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Commercialisation of Happy Valley
09/02/2018 15:43:00......Posted by Margaret Bird

Despite fierce opposition  from your Councillors and residents in yet another fake consultation by Croydons Labour administration, it has been announced that Happy Valley will be commercialised.

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Message from Safer Neighbourhood Team
18/02/2018 09:20:00.......Posted by Margaret Bird

Dear Residents

In early January we made aware of a male targeting the elderly and vulnerable to obtain money by deception in the Coulsdon area. The male pretends to know victims and has made up stories that he has a baby and needs money or if he can borrow money that he claims he will give back but never returns.

The male we believe was doing this was arrested a couple of weeks ago and is currently on police bail. We are dealing with the case as quick as we can and will hopefully have a positive outcome soon. Unfortunately we have been made aware of a similar offence in the last couple of days and are currently investigating this. Please call 999 if you see him trying to obtain money by deception from someone you know.

All the offences have occurred around Rutherwick Rise usually where the elderly live. This includes Woodhatch Spinney, Byron Avenue, Aldercroft, Coulsdon Road amongst others. The suspect description from the recent offence is white, f511 tall, slim build, woolly hat, moustache.

Please advise elderly relatives or neighbours not to open the door to strangers. If anyone comes to their door that they don’t know get them to ask for I.D. They do not have to let them in and they must leave when told to do so.

Please click on the link below for further advice on scams.

There is also a nominated neighbour scheme which helps you protect vulnerable neighbours. If you are interested in this please contact us for more advice.

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Advance notice of Marlpit Lane road closure
16/02/2018 19:10:00.......Posted by Margaret Bird

To facilitate an examination of the bridge in Marlpit Lane, Coulsdon Network Rail will be implementing a complete road closure from 20.00hrs on Monday 5th March to 05.00hrs on Tuesday 6th March.

The diversion for displaced vehicles under 14’6’’ will be via Brighton Road A237,  Brighton Road A23, Stoats Nest Road B2030 and Coulsdon Road. The diversion for high sided vehicles over 14’6’’ will be via Brighton Road A237, Brighton Road A23, London Road A23, London Road North, Shepherd’s Hill B2031, Alderstead Lane B2031, Dean Lane B2031, Rook Lane B2031 and Chaldon Road B2031.

Pizza dumping on Bradmore Green
09/02/2018 15:32:00.......Posted by Margaret Bird

Well done to the Coulsdon East Safer  Neighbourhood team  who have tracked down the culprit dumping pizzas on Bradmore Green which could had harmed the wildlife

Green Waste Collections
31/01/2018 23:05:00.......Posted by Margaret Bird

Green waste collections begin this year on April 16 and will be fortnightly all year round. Sign up is now live on the Council website £61.50 per bin

30/01/2018 17:13:00.......Posted by Margaret Bird

Old Coulsdon Councillors will continue to hold surgeries, at the Guide Hut, behind the bakers, on Coulsdon Road on the last Saturday in the month ( excl. Aug and December) from 10am-12noon. No appointment is necessary but appointments can be made if that is not convenient. Just call us on the telephone numbers shown.

Police Contact Sessions
30/01/2018 17:06:00.......Posted by Margaret Bird

Coulsdon East & Coulsdon West Safer Neighbourhood teams have always held regularly surgeries but in order to reach more residents will be holding sessions at the Poppy Cafe every Wednesday at 12 noon as an alternative to  attending Croydon Police Station.

They will also announce via twitter and their facebook pages other venues on varying days and times where they will be available to talk to residents

Notice from Croydon Council on Footway resurfacing on Stoneyfield Rd
30/01/2018 16:19:00.......Posted by Margaret Bird

 London Borough of Croydon Place Department Highways Team Bernard Weatherill House 6th Floor, Zone C 8 Mint Walk Croydon CR0 1EA Home owner/Occupier London Borough of Croydon Dear Sir/Madam Footway Surfacing I am writing to inform you that Kier Highways, on behalf of Croydon Council, will shortly be commencing resurfacing at the location/s and date/s below: Date: 13th – 19th February 2018 (excluding weekends) between 08:00- 19:00 Location: Stoneyfield Road To enable the Contractor to undertake the works, on-street parking will be suspended during works hours. We also kindly ask that with forward planning vehicular and pedestrian access to and from properties adjacent to the footway are reduced to a minimum during the works hours. Please speak to the site foreman for any assistance. Advance driver / resident information boards will be in place before the works commence, advising of the precise dates and times of the road restrictions that will be in place. Please however note that unforeseen circumstances (e.g. inclement weather conditions) may necessitate a change to the scheduled dates and information on road signs will be changed accordingly. Please check the road signs regularly for any updates The resurfacing works will take place between O/S House No-13 to Coulsdon Rise and due to the nature of these works it is inevitable that some disruption will occur. For this reason it is recommended that where possible you use alternative routes, or allow extra time to complete your journey. The on-street parking suspensions that will be in place within the works area are 08:00-19:00 on 13th – 19th February 2018 (excluding weekends). No parking for residents on the highway in the areas covered by the enforcement signs. Please note that penalty charge notices (PCN’s) will be applied to vehicles parked within the suspended areas during the works hours and/or vehicles relocated. Due to the above we would urge all residents to ensure that their vehicles are moved from the suspended areas in order to avoid any delays to the works as well as incurring any charges. If your vehicle is relocated please contact the LBC on 020 8726 6000 Ext 52816, who will provide you with an exact location of your vehicle. We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience this may cause residents; however we want to ensure that all works carried out on the Croydon network are to the highest standards to ensure value for our residents. Beware Bogus Callers Croydon Council does not permit its employees or contractors to undertake work on private property during the course of any scheme. If anyone offers such work they will not be a council approved contractor and should be treated with caution. Any scheme undertaken by a council approved contractor does not require cash payments. Cold calling doorstep traders offering to carry out home maintenance work such as driveway repairs and roofing are a problem in Croydon. These traders can be very persuasive and can intimidate you into agreeing to have work undertaken. The advice from Croydon Trading Standards Service is to say “NO” to all cold calling traders – Every Time. If they will not leave or you get into difficulties, then call Croydon Trading Standards on 020 8407 1311 Thank you for your cooperation whilst we carry out this essential upgrade. If you require any further information do not hesitate to contact us by email: or tel: 020 8726 6000 Ext 52816.

