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Waka Flocka Flame is dishing the details about his upcoming electronic music album.

The rapper tells that the project is titled Turn Up God.  In making the album, he's teamed up with producer Diplo as well as electronic dance music acts Steve Aoki, The Zombie Kids, Borgore and Carnage.

While he's "just having fun" with the project, he says the music is "fire."  Waka Flocka is planning to release Turn Up God sometime this fall.

Following the release of Turn Up God, Waka Flocka will release his third solo album, Flockaveli 2

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Bobby Brown Drops A New Single –Tha Wire

He’s had one heck of a year so far.  Bobby Brown, started the first part of his year with loss of the love of his life, Whitney Houston.  It’s been rough, but he’s getting through it.

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Life is looking up for him in spite of Whitney’s tragic death, for starters he’s been on the road with a hugely successful tour with New Edition.  He and his longtime girlfriend are going forward with plans to tie the not on Fathers Day and now, he’s gearing up to drop a new album.  Speaking of which, here’s his new single “Don’t Let Me Die” dedicated to Whitney.

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For more details on his new album, what it’s called and win it drops, scroll down and listen to Tha Wire.  In other news, Love & Hip-Hop season 3 is getting ready to return to VH1.  Like the last two seasons, it’s going to be full of drama.  However, it wont include some of the same players nor will it be in the same place.

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Plus, 50 Cent is amping up his efforts to help the less fortunate.  Teaming up with the makers of his headphones, Fif is hoping to feed a lot of people.  By the way hear why Donner Summer died and who she leaves behind.  Get all the juicy details now.  Press play to hear Tha Wire now:

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I got some bad news for the fans of BET’s “The Game”.  It will never be the same!  Pooch Hall and Tia Mowry’s characters will not be back!!!!  All good things come to an end.

BET Networks has issued an official statement regarding Pooch Hall and Tia Mowry‘s future on ‘The Game” and this is what they said, “After five seasons on The Game, Pooch Hall and Tia Mowry will not return as regular cast members on season six on BET Networks. While we will miss the incredible adventures of Melanie and Derwin on The Game, we appreciate all of their hard work, the laughs and wish them both the best on their future endeavors. ”  So, it looks like this is pretty official.

As you can imagine, BET is gonna have to make a lot of changes, especially because those two are the main characters.  Speaking of which, BET is in the process of reworking the casting and storyline of the show.

That being said, it looks like season six will continue to feature the remaining cast Wendy Raquel Robinson, Coby Bell, Hosea Chanchez, Brandy Norwood and of course, Barry A. Floyd.

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Highlights: Real Madrid 2 : 0 Borussia Dortmund ( UEFA Champions League Semi final 2leg 30/04/2013 )

Benzema (83') 1-0
Ramos (88') 2-0

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RGB1215d ago

Great effort by Madrid, congrats to Dortmund.

wantedboys1215d ago

Thank you Madrid and Congrats to Dortmund

krazykombatant1215d ago

Imma rage here minus bubble me whatever ever you want im going to throw a fit.

Howard Webb you dirty piece of fuk@#$ sh1t. Utter b.s no penalty at the end. No hand ball?? BS.

5 minutes of added time pfffffft.

ManU fans got their revenge in the end in the form of howard webb.

Diego Lopezwas solid, whole match was great. But those last couple of minutes took a huge dump on the match.

/massive rage.

buddymagoo1215d ago (Edited 1215d ago )

He's just a crap ref. Always been overrated!! Although people say he is bias towards us, he's not, we have a high win rate with most refs because we win alot more than we lose or draw.

It's just more people are started to see that he is a poor ref in most games and not just ours.

I think he missed a lot for both sides. Especially Ramos elbowing Lewa about 15 times!!

krazykombatant1215d ago

The madrid team, just played physical football. If it had been an English team it would be fine.

Still, I thought the reffing was even till the second half.

Had to laugh at the ITV pundits, dortmund playing better in both legs HA!

vulcanproject1215d ago (Edited 1215d ago )

Dortmund deserved to win the tie over the two legs.

Madrid had their chances, Dortmund had some as well, and could have easily scored a couple tonight to boot. They WERE better averaging the 180 minutes. Lewandowski also was fouled a bazillion times without much punishment for Madrid.

Madrid had a fairer opportunity than Manchester United did. Madrid should have been out of this competition a couple months ago. They were never good enough to win it, not if you lose 4-1 in a semi final. You just can't do that at this level...

Bayern still to take it for me.

majiebeast1215d ago (Edited 1215d ago )

Be glad you didnt lose Ramos after his fightclub style of football some of the things he did were deep red with a ref that isnt Webb. So dont whine about wanting a penalty.

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Nes_Daze1215d ago

Congrats to Dortmund, and Madrid fought well.

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Saturday, 22 December 2012

An original thought of defence

It is Christmas yet once again. It is a festive season. I quite enjoy it and always have. I think it is fair to say that I used to enjoy it a lot more. But fret not, I shall take pleasure in being with my family and friends as much as I ever have. Perhaps it will be different this year though, perhaps we might finally reach that crescendo where we realise that lo and behold we already have so much junk in our tiny houses that we really do not need more of it courtesy of the consumer society that we live in. Would it not be nice if we could give away happiness and joy instead of iPods and jewellery. Naturally I realise that this is an inimical part of capitalism but to me at least it seems that we have so much stuff these days that we simply do not need more.

But I digress. My thoughts are on defence. The defence budget is shrinking and this is sad and bad - but does it really matter? The first duty of the state is to protect the people under its aegis. To protect their values and cherish their believes and way of life. A budget must reflect its people. Certainly the welfare budget does. But, maybe, just maybe, the budget is a true reflection of our country these days. The budget is decreased because there is less to defend and protect, not physical things, but abstract concepts like 'family' or 'afternoon tea'. As these concepts continue to crumble then can we really be so surprised that the MoD is reducing the budget, after all, what is there to protect anymore? Our right to binge drink, to not participate in democracy, to shun work?

James Higham said...

perhaps we might finally reach that crescendo where we realise that lo and behold we already have so much junk in our tiny houses

Post coming up on it myself. Yes, it's time to examine what we're doing.

Anonymous said...

I seem to remember that in the glorious days of Good Queen Bess, when the Spaniels sent their galleys out in force, to conquer the Good Queen's domaines, she looked around and found that she didn't have any navy to speak of. So every available shipcaptain was roped in and these good chaps, after a promise that money would change hands, set out merrily to meet the foe, with results we all know about. Then, practically the day after the armada disappeared into the North Sea, the good queen paid off her captains. In effect, sacked the lot of them, to save money.
So. What's new about history.(*)
(*) This is new. Nowadays things happen faster.
I hope one of your resident historians can set me right on the above.

Anonymous said...

