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Flashback Friday: Europe 2000
Back story on my first out-of-the-country experience. I was in second grade when my mom asked me if I wanted to go with her and my aunts, uncles, and grandpa on her side of the family to Europe. (My brothers were too young, so they were staying home with dad). My aunt (married to my mom's brother) is from Germany. We would be going at the end of the school year, which meant I would miss the talent show. I did NOT want to miss the talent show. (Spoiler: I missed the talent show). Mom says I made the decision to go myself, I'm not so sure..
Over the course of 12 days I got to check the Netherlands, Germany, France, Austria, and Luxembourg off of what would turn into a never-ending travel list.
The journal accounts are not in depth and lack a lot of substance (I was eight, what do you want from me?) but I thought they'd be fun to share with some photos, regardless. I threw in some extra info in italics based on my mom's journaling in my scrapbooks. I threw my own memories in as well, proceeded by "Edit."
May 25, 2000 Day 1
Dear Journal,
Today I went on my first airplane. It was fun, but I got a headache. I was in the cities, then I flew to Chicago and then to Amsterdam.
Dad and the boys took us to the airport. We took an early flight from Minneapolis to Chicago, which took 50 minutes. Then, we had a five hour layover until we left Chicago. The next flight took about seven hours to Amsterdam. We shuttled form one terminal to another. There, MaryAnn met someone that she knew from Mankato - small world! The last leg of the trip was our flight to Munich.
Today was a very fun day. We went to a restaurant called The Golden Goose. We went shopping. We are staying at a hotel for the night. We are going to take a tour of a concentration camp tomorrow. Our plane also was in Holland. Our suitcases got on the place after us so we had to wait for them.
Then the adventure began! When we arrived in Munich we went to get our luggage and it wasn't there. We arrived and not our suitcases. After Dagmar straightened that out, we went to get our car. But, there was no car for us! Dagmar and Lou got that figured out while we rested. Everything worked out and we were on the way to our first stop.
Edit: What I remember most from the hotel is the hotel key! It was a real key, with strings hanging off the end of it. It was like the kind of key you see in movies at fancy old hotels. I also remember the breakfast being delicious!
Outside our hotel in Munich
Today we went to a castle. It was fun. We went to Dachau. We went to a concentration camp and it was kind of scary. When we were at the concentration camp we watched a video that showed us what it was like. The gas chambers were empty. There was one house still up from when that happened. We are in Füssen, Germany. We rented a car yesterday. We had a fancy dinner tonight at our hotel. I have some German money. We came to a different hotel and we will stay here for two nights. I got a necklace with my birthstone on it and it has dolphins on it. I will be leaving on Monday, June 5th. I will be going on three more airplanes.
When we visited Dachau, it was cold and damp. We toured most of it on our own. We cu tthe visi shorted than expected when it started raining. On our drive from Munich to Füssen, we drove into Austria. We were disappointed no one stopped us at the border to stamp our passports. The scenery was beautiful.
Glacial Lake in Austria
We went to three castles. They are called Linderhof, Hohenschwangau, and Neuschwanstein. They were fun. King Ludwig built all three castles. He lived in them all. He never finished one. He did not have a throne finished because he died too early. We have a very nice hotel room.
Hohenschwangau was the first castle we visited on this day. We took a carriage ride up the long, winding road. We toured only a small part of the castle, then we had a long walk down!! Neuschwanstein was also a long way up. We took a shuttle bus up a very curvy road, and then walked down the very steep road. On the way down, we crossed over the gorge on Mary's bridge. We started up the path on the other side of the bridge, but had to return back. Looking over the bridge, it was a long way down!
We walked across this bridge!!
At Hohenschwangau
We went to Dinkelsbühl. We went to Rothenburg ob der Tauber. We spend a lot of time shopping. There was a big wall around the town. We also went to a museum of dolls.
We left Fussen and headed up the Romantic Road. We stopped for lunch and shopping at Dinkelsbühl. This was a shopping mecca. Then we continued on to Rothenburg. Rothenburg is a city completely surrounded by a wall. The wall was built to protect the city from invasion. Inside the wall, there were no parks or grass, so the houses had plots of trees, flowers, and grass patches. We visited both a doll museum (Puppen & Spielzeug Museum) and a medival criminal museum (Mittelalterliches Kriminal Museum).
We went to Würzburg and a residents' castle. We went to a fancy restaurant with Dagmar's uncle. We went to Dauscheid where we met Dagmar's aunt, cousin, and family. I met Dagmar's cousin's daughter Shelby and she is German. Shelby played with me a lot.
We stayed in a nice bed and breakfast. It was someone's home that had two extra bedrooms which were rented out.
I stayed and played with Shelby while the rest of them went to a castle. Shelby and I were swinging a lot.
Edit: I remember watching Sailor Moon with Shelby in her living room. I can't remember if it was in German or English, but I know we both loved the show.
June 1, 2000 Day 8
I went to some castle's I had five ice creams. We, well the kids, got chocolate coins.
Edit: I ate A LOT of ice cream in Germany. They had ice cream vending machines outside the castles, which I had yet to see in America at this time. When we went out to eat for lunch/dinner, Shelby taught me to mix mayo and ketchup to dip my fries into. I didn't like mayo OR ketchup, but they were good mixed!
Outside Eltz Castle
TODAY WAS SO EXCITING. We drove to Paris. We could not find our hotel. It took us forty-five more minutes than we had thought it would to get to the hotel. Our hotel is called Hotel Louvre Marsollier Opéra. We took a metro and that is a subway. The money in France is called francs. The money in Germany is called Deutsche marks. We will be here two more days.
We drove through Luxembourg on our way to France. We stopped just over the German-Luxembourg border at a rest area. We got out to fill up with gas and to grab something to eat. It was only a six hour drive from Dauscheid to Paris. The countryside was very pretty.
The metro was the easiest form of transportation It was the easiest and most efficient way to get acorss the city. Our hotel room was on the sixth floor. The elevator was no larger than a phone booth...we took the stairs a lot!!
On the metro
The River Seine
In front of the Eiffel Tower with Uncle Ho
Calling home to Minnesota from Paris
June 3, 2000 Day 10
Today we went to the Louvre. We took the bus from the Louvre to Notre Dame. Last night we went to the Eiffel Tower! It was fun! We took the elevator to the middle part of the tower. On the Notre Dame we saw gargoyles.
The Louvre was our first stop of the morning. We spent a few hours there and just saw only parts of the museum.
Edit: Twenty years later, the thing I remember most about the Eiffel Tower is the people selling stuff. Knock off bags and other knick knacks. They were selling illegally, and I remember the police coming and the venders running off. I also remember a little cafe around the corner from our hotel where we got croissants and Nutella! This was my first time having Nutella - I was in love! Also, Notre-Dame had A LOT of stairs. It became a game to me at the castles in Germany to count the stairs we walked.
Heading into the Metro
Outside the Louvre
Venus de Milo
Gargoyles outside the Notre Dame
View from the top of Notre Dame
On the top level of the double-decker bus.
(Those are headphones from the bus tour, not a stethoscope!)
Tomorrow we will leave. I don't want to leave.
We flew back June 5, 2000. We flew from Paris to Amsterdam to Minneapolis. We almost missed our flight from Paris, but made it home safely.
Plane ride home to Minnesota!
101 Things to Do in 2020
Okay, so I really slacked on prepping this list ahead of time, hence the 20 empty spots at the bottom. However, if life has taught me anything, Forrest Gump was right, and you never know what you're going to get. I have no doubt I will come up with some ambitions to fill those last 20 spots before the end of the year!
A little background, if you don't know about my 101 lists- I've never been much for new year's resolutions. I think it's stupid to wait for a new year to try to better yourself (sorry if you're into that, it's just not me). I've been making these lists since 2013, but only started publishing them in recent years. They're basically lists of things I'd love to accomplish in a year's time. I don't get to everything, and I'm 100% okay with that, because my desires and needs change over the course of 365 days, but it is fun for me to look back and see what I do accomplish!
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1. Take a chocolate making class at Goo Goo Clusters
2. Attend a Motion City Soundtrack concert
3. Finish the Stephanie Plum by Janet Evanovich book series
4. Get a tarot card reading
5. Read 100 books
6. Unsubscribe from junk emails
7. Watch all the Star Wars movies
8. Raleigh roadtrip
9. Be a part of my best friend's wedding
10. Read all of the books that I own that I have never read
11. Take a self-defense course
12. Glass blowing
13. Go to Hawaii
14. See 25 artists in concert
15. Charleston roadtrip
16. Make fried green tomatoes
17. Attend the Southern Festival of Books
18. Visit all the stops on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail
19. Go to the beach
20. Go kayaking
21. Take a wine pairing class
22. Go to CMA Fest
23. Get a kitten
24. Take a cooking class
25. Be an extra in something
26. Go to an NHL game
27. Take a craft class
28. See 5 different movies in theater
29. Go to the Bluebird Cafe
30. Try a new food
31. Grow a vegetable
32. Drive the Natchez Trace Parkway
33. Finish hiking the Lookout Mountain Parkway
34. Go to Dickens of a Christmas in Franklin
35. Complete a puzzle
36. Celebrate National Taco Day
37. Get my tattoo
38. Take guitar lessons
39. See 5 artists I've never seen before
40. Go to Belle Witch Cave
41. Finish my papercraft scrapbooks
42. Win something
43. Finish all of my draft blog posts
44. Re-learn the piano
45. Watch everything on my Hulu watch list
46. Watch everything on my Netflix watch list
47. Watch everything on my Disney+ watch list
48. Re-design my blog using my coding skills
49. Go to the Opry
50. Go hiking
51. Get the footlong taco in Evansville
52. Go to the Nashville Ballet
53. Have a Girl's Night Out in Nash
54. Check everything off my "Clarksville" list
55. Make another Nashville tacos post
56. Meet an artist I haven't met yet
57. See Lindsay Ell in concert again
58. Go to Country Boom
59. Get caught up/stay caught up on my podcasts
60. Use all of my cookbooks at least once
61. Finish my music wall
62. Update my map project
63. Go skating
64. Use up my stash of samples
65. Save my change all year
66. Return everything to the library on time - no fines 2020!
67. Make $1000 in Poshmark sales
68. Learn to juggle
69. Bake a homemade pie
70. Find the galaxy mural in Huntsville
71. Watch 50 movies I've never seen before
72. Play games at an arcade
73. Practice Spanish every day
74. Read all ARC I receive this year before their actual publishing date
75. Go to a water park
76. Ride a roller coaster
77. Take a trip with friends
78. Start using my ETSY shop
79. Go to a blogger event
80. Actually complete one of my to do lists
81. Try boxing
82. XX
100. XX
Labels: 101 in 2020, 101 list, 101 things to do
#gretchensbook2019 - December
Last book post of the year! Disclaimer: the majority of these books were from the Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum series. I got hooked on the audio and couldn't stop! That being said, I haven't read a really GREAT book in awhile. While the Evanovich series is fast paced and fun, there is no super intriguing plotline. If you have a must read from this year, please let me know!!
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(Summaries are from Amazon, but all reviews are my own!)
Since there were so many Evanovich books this month, I decided not to write a specific blurb about each one, because to be completely honest, the blurbs would all sound the same. I don't know why I'm so sucked into these books, but I am. There is no great plot line in any of them, and there is no in depth lesson, but I think that is why I've been so engaged. They're easy, surface level stories that make me laugh - especially the audiobooks!! I got back on the audiobook train with #12, and I'm glad I did. I seriously cannot give enough accolades to the performer of this series - she is fabulous.My goal is to get completely caught up on the series in 2020. I have a list of my books that I'm reading on my door at school to promote reading, and a kid will frequently ask, "Do you like reading books with numbers?!"
101. Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich (4/5 ★)
Stephanie Plum is thinking her career as a fugitive apprehension agent has run its course. She's been shot at, spat at, cussed at, fire-bombed, mooned, and attacked by dogs. Time for a change, Stephanie thinks. Time to find the kind of job her mother can tell her friends about without making the sign of the cross.
So Stephanie Plum quits. Resigns. No looking back. No changing her mind. She wants something safe and normal. As it turns out, jobs that are safe and normal for most people aren't necessarily safe and normal for Stephanie Plum. Trouble follows her, and the kind of trouble she had at the bail bonds office can't compare to the kind of trouble she finds herself facing now. Her past has come back to haunt her. She's stalked by a maniac returned from the grave for the sole purpose of putting her into a burial plot of her own. He's killed before, and he'll kill again if given the chance. Caught between staying far away from the bounty hunter business and staying alive, Stephanie reexamines her life and the possibility that being a bounty hunter is the solution rather than the problem. After disturbingly brief careers at the button factory, Kan Klean Dry Cleaners, and Cluck-in-a-Bucket, Stephanie takes an office position in security, working for Ranger, the sexiest, baddest bounty hunter and businessman on two continents. It might not be the job she'll keep for the rest of her life, but for now it gives her the technical access she needs to find her stalker. Tempers and temperatures rise as competition ratchets up between the two men in her life---her on-again, off-again boyfriend, tough Trenton cop Joe Morelli, and her bad-ass boss, Ranger. Can Stephanie Plum take the heat? Can you?
102. Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich (4/5 ★)
Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, where bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's life is about to implode in Janet Evanovich's wildest, hottest novel yet!
FIRST A STRANGER APPEARS. While chasing down the usual cast of miscreants and weirdos Stephanie discovers that a crazed woman is stalking her.
THEN THE STRANGER REVEALS HER SECRETS. The woman dresses in black, carries a 9mm Glock, and has a bad attitude and a mysterious connection to dark and dangerous Carlos Manoso …street name, Ranger.