The end of an era
27/01/2018 16:22:00.......Posted by Margaret Bird

Today Coulsdon East Conservatives held its last AGM and became Old Coulsdon Conservatives in readiness for the ward boundary changes at the May Council elections. Over twenty members attended for this historic event and enjoyed soup and rolls whilst listening to Cllr Wright speak of his last 28 years as  a Councillor and Chairman of the ward . Chris Philp MP also attended and  spoke of the current issues in Parliament and his new role. Two polling districts will be transferring to the new Coulsdon Town ward  as we go from a 3 Councillor to a 2 Councillor ward those members who will be moving were thanked for their support over the years as were the deliverers.

Councillor Steven Hollands currently a Councillor in Kenley moves over to Old Coulsdon to stand with Councillor Margaret Bird in the elections in May.

The committee is largely staying with Old Coulsdon but new members are welcome.

Safer Neighbourhood Ward Panel
24/01/2018 21:57:00.......Posted by Margaret Bird

Margaret chaired the Joint Coulsdon East and West Safer Neighbourhood Ward panel  meeting tonights with  the local SNT Police Officers and representatives of organisations from both wards.

Cousldon East priorities were again set at Anti Social behaviour including drugs and burglary ,Motor Vehicle Crimes, Speeding..

Coulsdon West priorities we also again set at Motor Vehicle  Theft of and from , burglary and Anti Social Behaiour and drugs.

New panel members are always welcome.

Tollers Estate
22/01/2018 22:38:00.......Posted by Margaret Bird

Cllr Margaret Bird and Cllr Chris Wright attended the newly formed residents forum on Tollers Estate tonight. The enthusiasm from residents to improve the estate was evident as was their concerns with the imminent  additional 40+ homes being built by the Council building arm Brick by Brick without concern for improving the infrastructure. We are constantly  asking for improved parking, the verges to be maintained and the drains to be upgraded before building works commence and for the new Community Centre to be fully kitted out as originally agreed before planning permission was granted.

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Sunday, April 30, 2006

Navy Sailors Can Tattoo Away (With Limits)

Sailors who have been coveting that “kimono” full back tattoo can go ahead and get it inked — but keep it decent, below the level of your T-shirt collar, and don’t forget to get it recorded in your permanent file, according to a new policy clarification issued by the Navy. The clarification involves Navy regulations regarding tattoos, body art, mutilations and dental ornamentation and was issued in a message from the chief of Navy personnel. The message was issued because the Navy’s 2003 policy “really wasn’t as clear as we’d have liked it to be,” in particular regarding tattoos, according to Master Chief Robert Carroll, Command Master Chief for the Chief of Naval Personnel. The major change to the policy involves the amount of skin a sailor or potential recruit can have tattooed.The 2003 rule still holds that says the size of the tattoo on a sailor’s lower arm — the portion visible in uniform — can be no larger than the wearer’s hand, fingers closed. And because women are required to wear skirts, they are not allowed to have tattoos on their lower legs that are larger than their closed fist, Carroll told Stars and Stripes in a telephone interview. But the clarification eliminates the 2003 policy’s “25 percent rule,” which said that no more than 25 percent of any limb or part of the body that does not show while in uniform, such as the back or torso, could be tattooed. Instead, the new rule simply says tattoos may not be visible through the Navy’s summer white uniform. Earlier this year the Army relaxed its tattoo policies to allow head and neck art. But the Navy still forbids tattoos on the head, face, neck or scalp. The neck area “is any portion visible when wearing a crew neck T-shirt or open-collar uniform shirt,” the regulation states. Navy officials considered following the Army’s lead, but decided not to because “for Americans [head and neck tattoos] are a fad, and it’s peaked out,” Carroll said. As in the past, any tattoo, body art or brand that is obscene, sexually explicit or advocates discrimination of any sort is prohibited. The clarification also requires any sailor who has not already done so to have his or her tattoos documented in personal medical records within the next 180 days.Meanwhile, the clarification makes it clear that the ban against cosmetic dental ornamentation — gold, platinum or other veneers or caps for decorative purposes — also holds. But sailors who sport removable teeth caps — the “pull-out grills” popularized by hip-hop artists — are not violating any rules, “as long as they don’t wear them in uniform and they take out the bling-bling when they get back to the ship,” Carroll said. When making policy about body art, Carroll said, the Navy’s senior leaders understand that it’s “all about trends, and trends come and go. “You don’t necessarily want to set precedent over something you don’t want to live with” in the long run, he said. The clarification not only eliminates confusion for commanders who weren’t quite sure what the rules allowed, it represents “a compromise,” between allowing young sailors freedom to do what they wish with their own bodies, and “the image we want our sailors to project to the world,” Carroll said. “We have to recognize that young people are young people,” Carroll said. “They make mistakes, things that they don’t consider mistakes at the time. As more mature leaders, we recognize that. I mean, we’ve been there, we’ve done that.” “But we still have a Navy to maintain, we still have a nation to defend. So there are certain things that we have to take into account when it comes to young people, and we have to look for compromises.”

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The 68 Mustang project receives its heart!

Well its finally come time to drop in a motor to our project mustang. Now the options thanks to our suspension are pretty much limitless, but since this will be a daily driver (at least at first) we wanted something reliable with some good power and classic American muscle sound.

Our stock 302 block (which actual came from our 68 mustang)
There were a couple that fit our criteria a 302 & 351w. Since we had a 302 short block already. We went ahead and decided to start with that. The good thing about this motor is that majority of our parts can be reused if we later decide to change to the 351w (which who are we kidding, it will probably happen lol).

Now the 302 came in just about everything Ford made and there are several million choices of upgrades you can do to them. With that said, there are some down sides to the 302 sbf though. First building a Ford engine can cost you a lot more then a Chevy, why? Well to be honest, I'm not sure. But,  you can buy a basic Chevy 350 crate motor for around $1500 and a comparable Ford 351w will cost you nearly double (at least that I've seen). Also Ford 302's are notorious for leaking rear main seals. Ask any mustang 5.0 owner and they'll almost all tell you about the dreaded drip. Lastly the thermostat housing sits about an inch below the timing cover, meaning in order to replace the thermostat you need to remove or at least loosen the cover to access it (unless you change out the bolts).

