaks singles but saved most of his creative zest for DC Breaks. Success started to show, with cuts such as the tough sci-fi sounds of 'Halo', 'Romper' and 'Taken' on Futurebound's Viper imprint and the Ram sub-label Frequency.
Once they graduated to Ram itself, with monster cuts such as 'Shaman' and last year's battering 'Lock-In', they hit the drum & bass A-league. Before long it wasn't just the drum & bass scene paying attention. DC Breaks tunes made it onto BBC Radio via Zane Lowe, Mistajam and Annie Mac.
"Chase and Status opened the door to drum & bass being accepted in the mainstream," says Dan, "and through that door went DJ Fresh, Wilkinson, and now us."
It certainly looks that way with appearances at multiple 2015 festivals, including UKF, NASS, SW4 and Glastonbury.
"I love the wildness of festivals," says Dan, "Like we played on Arcadia's outdoor stage last New Year's Eve, in this big tower with fire blasting out of it. I was literally three or four feet directly underneath the flame-thrower in a really small box. If something goes wrong we were literally toast!"
If DC Breaks can avoid being fried by flame-throwers, the summer will be theirs. By the end of 2015, with their debut album blowing up everywhere, the year might well be too.


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Our "19th Hole" Pub
Our "19th hole" pub has become our social spot with guests of Blackwaters River Lodge and golfers mingling after a game of golf. Come and join us for something cold, whether that is a local crafted beer or cold drink, and take in the welcoming atmosphere that is true to Blackwaters River Lodge.
Guests returning from their river canoeing, sometimes prefer a hot cup of hot chocolate instead of a cold beer. Either way, the restaurant offers great food and drinks to wind down after playing golf or canoeing.


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Love's Power cannot be used without Humility.
Lynette Wiest
Genuine power is fueled by love. Love's Power creates, and through it's creations it is made stronger. The more love's Power is ignited and put to use, the more powerful it becomes. From one candle, an infinite number of candles can be lit. From one moment of love, thousands of loving moments can spread around the world. The opportunity is infinite.
"When the Power of Love overcomes the love of power,
the World will know Peace."
Jimi Hendrix
The only limit to spreading the Power of love's light is the fear of love. It may seem unreasonable to fear love; and it is unreasonable. However, love requires an open heart. Without appropriate and honest boundaries, this openness may seem dangerous. But love is safe. Love's boundaries instill safe and honest relationships.
Love's boundaries are not walls. These boundaries are made of a filter. This filter allows the joining of what is pure, while blocking what is toxic. This filter is like a lens; it purifies vision and discernment. Vision and perception are cleansed of blame, resentment, and division.
"Only love is real.
Everything else illusion,
Adding to the confusion of the way we connive at being alive,
Tracing a line till we can define the thing that allows us to feel.
Only love is real."
Carole King
There are times when openness and connection do not seem to be logical. But it is at precisely these times that love is the most Powerful way to connect. It is at these times that love's light shines brightest and has impact for everyone open to feeling it. Do not deprive yourself of love's Power.
Fear takes many forms; none worthy of the attention they are given. The world is fraught with slander, greed, abuse, lies, and suffering. When one chooses perception controlled by infinite love, rather than being controlled by these toxins, one creates an internal feedback loop of clarity and discernment. This creates the vision for more loving power.
In each act of love, we learn about love's Power (especially when it is a difficult love). As we learn about love, and our dependence on it, our hearts are purified. A pure heart is free of fear, envy, judgment, resentment, and guilt. Internal peace is revealed. Anxiety is washed away. Anything blurring love's clear perception is filtered out. Spirit's direction for our thoughts, hearts, and actions is empowered in us. We have everything we need to accomplish what Spirit has for us to do.


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Would you pay $250 for a sandwich? Are you the sort who buys clothes, cars and electronics at full price, and considers sales to be a form of cheating? Do you wish your blender had gold plating?
Motorola has your new phone.
It's called the Aura, and oh how it makes the iPhone, the Storm and other assorted smart phones look — what's the word I'm looking for here — affordable? Reasonable? Sane?
The Aura, which was announced in October and went on sale Tuesday, costs $2,000. For that, you get a phone that has some new features, none of which cures major diseases or painful inflammation. But they do sound fancy:
– Chemically etched textures and patterns
– Three tungsten-carbon-carbide-coated main gears
– The main bearing is Swiss-made
– Protective PVD coating and mirror polish finish, same as used on luxury watches
– 130 precision ball bearings
– Scratch-resistant, 62-carat, grade 1 sapphire crystal display
I know what you're thinking: Why doesn't my cruddy old Nokia have more ball bearings? Well, who knows — maybe it's got plenty. You're still able to talk on it. But is that really enough to have you feeling up-to-date when everyone whips out their phone at a cocktail party and starts bragging about whose gears have more carbide coating?
I suppose this is what happens when touch screens and smartphones and embedded music players become the norm. This is what happens when entry-level phones have GPS, and WalMart starts to contemplate carrying the iPhone.
The ante has been raised, people. The chemically etched bar is higher than ever.
Oh, and here's something else the Motorola Aura offers: a 2-megapixel camera. Seriously. That's what you get. Two megapixels. Sure, you could get that same quality with a $59 phone. But why bother? That would be cheating.


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My landlord has put the building up for sale and the closing is going to be around Oct. 1. My lease expires on Nov.1 and the new owner's brother has informed me that he plans to move into my apartment. I found a new place to live, but it would involve me ending my lease a month early (Oct.1). I've heard that in NJ, when a building goes up for sale, the tenant can break the lease and not be penalized - Is this true? Nothing is stated in my lease in reference to the sale of the building. I informed my current landlord that I want to move for Oct.1 and he put up a big fight, even cursed me out before hanging up on me, concerned that the deal might not go through and he's stuck with an empty apartment. It's a 3 apartment brownstone and the owner doesn't live in the building.
Can I move out and end my lease early without losing my security deposit to cover rent? I'm willing to go to court to get my security back, but I want to make sure of the law.
Help cause I plan to move within 3 weeks and it took me 5 months to find this new place.