NEXT, SOMEBODY DIES. The action turns deadly serious, and Stephanie goes from hunting skips to hunting a murderer.
SOON, THE CHASE IS ON. Ranger needs Stephanie for more reasons than he can say. And now, the two are working together to find a killer, rescue a missing child, and stop a lunatic from raising the body count. When Stephanie Plum and Ranger get too close for comfort, vice cop Joe Morelli (her on-again, off-again boyfriend) steps in.
Will the ticking clock stop at the stroke of twelve, or will a stranger in the wind find a way to stop Stephanie Plum…forever?
103. Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich (4/5 ★)
New secrets, old flames, and hidden agendas are about to send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most outrageous adventure yet!
MISTAKE #1 Dickie Orr
Stephanie was married to him for about fifteen minutes before she caught him cheating on her with her archnemesis, Joyce Barnhardt. Another fifteen minutes after that, Stephanie filed for divorce, hoping never to see either one of them again.
MISTAKE #2 Doing favors for super bounty hunter Carlos Manoso (aka Ranger)
Ranger needs Stephanie to meet with Dickie and find out if he's doing something shady. Turns out, he is. Turns out, Dickie's also back to doing Joyce Barnhardt. And it turns out Ranger's favors always come with a price. . . .
MISTAKE #3 Going completely nutso while doing the favor for Ranger, and trying to apply bodily injury to Dickie in front of the entire office
Now Dickie has disappeared, and Stephanie is the natural suspect in his disappearance. Is Dickie dead? Can he be found? And can Stephanie Plum stay one step ahead in this new, dangerous game? Joe Morelli, the hottest cop in Trenton, New Jersey, is also keeping Stephanie on her toes---and he may know more than he's saying about many things in Stephanie's life. It's a cat-and-mouse game for Stephanie Plum wherein the ultimate prize might be her life.
104. Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich (4/5 ★)
Personal vendettas, hidden treasure, and a monkey named Carl will send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most explosive adventure yet.
The Crime: Armed robbery to the tune of nine million dollars. Dom Rizzi robbed a bank, stashed the money, and did the time. His family couldn't be more proud. He always was the smart one.
The Cousin: Joe Morelli. Joe Morelli, Dom Rizzi, and Dom's sister, Loretta, are cousins. Morelli is a cop, Rizzi robs banks, and Loretta is a single mother waiting tables at the firehouse. The all-American family.
The Complications: Murder, kidnapping, destruction of personal property, and acid reflux. Less than a week after Dom's release from prison, Joe Morelli has shadowy figures breaking into his house and dying in his basement. He's getting threatening messages, Loretta is kidnapped, and Dom is missing.
The Catastrophe: Moonman. Morelli hires Walter "Mooner" Dunphy, stoner and "inventor" turned crime fighter, to protect his house. Morelli can't afford a lot on a cop's salary, and Mooner will work for potatoes.
The Cupcake: Stephanie Plum. Stephanie and Morelli have a long-standing relationship that involves sex, affection, and driving each other nuts. She's a bond enforcement agent with more luck than talent, and she's involved in this bank-robbery-gone-bad disaster from day one.
The Crisis: A favor for Ranger. Security expert Carlos Manoso, street name Ranger, has a job for Stephanie that will involve night work. Morelli has his own ideas regarding Stephanie's evening activities.
The Conclusion: Only the fearless should listen to Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich.
Thrills, chills, and incontinence may result.
105. Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich (3/5 ★)
Recipe for disaster: Celebrity chef Stanley Chipotle comes to Trenton to participate in a barbecue cook-off and loses his head – literally.
Throw in some spice: Bail bonds office worker Lula is witness to the crime, and the only one she'll talk to is Trenton cop, Joe Morelli.
Pump up the heat: Chipotle's sponsor is offering a million-dollar reward to anyone who can provide information leading to the capture of the killers.
Stir the pot: Lula recruits bounty hunter Stephanie Plum to help her find the killers and collect the moolah.
Add a secret ingredient: Stephanie's Grandma Mazur. Enough said.
Bring to a boil: Can Stephanie hunt down two killers, a traitor, five skips, keep her grandmother out of the sauce, solve Ranger's problems and not jump his bones?
106. Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich (3.5/5 ★)
Trenton, New Jersey, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has inherited a "lucky" bottle from her Uncle Pip. Problem is, Uncle Pip didn't specify if the bottle brought good luck or bad luck. . . .
BAD LUCK: Vinnie, of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds, has run up a gambling debt of $786,000 with mobster Bobby Sunflower and is being held until the cash can be produced. Nobody else will pay to get Vinnie back, leaving it up to Stephanie, office manager Connie, and file clerk Lula to raise the money if they want to save their jobs.
GOOD LUCK: Being in the business of tracking down people, Stephanie, Lula, and Connie have an advantage in finding Vinnie. If they can rescue him, it will buy them some time to raise the cash.
BAD LUCK: Finding a safe place to hide Vinnie turns out to be harder than raising $786,000. Vinnie's messing up Mooner's vibe, running up pay-per-view porn charges in Ranger's apartment, and making Stephanie question genetics.
GOOD LUCK: Between a bonds office yard sale that has the entire Burg turning out, Mooner's Hobbit-Con charity event, and Uncle Pip's lucky bottle, they just might raise enough money to save the business, and Vinnie, from ruin.
BAD LUCK: Saving Vincent Plum Bail Bonds means Stephanie can keep being a bounty hunter. In Trenton, this involves hunting down a man wanted for polygamy, a turnpike toilet paper bandit, and a drug dealer with a pet alligator named Mr. Jingles.
GOOD LUCK: The job of bounty hunter comes with perks in the guise of Trenton's hottest cop, Joe Morelli, and the dark and dangerous security expert, Ranger. With any luck at all, Uncle Pip's lucky bottle will have Stephanie getting lucky---the only question is . . . with whom?
107. Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich (3.5/5 ★)
Dead bodies are showing up in shallow graves on the empty construction lot of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds. No one is sure who the killer is, or why the victims have been offed, but what is clear is that Stephanie's name is on the killer's list. Short on time to find the murderer, Stephanie is also under pressure from family and friends to choose between her on-again-off-again boyfriend, Trenton cop Joe Morelli, and the bad boy in her life, security expert Ranger. Stephanie's mom wants her to dump them both for a former high school football star who's just returned to town. Stephanie's sidekick, Lula, suggests a red-hot boudoir "bake-off." And Joe's old-world grandmother gives Stephanie "the eye," which may mean that it's time to get out of town.
With a cold-blooded killer after her, a handful of hot men, and a capture list that includes a dancing bear and a senior citizen vampire, Stephanie's life looks like it's about to go up in smoke.
108. Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich (3.5/5 ★)
Before Stephanie can even step foot off Flight 127 Hawaii to Newark, she's knee deep in trouble. Her dream vacation turned into a nightmare, and she's flying back to New Jersey solo. Worse still, her seatmate never returned to the plane after the L.A. layover. Now he's dead—and a ragtag collection of thugs and psychos, not to mention the FBI, are all looking for a photograph he was supposed to be carrying.
Only one person has seen the missing photo: Stephanie Plum. Now she's the target. An FBI sketch artist helps Stephanie re-create the person in the photo, but Stephanie's descriptive skills are lacking. Until she can improve them, she'll need to watch her back.
Over at the bail bonds agency things are going from bad to worse. Vinnie's temporary HQ has gone up in smoke. Stephanie's wheelman, Lula, falls for their largest skip yet. Lifetime arch nemesis Joyce Barnhardt moves into Stephanie's apartment. And everyone wants to know what happened in Hawaii?
Morelli, Trenton's hottest cop, isn't talking about Hawaii. Ranger, the man of mystery, isn't talking about Hawaii. And all Stephanie is willing to say about her Hawaiian vacation is . . . It's complicated.
109. Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich (3.5/5 ★)
New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is certain of three truths: People don't just vanish into thin air. Never anger old people. And don't do what Tiki tells you to do.
After a slow summer of chasing low-level skips for her cousin Vinnie's bail bonds agency, Stephanie Plum finally lands an assignment that could put her checkbook back in the black. Geoffrey Cubbin, facing trial for embezzling millions from Trenton's premier assisted-living facility, has mysteriously vanished from the hospital after an emergency appendectomy. Now it's on Stephanie to track him down. Unfortunately, Cubbin has disappeared without a trace, a witness, or his money-hungry wife. Rumors are stirring that he must have had help with the daring escape . . . or that maybe he never made it out of his room alive. Since the hospital staff's lips seem to be tighter than the security, and it's hard for Stephanie to blend in to assisted living, Stephanie's Grandma Mazur goes in undercover. But when a second felon goes missing from the same hospital, Stephanie is forced into working side by side with Trenton's hottest cop, Joe Morelli, in order to crack the case.
The real problem is, no Cubbin also means no way to pay the rent. Desperate for money—or maybe just desperate—Stephanie accepts a secondary job guarding her secretive and mouthwatering mentor Ranger from a deadly Special Forces adversary. While Stephanie is notorious for finding trouble, she may have found a little more than she bargained for this time around. Then again—a little food poisoning, some threatening notes, and a bridesmaid's dress with an excess of taffeta never killed anyone . . . or did they? If Stephanie Plum wants to bring in a paycheck, she'll have to remember: No guts, no glory.
110. Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich (3.5/5 ★)
Stephanie Plum has her sights set on catching a notorious mob boss. If she doesn't take him down, he may take her out.
New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum knows better than to mess with family. But when powerful mobster Salvatore "Uncle Sunny" Sunucchi goes on the lam in Trenton, it's up to Stephanie to find him. Uncle Sunny is charged with murder for running over a guy (twice), and nobody wants to turn him in—not his poker buddies, not his bimbo girlfriend, not his two right-hand men, Shorty and Moe. Even Trenton's hottest cop, Joe Morelli, has skin in the game, because—just Stephanie's luck—the godfather is his actual godfather. And while Morelli understands that the law is the law, his old-world grandmother, Bella, is doing everything she can to throw Stephanie off the trail.
It's not just Uncle Sunny giving Stephanie the run-around. Security specialist Ranger needs her help to solve the bizarre death of a top client's mother, a woman who happened to play bingo with Stephanie's Grandma Mazur. Before Stephanie knows it, she's working side by side with Ranger and Grandma at the senior center, trying to catch a killer on the loose—and the bingo balls are not rolling in their favor.
With bullet holes in her car, henchmen on her tail, and a giraffe named Kevin running wild in the streets of Trenton, Stephanie will have to up her game for the ultimate takedown.
111. Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich (3.5/5 ★)
Catch a professional assassin: top priority. Find a failure-to-appear and collect big bucks: top score. How she'll pull it all off: top secret.
Trenton, New Jersey's favorite used-car dealer, Jimmy Poletti, was caught selling a lot more than used cars out of his dealerships. Now he's out on bail and has missed his date in court, and bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is looking to bring him in. Leads are quickly turning into dead ends, and all too frequently into dead bodies. Even Joe Morelli, the city's hottest cop, is struggling to find a clue to the suspected killer's whereabouts. These are desperate times, and they call for desperate measures. So Stephanie is going to have to do something she really doesn't want to do: protect former hospital security guard and general pain in her behind Randy Briggs. Briggs was picking up quick cash as Poletti's bookkeeper and knows all his boss's dirty secrets. Now Briggs is next on Poletti's list of people to put six feet under.
To top things off, Ranger—resident security expert and Stephanie's greatest temptation—has been the target of an assassination plot. He's dodged the bullet this time, but if Ranger wants to survive the next attempt on his life, he'll have to enlist Stephanie's help and reveal a bit more of his mysterious past.
Death threats, highly trained assassins, highly untrained assassins, and Stark Street being overrun by a pack of feral Chihuahuas are all in a day's work for Stephanie Plum. The real challenge is dealing with her Grandma Mazur's wild bucket list. A boob job and getting revenge on Joe Morelli's Grandma Bella can barely hold a candle to what's number one on the list—but that's top secret.
112. Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovich (3.5/5 ★)
Stephanie Plum might not be the world's greatest bounty hunter, but she knows when she's being played. Ken Globovic (aka Gobbles), hailed as the Supreme Exalted Zookeeper of the animal house known as Zeta fraternity, has been arrested for beating up the dean of students at Kiltman College. Gobbles has missed his court date and gone into hiding. People have seen him on campus, but no one will talk. Things just aren't adding up, and Stephanie can't shake the feeling that something funny is going on at the college—and it's not just Zeta fraternity pranks.
As much as people love Gobbles, they hate Doug Linken. When Linken is gunned down in his backyard it's good riddance, and the list of possible murder suspects is long. The only people who care about finding Linken's killer are Trenton cop Joe Morelli, who has been assigned the case, security expert Ranger, who was hired to protect Linken, and Stephanie, who has her eye on a cash prize and hopefully has some tricks up her sleeve.
113. The Playground by Jane Shemilt (2/5 ★)
Over the course of a long, hot summer in London, the lives of three very different married couples collide when their children join the same tutoring circle, resulting in illicit relationships, shocking violence, and unimaginable fallout.
There's Eve, a bougie earth mother with a well-stocked trust fund; she has three little ones, a blue-collar husband and is obsessed with her Instagrammable recipes and lifestyle. And Melissa, a successful interior designer whose casually cruel banker husband is careful not to leave visible bruises; she curates her perfectly thin body so closely she misses everything their teenage daughter is hiding. Then there's Grace, a young Zimbabwean immigrant, who lives in high-rise housing project with her two children and their English father Martin, an award-winning but chronically broke novelist; she does far more for her family than she should have to.
