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MINI 60 Years Edition – Celebrating 60 Years of an Icon
January 16, 2019 Staff Comments Off on MINI 60 Years Edition – Celebrating 60 Years of an Icon
On 26 August 1959, British Motor Corporation (BMC) proudly revealed a car that captured the imagination of the world and revolutionized the compact car segment. Six decades later, in 2019 MINI marks the brand's 60th birthday and the extraordinary story of a British innovation that went on to achieve iconic status. To kick-start this anniversary year, MINI is introducing a limited run of 500 very special vehicles for UK customers. MINI is kicking off its 60th anniversary year with the introduction of a limited edition model celebrating the best of MINI. Just 500 examples of this worldwide edition will go on sale in the UK. The car features a new British Racing Green exterior paint finish, black contrast roof, exclusive 17-inch light alloy wheels, and a unique interior.
VotW – Mini Cooper – Everything You Need to Know
January 10, 2018 Michael Carnell Comments Off on VotW – Mini Cooper – Everything You Need to Know
Let's look at Minis. Our Video of the Week this week is a brief history of the Mini Cooper. And in this case, we mean the class Mini Cooper, not the more modern version from BMW. The video comes from the guys over at Donut Media and is, shall we say, irreverent. To quote Donut: It's the most Iconic British car of all time: The Mini. It was an engineering marvel that revolutionized economy car design and became a motorsport legend along the way. Join us as we explore the Mini's rich history and design quirks that made it one of the best selling cars in the U.K.
New MINI Arrived in USA Fifteen Years Ago Today
March 23, 2017 Staff Comments Off on New MINI Arrived in USA Fifteen Years Ago Today
It was 15 years ago today (well yesterday now, the 22nd) that a feisty, little-known car company came ashore in the United States and captured the hearts of Americans from coast-to-coast. Since 2002, MINI USA has sold and delivered more than 725,000 MINIs to delighted customers across the country.
New MINI Countryman is Biggest and Most Versatile Yet
January 18, 2017 Staff 2
The new MINI Countryman is the biggest and most versatile model to be launched in the brand's 57-year history. With its larger external dimensions and increases in space throughout the cabin and luggage area, it offers occupants even greater comfort and a genuinely premium ambiance. Useful new features such as electric tailgate control with touch-free opening and unique options, including a fold-down picnic bench at the rear, add to the ownership experience. The Countryman's on- and off-road ability is readily apparent throughout its design, which fuses familiar MINI styling with the tough look of a crossover thanks to the extended ground clearance, large wheel arches and short overhangs.
VotW – Owning a Classic Mini
November 18, 2015 Michael Carnell 2
OK, I will admit it, I love Minis. I love old ones and new ones and large ones and small ones and … well, you get the picture. Something about the A-series engine, the transverse drivetrain, and the squat looks just appeal to me. Yes I drive a Vanden Plas Princess 1100, but in truth, all forms of the ADO16 are just large Minis. Yes, I said it. And I mean it. Anyway, our video this week is titled "Owning A Classic Mini". Just below the clip you will see the information about the young man who made the video and why. I think it is a wonderful effort and just goes to show the kind of devotion these cars inspire. Here is a short look into what it's like to own a Classic Mini. Before I brought the […]
New Mini Cooper eBook
September 30, 2015 Staff Comments Off on New Mini Cooper eBook
Britain's mighty atom, the original Mini Cooper, has a huge reputation out of all proportion to its size. The Mini was created by the fertile mind of Alec Issigonis and modified by John Cooper to become known as the Mini Cooper in 1961. Giant killing in motorsport, particularly in the Monte Carlo Rally, built the enduring Mini Cooper legend. Original production ended in the early 1970s but was resumed in the early 1990s. 1994 once again saw Paddy Hopkirk campaigning a Mini Cooper in the Monte! Mini Cooper: The Real Thing! by Johnny Tipler ISBN: 9781845847524 Print equivalent ISBN: 9781874105227 EBOOK AVAILABLE NOW! $23.99 / £18.99 – prices may vary between vendors Features … The story of Britain's mighty atom the original Mini Cooper Production history & evolution Building the Cooper Profiles of Sir Alec Issigonis and Paddy Hopkirk Details […]
MINI Family Growing. Again.
September 8, 2011 Staff Comments Off on MINI Family Growing. Again.