Britain has always, historically, had small armed forces. We had a small standing army during our wars with the French following their (leftist) revolution in 1789. The Royal Navy was the shield of the nation during those days and was appropriately funded - unlike today.
We reacted to the outbreak of the first world war with a very small standing army, backed up by a well equipped and trained territorial army. Of course, we ramped up our response very quickly and in the end somewhat more than 5 million men served in the armed forces. However, we were able to do this because we had one of the worlds' largest industrial and financial bases and could enlist the might of British industry and their supporting financiers.
We are clearly not in this position now and, should a major conflict break out, which Britain has no choice but to join (e.g. the need to protect energy supplies), we will be finished.
You cannot create armed forces in the blink of an eye. I once watched a TV documentary where they took 20 young blokes and trained them to be basic infantrymen. It can be done in six weeks. So, assuming we have enough regular, reserve and territorial army experience to train lots of young people, we could, perhaps, train a reasonably effective army of, say, 500,000 in six to 9 weeks. However, can we properly arm and equip that many people?
Furthermore, we probably do not have enough tanks, armoured personnel carriers and transport aircraft and vessels to move them anywhere and for them to fight as a concentrated, effective and cohesive fighting force.
The RAF requires its personnel to undergo significantly more and extensive training because it operates equipment and systems that are more complex and require more practice and experience before users become effective. To some degree, of course, the army also has complicated systems and equipment and those soliders would require more time and effort. As far as I know, the RAF also do not have a ready reserve of aircraft and equipment tucked way anywhere (the government being rather too keen on scrapping or selling aircraft as soon as they go out of service). The navy is in a similar position and does not have a reserve of vessels which it could fill with personnel.
In essence, the UK is in the same position as we were pre-industrial revolution: we have limited industrial capacity and could not create a very large military response.
As a nation I believe we are presently doomed to fail and will have to suffer a serious and existential threat (probably internal) before we get our act together. That will probably happen in the next 50 to 100 years and it will be another half century or more before the nation is brought around and the people who are left return to common sense. Of course, that depends on what type of culture wins the coming civil war(s?) and what our society becomes in the next 100 years.
I am certainly not convinced that the world will get ever more peaceful. On current evidence (not Mainstream Media evidence, but real evidence) there are plenty of cultures and societies that are more than happy to use force and violence to get their way. It is an old technique and it works particularly well on soft, liberal societies who have, currently, lost the will to survive or to defend their way of life.
We are like Rome before the final decline of the western Roman empire (the Byzantine (eastern empire) continued until the overthrow of that empire in 1453 by our peaceful religious friends,the Muslims).
Cameron and the Tories are Cultural Marxists, but they do not know it because they have been indoctrinated within a system that enveloped them at University and in their formative political years. They are simply continuing to implement the programme instructions that the Soviets injected in to the west during the cold war.


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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

The #RichardsMunnEffect Spares No One

Hide yo kids. Hide yo wife. Hide yo fo'wuhds. Hide yo defensemen. The #RichardsMunnEffect is on the loose.  It has no friends. It does not care who is hurt in the process. And in the end, it leaves you feeling rejected. Rich, but rejected.

The Faces of The #RichardsMunnEffect... sure, they look all sweet and innocent... and rabbit like.PhotoCred
As word spread across the Twit-verse that Brad Richards and Olivia Munn (who is the SOLE reason for the Rangers’ early 7 game winning streak) had parted ways (ok, ok, she realized she liked him more as a 'friend'... likely story...), I heard faint cries of joy emanating from almost every female in the metro NY area.

There were also ‘well wishes’ sent Mr Richards’ way via Twitter in hopes that he could pull his game together and find the strength to go on.  “I’ll never let go… I’ll never let… go…” One can only hope that he is not sobbing on his $40,000 leather couch curled up in a fox fur trimmed pink snuggie consoling himself with a big bowl of baby carrots. Oh, Olivia’s naked PETA Anti-Fur ad comes out tomorrow. And now she’s single. The irony.

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Unleash The #RichardsMunnEffect.

Then, The #RichardsMunnEffect took hold of it’s first victim.  Brandon “Baby Face” “Dubi” Dubinsky.  Yes folks, it got Dubi. Dubi was no where to be seen at practice. Knowing he had gotten an owie in the last game, thanks to a generous shoving to the boards courtesy of the ‘Yotes’ Taylor Pyatt, I did what any rational human being could do. I came to the conclusion that he was out of practice due to The #RichardsMunnEffect.  Somewhere in Gotham, Dubi is sitting on a ledge contemplating how to end the vicious cycle of The #RichardsMunnEffect. Or how to improve his scoring. Either way, it could end ugly.

But The #RichardsMunnEffect did not stop there. No. It sent Erik Christensen and his bubbly personality packing for a 2 week conditioning stint with Puckey the Whale.  Not based on how the team was playing, or that there was great chemistry in the current lines, or that frankly, EC has yet to put together a solid effective game.  He was sent down solely because of the #RichardsMunnEffect.

The #RichardsMunnEffect is a cruel heartless bitch.

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Now that the Rangers’ good luck charm is gone, the Rangers will sink into a downward spiral to last place in the league. Thanks Olivia Munn, you must be the Rapture that everyone spoke about.

I’ve come to the well-caffeinated conclusion, that the only person who could stop the #RichardsMunnEffect is Sean Avery. Sean Avery, dubbed the Rangers Fashionista Negotiator, would not only talk Dubi off the ledge, but make sure he was dressed to the nines, just in case.  He does, however, request unlimited refills of Tropicana’s finest pulp-free orange juice.

In all seriousness, in case you couldn’t tell that was sarcasm above, The #RichardsMunnEffect is fake, and Olivia Munn is NOT the aforementioned Rapture.  One could hope that Richards has experienced rejection before (heck, he played for the Stars) and can bounce back quite quickly. I don’t think he’ll have any issues in the lady department. I highly doubt that his performance in the next few games will be horrid or atrocious.

Sleep safe tonight kids, knowing The #RichardsMunnEffect is fake and the rest of the Rangers are safe.

Or so I think.

I'd like to give a big 'thank you' to @jenconnic for the inspiration and absolutely hysterical twitter conversation.

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November 9, 2006

An Altmire/Hart Postmortem

From the ever insightful JD Prose:
G. Terry Madonna, the director of the Center for Politics and Public Affairs at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, cited four factors in Hart's defeat: Hart took the race for granted ("She got caught napping, thinking that there was no way should could lose."); a backlash from voters for her support of Santorum and Bush; conservative Democrats abandoned her after three elections and returned to their party's candidate; and, "She ran into a guy who ran a first-rate campaign."

That guy was Altmire and he was spending Wednesday taking congratulatory calls from Democratic leaders such as soon-to-be Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
Congratulations all around.

- Congressman-Elect from PA-4

Anonymous said...

I don't think Missy's prissy reaction to the doughnut incident helped her either.

Sam Drucker said...

When she realized she was in trouble and had to ramp up the campaign, her team didn't handle it well. They overestimated how much calling Altmire a "lobbyist" would mean to the public. When someone they perceive as a "politician" is using the word, it has no impact. That may have meant something if it had come from an outsider. Bringing in Laura Bush may have seemed like a strong move, but it just cemented her as a friend of the Administration, which was deadly in this election.

I loved it when she was pitching a hissy fit about missing Beaver County votes at 11:30, then conceding a half hour later. That kind of demonstrates how messed up her whole operation was.


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Monday, January 14, 2008

Free screening of 'Cloverfield' tomorrow

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Have you seen those wild commercials for that new J.J. Abrams' film, "Cloverfield," about a monster attacking Manhattan set against a stylish background? They're pretty intense, making this one of the most anticipated movies of the year.