As the weeks go by, the couples become very close; there are barbecues, garden parties, a holiday at a country villa in Greece. Resentments flare. An affair begins. Unnoticed, the children run wild. The couples are busily watching each other, so distracted and self-absorbed that they forget to watch their children. No one sees the five children at their secret games or realize how much their family dynamics are changing until tragedy strikes.
The story twists and then twists again while the three families desperately search for answers. It's only as they begin to unravel the truth of what happened over the summer that they realize evil has crept quietly into their world.
But has this knowledge come too late?
I received an ARC of this a month or so ago, and figured I should read it before its publishing date of December 30th. This took me for-ev-er to get through. Like at least a month, maybe a month and a half, I started it some time in November. I couldn't keep up with the characters and who was related to who. It jumped through time so quickly and was such a surface level story that the characters seemed to be best friends who hardly knew each other. I was half way through the book before anything truly "eventful" happened. That being said....if anyone wants my copy and are in C-ville, its all yours!
114. Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson (2.5/5 ★)
Even though working a wake isn't Goldy Bear's idea of fun, the Colorado caterer throws herself into preparing a savory feast featuring Poached Salmon and Strawberry Shortcake Buffet designed to soothe forty mourners. Her culinary efforts seem to be exactly what the doctor ordered . . . until her former father-in-law, gynecologist Fritz Korman, is struck down—and Goldy is accused of adding poison to the menu. Now, with the Department of Health impounding her leftovers, her ex-husband trashing her name, and her business close to being shut down, Goldy knows she can't wait for the police to serve up answers. She soon uncovers more than one skeleton in the closet, along with a veritable slew of unpalatable secrets—the kind that could make Goldy the main course in an unsavory killer's next murder.
This was our December book club book; I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it. I listened to it on audiobook, and it seemed to take forever to get through, though maybe that is just because the Evanovich ones that I listened to freakin' ten of this month are so fast paced. It was a fine enough mystery, but nothing special.
115. I Choose You by Gayle Curtis (2.5/5 ★)
When a killer chooses you, what choice do you have?
Thirty years ago, Elise and Nathaniel shared a horrific trauma that united them in grief. Now, grown up and married with a young family, they feel their worst nightmares are behind them. Until the day their daughter is abducted and murdered.
Both Elise and Nathaniel lost their mothers to a notorious killer who manipulated innocent victims into taking their own lives. Could it be that 'the Watcher' has returned for another round of the same sadistic game? Why now? And why are Elise and Nathaniel being targeted again?
When Elise's family falls under suspicion, her world crashes down around her. Is there anyone she can trust, or is her whole life built on lies?
Only one thing is clear: someone left their cruel game unfinished all those years ago. This time the Watcher intends to win – once and for all.
This was my free Amazing Prime kindle book for December - I always choose the thrillers. It also was my pre-concert book, aka the book I read while waiting in line/in the audience for the show to start. I wasn't impressed. It was slow moving, and while I couldn't predict who the murderer was with certainty, I also wasn't engaged enough to care.
116. One for Sorrow by Mary Downing Hahn (4/5 ★)
Against the ominous backdrop of the 1918 influenza epidemic, new girl Annie is claimed as best friend by Elsie, the tattletale, liar, and thief of the class. But Annie would rather spend time with the other girls, since Elsie is so mean. When Elsie dies of influenza, Annie thinks she's free of her torment—until the bully returns to reclaim Annie's friendship and take revenge.
Mary Downing Hahn writes the best children's ghost stories, so I originally had gotten this book as a read aloud for my fifth grade classroom. We had started it, but then got 5 new students and our routine changed so I decided to just finish it on my own time. It was very slow to start, but then kicked up a notch! I would definitely recommend this for middle grade readers! It was a fun ghost story that also threw in some historical facts.
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Home Research & Investigation U.S. 2018 Elections Conservative activist disrupts campaign event for Muslim candidates
Conservative activist disrupts campaign event for Muslim candidates
Source: The Hill, BY AVERY ANAPOL , August 12, 2018
A conservative activist crashed a campaign event for two Muslim candidates on Saturday, interrupting them with shouted questions about Hamas and "terrorist groups."
Laura Loomer, formerly of the group Project Veritas, shared images and video of the incident on Twitter, calling the candidates "Jihadi" and writing that she was helping Minnesotans "break free from Sharia."
MUST WATCH: I confronted Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, two Jihadi US candidates with connections to terror organizations.
They have both expressed hatred towards Jewish people, & are campaigning w/ pro-HAMAS Linda Sarsour, & CAIR, which is a terror org.@OzraeliAvi @debbie1ala pic.twitter.com/qbiJMjW0ge
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) August 12, 2018
The event supported Minnesota state Rep. Ilhan Omar (DFL) and former Michigan state Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D). Omar is a Somali-American candidate running to fill the congressional seat vacated by Rep. Keith Ellison (D), who is running for Minnesota attorney general.
Tlaib, meanwhile, won the Democratic nomination for the seat previously held by former Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.). She is set to be the first Muslim woman and Palestinian-American woman elected to Congress.
The video shows Loomer confronting Tlaib and Omar at the event at Minneapolis' Holy Land deli, shouting questions about female genital mutilation and why they "hate Israel."
Loomer also brought up a number of unfounded accusations against Omar, including that she committed immigration fraud by marrying her brother, and allegedly misused campaign funds to pay for a divorce lawyer.
According to the Star-Tribune, Loomer was accompanied by a number of other people who interrupted the candidates while they spoke about their races.
Tlaib appears to recognize Loomer, and can be heard saying that she heard Loomer "stalks" her.
"I actually like people like her," Tlaib says in the video.
Loomer, who has been described as "alt-right" and anti-Muslim due to her writings online and work for a far-right Canadian newspaper, told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune that she has been "investigating" Muslim candidates.
Minnesota state Rep. Ray Dehn (DFL) told the Star-Tribune that the disruption prevented the candidates from speaking very much, but praised the diversity of the attendees and their support for the candidates.
"Unfortunately, [they] weren't able to speak a lot because they kept getting interrupted," he said. "I've seen way too much of this, and it's really getting sickening … Islamophobia really has no place."
A spokesperson for Omar told The Hill that the campaign had no comment on the incident and that she and her team would be working to "connect with voters and earn their endorsement on Tuesday."
The Hill has also reached out to Tlaib's campaign for comment.
–This report was updated at 12:02 a.m.
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Ancient Wisdom Meets Contemporary Neuroscience: Yoga practices can be deconstructed through an understanding of Polyvagal Theory as a system of efficient and effective 'neural exercises' that promote self-regulation, resilience, and social connectedness.
The Multiple Mechanisms of the Multiple Practices in Yoga: Putting it All Together: Yoga includes many differing practices, each of which exerts effect via different and sometimes overlapping mechanisms. This presentation will summarize these mechanisms into a logic model that accounts for the full range of practices, mechanisms and final outcomes on psychophysiology, health and behavior.
Healing the Wounds of Racial Distress: What's Yoga Got to Do With It? Racial stress and trauma are realities that impact all people, not just people of color. Various yoga practices are ideal for easing the pain and discomfort of ongoing race based stress and trauma and can lead to more adaptive responses to stressful and traumatic events.
NCCIH, Science, and You: This presentation will focus on the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) as a primary source of research funding and briefly discuss the review process that leads to funding decisions for yoga studies conducted in the U.S. In addition, it will discuss the importance of being an informed science consumer and NCCIH's initiative to "Know the Science".
Physiological and emotional foundations of loving-kindness: An upward spiral. Emotions and the autonomic nervous system form a complex interplay that exhibits itself in behavioral tendencies. Loving-kindness meditation can harness that interplay by increasing moments of prosocial positive emotions and higher vagal tone, which accumulate and compound to produce changes in body, behavior, and brain.
Physiological effects of pranayamas and yoga-meditation: This presentation will cover the physiological effects of various pranayamas and yoga meditation giving an insight into possible applications and precautions of these yoga techniques.
Hot Yoga and Vascular Function: Effects of Practice Temperature on Health Benefits: Hot yoga has improved vascular health in young and middle-aged and older adults; however the mechanism remains unclear. This presentation will report the results of a seminal investigation comparing the effects of 12 weeks of thermoneutral versus heated yoga practices on endothelial function in middle-aged adults at elevated cardiovascular disease .
The stress-reducing effects of yoga: Mechanisms of effect: Yoga is a complex set of practices that reduces stress through multiple pathways. This presentation will describe the evidence base for yoga's stress-reducing properties and the physiological and psychological mechanisms that underlie this stress reduction.
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Strengthening Social and Solidarity Economy Policy in Asia
While the concept of SSE is not widely used in Japan, other terms that describe core SSE values and practices have a long history. Importantly, they have been assimilated into contemporary public policy discourse and institutions.
SSE practices and organizations existed over several centuries for the management of common-pool resources, to provide financial support through rotating credit schemes, and to defend and promote the interests of specific groups by forming intermediary organizations. With the establishment of the modern state system in the latter half of the 19th century, these organizations either declined or were fundamentally transformed. Within policy and academic discourse, however, they are considered part of the cultural background of SSE.
Various concepts shape contemporary SSE and public policy in Japan. Hieiri, which refers to non-profit activity, was inserted in the Civil Code enacted in 1896 and was subsequently recognized as the basic guiding principle of citizens' social and service activities. Machizukuri appeared in the 1960s to describe various local civic organizations working autonomously for the cultural, social and economic development of a community; participating actively in local governance; and living harmoniously with the surrounding ecosystem. Kyodo (translated as 'co-production') was introduced to Japan in the early 1980s and spread rapidly to refer to civic participation and effective cooperation between local or central government and other actors.
These three concepts are central to a strategic change in the nature of the public-private relationship that was introduced in 2010. Known as "New Public Commons", this reform sought to give more weight to non-state entities operating in the public interest, including newly recognized civic organizations which, operating voluntarily and autonomously, contributed to resolving economic and social problems.
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The tan, such a nice colour.
He arrived with a chipped head plate. Luckily the chip is always covered by a wig.
He tries to be a good person and strives to sustain friendly relationships with everyone he meets - even past lovers.
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And babies make 7 ... meet the #YMMQuadruplets!
Well, first of all, thanks for that! I would be lying if I said I didn't appreciate all my wonderful readers showering me with praise!
But now I would like to announce that twins AIN'T NO THANG. You know what is? QUAD.DRU.PLETS. Four babies. DOUBLE WHAT CAME OUT OF MY BELLY. Oh, plus a big sister. So yes, that's five under 3 years old.
Fort McMurray just welcomed its very first set of quads, born on October 30 right here in Calgary! Meet the Simms quadruplets—Heidi, Julia, Carter and Nate—the new additions to the former trio formed by parents Annie and Darrell and daughter Payton.
I have no actual connection to this family, in fact, until yesterday I had them confused with ANOTHER family of quadruplets also born in Calgary in October to a family with a toddler: shout out to the Hainsworth family! Through the magic of Facebook and my passion for car seats and multiples, I wound up in contact with Annie and Darrell's sister-in-law Meaghan. We very quickly discovered a shared passion for organization and an almost destructive tendency to micromanage and plan (gooooo Type A personalities!), so here I am, using my social media reach for good, attempting to rally my fans and sponsors around the Simms family.
I know that eight months in, my husband and I are still reeling from the budget adjustment of having two babies instead of the third we intended on, so I struggle to even wrap my brain around what it must be like for a family that tried for a second baby but got four. Every day since I "met" this family online, I've been mentally multiplying what I need for my babies by two. It's … astounding, and also makes my day-to-day seem like a cakewalk!
I'm looking forward to helping the Simms with their car seats when they're ready to head back to Fort Mac in the new year, and in the meantime, I wanted to introduce this septet to my readers and my blog sponsors and gather the support of the wider parenting community around them.
You can donate to the YMMQuadruplet's GoFundMe account, or just share their story on your social media and maybe someone in your extended network has a way to help out!
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Big shout out to Natasha at The Baby Footprint who has matched donations of loyalty points and cash from her customers as gift certificates for both Alberta quad families!
Thank you to Valco Baby Canada who are sending the Simms two Tri Mode X Duo strollers and a toddler seat!
A friend of mine growing up actually had quadruplet younger brothers. Their mom actually has a book called And Babies Make Seven. They are such a lovely family but I can't even imagine, especially now that I have kids, how much work that must have been!
Just imagining quads helps me put the challenges of twins in perspective!