While it may receive a name change before taking a bow at dealerships, the Paceman will be the seventh MINI model in showrooms, following the debut of the MINI Roadster in 2012 and the MINI Cooper Coupe this October. The Paceman is based on the same underpinnings as the MINI Countryman crossover, and will be produced in the same assembly plant in Graz, Austria. The new concept was displayed at the 2011 Autoshow in Detroit. "If MINI keeps releasing cars at their current pace, we're going to have to expand our showroom," said Tim Parker, general manager of New Country MINI, a Hartford, Connecticut MINI dealer. "The Paceman packs the capability of the Countryman into a sportier package, which is the right recipe for a lot of Connecticut MINI fans that want a fun ride when the weather is cooperating […]
MINI Production Plan is Second Lift
June 10, 2011 Staff 1
A beleaguered British motor industry delivered its second boost to the economy in as many days yesterday as BMW announced plans to build its next generation Mini in country. The German car giant said it will make a fresh investment of £500 million to build the new Mini coupe and Mini Roadster models in the UK. The news followed an announcement on Wednesday by Nissan that it was investing £192m to build the next version of its Qashqai model in Britain. Both announcements safeguard thousands of jobs. Business leaders, unions and the government welcomed the development, which the Prime Minister said was a "tremendous vote of confidence" in BMW's UK workforce. The Mini coupe will be launched later this year and the Mini Roadster in 2012, both produced in Oxford, where more than two million Minis have been built since […]
Mini Cooper by Rolls-Royce Coming Soon
November 28, 2009 Staff Comments Off on Mini Cooper by Rolls-Royce Coming Soon
MINI, iconic small car maker, will produce a luxury version with help from its corporate cousin Rolls Royce. […]
MINI's 50th Anniversary JCW
July 26, 2009 Staff Comments Off on MINI's 50th Anniversary JCW
This year MINI celebrates 50 years of the iconic Mini, and as a part of that celebration MINI is releasing a limited edition of the Cooper Works car, the John Cooper Works World Championship 50, of which only 250 will be produced and made available in Europe. Inspired by John Cooper's son Mike who was heavily consulted during development, the vehicle will be adorned with the British racing green of days gone by. According to the BMW press release, the car will be powered by a "155 kW/211 hp four-cylinder engine with Twin-Scroll turbocharger and petrol direct injection. The production version of the MINI John Cooper Works World Championship 50 features numerous exterior and interior details reflecting the racing pedigree of the brand.
New Mini Owner's Site
July 22, 2009 Staff Comments Off on New Mini Owner's Site
MiniMania, the supplier of parts for both classic and new Minis, has launched a new social networking site for Mini owners. MiniOwners aims to be for Mini enthusiasts what FaceBook is to … well, to the rest of the world. According to the site, "MiniOwners.com connects you with other people who share a common love for the Mini! Keep in touch with your Mini friends, and make new ones! MiniOwners.com is an expansion of the Mini Mania's already popular forum. We've added new features to take it to the next level of Social Networking. Amoung the many features of MiniOwners is the ability to create your own profile page, upload images to galleries you create as well as create profiles of your cars! Create a network of friends to share your latest projects with. Post status updates to let your […]
Phil Wicks Driving Academy at Brainerd International Raceway June 27-28
June 6, 2009 Staff 1
It is only three weeks away — the biggest celebration of the 50 years of the Mini/MINI — MINI East Meets West. The Phil Wicks Driving Academy will hold an event at Brainerd International Raceway on Saturday and Sunday, June 27-28. The days will consist of driving academy — all makes and models of cars — with instruction in classroom and on-track for Novice, Intermediate, and Expert; North American Can/Am Challenge races (classic Minis); Vintage car races — all makes and models; and North American MINI Cooper Challenge Time Trials. There will be a dutch treat banquet and awards presentation in the clubhouse at Brainerd on Saturday evening. All are invited to attend. Fees for the driving academy are $300 for one day, $500 for two days. And there will be lunch-time touring laps for non-participants for a fee of […]
New Exhibit "50 Years of the Mini – Lane Motor Museum
April 12, 2009 Staff 1
The Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, is excited to announce that their newest exhibit "50 Years of the MINI – Presented by MINI of Nashville" will open on Thursday, April 16. This exhibit will focus on the history and influence of the Mini brand over the last 50 years. They would also like to thank MINI of Nashville for partnering with them in the creation and promotion of this exhibit. In addition to the exhibit, their support will allow the museum to host a special celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Mini in late August. According to the museum, a specific date along with more details will be available soon. More information about the contents of the exhibit is available now online at the Lane Motor Museum's Mini site.
MINI Cooper To The Max
March 12, 2008 Staff Comments Off on MINI Cooper To The Max
Nice article in the LA Times on the new MINI Cooper Clubman. The article starts of by saying, "It's my considered opinion that the BMW Mini Cooper is the most successful car design of the last 20 years. What can touch it? Here's a car that puts a spearmint thrill through you every time you turn the key, a larking, capering, glass-and-steel nymph that nicks past other traffic like it's mired in molasses. On top of the giddy charge of merely wheeling the thing, you've got this utterly charismatic styling, a po-mo masterpiece, a rolling tribute to the iconic Mini (1959 to 2000) designed by Alec Issigonis and built by the British Motor Corp. That's Sir Alec to you, you peon." For the rest of the story, got to the LA Times.
New John Cooper Works MINI Revealed
February 25, 2008 Staff Comments Off on New John Cooper Works MINI Revealed
Mini has crowned its lineup with a second-generation version of the John Cooper Works. Shown just over a week ahead of an official unveiling at the Geneva motor show, the new go-fast Mini is planned to head to the United States in August in two distinct body styles in a move aimed at seeing it appeal to as wide an audience as possible. As with the second generation of the Mini Cooper S–on sale in North America since 2007, buyers will be able to choose between a standard two-door or roomier three-door Clubman at $28,550 and $30,800, respectively. Both models run the same turbocharged 1.6-liter four-cylinder direct injection gasoline engine–the result of a joint venture between Mini parent company, BMW, and French car maker Peugeot.