Sooooo . . .

The guys over at Rockit Bar & Grill (22 W. Hubbard St., 312-645-6000) somehow got their hands on a shitload of tickets and they're giving them away tomorrow.

The special advance screening is by invitation ONLY on Tuesday, Jan. 15 at the AMC Theater (600 N. Michigan Ave.) at 8pm. Come to the restaurant between 5-7pm, and the tickets are available on a first come, first serve basis. Tickets can also be set aside for anyone making dinner reservations that evening. Also, complimentary trolley service to and from the theater will be available at Rockit 7:15–7:45pm.

Get on it!

Chicago-Scene mag's top picks for 2008

Chicago-Scene magazine polled some of the city's top tastemakers—including 312 Dining Diva!—and now the issue is out on the stands for the crème de la crème in dining, nightlife and so on.

Wanna know if your fave spots made it? Here are the winners for dining and nightlife. Enjoy!

Cocktail wants to get you bodied

(Photo: Bob Moysan)

First there was the show, and now there's a guilt-free margarita that won't knock you off your diet.

Nacional 27 (325 W. Huron St., 312-664-2727) manager/mixologist Adam Seger has created LookBetterNaked, a delicious cocktail made from all-natural ingredients, including Partida Reposado tequila, Sambazon organic acai, organic agave nectar, rosemary, egg white and fresh squeezed lime juice. Using Sambazon Pure Organic Acai Smoothie Pack and Partida Organic Agave Nectar fills the margarita with antioxidants, amino acids, dietary fiber, iron, calcium, cholesterol-reducing fructans and Vitamins A and C. The rosemary is rich in vitamin E, preventing cancer and skin damage. An egg white provides a lean source of protein, while the fresh lime juice prevents heart disease and gives an extra dose of Vitamin C.

So, bottoms up!

A first look at Takashi

Takashi's sauteéd Maine scallops (Photo: Tyllie Barbosa for Chicagoist)

What's up with Takashi (1952 N. Damen Ave., 773-772-6170), that hot new Japanese spot in Bucktown that everyone's talking about?! Chicagoist finds out with this first look, and they're lovin' it.

Local deejay not down with 'celebrity deejay' phenom

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Deejay Paul Blair (a.k.a. White Shadow) sounds off on how he really feels about so-called "celebrity deejays" infiltrating Chicago nightclubs in an interview with Chicago Magazine's Sarah Preston on her
Last Girl Standing blog.

Also, check out DJ White Shadow on Thursday, Jan. 17, when he spins his stylish grooves at Crunch Fitness (939 W. North Ave.) for the Ultimate Body Detox benefit. All the proceeds from the party go to Active Chicago, a non-profit organization started by former "Survivor" contestant Mookie Lee to provide at-risk kids an opportunity to stay fit. The party also includes spa treatments from Asha SalonSpa, delectable bites from Landmark, Blue Water Grill and America's Dog, new Crunch class demos, Nintendo Wii Boxing and more. 6-9pm. $20. RSVP at

Sip, swirl and socialize . . .

. . . tonight at Quartino Pizzeria and Wine Bar (626 N. State St., 312-698-5000), as the restaurant hosts its weekly tasting event. This January, on every Monday (Jan. 14, 21, 28), guests will enjoy vino from Tuscany’s Azienda Agricola Tiberini Vineyard.

Owned by brothers Luca and Fabio Tibrini, the Tuscan vineyard is working toward an organic production of wine that incorporates a minimal amount of pesticides and chemicals.

They're pouring the following selections to complement Quartino's recipe for classic Italian salumi:

Tiberini Rosso di Montelpulciano Podere Le Caggiole D.O.C. 2005
Pietroso Rosso di Montalcino D.O.C. 2004
Tiberini Vino di Montelpulciano Podere Le Caggiole D.O.C.G. 2003
Pietroso Brunello di Montalcino D.O.C.G. 2001
Geografico Vin Santo del Chianti D.O.C. 2001

Mondays 6-8pm; open-house style. $30 (includes a take-home bottle of one of the featured wines). Reservations are requested but not mandatory.

Deal of the day . . .

Niu's fresh raspberry mojito is $5 every Monday. (Photo: Niu)

New-ish Streeterville sushi spot Niu (332 E. Illinois St., 312-527-2888) is aiming to make a name for itself with an exotic "fusion" menu and a futuristic, clubby design. And while many of their sushi offerings are standard fare, there are some real standouts, too.

Start with the Crouching Tiger (lettuce wrapped with tempura shrimp and spicy tuna) or Hirame tapas (fresh flute, cilantro, kaiware, caviar, drizzled with sesame ponzu dressing), then order specialty rolls like the Aloha Albacore (crabmeat and spicy tuna topped with albacore, bonito flakes served with garlic ponzu and wasabi mayo sauce), Sexy Mexican (shrimp, spicy crab, jalapeño topped with avocado) or Energy (tempura eel, onions and cream cheese inside, topped with baked eel and avocado served with ponzu and eel sauce).

While the sushi and other entrees are at regular price on Monday, they're featuring $5 raspberry mojitos that would complement your meal nicely. And because Niu is right next door to AMC River East 21 (322 E. Illinois St., 847-765-7262), you can finally catch up on all those movies you want to see.


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Should you play it safe with location-based social networks?

[cross-posted from Teehan+Lax]

Last week Forrester released a report advising most marketers wait to use location-based social networks (LBSN) as only 4% of the US population is currently using platforms such as Foursquare (the current market leader), and that the networks skew heavily male. They advise that brands that target young males experiment with the services and other brands adopt a “wait and see” approach.

I couldn’t disagree more. Here are my 5 reasons why it’s smart to start experimenting now.

1. First Movers.

There’s something to be said for getting a head start on your competition in the digital space. Brands like Starbucks, Dell, Pepsi, and Nike have all taken advantage of the emerging channels and reaped the rewards of building a strong early foundation with consumers.

While you should not rush into a new tool without understanding your strategic goals and how it integrates with your business objectives, experimenting with emerging technologies that are opt-in and potentially have a direct customer impact is smart.

When Facebook opened their gates to the general population in 2006 they had a small user base of university students. Four years later they are a behemoth. Twitter adoption rates have been increasing exponentially year over year since their launch in 2007 and the tool is now considered a “must use” for social business. Considering Foursquare launched about a year ago, can we expect to see the same type of growth curve as the early adopters begin to influence the early majority? (see “Crossing the Chasm” adoption curve)

2. Google. Facebook. Oh My.

Location-based services are not limited to the current apps we have been hearing about. Facebook has expressed they will add a location-based offering soon, Twitter has added “Tweet with your location” to their service, and the biggest news is that Google is adding a Places API to their eco-system, as well as adding LB data extensions to their mobile advertising product.

LBSN will become mainstream sooner rather than later, and it will be the big players, not the niche networks that will drive the adoption. Testing and learning now, before it becomes ubiquitous should be something on every marketers radar.

3. Data and utility.

There is an enormous amount of insightful and actionable data that can be gleaned about your customers and prospects from mobile & LBSNs. Eventually this data could be used to inform inventory control, staffing levels, consumer tastes and trends, etc. The data can also be used in loyalty programs, to identify influencers, test new products, and as real-time service focus groups.