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From http://notmytribe.com/tag/panama-papers :
Out of nowhere come the "Panama Papers" leaked from a lawfirm that assists money launderers and offshore investors of embezzled wealth. It's great to see international corruption exposed. Apparently it's rife only among world leaders adversarial to Washington DC. like Russia, Syria, etc. The Prime Minister of Iceland is implicated, which has prompted demonstrations in the tiny nation, a bank-bailout holdout and global banking's public enemy number one. What do you bet those protests are backed by the same "pro-democracy" NGOs that fomented state-failure in Libya, Syria and Ukraine? There's something fishy about leaked documents that taint only enemies of the New World Order.
Is The release of The Panama Papers a coup attempt between Soros and Rothschild?
by Kenneth Schortgen, Rogue Money
Over the weekend we saw a disclosure bombshell that makes Edward Snowden and Julian Assange's data dumps seem like a drop in the ocean. This is because the revelations discovered within the 'Panama Papers' reach some (but not all) of the highest levels of elites within global governments.
In fact, information revealed from the capture of over 11 million documents shows that not only did the law firm of Mossack Fonseca function in the capacity of hiding wealth for the rich and powerful, but they also acted as a conduit for government accounts which were used for performing off-book activities ranging from money laundering, funding political coups, ways for nations to bypass sanctions, and even paying off burglars involved in the now infamous Watergate break-in.
Yet perhaps what is most intriguing in all of this is who is behind this massive whistle blowing, and what they have to gain by taking on some of the most powerful elites that run the world. It starts when you look at the 'innocuous' logo that resides on the webpage of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).
Open Society Foundations is a George Soros managed foundation that is used for all sorts of sovereign manipulations such as acting as controlling media, and impacting political elections. And USAID is long believed to be a front for the Central Intelligence Agency, and the many NGO's they control.
So one of the most important questions behind the revealing of information on the tax evasion habits of the powerful elites is why members of the oligarchy would rat out their own peers, and in the end, what is the ultimate goal of such a scandal?
FULL STORY: http://thedailycoin.org/is-their-release-of-the-panama-papers-a-coup-attempt-between-soros-and-rothschild/2016/04/04/
The George Soros Front: https://panamapapers.icij.org/
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Cool Gadgets to – Asirvia Go! Simple Training Pt 4,5,& 6 By Jedediah Bennett
Okay Jedediah here again 🙂 this time were going by the malls Doing a Yard Sale & talking to people!
Awesome way to get some one in fast they are in a good mood and ether just bought something or will soon.
I love it so easy and fun too! I love My LiFE!! Simple Simple 🙂 all show you what to say and what to look for later and soon just go for it! You never know who you might run in to!!
Thanks again for coming by for your simple training that anyone can do, as you can see even i'm still new at all this, as you know i'm more used to marketing my life passion, and if you guys know me you know it's critters and kids come see here! This is where it all started on youtube and my Jedediah Life –Jedediahpets Websites.
As you can see the things i'm doing are very simple and almost anyone can do, i have been doing these little steps every day just like i show you in the videos.
Some of if seems like a bit of work but from the last line of work in my days this is easy peezee.
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Netflix has released the second official trailer to their first major blockbuster, David Ayer's Bright. Ayer's new film stars Will Smith and Joel Edgerton as two cops from two very different backgrounds. Smith plays Ward, a human, and Edgerton play Jakoby, an orc. While they begin their nightly routine patrol, the two not only battle their own personal differences and an army of enemies, but they must work together to protect a deadly relic that, if in the wrong hands, could alter their world forever.
Before this new trailer was released (yesterday morning I might add), I was somewhat looking forward to this movie. I'm a big fan of David Ayer, and hold nothing against him from the Warner Bros. stink pile that is Suicide Squad. While that is the case, I'm just not the biggest fan of the fantasy genre. Not to say I don't mind it, because I do, but it's just never been a genre or aspect of a film that has attracted me like others. After watching this trailer though, I'm really loving what I'm seeing. Is the fantasy element a big part? Most definitely, but having the human elements combined with it really eases the load. Not to mention that the world Ayer has created, it seems extremely interesting. It's basically the harder version of the Jeff Bridges, Ryan Reynolds stinker R.I.P.D.
The footage features some great looking shots, with Ayer even throwing is some awesome slow-mo moments. Will Smith looks like Will Smith again, back to the action and quick one-liners. Joel Edgerton looks great as well, as his character will no doubt be battling some massive demons as he is the first orc Police Officer. Sadly, this movie won't be in theaters as it's a Netflix movie. I usually don't mind that, but this looks like a movie made for the screen. Give the big screen a shot Netflix!
Check out the new trailer below and after doing so, head down to the comments and leave your thoughts below. Is it your type of movie? Was this trailer better than the last? Ayer's Bright will be released on Netflix on December 22nd and also stars Edgar Ramirez, Noomi Rapace and Ike Barinholtz.
Set in an alternate present-day, this action-thriller directed by David Ayer (Suicide Squad, End of Watch, writer of Training Day) follows two cops from very different backgrounds. Ward, a human (Will Smith), and Jakoby, an orc (Joel Edgerton), embark on a routine night patrol that will alter the future of their world as they know it. Battling both their own personal differences as well as an onslaught of enemies, they must work together to protect a deadly, thought-to-be-forgotten relic, which in the wrong hands could destroy everything.
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Boss's Day is also spelt as Boss' Day or Bosses Day and even National Boss Day. It is celebrated as a secular Boss' Day holiday on October 16 every year in countries such as the United States of America and Canada. This day was conceptualized to give the employees a chance to show gratitude or thank their bosses for their professional contribution and for all the learning and guidance they impart to their employess. Very often the Boss' Day celebrations have faced grave criticism and even controversy in US. This year too the employees are gearing up for Boss's Day 2013 as in India delightfully the bosses present gifts to their subordinates. Wish your boss Happy Boss' Day and start with the preparations to celebrate national Boss' Day.