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NJ Governor Sees Guns, not Shooter's Early Prison Release, as the Problem
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy responded to Sunday's deadly shooting at a Trenton arts festival by calling for new controls on guns. But a suspect's gang membership — and early release from prison after Murphy took office — may have been bigger factors in an incident that left one person dead and 22 wounded.
Meanwhile, Murphy — a first-term Democrat in his first elected office — supports shorter sentences for offenders and cuts in prisoner rehabilitation programs.
The suspect, identified as Tahaji Wells, 33, opened fire before 3 a.m. at the Art All Night festival in New Jersey's capital city, in what appears to have been a gang-related dispute. Wells was reportedly killed by police, and 17 of the 22 people injured reportedly suffered gunshot wounds.
A second suspect, identified as Amir Armstrong, 23, remained hospitalized in stable condition and was facing a weapons charge, while a third suspect was in critical condition.
Less than 24 hours after the gunfire, Murphy — a former Goldman Sachs banker who served as President Barack Obama's ambassador to Germany — began calling for gun control without addressing the other circumstances involved in the crime.
"It's yet another reminder of the senseless gun violence, even having signed six stringent gun laws last week," Murphy said at a news conference Sunday following a service at Trenton's Galilee Baptist Church.
We awoke to news of a mass shooting right here in Trenton.
Art All Night is a time when we all come together. We cannot let gun violence tear us apart.
These are not inappropriate times to talk about gun policy. These are the most important times to talk about gun policy. pic.twitter.com/EJtM7iLOPN
— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) June 17, 2018
During the service, he said he "and many others around this state are committed to ending this scourge of gun violence" and urged the Congress to take action on guns "as a national matter."
On Twitter, the governor also said the immediate aftermath is the time to speak about possible gun control.
"These are not inappropriate times to talk about gun policy," he wrote. "These are the most important times to talk about gun policy."
"These are not inappropriate times to talk about gun policy. These are the most important times to talk about gun policy."
- New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
But it turns out that Wells had been released from prison in February, despite receiving an 18-year state prison sentence in 2004 on an aggravated manslaughter conviction in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man, NJ.com reported.
And in 2010, while still in prison, Wells was sentenced to six additional years after pleading guilty to a second-degree racketeering charge. He reportedly helped a gang leader run the group from inside prison.
So despite two lengthy sentences that should have left Wells serving time behind bars into the 2020s, he was back on the streets and able to commit Sunday's crime.
Murphy has decried the sentencing and incarceration of people throughout his campaign and time in office as part of his criminal justice reform agenda, which includes a review of sentencing laws in the state.
The governor's efforts weren't just promises, as earlier this year he resurrected the Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission created in 2009, which never actually held any meetings due to former state Gov. Chris Christie's reluctance to appoint any members.
"We can and must do better," Murphy said in a statement announcing the restart of the commission. "A Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission can undertake the important review of our sentencing laws and recommend reforms necessary to ensure a stronger, fairer and more just state."
Another key promise of Murphy was to "expand re-entry services, so that the people coming out of prison have the support they need to return to productive lives" — a measure that should have supposedly prevented Wells' shooting spree.
Yet, Murphy slashed all the money from a prisoner reentry program that was created by his fellow Democratic Party colleagues, NJ.com reported. The program provided training and helped former prisoners to find jobs and claimed it reduced recidivism rates.
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Spanish tax authorities have been stepping up their game in recent months, and now they have two high-profile cases to show for their hard work. This matters in the two-wheeled universe because one of the case involves former MotoGP racer Sete Gibernau.
According to prosecutors in Barcelona, Gibernau defrauded the Spanish government of roughly €2.8 million. Gibernau on the other-hand says that during the time in question, from 2005 to 2006, he did not live in Spain, but instead lived in Switzerland.
Spanish prosecutors however state that Gibernau did not live in Switzerland, like he says, but instead lived in Esplugues de Llobregat, a province in Catalunya.
It is not often that journalists get to speak to team managers at length, but test days provide the perfect opportunity to do just that. So it was that a small group of journalists attending the tests sat down with Suzuki team boss Davide Brivio to discuss progress so far.
There was a lot to talk about. There have been rumors that Andrea Iannone is not fitting in well with the ECSTAR Suzuki team, and is currently engaged in talks with Aprilia about moving there for the 2018 season. Some of Iannone's issues are down to his problem adapting to the bike, and trying to fix his feeling with the front end.
Brivio spoke to us about Iannone's situation, and the development of the GSX-RR. He also talked about the benefits of a satellite team, what Suzuki is doing to improve the spec electronics package, the test program at Barcelona, and the return of Alex Rins for the test.
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Ingredients: Tomato, Onion, salt, smoked malt, paprika, black pepper, garlic, celery seed, mustard seed, lemon peel, allspice, cinnamon, cloves.
Rip Snortin' Rodeo is a blend that makes barbeques a repeat event! It's not Too Hot and it's not Too Mild! It's one of our more mild Barbeque blends and it's the base for most of my favorite home made grilling sauces! It's great as a rub and fabulous as a additional spice to your bread crumb mix!
One my favorite uses is in my Tempura coating mix for my fish when I make my fish and chips! The smoked malt, celery seed and garlic just makes my fish dinner stand out, while the sweetness of the allspice, cinnamon and cloves, makes the flavors sing!