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Eckstein Middle School » Our School » About Eckstein » School History
Eckstein opened as a junior high school in 1950. Here are some photos documenting our history.
An architectural sketch of the design for Eckstein prior to construction. Photo courtesy of SPS Archives.
The west side of the building soon after construction completed. Photo courtesy of SPS Archives.
Aerial view of Eckstein soon after construction completed circa 1950. Photo courtesy of SPS Archives.
Newspaper clipping announcing the opening of Nathan Eckstein Junior High School.
In 1998, U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley delivered his State of Education Address in Eckstein's auditorium.
At the dawn of the new millennium, Eckstein celebrated its 50th anniversary.


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Iranian FM Spokeswoman: Obama remarks unrealistic, unconstructive
Iran 30 January 2014 11:30 (UTC+04:00)
Iranian Foreign Ministry has dismissed remarks made by US President Barack Obama concerning Iran and the region as "unrealistic and unconstructive," Iran`s Press TV reported on Jan. 30.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said on Jan. 29 that Obama's comments on Iran's nuclear activities show his incorrect understanding of Tehran's commitment to the peaceful nature of its nuclear activities.
She added that the US "illusion" about the effect of its anti-Iran sanctions on Iran's motivation and willingness to engage in nuclear talks is based on a false understanding of Tehran's commitment to dispel any doubts about the peaceful nature of its nuclear activities.
Afkham was referring to the comments Obama made during his fifth State of the Union address before US Congress on Tuesday night.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman also emphasized that highlighting the effects of anti-Iran sanctions was the result of a "totally incorrect interpretation of Iran's willingness to create a new opportunity for Western countries to forge a different kind of relations with Iranian people and try to win the confidence of this great nation.
She dismissed Washington's accusation about Iran nuclear energy program having a military aspect, saying that Tehran has never sought nuclear weapons.
Afkham stressed Iran's commitment to the interim nuclear deal signed between Iran and the six world powers in Geneva in November 2013, calling on the US not to forget its obligations under the agreement.
The Iranian official also criticized Obama for labeling Lebanon's resistance movement Hezbollah as a terrorist group while the White House has been turning a blind eye to the crimes of foreign-backed Takfiri militants in the region.
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So who will be upgrading to iOS 5 on the 12th?
Thread: So who will be upgrading to iOS 5 on the 12th?
In the past I've been quite cautious upgrading to the latest and greatest OS, but that was in my Windows days However, I've had more confidence since moving over to OSX and iOS. I've kept my iPhone and iPad up to date, and jumped on Lion the weekend after it was released, and not regretted doing so.
IOS 5 is looking like a must have upgrade, and I'm keen to try it out ASAP. However, my iPhone and iPad are very precious beasts and I'm equally nervous about jumping in with both feet.
I'm away on business next week, so will probably not be upgrading on the 12th, and this will also allow me to check the forums to see how others have been getting on with the upgrade process.
Sooooo......who on here will be jumping on the iOS 5 gravy train on the 12th, and who, like me, will let others test the water first?
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I've never had a problem with any early OSX or iOS upgrades but with so many users now I will probably wait a while simply because the servers are going to be inundated.
I will be updating - after a full backup, of course.
I'm the cautious type so i too like jez will see what the forum members are saying and gabriel is right too,let things cool down,i am eager to get it tho.
Not me. I don't want to lose my JB. I'm good.
Unfortunately my JB is going, that iOS 5 looks just too good to miss!
I'm MAC all the way. I'm also retired. I've got nothing else to do. I'll go fot it. Will let you know.
I have been testing the iOS 5 for the last 4-5 months or so, and I am not really all that jazzed up with getting one right out of the gate.
Already using iOS 5 , so, really what's the real hurry??
That's it Scott, make us jealous why don't you!