Boss' Day history
The origin of Boss' Day is based on an interesting story. Patricia Bays Haroski, is solely instrumental in bringing this to light. Patricia worked for State Farm Insurance Company in Deerfield as long ago as in the 1950s. Her boss was her own father. While working with her father as her boss, she had realized the hardships and constraints and the situation under which her father worked in managing the company. So influenced was she by her boss' hardships that she decided to celebrate the birthday of her father as Bosses Day and October 16 was his birthday. She even registered the day with the Chamber of Commerce of the US as a holiday. Finally after four years, the day got acknowledged as the National Boss Day after it got approval from Otto Kerner, who was the Governor of Illinois at that time. Boss' Day holiday came into vogue 1962 onwards.
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Boss Day is celebrated in more or less the same manner in almost all the major countries of the world. Boss Day celebration in India is unique and very attractive for the employees as on this day it is the boss who presents gifts to the employees. Boss Day USA is a secular holiday and offers all employees a chance to thank their bosses for their generosity and considerateness. But all the same, Boss Day United States has been a bit controversial ever since its inception and is mockingly referred to as Hallmark holiday. Boss Day in South Africa is celebrated countrywide as National Boss's Day. Boss Day Canada is also celebrated on October 16 as a secular holiday. Celebrations for Boss' Day Canada are in the similar lines as in US. National Boss Day Canada presents an opportunity to all employees to express their gratitude and appreciation to their bosses. In case you are wondering when is Boss' Day in South Africa 2013, it is on October 16 along with the rest of the countries. Boss Day UK has been conceived very recently. But the celebrations for Boss' Day United Kingdom are gradually catching the spirits prevalent in other countries. Boss Day 2013 Singapore will call for a national holiday on October 16. The online channels for sending gifts to bosses on this day are very much available and open to public with a wide range of choices. Highlights of the day would be Boss Day activities comprising parties, going in a group to play some indoor games, or going for lunches or dinners together with families. There might also be cake cutting and gifting rituals.
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There can be a whole gamut of Boss' Day gift ideas. But while looking for the ideal gifts for Boss' Day, you should also decide on your budget. It is not advisable to go overboard with Boss Day gifts and be over extravagant in spending. That might create false expectations in your boss' mind and might also make him uncomfortable in accepting such gifts. For unique Boss' Day gift ideas, handmade gifts such as painted vases, craft work, knitted wool, or even a handmade card can be a great gift to impress your boss properly. Boss's Day gift should be chosen discreetly depending on his/her likes and dislikes. Some other unique ideas for Boss's Day might be gifting him with good show tickets or tickets for his family for a nice movie, or spa or salon vouchers. Some very good gift ideas for male boss can be toiletries/personal care items, tees, sports gear of his favourite sport that he plays regularly, vacation voucher, vouchers to any reputed eating joints or clothes chains. Good gift ideas for female boss would be a nice saree, cosmetics, purses, home utility items, or designer jewellery.
Boss Day Greeting Cards
Boss Day greetings might be through nice and expensive gifts such as Parker pen, a leather wallet, a designer purse, a camera, or a crystal vase. But if you are on a shoe-string budget and still want to bring a smile of your face on Bosses Day, send your boss a happy Bosses Day greetings through a Happy Boss' Day card. Greetings for Boss' Day are also sent in the form of Boss' Day ecards. Boss' Day greeting cards can be found in gift/card shops. Lovely and unique happy Boss' Day cards can be easily downloaded from the internet. Download funny Bosses Day cards and brighten his/ her day.
Handmade Friendship Day card might go a long way in strengthening bonds between friends. A sketched portrait or digital portrait of your boss, and nice memento to be kept in the office, a collage with some memorable moments can be great ideas for greetings for boss day. Dig through the plethora of options for Boss' Day cards. Boss' Day printable cards can now be easily downloaded and gifted with a personal message inscribed in it. In today's technologically advanced world you can reach out to your boss from anywhere in this world in minutes and send him/her Boss' Day wishes through email cards. In case you are already very friendly with your boss, it is time to strengthen your relationship by sending him greetings messages with nice quotes or Boss' Day funny or humorous ecards. Boss Day Hallmark ecards is quite a good choice. Boss Day greeting cards online with a personalized message expressing your feelings will definitely be a touching and sweet gesture.


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I love Michael Kors. Seriously, I just adore everything he does, from his jeans to his fragrance. I've posted about his Very Pretty fragrance before, and now he's got even more coming out for me to get all excited about.
This set has three different fragrances: Very Pretty, which is described as "sparkling citrus and drenched coconut with sheer white florals, vetiver and sandalwood; Eau de Parfum, the iconic tuberose balanced with spices, sensual woods and incense; Eau de Toilette, a lighter and softer way to wear the Eau de Parfum.
The best part? They come in a set of rollerballs! I love rollerballs for travel - they are compact and fit just about anywhere, unlike a larger bottle. The box is lovely, and would make an excellent Valentine's Day gift. Retails for about $40.
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Today's one-liner: "The shortest way to the distinguishing excellence of any writer is through his hostile critics." Richard LeGallienne
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Judge Zito Affirms Bethlehem ZHB in Elias Market Appeal
17 comments:
Are you intentionally misspelling words for the hell of it?
- April 25, 2012 at 4:47 PM
Bernie is making palumpas spellin look like hirowglifics
- April 25, 2012 at 6:40 PM
These grammar freaks miss the whole point. This is an issue that has been weighing on Bethlehem, the ZHB and many citizens for an extended period of time. It is an important issue as it affects future decisions.
Try to keep your eye on the ball anon cowards.
- April 25, 2012 at 9:15 PM
Can't really do that when there is no accompanying text below the title of the article.
Also, spelling is not grammar.
- April 25, 2012 at 9:18 PM
anon coward 9:18,
I stand corrected.
As for the rest of your comment try reading something other than this blog and you might be able to figure it out.
- April 25, 2012 at 9:34 PM
That defeats the purpose of coming to this blog if you have to go somewhere else to find the information.
- April 25, 2012 at 10:00 PM
anon 9:34,
Such a shallow mind
- April 25, 2012 at 10:16 PM
I'm confused. Are you saying that you have a shallow mind for posting that comment? Is this self-deprecation?
- April 25, 2012 at 10:20 PM
- Bernie O'Hare said...
I did have some text with this post, but blew it out tonight, while trying to load the opinion. I had no time to re-write the story bc I was on my way to a ZHB meeting.