Give it a try, you will get inspired when you open the jar!


Anyone who has driven on North Yellowstone Avenue since Wednesday has most likely noticed the big pile of rocks in the hole where the D Street Underpass used to be.
Crews blasted into 10 feet of basalt at 2 p.m. Wednesday to clear away space for the new bridge's footings, said Kelly Kofoed of Cannnon Builders, the city of Idaho Falls' contractor on the project.
The stones will be hauled away to a Landon Excavating pit. The tree immediately south of the stone tower is also slated to be removed next week. The city wanted to save the tree, but the excavation around the tower, which is actually a pump station dating back to around 1910, damaged too much of its root system, Kofoed said.
Building a bridge is a lot different than building a house or office building. "It's kind of like building a house around your wife while she's making dinner," Kofoed said. Cannon has also been the contractor on the John Adams Parkway bridge over the Idaho Canal, due to be finished in July. "We had to go deep for the footings at the same time we had traffic going over it every day," he said. In the D Street project's case, train traffic had to be re-routed with a "shoefly," a four-month undertaking by itself. The new underpass is scheduled to open sometime in 2014.
The D Street excavation has yielded all sorts of interesting things: masonry foundations from buildings that made up the Oregon Short Line Railroad depot, which was torn down in 1964, and old tools that had been discarded by railroad workers decades ago.
Kofoed said he and his crew were the first people since the '60s to set foot inside the pump station. There was a hardwood floor that had rotted and a lot of sludgy water in the foundation, which goes down 30 feet. "I'm sure the old pumping equipment is in there," he said.


Vacation rental house. Sleeps 22, 7 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms. No pets allowed.
Why book individual resorts or condos when your whole group can enjoy a mansion in paradise? Enjoy exceptional panoramic coastal views from the private and quiet custom home at the O'oma Plantation.
This large home is the perfect escape for a large family or group of friends. There are seven bedrooms, each featuring beautiful hardwood floors and updated private bathrooms. This home does not include air conditioning, but the slight elevation of this home allows you to cool the home with natural ocean breezes.
We encourage you to spend time exploring our beautiful island. When you return to the O'oma Plantation at the end of the day, you will find that there are many features to enjoy during your time together at the home. There is an entertainment room for movie night! There is a modern and spacious kitchen equipped with granite counter-tops and new appliances, perfect for home-cooked meals. There are large gathering spaces in and out of the home as well as a beautiful custom wooden staircase that follows the lava rock wall up to the upper viewing deck.
There are 3 spacious decks to enjoy the outdoors and sunny Kona weather. The large infinity pool faces the Kona coastline for a picturesque view and breath taking sunsets. There is also a heated spa, large barbecue and outdoor shower: everything you could need for your gathering. The hot tub will allow for limited hours, but available for spa heating four hours in the morning as well as an additional four hours in the evening. The pool is not heated, but it is perfect for cooling down after a hot day at the beach.
This house sits north of Kona Hills, but hidden away below the highway away from all traffic. There is quick and easy access to downtown Kailua-Kona, Honokohau Harbor, the airport and Kona-Kohala resorts.
Ooma is conveniently located, a great home base to explore the many wonders of the Big Island of Hawaii including the Volcano National Park, Mauna Kea Observatory, coffee and macadamia nut farms, artist communities, and more!
Wonderful property, perfect for our family vacation of 19. We would definitely recommend staying here.
Mahalo nui loa, for your 5 star review and recommendation of staying here to others. O'oma Plantation is indeed a wonderful property!
The stay was great! Plenty of space for a large group. Pool was lovely even without being heated and well used. Some natural wear and tear from being a rental on a beautiful property. Could have used a deck of cards.
Thank you for posting this review of your experience at the property! I am happy to hear you had a great time and enjoyed the pool. We sincerely hope to see you guys again soon. Simply remember that the best possible rates are found directly through Boundless Hawaii.
Our large group had a wonderful time at this beautiful home. We found the place very clean and stocked with everything a group could possibly need. We spent the majority of time out on the back deck taking in cool breezes. Unfortunately, the volcano disrupted our ocean view but that is no fault to the property. I would definitely stay here again!!
We had the most fantastic vacation ever. Our family loved the house and the location was great. The pool was a little cool at times, but that didn't stop the grandkids from spenting lots of time in it. We had a large group at the house (17) and to cook for that many the kitchen could use more equipment, bowl, spoons, spatulas, and pans. We did purchase a electric griddle that we left for future use. Thank you. Thank you. We would definitely recommend this house to others. Great memories were made. Thanks Nick at Boundless Hawaii for all your help.
We thank you for the positive review and suggestions! We will make sure to evaluate the current inventory and what what might be needed.
Huge -- 7 bedrooms, 7 bath, large living areas, large well-equipped kitchen; large pool, heated spa; endless view of ocean and majestic sunsets. Perfect for 3-week family reunion of 11 adults and four young children. Property manager -- Boundless Hawaii -- was instantly responsive on the few occasions we called. Location was excellent but requires car travel to beaches and to town (and for shopping). A grand property; grand professionalism by Boundless Hawaii; a grand vacation.