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Theresa May doubles the number of visas for tech workers, but industry warns it's not enough
Theresa May is doubling the number of visas available to high-skilled workers to 2,000 per year, in a bid to protect the tech sector after Brexit.
The pledge forms part of a series of measures to address the Brexit skills gap and ensure Britain remains "open for business" once it leaves the EU.
"Our digital tech sector is one of the UK's fastest-growing industries, and is supporting talent, boosting productivity, and creating hundreds of thousands of good, high-skilled jobs up and down the country," the prime minister said.
"It is absolutely right that this dynamic sector, which makes such an immense contribution to our economic life and to our society, has the full backing of government."
May has also unveiled a £21m investment in expanding Tech City UK into a nationwide network called Tech Nation, and a £20m fund for helping public services embrace new technology such as AI.
Quizzed about whether the measures would go far enough to protect the sector after Brexit, culture secretary Karen Bradley told Radio 4's Today Programme: "What we're doing today is another step in our work on tech, demonstrating to the industry that we're listening to them, that we're walking with them."
But while Russ Shaw, founder of Tech London Advocates, welcomed the move to increase the number of tier one visas available to tech founders looking to start up in the UK, he warned that the government must take further steps to attract tech workers if it is to address the looming skills gap.
"The big issue isn't this top talent, this tier one talent," he told NS Tech. "I'm really concerned about tier two level and we haven't heard anything yet about any overhaul to the immigration system."
Shaw said that the number of tier two visas, which are available to software engineers, data scientists, and product managers, must be increased substantially.
"The number of people coming from the EU to the UK for these jobs is dropping. They don't want to go into a market in which there is uncertainty around immigration policy. They don't want to move their partners, their families to a country that still hasn't resolved its immigration system.
"So this is a step in the right direction; it's good to double the number, but we have to go far broader not only with tier one but also with tier two."
Norman Lamb, the chair of the House of Commons' science and tech select committee, shared Shaw's concerns about the pledge.
"I would argue that it doesn't really address the national need and the scale of the challenge that we face. At the same time as they're announcing quite small measures we're facing significant threats," he told NS Tech.
"You can double the number of those tier one visas, but at the same time if the numbers of people coming in from the EU goes into decline, then we could find ourselves in a more difficult position."
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Taom Tanukale is a Tuvaluan politician.