I could have deleted the post completely, but wanted to get the word out, and the headline accomplished that.
- April 25, 2012 at 11:23 PM
- Bernie O'Hare said...
"That defeats the purpose of coming to this blog if you have to go somewhere else to find the information."
Sometimes, I can break a story. But more often than not, this bog is a complement to what appears in news accounts. It provides a perspective or details that you may not find in the newspaper, but I would recommend anyone to consider the newspaper their primary source. So it would actually defeat the purpose of my blog if people looked only here.
- April 25, 2012 at 11:31 PM
Just keep up the good work. I appreciate your coverage of parts of stories that take forever to get to the major news outlets.
- April 26, 2012 at 2:56 AM
THANK GOD, now build the damn thing
- April 26, 2012 at 7:06 AM
This Judge entered his ruling without knowing or did not even care about the existence of entire transcript of Zoning Hearing on November 29, 2010 for this case. That was a over 4 hours hearing. He thought there were only two hearings (Page 1 of Zito Decision), but actually there were three with two of them are repeat due to lost transcript. If he read all transcripts from both November 29, 2010 and September 8, 2011 carefully, I am sure he will be shocked to find out how many lies Elias Market had presented and what negative effect will be to neighborhood. then the ZHB's decision have to be rejected.
- April 26, 2012 at 10:03 AM
10:03, Keep living this same old tired story, you probably believe in the Easter Bunny too
- April 26, 2012 at 11:40 AM
It took Judge Edward Smith three months to release his final decision with detial anlaysis, while it only took Judge Leonard Zito three weeks with 13 pages ruling. What Judge Zito did is a big question that we will never know. Where is the real justice in America?
- April 26, 2012 at 1:58 PM
The justice was not served. There should not be any warehouse and loading docks for diesel tractor trailers to be allowed in any residential districts anywhere in the US according to the law. Elias Market should not be above the law regardless of how much political power or connection the family has. The neighbors are not opposing the existence or operation of the market even though it is nonconforming use. They are opposing its illegal expansion onto adjacent properties with warehouse and loading docks. Elias Market used all the lies to obtain the zoning relief at the initial hearing and zoning hearing board sided with them and screwed up the neighbors. Now the judge just refused to look at new evidences revealed from the remand hearings and sided with the liars again.
- April 26, 2012 at 3:42 PM
You are absolutely correct. The Judge (s) erred and sided on the sides of the people who lie, give contributions, have connections, etc. The ZHB also is skewed to the Elias side. When you see them in the room with the Elias's, you would think they are all related because of all the hugging and hand-shaking that goes on. Isn't the ZHB suppose to be neutral for all the people? WHERE IS THE JUSTICE??? NOT HERE....
- May 2, 2012 at 3:32 PM


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Thank you,It's quite easy to do. I may post a quick guide.


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Floriana advance to the Quarter Final !
Floriana FC 4 vs 1 Ghajnsielem FC
In a cold winter night at the Ta' Qali Stadium, Floriana claimed a place in the FA Trophy quarter final defeating Gozitan side four-one.
The Greens opened the score on the fourth minute when Ryan Camenzuli advanced through the Gozitan defence and with a low shot he beat goalkeeper Buttigieg to give Floriana the lead. Floriana than regained control of the match, with the Gozitans containing at the back, it was Steve Pisani who increased Floriana's tally when he was fouled outside the area with the referee giving a free kick for Floriana , Pisani from the resulting free kick made it two, when he blasted a shot to the top corner of the net.
From there Floriana never looked back and continued to pressure their opponents to increase the lead but the Gozitans defended bravely. On the sixty-third minute Floriana made it three, it was Gozitan Ferdinando Apap who handled the ball inside the area, with the referee pointing to the spot, from the penalty Italian striker Mario Fontanella made no mistake with the ball ending behind Buttigieg.
On the seventy sixth minute Jhonjairo Guarin was floored in Floriana's penalty area, with the referee pointing to the spot, Demba Toure' took the penalty and made no mistake to reduce the gap for the Gozitans.
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FLORIANA FC Starting XI; Matthew Grech, Andre Scicluna, Antonio Monticelli, Enrico Pepe, Enzo Ruiz, Steve Pisani, Clyde Borg (61′ Nicolas Chiesa), Alex Cini, Ignacio Varela (49′ Maurizio Vella), Mario Fontanella, Ryan Camenzuli (84′ Mattia Zarb).


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Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Ciao, 2009!
Dear 2009,
Thank you for such a rich year. Thank you for the love, the tears, the conundrums, the fabulous thrift scores, the time I got to spend with family and friends. And all those IDEAS.
You know what I really liked? The very best thing about you? That this year I set out on the path to adopt my child, and took the steps I needed to become part of this pool of waiting, eligible parents. (I don't know if you're reading this, 2007 and 2008, but I know you introduced the ideas, but really, it was 2009 that things really got moving.)
There were, of course, some things I'd rather you hadn't brought around. Like my collapsed lung, for example. And this terrible economy and the accompanying plummeting value of my properties. And those icky wars.
As you usher yourself out, I want to say goodbye to you, and to please do not be upset if I like 2010 better ... especially as I iron out some of those ideas and make them real.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Orphan Christmas
First Annual Holiday Note to Self:
Each year, you try to have a lower-key Christmas. You try to lessen your waste footprint and do only the things that are meaningful. But it mounts. You think you can get off easy after the note to the friends and family, "Hey, I love you madly. But I am laying low this season and will get back with you in January!" You think you can hibernate and make recycled cards from two years' worth of cards collected for this very purpose. You are humbled that people you haven't spoken with in years still send you cards with their breathtakingly gorgeous and grown up children on them. (Hey! Those teen twins! Weren't they just, like, 2?")
But then Annie, who is your inspiration and laugh-riot girlfriend, comes over and says, "Hey, what do you say we do Nochebuena Thursday night? I bought a ham! Can we do it here? And can I invite a couple artists who don't have anything to do?" And of course you say yes because you would never deny holiday orphans, which, by the way, you are this year for reasons too sad to delve into for this semi-humorous note.