We are delighted to hear you enjoyed your time with us on the Big Island! I sincerely appreciate the kind words about not only the property, but also our management team! We would love for you to return someday soon and in turn we will reward you will a 10% returning client discount!
We my family (17 members) my children and their children. Such a great opportunity! I give praise to the Lord and thank HIM greatly!
We had a wonderful stay and pool was a plus. We all slept comfortably and were comfortable. We especially love the pool and adult time at the Jacuzzi. A few minor things the toaster is a four slot toaster but only two slots work and we needed the four slots to work. Also the rule to throw everything out of the frig (food) but good eggs, good water etc. Thought the rule should be leave what can be salvaged not leftovers but good food eggs, packages that are not opened, perhaps the cleaning staff can make use of it. Frig ice maker didn't work a the bed upstairs needed to be a king bed not twin size. However, all in all we had a great stay and a wonderful time!
We had a great time at this rental, 11 adults and 2 kids.
Pros: everyone had own bathroom attached to their room, close to airport and Costco, beautiful ocean view up on a high hill above Kona, and house was clean and spacious.
Cons: main con is there is a beautiful pool but it is not heated so we used the hot tub a lot but not the pool. Also, one of the days we were there was fairly warm and a/c would have been nice but we were thankful for the ocean breeze and fans in every room.
The place was great. We had a large group. We all had our own rooms and bathrooms. The Kitchen even fit us. The only complaint I have was that the hot tub was not hot upon arrival which I had asked for.
We were part of a wonderful 2 wk stay for an awesome family reunion! Everything was perfect. All bedrooms are well appointed with beautiful views from the 4 poolside masters. The kitchen was well equipped - a possible addition could be a big pasta pot and drainer to accommodate cooking for large groups and another cooler to store beverages to free up space in the fridge. There were 15 in our group -ages ranging from 2 to 73 and everyone was quite comfortable. Add'l fans in the bedrooms were a nice touch -we were always comfortable sleeping and the temperature was never too hot. The pool and jacuzzi were absolutely awesome. Most of our home time was spent on the expansive lanai! The views are unbeatable! We were conveniently located to beautiful beaches and shopping -downtown Kona is only about 20 min away and Costco is only about 10 min. away -which served us well! We would definitely recommend this vacation property to others. There is so much to do in such a short distance, you will never be lacking activities though it will be hard to leave the lanai - always nice to come back to after a long day of beaching, shopping or site seeing! We highly recommend a day at A-beach with a lunch snack or happy hour at the Lava Lava beach club right on the water to the left of the beach. Kids did paddle boarding at this beach and had a blast. Hapuna Beach is also one of our favorites. You won't find a more beautiful beach on Hawaii. Another of our favorite spots is 2 step beach next to the City of Refuge Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park (another great visit). The snorkeling there is out of this world, just be careful walking out on the lava –stay where lava is dry – this can be dangerous. On the way back, stop by Kaaloa's Super J's for delicious homemade LauLau's. (recommended by Andrew Zimmern!) and then get gelato at Gypsea Gelato. YUM! We had a GREAT vacation! Looking forward to returning to the Big Island!
We loved our stay at the O'Oma Plantation, our second stay there, once in 2012 for our 50th Anniversary, and June of 2015. We didn't even look for other accommodations when we planned this trip with 13 others because of the wonderful time we had in 2012. Everyone loved the home, and all the amenities such as the beautiful pool, hot tub, lanai, landscaping, kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms, laundry facilities, grounds and cleanliness, etc.
wonderful home for a great vacation. very central on the island for all you want to do. quiet neighborhood, close to amenities. upstairs area should have a big bed but the daybed sufficed for our needs. more than enough room. will definitely be going back!
The perfect Hawaiian house for a large group!
We were a group of 17 women staying in this beautiful place and there was enough room for all of us to gather together when we wanted or have our own space when we felt like it. The 2 bedrooms with the double beds were a little small for 4 adults, and would have been better either for just 2 people or 4 kids, but we made it work. The furnishings were great but could have benefitted from some pictures on the walls. Some extra blankets and pillows would be nice. With such a large group we had several cars and there was more than enough room for all. It is very close to the airport and the town of Kona and more importantly Costco!
We had a fabulous time. The house was the perfect place for our retreat. Everyone enjoyed the pool and the hot-tub, it was the icing on the cake.
We have stayed this house with 16 family 4 nights in August. It was much more great experience than we expected. Big enough public space with pool and spa.
The view from the lanai is special ! Morning,daytime and evening.. every hours the view have been changing the color and schene.... We all families are really really satisfied our stays there !!
We stayed at O'Oma Plantation for a family reunion - 9 adults and 6 children aged 5-17 years…the property was PERFECT for our family - incredible clean, easy to access from all parts of the island and MORE than enough space for all 16 of us…would definitely return in the future!
We chose this house because we were celebrating a family reunion. There were 10 of us in all.We loved the house, it was very comfortable. The location was perfect! not too far from Downtown Kona or airport or hiking areas. We were very pleased with most of the amenities. However one should be aware, there were no disclosures in the listings of there not being any air-conditioning. And their BBQ was not clean,virtually unusable. The Spa, worked, but only at certain times of the day & night.