Companies already testing the waters include:

Nike with True City; Starbucks with their Foursquare offers; The Pepsi mobile branded app; and the City of Chicago with their Tourism campaign.

4. Sales, Coupons, Offers, and more.

Part of the Forrester analysis identified that mobile couponing is widely successful with the users currently using the services, which is interesting as the base is primarily young males, not the average coupon-consuming demographic. Gone are the days of clipping coupons in the Sunday paper, now you can serve relevant offers and drive foot traffic and purchase directly to a mobile device. These offers are opt-in, and contextually relevant, not SMS spam. Testing offers, tips, and messaging via mobile should be on every retailers plan for the next year.

Of course one size doesn’t fit all and ensuring that your product or service fits within the make-up of the demographic, depending on service (existing or branded), is a must.

5. Mobile usage.

Of course mobile, and specifically smartphone, usage is soaring year over year. Ignoring mobile at this point is like ignoring the Internet in 2002 because broadband wasn’t prevalent yet.

Bottom line for marketers:

Experiment. See what fits, what your customers are looking for, and where you can add value. Don’t wait until it becomes mainstream, because that will be sooner than you think and you’ll be playing catch-up.

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  1. Those that are leaders are alone. Being First allows you to stake out your territory, try new ideas, find the market niche that works instead of trying to gain a slice or sliver of the market share.

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Possums And Tree Damage: Advice For Homeowners

For some people, the possum is a much-loved Australian animal, but these small mammals can cause problems for gardeners and tree lovers. Possums enjoy living in Australian suburbs and will make their homes in many places, including trees and shrubs, but they can also cause extensive damage. If you have a problem with possums in your garden, learn what you can do about the problem.

About Australian possums

Australian homeowners will normally see one of two possum species, the brushtail possum and the common ringtail possum. In most places, the law protects possums, and homeowners have limited options to deal with an infestation. Some states allow people to hire licensed wildlife controllers to deal with brushtail possums, but it’s illegal to move the animals further than 50 metres away from the capture site.

Possums will eat leaves, flowers and fruits from a wide range of trees and shrubs. Most possum activity is normally harmless, but if you have a lot of possums in your trees, they can over-graze and cause long-term damage. Sometimes the creatures will nest in trees, and they may also use trees to gain access to your home or other buildings.

Protecting trees from possums

Many homeowners use possum guards or bands around the trunks of trees to stop the creatures climbing. Tree bands need to be at least 60cm wide to effectively stop the animals getting up the tree. You can buy these devices in metal or clear polycarbonate. Cats and dogs commonly attack and injure possums, so you should place the guard above the first fork of the tree to give the animal refuge.

Effective pruning and lopping can also stop possums causing trouble. Cut back the crown of any trees near your home or other buildings, and aim for clearance of at least 2 metres between the tree and any surrounding structures. Remember that young possums can leap up to 2.5 metres horizontally or downwards, so you may need some fairly severe pruning to protect your house.

Repelling possums

Possums can also damage ornamental plants and fruits in your garden. A floppy fence around your garden can stop the animals getting in. Install a galvanised chicken wire fence that’s 80 centimetres wide and buried 20 centimetres in the ground. Bend the top of the wire to curve the upper section outwards, as this will stop the possum climbing over the fence.

Chemical repellents are not generally effective against possums, and you should only consider trapping possums if the creatures cause serious damage to your property. Only a licensed trapping company can offer this service, which possums find highly stressful. Generally speaking, you should look for more humane ways to stop the animals gaining access to your property.

You may want to consider installing a nest box. If one territorial possum adopts the nest box, it will keep other animals away from your garden, and is more likely to leave your trees alone. Install the box upright, at least three metres off the ground, and avoid treated timber, paint and smelly glue.

Possums can damage your trees and shrubs, but Australian homeowners must take careful action to control populations. Contact an arborist, like Southern Highlands Tree Services, for more advice about keeping possums away from your trees.

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Benefits Of Installing An Outdoor Awning This Summer

As summer rapidly approaches, it’s time to start thinking about how you plan to keep your home cool and how to survive the summer months in relative comfort. While air conditioning is a modern convenience many of us lean on throughout the hotter weather, minimising the need to use it is a financially savvy and environmentally friendly option.

Installing an awning on the exterior of your windows is a highly effective method of passive heat reduction. Here are some of the top reasons why you should have awnings installed before summer hits this year.

Heat Reduction

If you have large windows facing east or west in your main living areas, you might have the privilege of watching beautiful sunrises and sunsets; however, you will also be victim to increased heat entering your home. If your windows receive considerable sun in the morning or afternoon, heavy, rubber-backed curtains or double glazing can only do so much to keep the heat at bay during an Australian heat wave.

Installing an outside awning can reflect the suns rays to drastically reduce the heat that enters through your window panes by up to 80%. Harmful UV rays are also stopped by an awning, keeping you cool and skin safe.

A cooler room means less air conditioning, equating to an energy bill reduction during the summer months. When the hot weather passes and you want the heat to come in, awnings on a roller system can easily be retracted to provide your living areas with full sun for maximum heating effects.

Increase Visual Appeal

Installing attractive awnings that are historically appropriate for your home design are not only functional. They add to the character and style of your home. Think of an awning like the eyebrow that your window is missing! There is a huge range of colours, designs and awning styles to suit your tastes and budget, so speak to a local authorised awning dealer, like Quin’s Canvas Goods Pty Ltd, for a catalogue today.

Shade Your Outdoor Living Space

So many Australians have beautiful decks and patios that just don’t get used regularly during the summer months because the heat and UV rays make the idea of a relaxing outdoor meal or beverage an unappealing prospect. A retractable awning installed over your patio area gives you back that outdoor living area for entertaining and enjoying precious family time. The size, shape and colour of your awning can be tailored to suit your outdoor space, offering  your guests not only a shady place to rest, but also an area where your outdoor furniture will also be protected from the elements. Automatic retractable awnings make entertaining a breeze. With the click of a button, you have an instant shady outdoor entertaining area, without the need for awkward, heavy umbrellas or an expensive permanent roof.

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3 Tips To Prepare Homes For Professional Carpet Cleaning

While your carpeting is perhaps the most attractive element of your home, every so often a needless stain can cause it to look unsightly. Some stains can be removed easily, but when a stubborn carpet stain wreaks irreparable havoc, you may need to call in the professionals. You can undertake some preparatory measures in advance to make the most of using professional carpet cleaning services – after all, when you pay a minimum fee of $25 for a standard room, you want to make sure that you get the most bang for your buck. Here are 3 tips to properly prepare your home for professional carpet cleaning services.

Remove Furniture From The Way

Remember that carpet cleaning professionals are there to do the job of cleaning your carpets. They are not paid to move furniture from one room to the other. You might want to note that some cleaners may charge extra for moving furniture – so it’s best to get this out of the way on your own. The responsibility lies with you to prepare an accessible environment for them to freely move around in their cleaning efforts. Coffee tables, floor lamps, sofas and chairs are difficult to clean around and can get damaged in the cleaning process. With furniture moved out of the room, you are bound to get a more comprehensive cleaning result. Keep all your furniture away until your carpets are fully dry.