And you go to the store and get a bunch of food to feed other holiday orphans you never met, and you make your fourth batch of rum balls this week (where DID they all go? Hmm?) so you are sure to not run out and so that you can bring some to the OTHER holiday orphan parties this year.
And you sit, scrunched over at your desk, developing a knot like a billiard ball between your shoulders, looking for the exact right funny Santa to cut out from an old card and paste onto a somber religious scene with a peacefully lit tree. Because it is soothing and arty and fun and nobody can tell you that you did it wrong.
And your dog has had a terrible time of it with something too gross to post publicly, and she is sleepy and hungry but you can't feed her per vet's orders, even though she's giving you that WTF look. And you are broke, broke, broke from said vet visit, but relieved that she will be OK for at least another 12 years.
And you remember the Christmastime you got away from it all and spent three months in Southeast Asia, swaying in a hammock on a Thai beach on Dec. 25, listening to Nat King Cole on your Walkman, scoffing at the lights wound round the palm trees. And so, so, alone and sad.
And this, dear Self, is why you are so very grateful to roast beets and clean spinach and go back to Trader Joe's yet again because you forgot the feta and the pecans. To feed people you love and people you never met.
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
In Praise of the Generic Gift
Mom and me celebrating Christmas, Port Townsend style
This month marks six years since my dad left this world. I miss his bear hug and the accompanying smell of his signature Paco Rabanne cologne. I miss flopping down on the soft leather couch in his office and thumbing through magazines, as I waited for him to get off the phone so I could tell him something huge or insignificant. I especially miss him this time of year.
My dad was good at a lot of things, and terrible at a lot, like anyone. But he was at his best at Christmas. His history with the holiday, to be sure, was fraught with trouble. As kids on Christmas, he and my uncles Mike and Seamus would have to brave the absence (or worse, the mean drunkenness) of their barrel-chested father, a former Marine. Uncle Mike stopped celebrating Christmas when, at about 10, he was sent by his mother to go and recover Grandpa Pat and his suitcase from the bus station. But maybe those lousy holidays supercharged my dad.
As far as I can remember, Dad went all out. I have a fuzzy recollection from the very early '70s of being at my godmother's house, with all the grownups talking about the reindeer on the roof, which they would not let me see. And then being scared and suspicious as Santa came through the door ... with my dad nowhere to be found. Each year, there was a tree and presents for us -- some years were better than others, depending on the ups and downs of his freelance writer's career. But the most amazing thing about my dad, despite the fact that the rest of the year he gambled away the equivalent of my college tuition and that he exercised no self-restraint for early e-mail scammers offering Viagra and get-rich-quick schemes, is that he made sure EVERYONE had a present. It didn't matter if you were the guy who came to fix the computer ... shaving cream warmer. Cousin of the friend of the wife who came for dinner on Christmas Eve ... Nordic-themed mittens. UPS man who had a flat and needed to make a call in the house ... light-up picture frame.
See, Dad would buy a bunch of generic gifts and then quickly excuse himself to wrap them when someone came in the door, and write their name in his Catholic school cursive with a black fountain pen on the tag. And then he'd hand it over modestly, as if giving a personal gift to an almost perfect stranger were the most natural thing in the world.
As much as we can all agree that Christmas is not about presents, it is the way that he took such joy and responsibility in making sure everyone was covered that makes him a saint during this season. This year, I am making it a point to scoop up electric tie organizers and bath salts and kitchen mitts ... because you never know who will show up.
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Is it still self promotion if someone else has done it?
I don't do a lot of things right. I speak too soon. I fall in love too quickly, often with the wrong person -- frequently many times over until I've learned my lesson about that one. I am not a patient painter, or sewer, or organizer. And I am not sure I choose flattering eyewear for myself.
But what I have done well in this lifetime, from the 40licious P.O.V., is populate my world with amazing people. Like this bright and beautiful young woman, Carlin, who was my intern a couple years ago. She finished her gig, and then she just kept hanging around even after she graduated. She's an ace networker and quick learner and waaaaaay too complimentary about me in this piece she wrote about Gen Y.
And if you know anyone who needs a communications whiz, have him or her give Carlin a shout.
But what I have done well in this lifetime, from the 40licious P.O.V., is populate my world with amazing people. Like this bright and beautiful young woman, Carlin, who was my intern a couple years ago. She finished her gig, and then she just kept hanging around even after she graduated. She's an ace networker and quick learner and waaaaaay too complimentary about me in this piece she wrote about Gen Y.
And if you know anyone who needs a communications whiz, have him or her give Carlin a shout.
Monday, November 30, 2009
RIP Cindy Schafer
I didn't know her well. She'd come around and take corporate photographs and the last conversation we had was about her name and me confusing her with the famous Cindy Sherman. She was always happy and smiling and smart and accommodating. Another delight in another day.
The news came today that she'd died yesterday in a seaplane crash in Canada. As I look over her website and blog, I'm sad that I didn't know her better. We would have been friends. I would have gone to her recent show in Pasadena if I knew about it.
This comes as just another reminder that anything can happen to anyone at any time. Death does not come at our convenience. Our slates aren't always clean. How are we spending our time? Have you become the person you want people to remember?
And, in case I happen to die before I see you again, I love you. You all know who you are.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
I just returned from a seven-day road trip. There is very little glamor, after at least five of these now, in traveling with a slightly stinky beagly mutt in a Prius. And a man who can do a scary-good Tom Jones. But I can say this, now that I'm letting the rumble of the road wear off with a fresh glass of wine from A Blooming Hill Vineyard (my bonus mother's winery near Portland, Ore.) and some Olive Pit olives stuffed with bleu cheese: We are hard-wired to go home.
We did the Seattle and Port Townsend rounds, visiting 40M, Amanda, Alison and All Adither. And then, Ground Zero for "home." For at least three generations, McGradys have convened in Lilliwaup, Washington, for holidays. My Uncle Seamus lives in the 1930's homestead, which has a fireplace my great grandfather built from beach rocks. We like Thanksgiving the best because it doesn't involve complex codes for gift-giving and we are all tremendous cooks and we really, really enjoy being around each other.