He began his career in national politics when he was elected to Parliament in a by-election in May 2005, as MP for Nui, following the death of his predecessor, Amasone Kilei. He joined Prime Minister Maatia Toafa's parliamentary majority, and was appointed acting Minister for Health and Education, "while the incumbent went overseas for long-term medical treatment".

He failed to retain his seat in the August 2006 general election, but regained it in the September 2010 general election. In December of that year, Prime Minister Maatia Toafa was ousted in a motion of no confidence. Tanukale supported Toafa's opponent, Willy Telavi, who became Prime Minister and appointed him as Minister for Health.  On 30 July 2013, as the government appeared to have lost its parliamentary majority and was about to face a motion of no confidence, Tanukale unexpectedly resigned from Parliament (and thus also from the government) altogether. The following day, the reason for his resignation became apparent. The Speaker, Kamuta Latasi, rejected the Opposition's attempt to table a motion of no confidence, on the grounds that there was now a vacant seat in Parliament. Latasi adjourned Parliament, and ruled that it would not reconvene until a by-election had been held - thus prolonging Telavi's minority government. This tactic proved fruitless as Governor General Sir Iakoba Italeli intervened on 1 August 2013 and removed Telavi from office, so as to enable Parliament to function. The following day, Parliament (minus Tanukale) formally brought down the government through a vote of no confidence.

Taom Tanukale was a candidate in the 2013 Nui by-election, which was held on 10 September. Tanukale came third in the poll with 160 votes. Leneuoti Matusi was declared the winner, polling 297 of the 778 registered voters.  Tanukale was a candidate in the 2015 Tuvaluan general election and received 53 votes, but was not elected to parliament.