Protect Walls From Damage

Professional carpet cleaning services require long and heavy cords and hoses for cleaning. As the professionals pull the cords and hoses through your home, you may notice friction at the bases and corners of your walls – this can cause ugly black marks to appear on your walls when the hose rubs against the corners. To prevent this, you can apply a high-quality painter’s tape to areas where the hoses are likely to rub against the walls, like stairway bases and wall corners. Painter’s tape will not leave marks or damage your wall when you apply it and it’s easy to remove when you don’t need it anymore. This is especially useful for light coloured walls that get stained easily.

Thorough Carpet Vacuum

Some carpet cleaners charge by the hour, while others charge per room, depending on the size and extent of the cleaning job at hand. Stubborn stains will naturally need a more rigorous cleaning process and will be more expensive than a standard cleaning job. To cut some costs, you may want to do a thorough vacuum clean before the cleaner arrives – this way you can remove the top layer of debris and let the professionals focus solely on the deep cleaning process. By lessening their workload ever so slightly, you can save a few dollars.

These tips will help you better prepare to get the most out of investing in professional carpet cleaning services. For more information, contact a carpet cleaning service, such as ChemDry South East.

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Thinking Of Installing Shade Sails? Two Ways They Help Make the Most Of Your Outdoor Space

You may have seen these pieces of colourful material strung up in various outdoor spaces. Now you’re thinking of installing one or two to accent your backyard. Here are two innovative ideas for using these shades to make the most of your yard space.

Shade Sails Defined

Shade sails are similar to awnings, but instead of being attached to a wall or fence on one end, they have several anchor points. These could be fittings attached to structures or specially installed poles. If you are installing a shade sail over your patio, you might be able to anchor it to your house wall or fence, with or without an additional pole.

The number of attachments depends on the size and shape of the sail. For example, a triangular shade sale would usually have three, one at each point. A square or rectangular shade sale usually has four. Shade sales also come in off-beat geometric shapes, so you may end up with five or more anchors. The shade sail cloth is available in woven or knitted fabric. The latter is favoured because it is resistant to unravelling and lasts longer.

Installation is best done by a professional, unless you are an experienced do-it-yourself type. Most shade sails have a quick release system which makes them easy to take down and put back up. It’s just the installation of the anchors and/or pole system that is complicated.

Creative Ideas for Your Personal Space

Pool and/or Patio Shades

Add a new look to your pool and/or patio area by using layered shades. Combine different colours and shapes to create an abstract-like shade area. If you have a large pool and accompanying deck, you can opt to put the shade sails over part of the area, leaving the rest open for sun worshipers. By placing the shades at different angles, it’s possible to insure you have a shady spot to relax in no matter what the time of day. String some miniature fairy lights from shade to shade and you have a colourful spot for entertaining after dark.

Make Use of Wasted Outdoor Space

Sometimes the layout of a home on a lot creates small outdoor spaces that go unused. One example is the space between your house and the perimeter fence. It may only be a few feet wide, but if you put a shade sail over it and add a comfortable lounge chair you can make this your personal relaxation spot.

Another area that sometimes is overlooked is the space between your home and that detached garage. You may even have enough room to put in a small patio and some comfortable chairs. In this case the anchor points should be fairly simple to install because you already have two solid structures in place. The shade, or shades, would be placed between them.

Whether you decide to put the shades in yourself or call in a specialist, such as Shades of Blue Shade Sails, you’ll end up with a colourful and practical addition to your outdoor space.

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Best Materials for Garden Paths

A garden path can be anything ranging from a gravel track, to a series of ornate stepping stones or a mulch strewn avenue. Each different type of garden path has its own unique charm and its own set of benefits and drawbacks. Here’s what you need to know about setting up some of the most common garden path varieties.

Gravel paths come in several basic forms: crushed stone, crushed shells and smooth pebbles. Crushed stone is best if you plan to use the path in a way that might result in the gravel being easily disturbed or thrown up (i.e., by frequently running wheelbarrows or equipment along the track). This is because, unlike smooth pebbles, crushed stone locks together due to the jagged edges of its fragments.

Gravel of any type is sold according to the size of its fragments. For standard garden paths “the finer the gravel the better” is a good maxim to stick by (finer gravel is simply more likely to be comfortable underfoot) although larger gravel might be preferable if your path acts primarily as a decorative feature; i.e., on the bank of a pond.

When ordering gravel, it is important to first take measurements of the length and width of the path you plan to create. Contact a retailer, and give them these numbers, and they will be able to advise you on how much gravel you need in order to complete the job. (Unless your path is going to be particularly small, it’s always a better idea to order the gravel to be delivered to your home, rather than to try and collect it from the retailer.) Commonly you’ll be aiming for a gravel path around 7 centimetres deep, 1 metre wide.

Bear in mind that the primary downside of gravel, of any type, is that it will become slightly displaced over time (and you will likely end up bringing some of it into the house with you by accident).

Mulch is a more “natural” and hassle-free option than gravel, which achieves largely the same end result. “Mulch” is a word used to describe bits of bark, wood-chips or similar organic material. It can be used to create beautiful paths that evoke a powerful “rustic” feel and blend in seamlessly with the surroundings of your garden without distracting from the natural atmosphere (as gravel can sometimes do).

Other benefits to using mulch for your garden path include the fact that it is cheaper than gravel and also softer underfoot.

A mulch path, like a gravel path, will generally be around 7 centimetres deep, 1 metre wide. Material can be ordered based on length and width measurements.

The key downsides to using mulch for a garden path are that it will decompose over time (typically you will need to “refresh” your mulch path with new material every 2-5 years), and also that any excess moisture will saturate the path, making it soggy.

Stepping Stones

Stepping stones are timeless and beautiful, summoning up images of paths leading down to enchanted ponds in palace gardens. What’s more, they are by far the easiest option available for creating a garden path.

Stepping stones are large and heavy, yet this is almost never a setback as you will not need many of them to complete a path. They do not have to be perfectly aligned, they do not have to be perfectly level with one-another, they simply need to sink into the ground within stepping distance of each other.

As with the other path options, you may benefit from measuring the length of your proposed path and getting in touch with a retailer in order to hear their suggestion for how many stones you will need and in order to arrange for delivery. If your path is not going to be too long, however, you can easily just take a drive down to the nearest garden centre and collect the stones yourself. You might even be able to find suitable stones elsewhere in your garden, depending on your local environment.

Installing a stepping stone is simple: place the stone on the ground where you want it to be, dig an outline around it with a spade, remove the stone, dig out the outlined area to a depth equal to the height of the stepping stone, and then replace it in the indentation.

Downsides to stepping stones include the fact that they are liable to become slippery in wet weather, and do not provide an ideal track for dragging gardening equipment (i.e., a wheelbarrow or lawnmower) along. As you get going, a professional, like Kent Excavations, can help you as you work.

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How can asthmatics improve air quality in their homes?