Throughout the day on Thursday, the kids and cousins and friends spent time doing what we do there: hiking up to the tiny ancient graveyard where family and strangers are buried, where in 2003 we dumped the bulk of my dad's ashes under a huckleberry bush. We saw fresh bear poop. From an obviously huge bear. And scurried down the hill. We went out in the pelting rain, in the dark when the tide was low, and carried kids over rivulets and collected hundreds of perfect oysters. One of the most magical moments was hiking along the creek (where, legend has it, my great grandmother and grandfather took watercress from along the banks to feed their wedding guests watercress sandwiches) and watched salmon spawning. Two-foot-long silvery fish fought their way against the rushing water, suddenly losing ground and coming back, never minding their dead brethren on the side.
In my hypnosis watching those fish, it all came very clear that despite crazy relatives and the long drive and that I could have spent my vacation somewhere sunny and tropical, I had to come home. It is in my genetic code. And I am grateful to have a place.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
A half-assed Thanksgiving
Here's my recipe for super easy cranberry sauce, posted by the amazing Angie over at Half-Assed Kitchen. You will never reach for a can of the red stuff again!
Friday, November 20, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
The Thing You Resist
The thing you resist is the thing you most likely need the most. Like if you keep putting off cleaning your desk, it is precisely what you should be tackling. For years, I resisted a yoga pose that was too hard and too awkward and made my left arm go numb. It's called "Eka Pada Koundiyanasana," or "hurdle" pose. When it comes time for the class to do this, I usually get up for some water. Or, do another easier arm balance. Or make a miserable attempt and end up in a heap on the floor. Which, fortunately, is only about 6 inches from my head in this setup.
But a couple months ago I really began to try to get this one. And again, each time, I'd end up on the floor. Today I shocked myself by coming up on my arms and stretching my legs out to the left. I hung there in the air. Suspended, balanced. And the teacher saw. And then I fell onto my face.
It reminds me of the time Lucy finally caught a squirrel by the tail and was so shocked, she stopped and opened her mouth in awe, and the squirrel ran away.
What are you resisting that you probably need?
Monday, November 9, 2009
Every damn version of this song makes me cry. Can I handle the seasons of my life?
(thanks, Annie)
(thanks, Annie)
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Chris Jordan
Today I brought this amazing artist, Chris Jordan, to work to talk to our people. 120 RSVP'd. Maybe half of that showed up. No execs, really, which is what I'd wanted.
It is days like this that I think I'm in a small army of people who are trying to make a difference in how we live as Americans, how we consume, how we need to change. Everything.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
I thought I was having a bad day Thursday when I got a parking ticket for $49 in Long Beach as I frivolously shopped for a new coat before meeting friends for dinner. I thought my luck was getting WORSE the next morning when I got another parking ticket for $49 on my block because I forgot to move my car. I never, ever get parking tickets. But I didn't know that later in the day, I would go to acupuncture and end up in the hospital with a collapsed lung.
There was a rainbow of pain: The kind that feels like a piece of glass jutting in my side on the way to the hospital. The pain of so much waiting, being treated like a junkie in the ER until they understood I had something seriously wrong with me. The pain of having a tube jammed in my chest to let the air of the pulmonary protective sac out, and to let my lung fill back up (think B-movie with a woman screaming on a table, people in white coats all around, and that's pretty close). The pain of having to be very, very still as this tube stayed in my lung overnight and the next day. The pain of fleeting sleep from so many beeps and pokes.
But of course, with all this comes the good. A good man who sat through all the gruesome parts of it and acted as my PR guy, calling my parents and my coworkers and friends and giving them updates. All the flowers. All the well wishes. That I'm OK now. And the blessing that I wore pretty underwear that day, because a lot of people saw it.
There was a rainbow of pain: The kind that feels like a piece of glass jutting in my side on the way to the hospital. The pain of so much waiting, being treated like a junkie in the ER until they understood I had something seriously wrong with me. The pain of having a tube jammed in my chest to let the air of the pulmonary protective sac out, and to let my lung fill back up (think B-movie with a woman screaming on a table, people in white coats all around, and that's pretty close). The pain of having to be very, very still as this tube stayed in my lung overnight and the next day. The pain of fleeting sleep from so many beeps and pokes.
But of course, with all this comes the good. A good man who sat through all the gruesome parts of it and acted as my PR guy, calling my parents and my coworkers and friends and giving them updates. All the flowers. All the well wishes. That I'm OK now. And the blessing that I wore pretty underwear that day, because a lot of people saw it.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Opening to more
Quite by kismet, someone sent me a brochure for a woman who specializes in parenting issues and adoption. I feel good and like I don't have an acute need to see someone, but I also feel like maybe she dropped a breadcrumb in front of me and I'm supposed to follow this path in the woods.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
I've never heard it said better
I am often guilty of being jaded, of thinking patriotism an overrated virtue, of empty threats to move to Paris or Canada if such-and-such happens.
But then I see this man, and I love him immediately, and I remember why we are all on this patch of dirt between the Atlantic and the Pacific, and why everyone else wants to come here.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Got some change
In my last post I expressed great desire for change. I got some!
I'm not sure who I look like, but it's not myself.
Monday, October 19, 2009
OK, how about now?
Sunday, October 18, 2009
I want everything new. I want a new life and new breath in my home and new body and new hair.
But tonight I will settle for an appointment with Sue Ann on Tuesday for highlights, and playing with my site. What do you think of the new logo? GREAT help from All Adither.
But tonight I will settle for an appointment with Sue Ann on Tuesday for highlights, and playing with my site. What do you think of the new logo? GREAT help from All Adither.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
My basket of knitting has been sitting there patiently all summer, by the couch. I can still only make a scarf. So I guess I'll start a long, long season of long, long scarves.
Liz's daughter, my cousin, Miss Mary Ohannes, clearly has a brilliant future as a scarf model.
We made this one to match the color of her towel.
We made this one to match the color of her towel.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Hit Me
It took me a while to learn how to win at Blackjack. You can't be all intuitive about it. You can't bet on a strong feeling that the dealer has a 16 and that your next card on an 18 will be a 3. You just follow the rules -- what cards warrant a hit, what warrants a stay.