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Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco Signs NRA-Backed Emergency Powers Protection Act
Fairfax, VA - Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco has signed into law the National Rifle Association (NRA)-backed "Emergency Powers Protection Act" (HB 760). The new law prevents local governments from confiscating firearms during a state of emergency, as it happened in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.
"The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina became the proving ground for what American gun owners have always feared: the day that government bureaucrats throw the Bill of Rights in the trash and declare freedom to be whatever they say it is," said Wayne LaPierre, NRA Executive Vice President. "We promised to take measures to ensure that the Second Amendment is not another casualty during a declared emergency and today we are proud to deliver on that promise."
Days after Hurricane Katrina hit, then New Orleans Police Chief Eddie Compass issued an order to confiscate all firearms – including those from law-abiding residents. At a time when 9-1-1 was non-existent and law enforcement was stressed with search and rescue missions, the law-abiding citizens of New Orleans were left at the mercy of roving looters, robbers and thugs. This breakdown of civil order demonstrates that Americans' rights to keep and bear arms are especially important during a state of emergency. This new law states that local governments will not be able to restrict law-abiding citizens' use and transportation of firearms during declared emergencies.
"No matter what the circumstances, lawful gun owners have the right to possess their firearms in their homes. And if forced to evacuate, they have the right to transport their firearms to a safe place. Nobody has the right to disarm them. That's what this legislation ensures."
"I want to thank the Governor for signing this vital bill into law. Rep. Steve Scalise and Sen. Joe McPherson – the main sponsors of HB 760 – were central in the passage of this measure. I would also like to recognize the efforts of Rep. Pete Schneider, Rep. Troy Hebert and Rep. Danny Martiny," concluded Cox.
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Established in 1871, the National Rifle Association is America's oldest civil rights and sportsmen's group. Four million members strong, NRA continues its mission to uphold Second Amendment rights and to advocate enforcement of existing laws against violent offenders to reduce crime. The Association remains the nation's leader in firearm education and training for law-abiding gun owners, law enforcement and the military.
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Hot Movie Takes Monday – "Mississippi Masala"
©By Leo Adam Biga, Author of "Alexander Payne: His Journey in Film"
Over the weekend I revisited one of my favorite films from the early 1990s – Mira Nair's "Mississippi Masala." I remembered it as one of the richest cross cultural dramas of that or any era and upon re-watching it on YouTube my impressions from then have been confirmed.
The story concerns an Indian family exiled from Uganda during Idi Amin's reign of terror. They were forced to leave everything they owned and loved in terms of home, The patriarch of the family was born and raised in Uganda and lived there his entire life, building a life and career that made him feel at one with a nation his people had been brought to by the British to build railways. Though his ancestral roots are not of that continent, he identifies as African first, Indian second. The family ends up in Mississippi, owning and operating a motel and a liquor store. The patriarch, Jay, and his wife are the parents of an only child, Meena, who was a little girl when her left Uganda as refugees. When we meet her again she is a lovely, single 24 year old woman and still devoted daughter but strains under her parents' overprotectiveness and their insisting she adhere to strict traditions concerning matrimonial matches and such. Those traditions aren't such a good fit in America.
Also weighing heavily on Meena is the burden her father carries from being torn from his homeland. He can't let that severing go. For years he's petitioned the Ugandan government for a hearing to plead his case for his property and assets to be restored. He is a haunted figure. Part of what haunts him is the way he rebuked his black Ugandan friend from childhood, Okelo, when Amin's military police rounded up foreigners for arrest, torture, deportation. Okelo is a devoted family friend who is like a brother to Jay and a grandfather to Meena. When Jay is arrested for making anti-Amiin remarks in a broadcast TV interview, Okelo bribes officials to free him. He tries to convince Jay that there is no future for him in Uganda anymore. Okelo tells him, "Africa is for black Africans." He says it not out of malice but love. Jay is deeply hurt. He can't accept this new reality but he realizes he and his family have no choice but to flee if they are to remain alive. Jay leaves without saying goodbye to Okelo. Meena sees and feels her father's bitter anger and her beloved Okelo's broken heart.
Grown-up Meena, played by Sarita Choudhury, lives with her parents in a diverse Mississippi town where they are the minority. A meet-cute accident brings together Meena and a young African-American man, Demetrius, played by Denzel Washington. He's a devoted son who owns his own carpet cleaning business. He's immediately attracted to Meena but at first he pays attention to her to get back at his ex, who's in town and intent on belittling him. But things progress to the point where he and Meena spark the start of a real relationship. She meets his family and is embraced by them. Then the prejudice her extended family and community feels for blacks gets in the way and things get messy. As it always is with race, there are misunderstandings, assumptions and fears that cause rifts. Meena's father is reminded of his own close-mindedness – that Indians in Africa wouldn't allow their children to marry blacks. Demetrius and his circle must confront their own racist thinking.
Everyone in this film has their own wounds and stones of racism to deal with. No one is immune. No one gets off the hook. We're all complicit. We all have something to learn from each other. It's what we do with race that matters.
The theme of being strangers in homelands runs rife through the film. Just as African-Americans in Mississippi were enslaved and disenfranchised and often cut off from their African heritage, Indian exiles like Meena's family are strangers wherever they go and distant from their own ancestral homeland of India.
Meena finally asserts her independence and her father finally gets his hearing. His bittersweet return to Uganda fills him with regret and longing, ironically enough, for America, which he realizes has indeed become his new home. The simple, sublime ending finds Jay in a street market where residents of the new Uganda revel in music and dance that are a mix of African and Western influences. As he watches the joy of a people no longer living in oppression, a black infant held by a man touches his face and Jay ends up holding the boy close to him, feeling the warmth and tenderness of unconditional love and trust.
There's a great montage sequence near the end where the diverse currents of India, the American Deep South and Africa converge in images that some hot harmonica blues cover. By the end, the movie seems to tell us that home is a matter of the heart and identity is a state of mind and none of it need keep us apart if we don't let it.
I saw the film when it first came out and though it spoke to me I was still a decade away from being in my first interracial relationship. I was already very curious about the possibilities of such a relationship and I was also acutely attuned to racial stereotypes and prejudices because of where and how I grew up. Seeing the film again today, as a 15 year veteran of mixed race couplings and a 21 year veteran of writing about race, it has even more resonance than before. And having visited Uganda in 2015 I now have a whole new personal connection to the film because of having been to that place so integral to the story.
This was the second movie by Nair I saw. The first, "Salaam Bombay," was a hit on the festival circuit and that's where I saw it – an outdoor screening at the Telluride Film Festival. Years later I saw another of her features, "Monsoon Wedding." I still need to catch up with two of her most acclaimed later films, "The Perez Family" and "The Namesake."
Watch the "Mississippi Masala" trailer at:
Mississippi Masala Trailer 1992 – YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSrPYziDGW8
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Taxation Ruling
Income tax: primary production: prawn farming
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Primary production is defined in section 6 of the Income Tax Assessment Act to include, among other things, fishing operations. Fishing operations are, in turn, defined to mean:-
operations relating directly to the taking or catching of fish, turtles, dugong, crustacea or oysters or other shellfish; or
pearling operations,
and includes oyster farming but does not include whaling and also does not include operations conducted otherwise than for the purpose of a business.
2. The question has arisen whether prawn farming constitutes primary production for income tax purposes.
3. In the particular business of prawn farming the prawns are hatched in a hatchery consisting of a number of small ponds which are under cover and lined with fibreglass over concrete. At six weeks of age, when they are two or three centimetres in length, the prawns are transferred to growing ponds where they remain for a period of four months until they reach maturity and are ready for harvesting.
4. The growing ponds vary from 2 to 5 hectares in area and may be up to 2 metres in depth measured from the top of the surrounding banks which are constructed from the soil removed to make the ponds. The ponds are filled with diluted seawater pumped through channels from a nearby river.
5. While they are in the growing ponds the prawns are fed daily by means of a moving gantry-like machine floating on the water and supported by wheels resting on the banks. At harvest time the ponds are emptied and the water returned to the river. Mature prawns carried by the out flowing water are caught in nets and sent for freezing and packing. The empty ponds are allowed to dry and are then covered by lime to clear them for the next intake of young prawns.
6. Prawn farming operations are accepted as primary production for income tax purposes where the operations constitute the carrying on of a business.
7. The hatchery and growing ponds, together with their attachments and fittings, qualify as plant within the ordinary meaning of that term in section 54 of the Act. An effective life for the ponds has been estimated as 20 years. On this basis, a rate of depreciation of 5% per annum on the prime cost basis or 7 1/2% per annum on the diminishing value method would be appropriate for the ponds and associated equipment. Notwithstanding that the ponds and associated equipment are accepted as plant within the ordinary meaning of that expression they are also structural improvements and for this reason they are excluded from the special depreciation allowances available to primary producers under section 57AH and the accelerated rates under section 57AL.
8. The expenditure incurred on the ponds and associated equipment does not represent qualifying expenditure for the purposes of section 75B of the Act. It is not expenditure incurred on the construction, acquisition or installation of plant or structural improvements primarily and principally for the purpose of conserving or conveying water for use in carrying on a business of primary production. The ponds are primarily used for the breeding and growing of prawns not for the purpose of conserving or conveying water.
NO 86/2460-7 F9
Date original memo issued:
IT 2301W
PRAWN FARMING
DEPRECIATION - PONDS
RATE OF DEPRECIATION
54(2)(b)


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Piroklástične sedimêntne kamníne, tudi piroklástični nanòs, je plast, ki jo sestavlja več kot 75 % piroklastov ne glede na velikost. Preostalih 25% je lahko sestavljenih iz drugih kamnin, kot so kemične, biogene ali klastične sedimentne kamnine.

Opis
Piroklasti so (kameni) fragmenti, ki so posledica razpok ali drobljenja kamnine ali magme med vulkanskimi izbruhi ali drugimi vulkanskimi procesi. Nestrjene piroklastične usedline se imenujejo tefra (grško za 'pepel'); pretežno strjeni piroklastični nanosi se imenujejo piroklastične kamnine. Za nadaljnjo porazdelitev piroklastičnih sedimentov se lahko uporabijo različni postopki transporta in odlaganja piroklastov. Poleg piroklastov in njihovih usedlin so lave najpomembnejši proizvodi za vulkansko proizvodnjo. Za razliko od piroklastov in njihovih usedlin so produkt neposredne vulkanske aktivnosti. Možno (samo) brečo iz lave v tokovih lave se na primer ne šteje kot piroklastična usedlina. Preiskava stopnje fragmentacije piroklastov, transportnih in odlagalnih procesov piroklastičnih usedlin ali kamnin je tako najpomembnejše orodje za obnovo dogodkov pri vulkanskih izbruhih v zgodovini Zemlje.

Razlikovanje med komponentami in velikostjo zrn
Večina piroklastičnih nanosov je polimodalnih, tj. so iz materiala z različno velikostjo zrn. Razvrščeni so po prevladujočem deležu njihovih piroklastičnih tipov. Ta klasifikacija je neodvisna od vrste transporta in se lahko uporablja za vse vrste piroklastičnih usedlin.

 Aglomerat, piroklastična kamnina, ki vsebuje več kot 75 % vulkanskih bomb; posebna oblika aglomerata je žlindrasta lava.
 piroklastična breča je piroklastična kamnina, sestavljena iz več kot 75% vulkanskih blokov; posebna oblika piroklastične breče je žlindra.
 Tufna breča, piroklastična kamnina, sestavljena iz od 25 % do 75 % vulkanskih bomb in blokov.
 Lapilov tuf, piroklastična kamnina, ki vsebuje manj kot 25 % bomb in blokov ter več kot 75 % lapilov in pepela.
 Lapilna kamnina, piroklastična kamnina, ki vsebuje več kot 75 % lapilov (piroklsti velikosti od 2 mm do 64 mm.
 Tuf ali pepelni tuf, piroklastična kamnina, ki vsebuje več kot 75 % vulkanskega pepela. Nadalje se razlikuje po grobem ali finem pepelnem tufu.