The house is a great group escape place. It looks just like all the photos. Ants were a problem if even the smallest crumb was left on the counter however that may be endemic to the area as the house was very clean. Comfortable beds. Location is very close to the airport and about 7 minutes from downtown. A car is required to stay here. Just be aware that the house is not AC ( not an issue when we were there) and the pool water may be cold. We had a great stay.
We stayed at the O'oma plantation in celebration of my parensts 60th wedding anniversary. There were 10 adults and the place met our needs extremely well. Each couple had their own bedroom and bath. The Center of the house was perfect for the family to gather. The outside patio and view were perfect for watching the beautiful sunsets. I would highly recommend these accommodations for parties with multiple couples or multiple families.
Overall experience was very good. Few issues as listed below, but overall happy.
1) dish washer was broken when we moved in. It was obvious to us that this was a known issue that should have been taken care of prior to our arrival. It was replaced on Wednesday (4 days into our stay).
2) Hot tub was an issue. We had asked that the hot tub be on 24/7. this was not the case, and when it was turned on 24/7 on Tuesday, it was done incorrectly, and we didn't have any heat for a full 24hrs.
No other issues where noted, and the house was very nice.
This home was perfect for our family of 14 - ranging in ages from 6 months to 60+. Many people have commented on the pool not being heated, it certainly did not deter any of us from jumping in. We stayed a few days at a resort and I don't think they heat their pools either. The views are amazing and it is a beautiful home. Would certainly want to stay here again if we were visiting with a large group.
Wow! What a great stay we had at O'oma plantation.
We had a family reunion/vacation on the big island of Hawaii and stayed 8 nights in paradise,enjoying every minute of our stay.
The house is perfect for families... with the large kitchen, pool, hot tub and with 5 out of the 7 bedrooms have sliding doors that open to the patio pool area you can have privacy and all be together at the same time.
The view over the infinity pool was stunning - the pool, beaches, ocean, horizon and sunsets were perhaps the best we have ever had at any of our vacations in the last 25 years!
The house is near great beaches, dinning and airport, but with all the privacy we needed.
4. Visited the live glowing Kilauea volcano at dusk.
5. Cliff jumping from the United States most southern point Ka Lae.
6. Many beaches including black sand beaches.
After every daily adventure we looked forward to the hot tub and pool.
We all look forward to a return trip in the future!
We recently stayed at this house and could not have found a more perfect rental for the price. We were a group of 17 (9 Adults/8 kids) There was room for everyone and the house is so large that we had our own space. I will agree my biggest disappointment was that the pool was too cold and the hot tub had specific hours of which it could be used (electricity is very high on the island but you can purchase I believe through the agency an all day run rate). However the kids didn't mind at all but the adults hardly used it. Instead we sat on the deck for hours and stared at the amazing sunsets. It is very close to everything and Kona airport (don't worry you won't hear planes). The house sits far on a hill and it's only one of 3 in the Ooma Plantation that we could see. Your neighbors are very far so it's very private. The furnishings are high end and the beds, linens wonderful. I searched for for over 6 months for the right property at the right price and this place delivered. Additional notes: There is a high cleaning fee but for the size of the house it can be expected. The only upstairs room could use a bigger bed instead of the daybed, seems like it could be a master instead of an afterthought.
O'oma Plantation was great, just needed a few things added!
We had a wonderful stay, however the pool needs to be heated and renters should be able to us the AC, just charge more for use of the AC units if need be. The worst part was the street noise at night. The neighborhood is not fully developed and has no gate so car loads of people would park on the street and party. We had windows and doors open at night due to the heat so you could hear their music and talking, it was awful and it was almost every night.
The pool was too cold to use; it definitely should be heated. The chlorinator broke down and we couldn't use the hot tub or pool for 3 days. The television channels were very limited. There should be a better cable/HD connection. Otherwise, we really liked the quality of the home and the layout was particularly good for our family. The young children and their parents could be in a separate wing and gave the adults privacy and quiet. A great pool would have made a real difference in our stay because this location is not very close to town or beaches.
When we arrived we had no idea just how beautiful a place we would discover. It more than fulfilled our expectations and was a dream come true. We spent hours in the pool and hot tub enjoying the view and relaxed atmosphere. The home was in easy access to town the air port and routes to anywhere we desired to go. The landscaping was gorgeous and we really felt we were in paridise. It made it very hard to leave. The only issue we found with this marvelous house was that the bedroom upstairs could have used a queen or king sized bed instead of the day bed.
The kitchen was wonderful for a family of 14 being able to prepare our meals without tripping over one another. It was well supplied with all the necessities that is normally expected in a kitchen, and more.
We took great pleasure in watching the eyes of our children and grandchildren as they entered the house for the week. Their expression did not change even as we left to return home.
Everyone is in agreement that we want to return sometime in the future.
Thank you so much for all your considerate assistance in making our 50th anniversary dream come true.
Highly recommend this luxurious house! Our whole family of 10 absolutely loved our stay here! Our two kids didn't want to get out of the beautiful infinity pool. We'd love to stay here again if we come back to Kona!
Extraordinary family trip to the Big Island, so much to do. We ranged from grandparents, parents down to 6 year old and everyone LOVED it!