So it is with social media. The rules say that you publish relevant comments to your posts -- even if they are negative. It's part of being in an honest dialogue. So I did that with my 48 hours of hate mail from the Pregnant Teenagers on BabyCenter.com. I'd apologized profusely, but many of them still had something to say about how wrong it was to post a (supportive) reply to a girl considering placing her child for adoption.
I was scared that a prospective birth mom might read this and think I'm a monster. I considered just deleting all the posts and the comments. But, in the same way you hit on a 17 when the dealer is showing an 8, I just kept it all up there. And then, in the same way that 3 or 4 comes as the next card, the sweetness began to roll in.
We're all scared. We're all feeling raw and protective. We all want Blackjack.
"I didn't mean to come off sounding so...bitchy. I tend to have a sharp tongue. I've been on the Pregnant Teenagers site for 3 years so I know the impact adoption posts have on the girls there. I never stopped to think you would not know that. I sorry for that."
"Hello, I was one of the teenagers on that board when you posted. I did not comment, however. I understand your frustration and confusion. I did not comment on that post because I knew that you weren't being condescending, and you really thought that perhaps this forum was some sort of link to a possible adoption. I am sorry some of my cyber friends were so horrid to you, but you have to understand where they are coming from. I am a teenage mother. I am 17 years old and my daughter is one. I was planning on giving my daughter up for adoption up intil three months. Please don't be too offended. They were just protecting their rights as mothers. Hold your head up. You will get your baby."
"i was lurking on the pregnant teen boards and saw your post. i understand their reactions, but it seems as though you're not as terrible of a person as they make you out to be. keep at it. you'll get your baby soon enough."
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
West Coaster
I've known Joanna since 4th grade. She's always been dazzlingly beautiful, completely confident and totally talented. We spent a lot of time not knowing each other, but we reunited, better than ever, when I moved to LA in 2005. This year for her birthday, she wanted to go on the rides on the Santa Monica Pier.
On the roller coaster, they've figured out the maximum scream nexus and have placed a camera there, right as you are plunging to near-certain death. We got the picture -- we're in full-fright mode, hair all over, wide-eyed and molars out -- in order to put it in the alumnae publication that comes out once a year from our Very Proper Elementary School.
Today felt a lot like Joanna's birthday.
News came from my social worker that I am one of four families a young woman at UCLA is considering meeting, but that the baby's father is pressuring her to hold on. "That is the problem with African American placements, the families do not want to let go. I will keep you posted but it does not look too promising," the social worker wrote to me.
Then I felt all sick and like I am missing a whole chunk of information about how I should find this child. Like I'd been led on. Like adopting is only for the rich folk. So I sat at Taco Bell in Santa Ana, waiting for my support group at the agency to start. Wondering if I should cry or not.
I wandered in, early, to find the agency's director in her office. I broke down and told her that I was feeling out of information and out of ideas and out of my league and maybe I should go through the foster program and -- well, everything.
I guess she's used to people like me. She told me she loved my profile and to make 25 copies so she can send it out next week.
It's a little bit of information, and a little bit of hope. And the ride, at this particular moment, is a little smoother.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Here's the part about social media that I think we forget. The word "social" and all it implies.
For example, you wouldn't really barge into a group of people you didn't know and start talking about your needs. Who the f cares? People help people they know. I was aghast and ashamed at the backlash I got from the pregnant teenagers when I went to meet them in their cyberspace. But I was even more touched and moved by the people that have come out of the woodwork to help me. A guy I didn't know that well in high school. My cousins. My yoga teacher.
My social worker sent me a note yesterday. She told me to not get my hopes up, but there is a pregnant young woman at UCLA who is open to placing her child with a single white female. Will know more next week. In the meantime, I am obsessively working on my "calling card," a letter-sized flyer that serves a snapshot of my life and who I am for women deciding who they'd consider to parent their child.
No matter what happens with this one, I have to just remember to plant all my seeds, and not expect them to bloom where I drop them. They will tunnel under, swirl around rocks and weeds, push through oceans and come up in the craziest, most beautiful garden ever.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Red-faced and smacked down
Jennifer Garner plays hopeful adoptive mom, Vanessa. I know.
I've done my freaking out over all the similarities in the this movie.
I've done my freaking out over all the similarities in the this movie.
My brilliant idea, like many brilliant ideas throughout time and history, has completely backfired. It has singed my eyelashes and turned my skin a deep dark red. It has made my stomach warp in embarrassment, and my shoulders turn in for shame.
Said idea I had last night was to go find the pregnant people who may be looking for adoptive parents. Kind of like fishing in a stocked pond. So I found the pregnant teenagers section and read a note from a girl who was considering placing her baby for adoption, and feeling pressure from others one way or another. I wrote and told her that she had a lot of rights and resources as a mother giving birth, and to never ever let anyone pressure her into a decision. That she could even wait until after the child was born to decide. And that there were people like me who would very much like to raise a child.
This did not go over very well in the pregnant teenager section of Babycenter.com.
People accused me of preying on young vulnerable women. They blocked me from further comment. One person sent me a comment on last night's post that read, in part: "How dare you approach vulnerable teenagers and suggest the only option available to them is adoption? In case you haven't notice the Pregnant Teenagers group on Baby Center is for SUPPORT. Support in HAVING our children. Not in giving them up."
So now I know.
And the search continues -- after I read guidelines more closely.
Crap. This is harder than I thought.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Where the Light Is
There's that old joke about the drunk looking for something under a lamppost. A cop comes over and asks what he's doing.
"Looking for my keys," the drunk says. "I dropped them across the street."
"Well if you dropped them across the street, why are you looking for them here?"
"The light's better."
Which reminds me of something I tell people at work all the time. We may operate on one space, the easiest, the most convent, the safe one we know. The one where the light shines brightest.
But our audiences may be elsewhere.
So I sent stuff to Facebook and Linked In and Twitter, but how do I know pregnant people hang out there?
Then I found the mother lode, referred to me by a young mom I know: www.babycenter.com. Where there is a group for pregnant teenagers.
Hopefully, as I shine a light in this new space, I will find the key.
"Looking for my keys," the drunk says. "I dropped them across the street."
"Well if you dropped them across the street, why are you looking for them here?"
"The light's better."