Tuf in pepel se lahko dodatno razlikujeta glede na njuno sestavo. Litični tuf je sestavljen predvsem iz drobcev kamnin (grško líthos 'kamnina'), steklast tuf pretežno iz plovca in koščkov stekla (lat. Vitrum 'steklo'), kristalni tuf večinoma enokristalnih ali kristalnih fragmentov.

Vsako od teh vrst piroklastičnih kamnin je mogoče nadalje razdeliti glede na izvor (genezo) ali petrografsko sestavo, npr. aglomerat polžev, riolitni tuf, bazaltni lapilijev tuf itd. Te izraze lahko nadomestijo izključno genetski izrazi, ko je poznan izvor piroklastičnega sedimenta in je geneza najpomembnejša. Mešane piroklastične epiklastične usedline (delež piroklastov 25 % do 75 %) se imenujejo tufiti. Imena za klastične kamnine dobijo pripono tufitičen, na primer tufitična breča, tufitičen konglomerat, tufitičen peščenjak, tufitičen meljevec in tufitičen glinenec.

Razlikovanje glede na vrsto transporta
Pri eksplozivnih vulkanskih izbruhih lahko ločimo dve vrsti transportnih sistemov. Ti so nadzorovane predvsem z gostoto, smerjo in hitrostjo curka izbruha nad odprtino; sistemi so  plavajoči ali ne. Če so sistemi plavajoči in / ali je glavna smer navzgor, potem nastanejo veliki, navpični, vetrovni oblaki z notranjo turbulenco, ki proizvajajo piroklastične padavine. Sistemi za premikanje ob strani, katerih glavna pot je bila prvotno usmerjena tudi stransko in / ali nimajo vzgona, ustvarjajo turbulentne piroklastične tokove, ki tečejo po tleh in so nadzorovani z gravitacijo in lokalnim reliefom. Vendar pa lahko spremembe v vzgonu in turbulenci iz prvotno navpičnih transportnih sistemov kasneje povzročijo bočno usmerjene transportne sisteme in obratno. Poseben primer pretežno vertikalnega transporta je balistično izmetavanje večjih piroklastov, ki na odlaganje atmosfere skoraj ne vpliva. Vendar pa predstavljajo le majhen del izvrženih piroklastov.

Po dveh transportnih sistemih lahko ločimo dve skupini piroklastičnih nanosov:
 Piroklastične padavine, ki zajemajo vse usedline, ki so bile prepeljane z balističnim transportom od mesta izmetavanja do mesta odlaganja, kot tudi usedline zaradi dežja in atmosfersko izpiranje iz ognjeniškega oblaka. Piroklastične padavine pokrivajo relief (gore in doline) bolj ali manj enakomerno.
 Usedlina piroklastičnega toka – usedline iz piroklastičnih gostih tokov so običajno omejene na doline. Ne morejo premagati višjih ovir (odvisno od gostote) in so omejene na morfološko globlja območja.

V pravem pomenu ni nobenih piroklastičnih usedlin, ker niso neposredno povezane z vulkanskim izbruhom, lahko pa se oblikujejo neodvisno od:
 Laharjev; usedline iz tokov vulkanskega blata. Omejeni so tudi na doline in lahko premagajo le manjše morfološke ovire.
 Plazovi drobirja; so v bistvu plazovi ali drobirski tokovi, ki so lahko posledica delne porušitve vulkanske zgradbe.

Tefrokronologija
Pogosto se lahko piroklastične usedline nanesejo na posamezne vulkanske izbruhe. Če je možna časovna klasifikacija, piroklastični sedimenti v kamnitih plasteh služijo kot kalibracijska obzorja v kronostratigrafiji. Ta tefrofrokronologija je omejena na nedavno vulkansko aktivnost v kvartarju. Razmeroma dobro znan kalibracijski horizont je tefra vulkana Laacher See, ki je izbruhnil 10.982 pr. n. št. in pokril velike dele Srednje Evrope s plastjo pepela.

Sklici

Literatura
Roger Walter Le Maitre: Igneous rocks: IUGS classification and glossary; recommendations of the International Union of Geological Sciences, Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks. 2. Aufl., 236 S., New York, Cambridge University Press 2002 ISBN 0-521-66215-X
Hans Pichler und Thomas Pichler: Vulkangebiete der Erde. 261 S., Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 2007 13:978-3-8274-1475-5
Haraldur Sigurdsson (Hrsg.): Encyclopedia of Volcanoes. 1417 S., Academic Press, San Diego et al., 2000 ISBN 0-12-643140-X

Zunanje povezave
 NASA: Tephra and Pyroclastic Rocks, How Volcanoes Work  (englisch)

Vulkanologija
Vulkanske kamnine


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culture.politics.opinion: Do more channels make for better TV?
You can never have too many TV stations, can you. More broadcasters mean greater variety and there should be "something for everyone". At least that is the theory. After watching - or not-watching as a result of acute boredom - German and Austrian television for the last six weeks I am beginning to wonder about the wisdom of this thinking.
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This got me wondering. Maybe the large number of TV stations has split the marketplace into too many small companies that do not have the financial clout to venture into serious in-house production. There are, of course, exceptions. Germany's ARD and ZDF do produce some quality TV, but most of the small, commercial operations seem content to run the standard Hollywood fare combined with "cheap and cheerful" studio junk.
In economic terms there are too many small players who have divided the market too thinly between themselves. Maybe there is afterall something to be said for fewer stations producing better quality. More is not always better.
Haha, I guess this is what they call the illusion of choice.. Though we like to say that it should be quality over quantity, but I guess the public like to think that with more choices, they can actually make better choices.. Isn't the idea of democracy somewhat similar...?? I wonder.. =] especially with regards to your previous post on Sarkozy, if people are chosing based on what they know (limited information, since complete knowledge seems impossible), then the knowledge which they are basing their choice on, can be somewhat true, or it can be completely false!
I guess Andy Warhol's statement that everyone should be famous for 15 minutes, probably is one of the main culprits for releasing this innate exhibitionist nature of ours, causing us to strive to be seen and heard on tv or in other ways... haha the ludicrous human condition!


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Respectfully: Berklee should offer Gilly a Full Scholarship
T Naser started this petition to Berklee College of Music Board of Trustees
Christmastime 2017. Russo's Market, Watertown, MA. Deli worker Gilly Assuncao offers to do the sound check for a visiting caroling group. When Gilly starts to sing Oh Holy Night, shoppers and store employees alike stop in their tracks to listen. His baritone is deep, rich in tone and riveting. The ensuing video goes viral. Gilly's dream begins to take hold.
Numerous interviews followed. The Boston Globe. NPR. CBS. NBC. Good Morning America. His singing voice was compared to Andrea Bocelli. (CBS interview with David Wade) Gilly let it be known that attending Berklee College of Music was a life's dream. Berklee indeed auditioned and accepted Gilly into the school for Fall 2018. With limited means, he scrambled to raise the $50,000+ tuition but managed to do so through generous donations from area supporters. Now his freshman year is past. Gilly soaked up his courses and finished the year with a 3.85 GPA.
However, the financial strain has been overwhelming. And disheartening. A native of Brazil, Gilly can work only a limited number of hours, per US laws governing international students. He created a Christmas CD last December to help pay his tuition, only to discover afterwards that law prohibited the CD sales. Faced with deportation, which is a swift and serious matter in these times, he had to give away the Christmas CDs.
The fundraising dollars are scarce now that the excitement has died down. Unable to sell his music for his tuition or even to cover his personal expenses, Gilly is at a crisis point. Frankly, the only way he can realistically remain in school is to receive a scholarship award from Berklee.
Berklee offers very little scholarship funding to international students, though the school awards over $47 million annually to incoming students. Gilly has not been considered for scholarship.
Therefore, we the undersigned, as lovers of music, dreams and the particular journey of this singular student, respectfully ask the fine leaders at Berklee: Would you please find a way to consider a merit-based scholarship in order to financially assist Gilly, the humble and deserving international student with the captivating voice who has already proven he is up to the scholastic challenge? Whose only misstep is that he comes from humble beginnings? Gilly Assuncao, with his wondrous singing voice, deserves to remain at Berklee College of Music. Thank you.