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motor so we didn't scratch our new crinkle ones.
So now to the good stuff. We did a mild build for this motor. Starting with a low mileage 302sbf short block (factory). We added Twisted wedge heads and Victor Jr. Intake manifold for better flow and slightly higher compression. A holly 4150 mechanical carb and some 1 5/8 pacesetter headers. On the ignition side we ran a msd distributor and 6al powered by a blaster 2 coil and ford racing plug wires. For this car we went with a flat black and brushed aluminum look. Nothing to fancy but clean and mean.

We used a Jegs one piece alternator and msd coil bracket, unorthodox under drive pulleys and ford racing air cleaner all with a custom brushed aluminum treatment. To achieve the look is pretty easy using varying grits of sand paper simply scuff the aluminum. Making sure to go in the same direction always. Takes about 5 minutes per piece to do (depending on size). Lastly we got a tuff stuff black coated alternator, ford racing crinkle black valve cover with breathers and all married to a freshly painted T-5 transmission.

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Quark drive date confirmed:

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

This is in continuation to our previous email(See post: dated 21st October 2010 regarding the joint campus placement drive by Quark India, Mohali, going to be held at Chitkara.

It is hereby intimated that Chitkara has confirmed the date of drive as 8th November 2010 at the venue as earlier intimated to you by us.

You are requested to please inform the concerned students of your deparemtn (as per the list earlier forwarded by us) that they should reach the venue as per the details mentioned in our earlier email along with latest copy of their CV, 02 passport size photographs, DMCs and certificates from 10th onwards on 8th November 2010.

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Microsoft Access 2007: Have Access forms automatically close after use

If your users work with multiple Access forms, here’s how to make their work easier by having a form close automatically once they are finished with it:

  1. Open the first form in Design view.
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David Walker of the CLICO Stakeholders Alliance thanks investigative journalists for the information that has been brought into the public domain on the ‘CLICO saga’.

Mr. Walker believes that the doings with regard to CLICO have been kept behind closed doors by both present and previous administrations.

He questions what the second forensic audit into CLICO was intended to achieve that the first one did not. And who is responsible for commissioning that new audit.

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October 26, 2016 – The first shipment for the Help 4 Haiti Charity Drive spearheaded by His Worship the Mayor Alderman Haji Kazim Hosein left San Fernando this afternoon and will arrive in Haiti within eight days. The containers exited the city in a convoy via Cipero Street and were headed for the port at Point Lisas.They will be shipped on the MAERSK shipping line.

The Mayor and members of the Charity Drive Committee including Sadiq Baksh, Sayeed Mohammed of Eagles Transport and Cusbrocon Services Ltd., as well as corporate volunteers from LAING who generously donated and provided labour, machinery and logistics, were on site to see the shipment off.

Items being sent include non-perishable food items, drinking water, clothes and shoes, medicines and medical supplies, and building materials. “We received hundreds of donations from people across Trinidad and Tobago, and they will definitely make an impact for the victims of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti,” said the Mayor.

He specially thanked all the donors who made the drive extremely successful as well as the members of the Charity Committee and all partnering groups such as the Barakah Foundation, the Rotary Club of San Fernando, ONE Love Trinidad, JTA, Edoo’s, Dumore Enterprises, and the San Fernando and Penal-Debe Disaster Management Units.

Each container holds approximately US$27,000.00 in goods and the average cost of shipping is US$2,000.00 per container. Donors who wanted to give monetary contributions were directed to pay the shipping company directly if they wanted to cover the full cost of a container, or alternately to pay into the Mayor’s Fund which has allocated money towards shipping costs. The Abdul Aziz Trust and Friends in Action are among such donors. Once in Haiti, goods will be distributed by the Haitian NGO ADNO, working under instructions from His Worship to ensure that help reaches to the departments which are most in need – Grand Anse, Sud and Nippes.

The Penal-Debe Disaster Management Unit is still open as a collection point for persons still wishing to donate items for Haiti relief. These items will be shipped through Global Brokerage Limited on the CMA CGM shipping line.

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SWIFT Discloses Additional Bank Attacks

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In a private letter to its members on Tuesday, SWIFT has disclosed that additional cyber attacks have surfaced since its last update in June.

There are already known successful attacks against a Bangladeshi bank and an Ecuadorian bank, with a failed attack against a Vietnamese bank. Now, in a letter seen by Reuters, SWIFT is warning, “Customers’ environments have been compromised, and subsequent attempts (were) made to send fraudulent payment instructions. The threat is persistent, adaptive and sophisticated – and it is here to stay.”

SWIFT has not indicated whether any ‘fraudulent payment instructions’ were successful, nor named the banks concerned. Nevertheless, the organization appears to be using the incidents to increase pressure on its member banks to implement new SWIFT software by a deadline of 19 November.

“All the victims shared one thing in common,” says Reuters: “Weaknesses in local security that attackers exploited to compromise local networks and send fraudulent messages requesting money transfers.” There is no current indication whether the attackers are the same gang that attacked Bangladesh, Ecuador and Vietnam, or copy-cat criminals attracted by the massive theft of $81 million from Bangladesh.

The latest version of SWIFT’s software includes new security features designed to prevent a repeat of the Bangladesh attack. These include technology for verifying the credentials of people accessing a bank’s SWIFT system; stronger rules for password management; and better tools for identifying attempts to hack the software.

SWIFT appears to be ‘threatening’ its members with disclosure of weaknesses and or future attacks if they do not comply. It cannot directly insist on compliance, since the organization is a cooperative owned by the members, and it does not have that remit.

While any increased security is important, some experts believe SWIFT’s actions are not enough. Most of the new controls appear to be perimeter-based. While it’s certainly true that the Bangladesh ‘perimeter’ was not well defended (“The bank lacked a firewall and used second-hand, $10 electronic switches to network those computers, according to the Bangladesh police” – Reuters), perimeter defenses are not very successful.