Which reminds me of something I tell people at work all the time. We may operate on one space, the easiest, the most convent, the safe one we know. The one where the light shines brightest.
But our audiences may be elsewhere.
So I sent stuff to Facebook and Linked In and Twitter, but how do I know pregnant people hang out there?
Then I found the mother lode, referred to me by a young mom I know: www.babycenter.com. Where there is a group for pregnant teenagers.
Hopefully, as I shine a light in this new space, I will find the key.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Socially Speaking
Two posts ago, I was disheartened by how much work I am going to have to do to find my baby. Paying a lawyer or an adoption facilitator is one way to go -- and then I can kiss that child's college tuition goodbye.
After the initial crumpling up and bewilderment that often accompanies news of a long and uncertain road ahead, I decided to do the only thing I know how to do really, really well: communicate and ask for favors. So I put up my profile on www.vanessamcgrady.com/adoption. Then I sent the link around to Facebook friends and Tweeted it.
Not too much response.
Then today, too sick to go to work but too awake to stay in bed, I re-posted to Facebook, and asked all my friends to do the same. The Liquid Muse Tweeted it under her "Preggatinis" identity (she wrote a book on cocktails for pregnant people). And after pretty much ignoring years of Linked In, I sent a message to 50 of my contacts asking for help to get the word out.
And they did. Visitors came from nine states, and Belgium. As of 10 p.m. tonight, I have 70 hits on www.vanessamcgrady.com/adoption. Most people are probably just curious. Maybe some can pass it along to relevant people. But I know that at least one person paid attention. A high school classmate of my cousins' wrote:
"Dan just posted a link about your adoption efforts and I checked it out. Unfortunately not for the reasons you are probably hoping for but because I'm an adopted child and I was raised solely by my mom. I just wanted to say I admire women who want to give a baby boy or girl all the love and nurturing that those little ones so much deserve and especially doing so on their own...too cool!! :) I thank God everyday that my birth mother (I have no idea who she is..only that she was 15) was brave enough to go through all that she did so that I could live a life and I thank God for my adoptive mother who has never made me feel like I'm an adopted child~she's absolutely the best mom I could ever ask for.I hope I can answer her soon.
"Best of Luck to you and I sincerely hope to hear @ least through the "grapevine" of FB that you were successful. "
Any by the way, if you have any other good networking ideas, I hope you'll pass them along to me.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
The World Is a Very Good Place
I found this group called Swap Mamas and they just give away and trade stuff. Free. It's really lovely. And they put out calls for help for their sisters and friends who have kids with deadbeat dads etc.
Good change in the karma bank.
Good change in the karma bank.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
If you need beauty tonight
Thanks to Don for this.
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Fat Lady got about two verses in ...
This is an ongoing meditation on the process of adopting a child. I'm mostly through the logistical and ID hoops and mountains of paperwork. Soon I'll be in the "pool" of eligible adoptive parents.
The light was at the end of the tunnel. The light was brilliantly beckoning, jumping up and down and yelling, "you're here! you're here!" With the exception of one first aid class I take next week, I thought I was done with all my steps, ready to jump into the pool of parents, just waiting to get that phone call from the agency about a brilliant and drug-free 17-year-old who went into labor at Target, who wants to relinquish her baby to someone exactly like me.
But I realized wrong. Now the work really begins. I have to FIND the baby. That means a mass email looking for leads (if you're a personal friend of mine, look for one coming soon!). It means a social media campaign, and some Craigslist postings. It might mean hiring a lawyer/facilitator to help recruit.
I'm working on a profile and new website that I'll announce soon. In the meantime, email me if you know anyone.
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Palmer leads Oakland past reeling Chargers
California native Carson Palmer is starting feel right at home with the Oakland Raiders.
Palmer is starting to get into rhythm with his arm and his receivers and threw two touchdown passes and Michael Bush ran wild on the ground 30 times for a season-high 157 yards and one touchdown to help the Raiders over their AFC West rivals, the San Diego Chargers in Thursday night NFL action, 24-17. The loss makes it four in a row for the Chargers.
Palmer, who was 14 of 20 for 299 yards, threw two scoring strikes to Denarius Moore, helped the Raiders to a 5-4 record and a half-game lead over the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC West.
Philip Rivers struggled again at QB for the Chargers, passing 23 of 47 for 274 yards and was sacked six times.
Prior to Thursday night's game, San Diego had beaten the Raiders 13 straight times.
Info compiled from NFL & Oakland Raiders news


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Celebrating Hop to the Beat's 24th Anniversary!
Born in Memphis and raised in Atlanta, vocalist Taryn Newborne is rooted deeply in the soil of a rich musical heritage. She has often said that she loves music so much, it hurts her feelings. After years of dancing in her local Lindy Hop scene, one of the major organizers suggested that Taryn put her own group together for dances. Taryn Newborne and The Real Deal was born. She'd finally found her home, situated between her love of singing and Lindy Hop. Since becoming a regular in her home scene, Taryn has had the opportunity to make numerous guest appearances, including with Jonathan Stout, Gordon Webster, Candy Jacket Jazz Band, Michael Gamble and The Rhythm Serenaders and The Preservation Hall Jazz Band All Stars. Comprised of some of the most sought after musicians in the world, Taryn Newborne and the Real Deal strive to swing as hard as possible.
Beantown campers have enjoyed the pleasure of Taryn's many appearances over several years. This will be Taryn's 2nd time at Uptown Swing, and we're excited to have her back to kick off the new season.
- Lesson 8:15–9:00pm
- Dancing 9:00pm–Midnight
- Guest DJ this month is Jodi Daynard
- Performance with Providence Swings
- Location UPB (United Parish in Brookline)


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PBIS in Juvenile Corrections
October 27, 2016, The IRIS Center
Jeffrey Sprague, Director of the University of Oregon's Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior, talks about some of the differences and similarities in implementing PBIS in schools and in juvenile corrections facilities (time: 5:27).
Question asked of Jeffrey Sprague in this audio:
Dr. Sprague, what are the primary differences between PBIS in a school setting and a juvenile corrections setting?
Jeffrey Sprague, PhD
Professor of Special Education, Director of the University of Oregon
Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior
University of Oregon