For asthmatics, improving the air quality inside the home is necessary for improving quality of life. Asthma is caused by certain allergens that are carried in the air and cause reactions in people who suffer from asthma. These allergens will often settle on surfaces in the home and so it is imperative that asthma sufferers are aware of measures they can take to improve the air quality in their home in order to keep asthma attacks at bay. If you suffer from asthma, you should consider these measures:

Switch your air conditioning on.  Two things that can bring on asthma attacks are dust mites and mould. Dust mites and mould thrive in humid environments, and using air conditioning systems to reduce the humidity of an indoor space can be extremely effective for improving air quality for asthmatics. Pollen can also be the enemy of asthma sufferers, and by keeping windows closed and cooling your home with an air conditioner, you can effectively keep outdoor pollen at bay. In order to make sure that your air conditioning unit, like from West Air Conditioning, is keeping your air clean as well as cool, you will need to regularly clean the coils and filters of the unit.

Vacuum at least twice a week. Efficient vacuum cleaners will suck those nasty dust mites from any surface, and it’s a good idea to vacuum your house at least twice a week if you are asthmatic. You should pay particular attention to soft furnishings and carpets as this is where dust mites and other allergens love to settle. You should ensure, however, that you are using a certified asthma-friendly vacuum. Some of the cheaper models in the marketplace can actually pump dust mites back into the air. They might make your surfaces look clean, but the air in your home will still be polluted with allergens.

Cover your pillows and mattresses. Many asthma sufferers who make great efforts to remove carpeting and soft furnishings from their house can still find themselves becoming short of breath in the night. More often than not, this is because dust mites are living within soft mattresses and pillows. To prevent this from happening, it’s a very good idea to cover your pillows and mattresses with plastic or specialist allergen impermeable covers.

Follow these tips and your home environment will no longer be a hotbed for allergens but a comfortable space with greatly improved air quality.

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Home Fire Safety Tips

Fire is one of those primeval forces which everyone would be wise to fear and respect. When kept under control it can be used for all manner of constructive purposes, but when it rages out of control, the result is all too often death and mass destruction.

In the event of any large-scale fire it’s futile (not to mention incredibly dangerous) to attempt to do anything other than call the fire department, step back, and let them take care of the job. But how do you try to prevent a house fire or tackle it in its early stages?

Here are some straightforward tips for home safety against fires:

Take Preventative Precautions

The best way to deal with any crisis is to prevent it from happening in the first place. Be constantly aware of your surroundings in the home, and make sure that don’t leave candles burning unattended, leave the stove on accidentally, or discard cigarette butts anywhere where they might catch alight. Familiarise yourself with the leading fire prevention tips.

If the worst comes to worst and you do find yourself facing down a fire in your own home, your odds of being able to win increase dramatically if you’ve laid out a strategy beforehand. Having a fire-extinguisher and fire-blanket, like from Fire Protection Services Pty Ltd, should be among the bare minimum of your emergency toolbox. Both items can be stored away out of sight during the course of day-to-day life, and both will mean the difference between being able to stop a developing blaze in its tracks or not.

Be Aware of the Risk Factors

The top dangers during a house fire are often not the ones you would expect. If the fire is big enough that you have to worry about the flames reaching you, then you should be much more worried about the ‘hidden danger’ of smoke inhalation. Smoke inhalation is the number one cause of deaths from fires, and many victims don’t see it coming.

Any house fire includes a number of unknown factors being released into the air as appliances and belongings combust. All smoke is different, depending on what is burned. Toxic and poisonous compounds of different types are likely to be released into the air during the blaze, and these can poison you outright. Another less commonly spotted danger is the risk of asphyxiation due to lack of oxygen, as a roaring inferno might consume all (or at least the majority) of the oxygen in its immediate vicinity.

Know about the hidden risks and factor that knowledge into your decision to act or run.

 If Unable to Control the Fire, Retreat

Different types of fire (electrical, gas, etc.) will respond differently to different firefighting techniques. This is why a variety of fire-extinguisher types exist, ranging from CO2, to foam, to water. If you find that your chosen firefighting method isn’t working at reducing the size of the fire, or containing it’s spread, you must evacuate the vicinity immediately. This is where your home fire escape plan should come into play. If you find yourself being overwhelmed by smoke, breathing through a damp t-shirt, cloth, or towel, and lowering to the ground will enable you to avoid being overwhelmed. If the fire is advancing towards you and threatening to engulf the whole house before you can get away, close the doors behind you as you escape (and ideally block the gaps beneath with towels or clothes as you go) this will help slow the spread of the fire and hold back the full force of the smoke.

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Yosemite Pines RV Park and Campground offers plenty of comforts to make your Yosemite vacation enjoyable and also convenient. Our combination of a great location and resort amenities makes us a popular stop for Yosemite travelers year after year.

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Our theme for 2016 has been chosen!! To help honor the United States Forest Service and all the trees lost recently  we picked:

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We are updating the categories for this year - here they are so far - check back soon for the final list! Head over to the application page to get your app and send it in!
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Andromeda: The U-Bend of Happiness -- For Writers?

With time to kill at various airport newstands this week, my eye was drawn to the current Economist lead story about what they've tagged "the U-bend of happiness" -- the fact, noticed by economists only since the 1990s, that happiness drops around middle age and then picks up as people age. The idea of a mid-life crisis is conventional, but not the second half of this concept, which is that post-middle age, people get much happier again, and are in some ways more content at 70 than they were in the bloom of youth.

Since I'm turning the big 4-0 next week, I admittedly studied this article and its graphs with an even keener eye, looking for that low spot on the graph (age 46 globally, more like 50 to 53 for Americans) where statistically, happiness reaches its nadir and then prepares to rise again.

Why should older people be happier? Not necessarily -- as I would have imagined -- just because they're past typical mid-life challenges like raising cranky teenagers or dealing with particularly demanding jobs or the lack of a job, for example. Even when researchers controlled for things like unemployment and children, the U-bend was noted. It seems to have just as much to do with internal as external circumstances. In other words, the happiness of age seems to be a state of mind: a deepening appreciation of the present moment (perhaps), or declining ambition and increasing acceptance of life as it is (perhaps again). The article quotes William James, the psychologist and brother of author Henry James, as saying, "“How pleasant is the day when we give up striving to be young—or slender.”

Is the day also more pleasant when we give up being extraordinarily famous, renowned, or well-compensated writers?

Back home now and still thinking about faculty I met at my Antioch MFA residency as well as authors I've met throughout this year, I can't help applying the U-bend to the writing life, wondering if there is something to be said for a mild decline of ambition -- at least the commercial kind -- and a reckoning with the fact that most of us will remain obscure. What a relief it is, frankly, to understand how the publishing world works and that it is not designed to provide us with either long-lasting riches or any kind of security. Liberated from that misconception, we can reapply ourselves to what matters: the writing itself.

At Antioch, there are instructors whose books have sold a half-million copies teaching alongside instructors whose books have sold (I'm guessing here) in the low-thousands or even hundreds. There are instructors and visiting guests with immediate name recognition and ones without. There are people who sold a book very recently and ones who have been unpublished and out of print for quite some time. And yet, we all talk about what books we're reading now, what craft issue we're puzzling over, or what ideas in general are obsessing us lately; we all talk feverishly about literature and the writing life, leaving aside (usually) those burning questions about royalties and copies sold, which are bound to make anyone anxious.