Once the attackers have gained a foothold beyond the perimeter, “the bad actors can often do whatever they want and cover up their tracks with ease,” comments Istvan Szabo, product manager and Balabit. “The better method is for participating organizations to monitor their privileged users, build user specific profiles and apply behavior analytics on top of that. Profiles can be obtained from mouse movements, keystroke habits, command usage regularity, users IP / port and protocol in a transparent way if using a proxy based monitoring technology. The habits of every individual user are unique indicators and impossible to copy.”

eSentire’s CTO Mark McArdle suggests that these new attacks should not be seen as limited to SWIFT, but representative of a much bigger issue: bad guys attack big organizations through smaller affiliates — and quotes the attack against target via its HVAC supplier as an example. The attraction of SWIFT is that it provides access to some of the world’s largest and best defended banks via much smaller and less defended banks, and is a route that criminals will continue to exploit.

The SWIFT letter, he said, “isn’t about the spotlight on big banks and their cybersecurity posture; this is a floodlight highlighting the larger, more critical risk, which is the far more prevalent, lucrative target — the smaller banks, hedge funds and alternative asset management firms which circle the globe.”

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1. Interactive performance «Danish for 42»

  2. The performance was created as a part of the annual Moscow Lexus Hybrid Art festival and was first shown at the exhibition opening, which focus was on the idea of synergy. Synergy (whole, transcending the sum of its parts) in the arts is formed by the collision of artistic discourse with the latest technological tools. Hybrid Performance is the result of such merge. Festival's curator Katya Bochavar invited Roman Ermakov and Ivan Onoprienko to create an original work of art with optical illusions in the form of musical performance. Combining the works of contemporary and classical chamber music, Dmitry Vlasic created a unique sound compilation with the exhibition manifest narrated by Lilia Gysina. Young circus artists also take part in this performance, filling the optical space with gymnastic sketches.

    Hybrid Performance, photography by Maria Yastrebova

  3. Pink Twins is a creative duo of visual artists and electronic musicians, brothers Juha and Vesa Vehviläinen based in Finland. Their audiovisual performances are held at the intersection of visual arts and electronic music, where fragments of images, sounds and sensations from our everyday life become a complex improvised collage, allowing viewers to take a new approach at their own time-space experience.

    Photos by Stanislav Dyakonov

  4. Accident is an audiovisual performance in seven movements. The project is the result of artist's survey on the cultural relations between Brazil and Uruguay. Tuned into the idea that culture and 'imaginarium' do not respect the borders of the physical territory, the piece explores nearness and contrast among both local cultures through the fusion of rhythms and images.

    Accident by Fernado Velazquez

  5. Alex Pleninger (Russia) Lux Oculi

  6. Kurvenschreiber is a synth trio and occasionally a quartet. Sound concept can be described in disyllabic German title — something, that draws a curve. Sound waves generation from such curves happens, when electrons beat in analog circuits. This process needs to be recorded on the film, and its magnetic properties are not just a fashion tribute, but a necessity for those, interested in a delicate processes, natural frequencies and their resonances.
    «Kurventronika» is always a group improvisation, eliminating repetition. «32» is the ASCII-code for the space key. Finding inspiration in the aesthetics of early computing and cyberpunk, Kurvenschreiber fixate their research in musical matters.

    Live improvisation recording by Kurvenschreiber

  7. ::vtol:: is a project of an artist, musician and the strange-sounding machines creator Moscow based Dmitry Morozov. Circuit bending has become his main engineering and creative approach to composition — the creative customization of the circuits within electronic devices such as low voltage, battery-powered guitar effects, children's toys and small digital synthesizers to create new musical or visual instruments and sound generators.

    Audiovisual performance by ::vtol::

  8. Electroacoustic Sessions is a program concert perfromed by Dmitry Shubin (electronics) with Nikolay Maevsky (flute) and Konstantin Gubenko (percussion)

    Electroacoustic Sessions by Dmitry Shubin with Nikolay Maevsky and Konstantin Gubenko

Performances will take place at Creative space TKACHI (Obvodny Canal, 60).

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Sunday, January 22, 2012

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One million books will be given away April 23, 2012 by 50,000 passionate readers. CEO Carl Lennertz makes a presentation during ALA Midwinter ’12.

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Sunday, May 20, 2012

‘Disability Terminology: A Starter Kit for Nondisabled People and the Media’

Here’s a great re-share of a share by Lynne Soraya: an introduction to disability terminology for nondisabled people and the media. Originally authored by S. E. Smith in 2010 at, Soraya posted a link on Twitter this week.

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I thought it worth resharing because it corroborates my sentiments for the Blogging Against Disablism project on May 1: that as a woman on the autism spectrum who is also an editor, I consciously think about the edits I make for accurate, respectful portrayals of people with disabilities.

According to Smith, a lot of people struggle with disability terminology:
“People want to use the right word, but they’re not really sure what the right word is, and sometimes some very intriguing circumlocutions and euphemisms are employed in the service of trying to be respectful.
“I thought I’d write a very brief primer on some disability terminology in US English, to familiarise nondisabled readers with the language that has arisen as disability rights activists fight for the right to self identify, to resist ableist language, and to confront problematic framings of disability embedded in the way we talk about disability. The disability rights movement is much older than many people realise and from the start, people were tackling, confronting, and challenging language. Respectful language is already here; it’s been developed, refined, and used by people with disabilities for decades, it’s just disseminating to the general population very slowly.
“It’s important to remember here that self-identification trumps all—if you are talking to or about a particular person, please ask how that person identifies or would like to be referred to.”
In my post, I shared ways in which I self-identify, sometimes as “autistic” or “aspergian;” other times as a “woman on the autism spectrum” as I did above.

The situation I was reacting to with my blog did not involve people who self-identify; rather, it involved agencies that serve people with disabilities referring to them as “the disabled.” I thought these agencies, if anyone, would use the respectful language that Smith is talking about.

Here's what Smith says about using terms like “the disabled” or “the handicapped”:
“Pretty much, any ‘the [disability-as-a-collective-noun]‘ or ‘[person] is a [disability-as-noun]‘ framing is inadvisable. People are not their disabilities. Thus, ‘I worry about how this law will impact the d/Deaf community,’ not ‘I worry about how this law will impact the d/Deaf’ and ‘my cousin has bipolar disorder,’ not ‘my cousin is a bipolar.’”
It comes with this caveat:
“For some disabilities, some people may choose identify themselves with a disability-as-adjective framing, using disability as a facet of identity; ‘Ming is quadriplegic’ or ‘Francesca is autistic’ as opposed to ‘Ming has quadriplegia’ or ‘Francesca has autism.’ Not all people identify this way, and not all disabilities can be applied as adjectives in this way. It’s better, when possible, to mirror the language someone uses. If you know someone who identifies as ‘schizophrenic,’ for example, rather than as ‘a person with schizophrenia,’ you could say ‘my friend is schizophrenic.’ Err on the side of caution if you don’t know how someone self-identifies: ‘my friend has schizophrenia.’”
Smith also addresses the use of terms such as “wheelchair-bound/confined to a wheelchair,” “suffers from/is the victim of,” among what Smith terms the “worst hits” among terminology used by well-meaning people.