The most beautiful, magical home that you have to see to believe. The perfect spot to disconnect from the world and reconnect with yourself yet close enough to surrounding hot spots so everything you need is within reach. Highly recommended. Prince properties is just a phone call away no matter what you need. I even received a call just to check and see how I was doing. Everyone in my party absolutely adored this home and we hope to return very soon. GO! It's so worth it!
This house was perfect for our family! The grandchildren would have stayed there 24 hr/7 days and played in the pool. We will definitely stay there again if in Kona.
Beautiful house, loved the design and amenities. Only issue we had was with the hot water in one wing of the house. We called the management company and were told that someone would be by to have a look at it. We were away from the house for most of that day so I'm not sure if anyone showed up but we continued to have issues. Must say a big Mahalo to the Management team for making a special trip to the house after we checked out to look for and return our passports which were forgotten in a bedside table.
Our group of 9 thoroughly enjoyed our stay. Lots of room for everyone.
I am not sure where to start, but our entire group can not stop talking about our recent trip to the big island and this house was the main focus. We had 11 adults and 6 kids and the house was perfect. We loved that all the bedrooms had there own bath. 5 of the bedrooms had ocean views. It was nice that the house is on the hill because it was cooler up there (no a/c---but did not matter). On days we were gone it took a little while to cool down, but soon the breeze and fans made it comfortable. We can not stop talking about how comfortable the beds and pillows were. So much so that we wrote the make and models down of the matresses to buy for our own houses. None of us woke up with "broke back" the first night. Slept like babies. If we were at the house the kids were in the pool/spa all the time. Great backyard deck area with plenty of seating. New cushions for the 2 lounge chairs would be nice-too hard without cushions. The kitchen was great. We used it a lot. Only a few thing we could have used, but nothing important that we could not improvise...like a pizza cutter. With a house that big a seperate freezer for ice would be great, but we made it work. Just extra runs to the convenient store up the street. We all had an awesome time. The island was great also. Traveled the entire thing and enjoyed every inch of it. From black sand beaches to green sand beaches to zipline tours, helicopter tours, waterfalls, snorkeling, boogie boarding, restaurants, farmers markets, shopping in Kona...I could go on and on. Great trip...Thank you!!!
We enjoyed our stay at this gorgeous home in Kona. The house is beautiful. It is not near a beach or oceanfront. The closest beach is a 15 minute drive. You have to have a rental car because this house is not within walking distance to anything. The pool and hot tub was nice since getting to the beach was a bit of a chore.
The property was fantastic in every way - there were 10 adults and 5 children and lots of space for everyone without feeling crowded. The facility is first class, private, quiet and all you could ask for - making our Hawaii experience as good as it gets!!
Brand new home with fantastic views of the Kona area. Gorgeous pool and brilliant sunsets. You could not have a better home away from home. Our family stayed here for the Ironman week and its a short drive into town and a close drive to the airport. The house is close enough to town to enjoy it but not so close that you cant relax in a very quiet tropical spot! Its not cheap but you get what you pay for.


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Two graduates honored by Alumni Association
Two University of Notre Dame graduates received special awards from the Notre Dame Alumni Association during Reunion 2008 ceremonies on campus.
John T. Goldrick , a "triple domer" and longtime University employee from Portland, Ore., received the Rev. John Cardinal O'Hara, C.S.C., Award for distinguished service to Notre Dame.
Goldrick earned his bachelor's degree in 1962, master's degree in 1970 and law degree in 1984. A Notre Dame employee for more than 20 years, he began as an admissions and guidance counselor, then served as director of admissions before becoming an associate vice president for residence life. Currently, he is vice president for enrollment management and student life at the University of Portland.
As Notre Dame's director of admissions, Goldrick designed and directed the University's undergraduate student recruitment and selection processes and saw the University's applicant pool swell from 3,000 to 7,000 prospective students. He also chaired the University Committee on Admissions and Scholarships. As associate vice president for residence life, he monitored all facets of student residential life. In this role, he also functioned as acting vice president for student affairs and assisted in managing the $3.5 million budget operation for the student affairs division.
Goldrick served for five years as country director for the Peace Corps in Ghana and Kenya before accepting his position at Portland. He and his wife, Jacqueline, have three children: Sean and Shaheen, who were graduated from Notre Dame in 1993 and 1994, respectively, and Shannon, a 2001 Portland graduate.
The Rev. Edward Frederick Sorin, C.S.C., Award was presented to Dr. Salvatore J. LaPilusa , an orthopedic surgeon, 1941 Notre Dame graduate and benefactor, for distinguished service to the University.
LaPilusa established an endowed scholarship in memory of his wife of 35 years, Lorraine. Since its creation, the LaPilusa Scholarship has benefitted more than 70 undergraduate students. He also recently funded the physiology wing in the Jordan Hall of Science. Beyond the Notre Dame campus, he founded the Lorraine M. LaPilusa Cancer Treatment Center at Bayonne Medical Center in New Jersey, which allows patients to be treated locally rather than having to travel to New York for treatment, as did his wife.
Born in Bayonne to parents who immigrated to America from Italy in 1914, LaPilusa earned a bachelor's degree from Notre Dame in 1941 and his medical degree from Loyola Medical School in Chicago. Following his military service in a M.A.S.H. unit during the Korean War, LaPilusa started a practice in Bayonne, where he became a well-respected bone surgeon.