I'm referring to Antioch because that's where I spent the last week and had access to hundreds of writers in a small space, sharing thoughts and exhibiting their joy or their neuroses. But apply this to any other group of writers you know, or all the writers in Alaska, and the thought -- or the question -- remains the same.

Have more (certainly not all) writers in their 50s, 60s, and 70s and older made peace with their labors and where they stand in the world? Are they free at last from the unrealistic aspirations and at least some of the personal agonies? Are you?

I apply this also to authors who seem successful by any standard. My favorite literary example is Philip Roth, who has been publishing for 51 years and recently celebrated his 31st book publication. Roth seemed to go through an exceptionally rocky middle age, and was written off by many of his peers, who did not shrink from writing scathing reviews of his books. But something happened in the last fifteen years or so, resulting in a second wave of productivity -- a new novel nearly every year -- and acclaim, including a 1997 Pulitzer for American Pastoral. The day Roth wins the Nobel, and I'm sure he will, I plan to raise my glass, not only to the man and his many works (my favorites include The Ghost Writer and The Plot Against America) but to what he represents: enduring success of the more meaningful kind, and hopefully some measure of happiness, on the right side of that U-bend.

Pauline said...

Coming from an anthropolical background, I always imagined the so called "U-Bend" as an evolutionary phenomena. Given that, for the majority of our time on the planet, it was only the rare human that lived past 50 or even 40, I figured that the dread of death as imminent gave way to a certain self-satisfied happiness when one lived on to 60, 70 or even 80.

I wonder if there is a similar evolution in the arts in general: as others exit the artistic highway to pursue something other than art, does the artist who sticks to their craft feel that same self-satisfied happiness?

Or maybe I'm being too scientific. Or cynical. Something else to ponder; thanks for a great post, Andromeda.

Sandy Kleven said...

Writing now, during a lull at work, but wanting to address this large topic in spite of possible interruption. I have given this a lot of thought, prior, in part because I am so unexpectedly happy - two decades older than Andromeda. I was most unhappy from 24 - 26 or so; part of that time desperately so. The mid decades of 30 and 40 were good, in part, because I somehow knew that I could never feel "that bad" again. I got my first college degree, late at 29, but one of my thoughts was that this could never be taken from me. It began in part to be the things I had done that built my foundation of happiness. Eventually, it was the fact that I had raised wonderful kids, that I'd been married a zillion years. Eventually, though in no way famous, I was getting a lot of writing into print. My ambition has not thinned. While my son thinks me and my husband ought to live in the apartment he will custom build above his garage, I imagine a future home, even larger and finer than the one I have. I want a house with a library and a studio. My literary ambitions follow the same trend. I am not urgently seeking some goal... I am just trying to get my work into print. Some of it was written when I was younger and I have identified an important fidelity to the work. Sure I'll revise and improve some of this past work... I will also write new material and continue to explore but even with all of this undone, I feel as if I have arrived. I have a high degree of self-respect. That makes me happy.


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DodgeballEB FAQ

What do you like to do?

How much does it cost and what does my money go towards?

$55.00 a person. The money goes towards many things - T-shirts, gym/field rentals, insurance, equipment, referees/umps, occasionally some booze at the bar, taxes, etc. The list goes on.

How do I register?

Click "sign up" on the top corner of the page. It will take you to a form, simply fill it out.

How do I sign up a team?

Once you have registered, simply log into the site, from there you will see some links. Click "Create a Team/Group". This will take you to a form. Fill it out. Make note of your team name and the password you create for the team (this info will also come to you in a confirm email). You will need to give this info to pass onto your friends so they can sign up for your team.

How many people do I need for a team?

Teams are usually around 12-14 people. You put 8 people on the court for the start of each game (at least 3 girls). Games go until everyone on the team gets out or 5 minutes is up and you play as many games as possible in the hour allotted. At the start of each game you can make substitutions. I definitely think every team is going to want to have a lot of subs on their team for a few reasons. For one, there's no way everyone will be able to come every week. People have busy schedules. Secondly, playing Dodgeball for an hour will no doubt be exhausting and I bet people will want to get a break. Lastly, each team will hopefully have a few extra people there each week to help with retrieving stray balls when they are sitting out games. Balls are going to fly off the court, there's no way around that.

What if I don't think I can fill a whole team?

Sign a team up anyway. I don't care if you end up with a team of 2 people. I'll just combine your team with another one and you'll instantly have a bunch of new friends.

How do I join my friend's team?

Find out the team name and password. Once you've registered on the site, just simply login and then three links will appear. Click on "Join a Team/Group". On the next page select the team you are signing up for. On the page after that put in the password. At that point you will officially be registered for the team.

Can I sign up as an individual?

Yep, once you've registered, log into the site. Three links will appear, click on "Sign up as an individual". That will take you to a page where you just click a button and you will be signed up. Once registration is closed down I'll put you onto a team that could use an extra person.

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When are the games played?

Games will be Wednesday nights starting July 10th at either 7, 8, or 9.

Are their playoffs?

There will be playoffs the last week of the season. Every team makes it and there will be a March Madness style bracket.

What happens after the games?

Everyone heads to the bar. Teams match up with each other and play flip cup, or just hang out and eat and drink. Whatever you feel like. I'll organize a Flip Cup Tournament in the middle of the season that people usually get pumped for.

Do we referee/ump ourselves?

No, referees/umps, will be provided for every game.

What are the rules?

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LSU Takes Series Opener, 6-2

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Arkansas may have had the best team ERA in the SEC entering Friday’s series opener with LSU but Aaron Nola looking like one of the league’s best pitchers.

The Tigers starter struck out 10 and allowed just four hits in a complete game effort as LSU posted a 6-2 win at Baum Stadium.

The Razorbacks (24-11, 8-5) continued to struggle in the field as they committed four more errors, running their total to 15 in the last four games. LSU has committed just two errors in 13 SEC games.

The two enterted the fifth inning scoreless but Sean McMullen gave LSU the lead with a three-run home run. The Tigers tacked on two more runs in the sixth thanks to an Arkansas error and a hit batter.

Eric Fisher provided the offense for Arkansas as he hit a two-run home run in the seventh, closing the gap to 5-2 at the time.

Barrett Astin got the loss for Arkansas after he threw 5.2 innings while allowing five runs, three of which were earned, and striking out five.

Game two of the series is scheduled for 6:05 Saturday evening.

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YU’s Second Annual ‘Counterpoint Israel’ Winter Break Program

Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future has announced that its “Counterpoint Israel” winter break program, a 10-day mission that aims to empower Israeli teens from low socioeconomic backgrounds, has doubled in size with the addition of four new “winter camps” in Kiryat Gat and the expansion of the existing program in Kiryat Malachi.

With the program returning to the community of Dimona as well, Counterpoint Israel will serve 850 teens in seven student-run camps from January 9 through January 19.

During the mission, 42 YU students from North America, Panama, and Colombia will guide the Israeli teens through a curriculum focused on English enrichment and self-exploration through art.

“Counterpoint continues to grow in size and expand its influence, impacting entire communities and changing countless lives along the way,” said Kiva Rabinsky, programs director of the CJF’s Department of Service Learning and Experiential Education.