Read Smith’s complete post at My original post can be found at

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Nothing symbolizes the nastiness of American politics better than the constant calls for civility.

Every time some loudmouth goes off the rails — Rush Limbaugh insults a law student, Bill Maher describes Sarah Palin in terms we can’t reproduce here — heads shake and fingers wag amidst the strident demands for decency.

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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Still Waiting On TV Issues From Sprint Problems

Click here for the official word from NASCAR.com about the massive layoffs just announced by Sprint, the title sponsor of NASCAR's top series.

Sprint has deep ties to all three of the TV networks involved in broadcasting the series and the Chase for the Championship. Advertising, sponsorship and integrated marketing efforts are everywhere in the sport.

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Truck Series Reality Coming To TV Soon

The first of the three big races at Daytona will involve the newly-named Camping World Truck Series. The CWTS has consistently provided some of the most exciting racing and closest finishes in recent NASCAR history.

Whether it was on a race-by-race basis or for the season championship, this series did not disappoint. The secret weapon that brought fans to the trucks was the TLC given to the entire series by SPEED.

In a happier time and on a hilarious night, the CWTS TV gang posed for the picture above after producing the entire thirty minute pre-race show in costume to celebrate Halloween. Then, they delivered another sparkling TV broadcast.

Now, their world is about to change dramatically and no one can say what will happen as a result. Here are some words from a Monday column by SM Napier for The Bleacher Report:

So far twelve teams have confirmed they will be racing in 2009, of these nine are fully-sponsored. Three others still need sponsorship and one team is running a limited schedule. As of today, their are thirteen teams with open rides both full and part-time and four drivers with some form of sponsorship looking for teams.

Eighteen drivers are looking for a ride in 2009, with a few big names in the series still looking (including Mike Skinner). We've had about ten teams close after the 2008 season.

Napier's full column can be read by clicking here. Thanks to The Bleacher Report.

Over at Jayski.com, this page (click here) makes the reality hit home. Scrolling down to the team grid shows just how many teams are left and how many have closed.

Unfortunately, SPEED does not have any TV programming that is themed around the CWTS other than the pre-race show and the races themselves. Last season, TDP urged SPEED and ESPN2 to integrate truck series highlights and interviews into the live and recorded programming on Sundays.

This proved to be a tough challenge, because the CWTS drivers and owners were gone by the time RaceDay and the morning edition of NASCAR Now rolled around. Even SPEED's own This Week in NASCAR on Mondays rarely had an interview with the truck series race winner.

Lack of TV exposure for sponsors is an issue even at the Sprint Cup level and that series has many hours of national TV programming before and after each race.

Imagine how hard it is then for a sponsor to commit to the CWTS knowing the race itself is the only time their logo and team will be shown. There is no other regular TV exposure for this series and that is a key issue.

NASCAR.com's CWTS section is limited in scope. Clearly, the focus and effort by the Turner Interactive group that runs the site is on the Sprint Cup Series.

Over at SPEEDtv.com, the CWTS drivers and teams section sits blank while the news section offers four truck series stories before updating the Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge.

In his column, Napier called the Camping World Trucks the forgotten series of NASCAR. In the 2009 season there will once again be no TV programs (weekly or monthly) about the trucks. Hopefully, NASCAR.com's new online programming initiative may result in some regular updates and news where the CWTS is concerned.

As Darrell Waltrip said very correctly, every team that has a truck will try to make the race in Daytona because of the payday and exposure. Only once the series has made the turn and heads for California will the stark reality of what has been hidden from TV viewers so far this season emerge.

Just how many trucks will make the trip and what that will do to the racing on SPEED is something we will all experience together. Let us hope that Camping World and NASCAR will both help this series pull through what is going to be a very difficult season.

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Refactoring Leadership

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The Living Room Floor

Over the years, I have struggled to describe the frustration of building on top of systems full of technical debt to my non technical friends. I have never cared for drawing comparisons between building, say, a bridge and software. I'll give it a try for once with someone more personal than a bridge: your living room.

No one sets out to build an unusable living room. It just happens. We find ourselves with an inexperienced builder, or a builder who usually builds tree houses, or two builders who disagree with each other and we eventually find ourselves in a living room with problems. The floor looks as though it's designer was attempting to pay homage to Picasso and Pollack at the same time. Rather than floor joists on standard centers covered with OSB, there's a bizarre pattern of joists held up by columns in the basement and some areas are not covered with flooring at all: gaping holes straight to the basement.

Now the painters show up and they complain. They can't put the ladders just anywhere (since there are holes in the floor) but they lay down some boards and they get the living room painted. Next the carpet company shows up. After complaining to the general contractor (who tells them to find a solution, not complain) they grudgingly stretch carpet over the gaps in the flooring.

Here's where the real fun begins. Some children can walk across the floor no problem, but adults sink in and trip.

Occupancy is granted and the owners arrive. They try to place their couch and their nice modern LCD TV stand in the most natural places. Things fall over. The TV gets a crack in it. The builder, having detailed knowledge of how the floor looks underneath, shows them precisely where they can place the couch and the TV stand. Things are stable, as long as the owners stop changing the living room layout. It's really hard to never change the living room, though. When you have some friends over to watch The Sportsball Game, you have to sheepishly inform your guests that depending on where everyone sits and stands, the experience may be less than ideal.

Technical people will understand the frustration of the painters and the carpet layers. You show up hoping to do good work, and you just can not. There's no easy way to re-do the floor while also allowing people to use the living room either. You obviously can't go back in time and make the floor builders plot a new course.

My heart goes out to the poor owners. They had no say in how the floor was built. I suspect and I hope that no one would claim that efforts to fix the floor were inspired by the ego and the laziness of the carpet layer. Sure, the carpet layer does want to do good work, but it's the suckers who have to live in the house who really have it bad.

And yet I can't overstate the frequency with which I encounter this in businesses. The users are suffering. The business has a huge support team. Sometimes the support team has to help fix an obscure issue caused by the latest Windows 10 update, but more often they have to help perform rudimentary tasks for the users because the system just doesn't work. The business has to budget a painful amount of the development team to help support, creating a drag on forward progress. Releases are not predictable because it's really difficult to build on top of the mysterious living room floor. Releases are difficult to test and impossible to roll back. Engineers leave the team for green field projects. They'd like to do their best work and they hope to get in on new construction before someone decides to build the floor out of rope and glue.

With tangible and quantifiable evidence of the cost of difficult to maintain software all around, the business will often tell a developer something along the lines of "I'm not paying to rewrite that piece just so your life can be easier." Well, I'm sorry that's how you see it. My advice is to never re-arrange the living room again, but if you do it's going to cost you.

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    9/19/2016 8:23:41 PM | Reply

    You're missing an elephant in the room, man!

    Situations like that, painful though they feel to an unprepared poor soul, are a goldmine to shrewd and canny.

    'You're Jimmy right, this is your house? I'm Winston Wolf, I solve problems.'

    Bigger part of my career I bemoaned technical debt. Luckily a few years back I've had an epiphany — and now I relish it like a rare cheese. Sure, it smells. It stinks. That multi-faceted rich bouquet of misguided patterns, well-intentioned prejusices and schoolboy errors, truly intoxicating!

    Consider it a riddle, an intellectual exercise — a very well rewarded one too.

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    I can relate to the last paragraph a lot.

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Sunday, January 20, 2008

Fight on....

Infertility sucks. It just does. Even if you have faith and are upbeat and trust that someday you'll have a family...the denial of something you want is frustrating and sucks.

Our friends, T and N, found out on Friday that their second fresh IVF didn't work. So, they have two failed fresh IVFs and a failed FET. I know they are frustrated. She has great response. She produces lots of eggs. Their embryos have grown to 5 day blasts after both retrievals. They transferred two and froze 3 after the first retrieval. They transferred two awesome looking embryos this time around. I know it is difficult to question "Why? Why? Why?" and have all experts say "We don't know."

They are on a shared risk program and have two more fresh tries included in their package. They are waiting until June though because they are both teachers and have to miss work to go to their clinic (which is in another state).

There is a part of me that wants to ask 1000 questions about "are you doing this? did your doctor say this? what about another clinic closer to home? have y'all tested this?" etc. And although I want to ask all these things because I care about them I also know that they don't need 1000 questions. They just need support. They need acknowledgement that infertility sucks....that failed cycles suck. They need held hands and hugs are they question themselves about what is going on with their embryos and where to go from here.

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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Trixie's Treats begins this Friday night!

Happy Halloween!

Our Annual Halloween Party, Trixie's Treats, begins this Friday night!

Join us this Friday 6:00 till 9:00 in the barn.
Neil Gebel "no Cigars" will start playing at 6:00. Cindy's award winning Pumpkin muffins and cookies will be available for purchase. All Halloween and Fall items in the Barn are 25% off including our signature hand-made Folk Art designs. More vendors will be around selling their goods as well!

We are open Saturday and Sunday also, 11:00 till 5:00 (for those of you traveling from Chicago)

There are Pumpkins, gourds and mums galore... Mums are 3 for $20.00 (2 gallon pots). Home grown Potpourri is 25% off.

Libation and yummy treats will be served.

Mark your calendar for our HUGE Christmas Open House; Friday - Sunday November 19 - 21.
(Friday night 5:00 till 9:00, Sat and Sun 11:00 - 5:00)

Don't forget to visit the Burlington Farmer's MArket on Thursdays from 3:00 - 7:00.
Hope to see you soon!

Sunday, October 10, 2010

A Beautiful Weekend!

We are enjoying such a beautiful weekend on the farm. The shop has been really busy! Everyone is purchasing our wonderful Mums and Pumpkins! We're open today until 5pm, so take a little drive out to the country!
As you can see, our log home is making progress! I can't wait to set up my studio in there!!
We are also making preparations for a large artist gathering in Novemeber! I will fill you in soon!


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Voting: Challenge 27
Oh, geez, you guys, I'm so sorry! Easter happened, then work got crazy, and I'm now convinced the universe is working against me.

I'll post a new challenge on Friday (gives you a little extra time) and it'll end next Saturday. ^.^

-Vote for your favorite three, in order
-Numbers are on top of the icons
-Don't vote for yourself
-Voting ends Thursday, April 12 at 7 p.m.

Good luck!

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supc4iksupc4ik on April 10th, 2007 07:53 pm (UTC)
i can't see 11 and 12 icon:((
Lady Bubblegum: deanimpalaladybubblegum on April 10th, 2007 08:00 pm (UTC)
There are only ten. ^.^ The coding for the table was off.


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Dan is the Bram Stoker-nominated author of Plague of Darkness, Solomon’s Grave, and the critically-acclaimed Margaret's Ark. Writing as G. Daniel Gunn, he released Destroyer of Worlds and the novella (written with L.L.Soares) Nightmare in Greasepaint (Samhain Publishing),. His short stories have appeared in Cemetery Dance, Shroud Magazine, Apex Digest and many more. He and his family live in New England.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Review of MOON Now Online

Hi. My new review for Cinema Knife Fight is now online. This month, I review the science fiction movie MOON starring Sam Rockwell. Hope you enjoy it. And be sure to visit the Bram Stoker-Nominated CKF often, as they constantly add reviews and articles throughout the week. It's a very entertaining, and informative, site.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Solomon's Grave Now Available for the Kindle!

Great news! My Bram Stoker-Nominated novel SOLOMON'S GRAVE is now available for the Amazon Kindle, and it's wicked cheap - only $2.39! Click Here To Order Your Kindle Edition now! Please!