“In both its summer and winter camp formats, Counterpoint fosters an environment in which young, underprivileged Israeli teens feel loved, accomplished, and comfortable enough to open up to new people and experiences, which gives our YU students an opportunity to hone their leadership skills while taking on the roles of Jewish agents of change.”

With “Israel-Diaspora Relations” as the theme for the art projects and workshops, students at the Counterpoint camps will be encouraged to examine their Diaspora roots and develop a personal narrative based on their findings.

“Every student in Israel has roots in the Diaspora, but most of them have never had a chance to learn about where they come from. By taking this important introspective journey with counselors who are themselves from the Diaspora, the students will realize how much they have in common with Jews around the world,” said Aliza Abrams, the director of YU’s CJF Department of Jewish Service Learning.

“This exercise is sure to open the eyes of the counselors as well, helping them understand just how much teachers can learn from both their students and the education process itself.”

When outside the classrooms, the YU students will become active in their respective host communities, working with youth at risk and running workshops for the parents of high-school dropouts. The students will also broaden their knowledge of the Ethiopian community in Israel by interacting with Ethiopians involved in a special farming project that promotes self-sufficiency.

The New York students include Ariella Muller from Brooklyn; Sharona Hillel and Amalia Weinberg from Flushing; Joshua Botwinick from the Bronx; Elan Teichman from Suffern; Jonathan Ismaili and Daniel Namdar from Great Neck; David Berger and Jonathan Hochbaum from West Hempstead; and Jeffrey Kiffel, Daniella Lazar, and Daniella Lesser from the Five Towns.

The Counterpoint Israel “Winter Camps” will be run with support from the Jim Joseph Foundation and Repair the World.

In addition to its Israel programming, the CJF will be running two other winter missions concurrently: “Jewish Life Coast to Coast,” an initiative that will analyze how individuals can become active and make a difference in North America’s diverse Jewish communities, operating this year in Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo, and Detroit; and a weeklong service mission to Ukraine. v

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FHS Class of 1961 Blogarama

Blog by and for the Great Class of 1961 from Farmington High School, New Mexico. Comments, news, articles, jokes, address and email updates, missing classmates, upcoming Reunions, pictures, looking for, and any communications desired with other members of the Class.

Sunday, July 16, 2006

WOW. That's all I can say about the 45th Anniversary Reunion Committee. They are some special people. The entire four day event was top notch. THANKS TO EACH OF YOU.

I never fail to feel rejuvinated after attending the FHS Class of 1961 Reunions. I have heard many people say that their High School years were their worst years and they don't want to remember them. For me, they were the best of the best and I always want to remember them.

You know what? It wasn't "school" that's for sure. It wasn't even necessarily "what we did." It was and continues to be about the people. As the years have passed and the Reunions have come and gone, I have never failed to connect at a Reunion with someone from the Class that I didn't necessarily "know" while in school.

It is amazing to talk about the school days, but it is far more interesting, for me, to talk about the here and now and learn what great people were in our class that I didn't even know about. If not for these Reunions, I could have missed knowing so many wonderful classmates.

Now for a little musing .... a few matters of Class business:

WE NEED YOUR PICTURES. Please send me all post-reunion pictures you took so they can be posted on the Class Web Site for all to see (and download if they want). You can just dump them all to a CD and send it to me or you can Zip them and send to me as an attachment via email. Please don't think you took the same pictures as everyone else; the more the merrier. PLEASE.

WE NEED FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE CLASS WEB SITE. As most of you know, the Class web site was located on a free space provided by AOL. That's all well and good for the beginning but the address was near impossible for anyone to find, much less remember from visit to visit and the space was limited. As a result of the limited space, I had to put many of the pages on my personal server and that made for even more cumbersome addressing.

I have taken the liberty (and risk) of registering our own internet domain name and purchasing server space for one year. Our new Class web site can be found at: www.fhs1961.com

So much easier to find. I will now shift all of the pages and materials over to this new server and begin to work on a major formatting revision for a better appearance.

I have full faith and confidence that members of the Class of '61 will be willing to help me finance this worthwhile project. Am I right?

I need to recoup $395 for the initial year and we would need to continue to fund $395 for subsequent years. Volunteer donations would be an excellent way to pay for all this but you would have to put up with me constantly begging, ha.

I am seeking volunteers to agree to donate a set amount each year to maintain the fhs1961.com domain name and the web site server expenses ($35 per year for the name and $30 per month for server space.) I propose that the volunteer pledged funds be due and payable on the 4th of July each year; easy to remember in conjunction with the usual Reunion dates. Any amount would be great, say $20 to $30 per year? Please contact me if you are willing to help. Thanks in advance, I know you will.

Burr Brackeen is hoping to be able to receive enough "news" from those who attended the 45th Anniversary Reunion and other classmates unable to attend, to produce a "souvenir classmates update booklet." I hope YOU will submit some words and maybe a recent picture to Burr as soon as possible so this great idea can come to realization. Contact me and I will give you Burr's email and snail mail address. (I don't want to list them here for privacy and spam purposes.)

Now to wrap all this up with some personal words to use in said "update booklet" ....

Since the Reunion in 2001, I have retired and we have moved to Granbury, Texas. As I said a dozen times at the reunion, "don't ask me why?" Sandye is still working on her own company (Vaughn Technologies Unlimited) but is ready to sell the company and join me in retirement or strike out on another business venture?

We have a blended family of 5 children (and they have 5 spouses), we have 7 grandchildren (6 boys and 1 girl). They live in the San Diego area, Albuquerque, and Massachusetts. We moved on a lake in Texas with dreams of the grandchildren spending the summers with us and thus we get to see our adult children too. Alas, that was a pipe dream. Our children and their families have very busy lives as they live the American dream with their own families which means work, work, work.

So we bought a small RV (Class B motorhome "Leisure Travel") and we spend a lot of time traveling to see them. The boat sits idle and the house sits empty. "Why did we retire to Granbury, Texas", you ask? That IS a 64 Thousand Dollar question. Granbury will probably not be our final retirement home!

We are well, or as well as "senior citizens" can be. We have each had some medical bouts but for the most part, we have weathered them well and are healthy and happy.

Sandye spends her time after work, constantly decorating the house and pulling weeds from her flower gardens outside. I seem to work around the clock in the yard and have discovered that I have less free time in retirement than I did working up the corporate ladder; go figure?!?!

I (we) would love to hear from YOU and hope you will begin RIGHT NOW in planning to attend the Golden (50th) Anniversary Reunion of the Farmington High School GREAT Class of 1961. I am giving you a fresh 5 year advance notice so start making your plans now and excuses will no longer be accepted -- BE THERE.

Look for a snail mail letter soon begging for Web Site financial support. You are special people -- stay together. Tommie

Saturday, February 25, 2006

Here it is, our own Blog. Here the Webmaster will write his pleas for you to stay in touch with one another; his pleas to keep your address and email info current on the master class roster; his pleas for input to keep the web site fresh; his pleas to submit pictures for posting on the web site; and of course, tons of information on the Class Reunion every five years.

You can write on this Blog too by posting your comments and feedback. You can have information or topics printed on the Blog by submitting them to the Class Webmaster.

TRY IT -- post some feedback on this initial notice and you will see its easy, fun, and a great way to be a constant part of the Farmington High School Class of 1961 as we continue into our golden years.