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

The Best Movie You (Might Not Have) Seen

So, at last, after hearing from so many people, "I can't believe you, of all people, haven't seen this movie," I finally watched DONNIE DARKO (2001). I got the movie for Christmas, and it's been sitting there, waiting for me to sit down and watch it. I kept thinking it was a slasher movie or something, and really didn't want to see a slasher movie, but because everyone kept saying I'd like it, including my son, I finally watched. It's not a slasher movie - chalk that up to really bad marketing years back when it came out. DONNIE DARKO is by far one of the best dark, strange, and brilliant films I've watched in a long, long time. And I don't use the word "brilliant" for movies lightly. Yes, yes, I'm pretty easy to please, but in this case - wow. Now, it might not be for everyone, it's a little surreal, definitely creepy, but the cast, especially (but not limited to) Jake Gyllenhaal as Donnie, is so strong, the writing and, hell, everything down to the music, so cool. Now, I strongly recommend getting the Director's Cut - it's 20 minutes longer but I can't imagine a minute of it being cut, and supposedly the special effects were ramped up - so if you end up missing the stunning visuals towards the end, then you're missing out. Won't get into the plot much, do enough of that with my Cinema Knife Fight reviews, but I will suggest that to understand it, read carefully the pages of the book he finds (you'll know what I mean when you watch it), even pause the DVD enough to do this. They might make no sense, but it'll get your head ready for the ending. Anyway, a 5 out of 5 stars in the Dan movie book, if you like slightly left-of-center films, which of course I do. :-)

Thursday, May 06, 2010

Seussical The Musical Comes to Town

Just got back from our elementary / middle school's latest musical production: Suessical The Musical: Jr!. Wow, what an amazing show, seriously. The singing and choreography was right on, everyone seemed to have a fantastic time. No Keohanes in this year's show, but we were in the audience, cheering on the kids from town. Great, job, everyone. Really, really fun show.

Jodi Blase

Jodi & I never met, though we grew up in the same town (I think... tells you how much we know each other, lol). In this age of internet, email, facebook, we make friends and aquaintences with people online, and it's not uncommon to go years, or a lifetime, never meeting in person. Sometimes, as in this case, you meet briefly because someone's curious how to setup a website and heard you've done it before, an opinion reference from a friend of a friend. Then you go on your respective ways. Just a side note, really. The point of this brief entry is simply to direct your attention to Jodi's blog. I enjoy it because it's ecclectic - you never know what she's going to talk about, but every time, it feels like I'm sitting at a kitchen table chatting with an old friend about - whatever. And, well, since this is my blog, I can talk about whatever I want, and today I'm talking about someone else's blog. Confused? Good. Check it out. It's interesting. Make sure to get a fresh cup of coffee ready, too.


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When you want to discover Edinburg and its environs, you do not have to worry about where you will be spending your nights. There are varieties of accommodations options such as the Caledonia, A Waldorf Astoria Edinburg, Edinburg Capital Hotel, Hotel Missioni Edinburg and the Beverley among many others.

The Caledonia, a Waldorf Astoria Edinburg

If you are looking for luxury accommodation and proximity to important places, The Caledonia, A Waldorf Astoria Edinburg is the hotel to stay in. located along the Princes Street, this 5-star hotel offers stunning views of the famous Edinburg Castle. In each of its luxurious bathrooms, there are fluffy bathrobes and designer toiletries while in each of the rooms there is large flat-screen TVs. You need to keep in touch with friends and catch the latest news that is why free Wi-Fi is guaranteed throughout the property. What contributes to it being one of the best hotels Edinburg is its unique Guerlain Spa. There is sauna, a swimming pool, steam room, Jacuzzi and a modern gym. It’s unique in the whole of the UK. There are two eateries and a leisure club. World-class experience is what you should expect.

Staying at the Beverley

To experience the peaceful Edinburg along a serene tree-lined avenue, checkout hotel deals Edinburg at the Beverley. This Victorian terraced house is a 4-star hotel that is family run and is strategically located. Visitors get free parking; daily maid service, luggage storage and free Wi-Fi. In each one of the rooms, there is a flat-screen TV, a DVD player, hairdryer, a desk, iPod dock and coffee/tea making facilities. Bed linen is also offered while the private bathroom has a heated towel rail and shower. The hotel is near attraction sites such as the Edinburgh Castle, the Murrayfield Rugby Stadium, the Edinburgh Zoo, the Calton Hill, the National Museum of Scotland and the Scottish National Gallery among others. Visitors easily access the airport, the city center, and mainline railway stations.

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Being on a budget does not mean that you should not enjoy luxury. When you need to book hotel Edinburg, consider Edinburg Capital Hotel where you get free parking, Wi-Fi, an indoor heated pool, a fitness center with an air-conditioned gym and an aerobics studio. The modern, bright decor in sleek rooms gives you Scottish warmth with unobstructed views of River Forth or Corstorphine. There is also a steam room, a sauna, the Westview Bar with a flat-screen TV and the restaurant with mouth-watering delicacies. The hotel is near attractions such as the Edinburg Zoo, Edinburg Castle, Royal Botanic Garden and the Murrayfield Stadium.

There are plenty of hotels in Edinburg, and it all depends on your budget or the experience that you are looking for. Best hotels offer free Wi-Fi, parking, great food, luxurious accommodation and the comfort that you need. They are also strategically located near important places such as hospitals, attractions, eateries, and bus stops.

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Thursday, December 23, 2010

Cardiff - A Winter wonderland

and some soothing music.

I dont know who made this video but many thanks to whoever did.

A Merry Christmas to you all.

  1. That was really beautiful - thanks.
    Merry Christmas to you and yours!

  2. Ah lovely. You have even more snow than we do. Merry Christmas.

  3. Wow, Dave, I am in awe of your talent...what a wonderful little video and what a great keepsake! just in case you don't get much more snow...weather is definitely odd this year. Would you believe we're above freezing and are expecting RAIN? That's never happened for Christmas...it's always Snow and cold.

    Thanks so much for the serene music along with the video! Merry Christmas to you and yours, Dave..

  4. Dave that was just delightful! You have set the mood for this evening as our family gets together at the cabin. Thank you and a very Merry Christmas to you and yours, my friend.

  5. All, just to clarify the Cardiff Winter wonderland was not made by me, some one sent it to me and I dont know who put it all together.

  6. How lovely, and created on my birthday!

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Movie Review: The Cabin in the Woods

The Cabin in the Woods *** ½
Directed by: Drew Goddard.
Written by: Joss Whedon & Drew Goddard.
Starring: Kristen Connolly (Dana), Chris Hemsworth (Curt), Anna Hutchison (Jules), Fran Kranz, (Marty), Jesse Williams (Holden), Richard Jenkins (Sitterson), Bradley Whitford (Hadley), Brian White (Truman), Amy Acker (Lin), Tim De Zarn (Mordecai), Tom Lenk (Ronald The Intern), Sigourney Weaver (The Director).

Spoiler Warning: I really do not see much of a point in writing a review of The Cabin in the Woods if I cannot talk about the twists and turns the movie takes, and how it plays brilliantly with the horror genre. As soon as I heard the advance buzz that The Cabin in the Woods was a) great and b) had completely unexpected twists and turns, I stopped reading anything about the movie, and actually would change the channel when the commercials came on TV, because I know ads often give away everything. So I recommend two things 1) You see the movie, and 2) You don’t read or listen to anything about the film, including this review. Consider yourself adequately warned.

For a movie called The Cabin in the Woods, it certainly has an opening scene nobody would expect. The film opens with two guys who like bureaucrats or accountants, Sitterson (Richard Jenkins) and Hadley (Bradley Whitford) doing a walk and talk through what looks exactly like you would imagine a secret government facility to look like. They are talking about a failure in the Swedish branch, but that Japan has just started – and those assholes always get the job done. But they believe that good old fashioned American know how can get the job done. What the hell are they talking about?

Its only after that scene that we get the opening scene we were expecting – a scantily clad, beautiful young college student named Dana (Kristen Connolly) packing for a weekend getaway, with her friend, the newly blonde Jules (Anna Hutchison), her hunky football player boyfriend Curt (Chris Hemsworth), their stoner buddy Marty (Fran Kranz) and the newcomer to the group, Holden (Jesse Williams), who may just be the answer for Dana being single. They are all heading for a cabin in the woods for the weekend, all packed into a big RV. Their first stop is one of those gas stations that only exist in horror movies, manned by a man named Mordecai, who gives them ominous warnings about where they are heading, of which, of course, the young people pay no heed. The head to that remote cabin, and we know that something is not right – and that those seemingly harmless bureaucrats have something to do with it.

The Cabin in the Woods is a horror movie that turns horror movies on its head – that really explains all the behavior you’ve ever seen in a horror movie before. You ever wonder why the kids always make such stupid mistakes, liking splitting up, and going off into the creepy woods to have sex. This movie explains that. You ever wonder why every remote cabin has a cellar full of creepy things, this movie explains that. And on and on. This movie sets up one horror movie cliché, only to knock it down again.

The Cabin in the Woods is a clever exercise in genre filmmaking, that wants to deconstruct the horror film genre, as well as be an example of one at the same time – and for the most part, it succeeds. The movie is smart, and at times an extremely funny take on the horror genre, that outdoes Scream because it sends up the horror genre, without constantly talking about the horror genre. It’s the old cinematic adage – show, don’t tell. And the amount of bloodshed, especially in the crazy finale, will keep genre fans happen. The only thing The Cabin in the Woods isn’t is scary. Because of all the playing with the genre the film does, it never really gets around to building the tension needed to be a truly scary film.
Still, it’s hard to imagine another horror film – especially an American one – being as good as The Cabin in the Woods was this year. Co-written and directed by Drew Goddard, The Cabin in the Woods is a wonderful, genre bending horror film. I cannot imagine many filmmakers would even attempt to pull this movie off, let alone succeed.

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Thursday, January 01, 2015

5 September 2014 Bluffton Nature Preserve

I don't get to see these very often. We were walking a site with a safety tour when someone spotted this by the loading dock.

My mission was to hunt caches in counties with less than ten finds. I targeted Bluffton University Nature Preserve since it had multiple caches and appeared to offer nice trail opportunities. The caching opportunities turned out to be less than stellar, but the trails were very nice and there was an outstanding suspension bridge at the fair end of the preserve.

This looks like a lot of fun for youngsters visiting the nature preserve.

They provide signs for the bridge!

The bridge was grand, and it had a big, hairy spider building a web.

On the drive home, I was treated to a rainbow. My picture's grainy, but rainbows are rare.

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Saturday, 16 April 2011

Slovenia highlights!!

Wildlife highlights to my trip to Slovenia and the Italian border included a Western Palearctic tick in the form of  two Rock Buntings on Stol. Other outstanding bird sightings included a very showy Black Woodpecker at Lago di Doberdo on the Italian border, good numbers of Hawfinches at a number of sites in Slovenia and Italy and nesting Crag Martins in Kobarid!!
Other wildlife seen included at least four different reptile species, two European Pond Terrapins, Black and White Proteus (the rarest Herps in Europe!), Western Whip Snake at Lago di Doberdo, Chamois on Stol and at least six species of Orchid seen on the trip.
The scenery of the country was breathtaking, and although I don't like heights at the best of times the Mangrt Road was truly amazing!!
On the historical and cultural front I was surprised to find out about the Italian front in the World War 1 around Kobarid and the Soca Valley and that half of million causalities occurred in this picturesque setting between 1915 and 1918!

I would like to thank Sean Cole for organising the trip and Tomas and Ericia for guiding us when looking for the Snakes and Reptiles in the Dragonja region.
Rock Buntings at Mt Stol, Slovenia.
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Monday, February 6, 2006

New Law Passed!

On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (S. 1932) by a vote of 216 to 214. The Senate has already passed the bill by a vote of 51 to 50, with the Vice President breaking the tie. The bill will now be sent to the President for signature.

This is a sad day for older Americans and individuals with disabilities facing long-term care crises. It is a sad day for many of our clients who will face confusing and unfair Medicaid eligibility rules. Transfers made after the date of the President’s signature (or New York State implementation) will be subject to the new law. Importantly, transfers made prior to this new law will not be effected and any advice we gave you on those transfers still holds true.

The new law extends the “look back period” to five (5) years for all transfers (to trusts or otherwise) and starts the Medicaid penalty period from the first day of the month after which you enter a nursing home and apply for Medicaid rather than the first day of the month after which you actually made a transfer. The biggest criticism of this new law is that when you apply for Medicaid, you will have no assets and no ability to pay for your care.

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