LaPilusa belongs to several orthopedic societies, including the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery, the Eastern Orthopedic Society, and the Irish American Orthopedic Society in Ireland. Partially retired, he now travels to Third World countries, including Vietnam, Indonesia, Bhutan and Bangladesh to work with young orthopedic doctors and learn about their cultures.
Contact: Angela Sienko, alumni editor, 574-631-7005, asienko@nd.edu
Originally published by Angela Sienko at newsinfo.nd.edu on June 09, 2008.


The scapulothoracic, or ST, joint is not actually a true joint. This means it is not synovial (like in the glenohumeral joint), fibrous, or cartilage. We want the shoulder blade, or scapula, to be able to move and glide across the ribs, otherwise our movement would be limited. The shoulder has the greatest range of motion of any joint in the body, and the mobility of the scapula is key. However, with greater freedom comes the potential for the shoulder to also be an unstable joint, so we want the muscles that support the shoulder blade strong.
A combination of gravity and our modern lifestyle of sitting at desks and looking down at our phones can result in muscle imbalances, which might lead to a displaced shoulder blade. Ideally, we want the scapula to be able to move freely, evenly, in all of its directions. But with our hunched over life, there are 2 actions we tend to get stuck in. In order to find balance, we first need to understand all of the movements of the ST joint.
Elevation moves the shoulder blades up the rib cage, and depression draws the shoulder blades down the rib cage. To practice, shrug your shoulders to your ears – that's elevation. Then soften your shoulders down your back – that's depression. Once you are comfortable there, repeat with your arms overhead. Reach up towards the ceiling to elevate, then pull the shoulder blades down to depress. The next step is to take that into Downward Facing Dog. Repeat the same actions, now with added weight. Keep your arms straight as you push your hands into the floor and elevate your scapula. Then depress your scapula. I learned this from my teacher, Gina, who calls it shoulder flossing and it is gold. It might feel a little sticky at first, but with repetition, it will start to get easier.
To feel protraction, take your arms straight out in front of you. Reach forward to round your upper back. Here the shoulder blades separate away from each other, away from the spine. To retract your shoulder blades, keep your arms straight in front of you. Plug your armbones back in, pulling your shoulder blades towards each other, to your midline. Next, take that to Cat/Cow. Cat pose is protraction, and Cow pose is retraction. After a few rounds, see if you can isolate those actions only to the shoulder blades, instead of your entire spine.
The scapula move when we lift our arms overhead. This one is the best to watch on someone else, even palpating the bottom tip of their shoulder blade. When they reach their arms out and wide, feel how the bottom of tip of the scapula move out and up – upward rotation. As they bring their arms back down by their sides, the bottom tips pull back towards each other – downward rotation.
Get comfortable practicing all of these actions. Observe which ones feel easy and which ones give your muscles a little burn after multiple sets.
Not everyone, but typically the shoulder blades tend to favor protraction and elevation. The upper traps tend to tighten, which elevate and lift the scapula. You might also have a tight pectoralis muscle that causes a shortening to the front body, resulting in the protraction, or widening, of the shoulder blades.
There are a lot of muscles at work (and I won't confuse you anymore), but to counterbalance gravity and technology, we need to practice the opposite actions – retraction and depression. Not only will these actions benefit your posture and help you find and stay in a neutral position, they will also carry over into your backbends. You might hate Cobra Pose now, but start to strengthen these movements and observe as things shift. It might feel like a whole new pose when we can get the shoulder blades where we want them.
One of the easiest ways to build strength is grab a strap. Hold it out in front of you with hands wider than your shoulders. Pull on the strap to create tension. This will start to pull your scapula towards the spine, retraction. Keep the tension and draw your shoulder blades down your back, depression. Once you are comfortable holding that, start to take your arms overhead, continuing to work your scapula down as the arms lift up. Lift and lower your arms with the tension on the strap for a minute, going nice and slow.
Continue to practice this and the other exercises above to keep your shoulder blades mobile, but strong. Anatomy takes time to learn, so say the action aloud as you do it. Over time, they will begin to stick and you'll notice what poses need what movements. The more we know about the human body, the more we can connect deeper with ourselves.


Anthony Hary Entertainment – MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!
How does a person motivate themselves to keep working when there is no guarantee of compensation or reward? I'm a creator. I write and I illustrate. Primarily on projects I own and that are self funded. In this situation you are your own boss, and often your primary cheerleader. There needs to be a drive , even a love of sorts for the work.
To aid myself in this I will take stock of what I've accomplished and truly look at it in perspective.
I have a day job to pay my bills. Fifty hours of each week on average is given to this day job. Leaving me nights and weekends to do my work. I keep this truth in mind as I consider my accomplishments.
In the last four months I've fully outlined, and written 49,000 words a new novel, pencilled 30 pages of Chapel:Honor #2, inked, refined, or retouched inks on about 10 pages, and redrawn the cover of my graphic novel Fifteen Minutes, drawn about ten sketch commissions, and completed pencils on four new original prints. I also had the privilege to help my brother Willis outline his new project, and I've been working with Tracie to get herself positioned to go full time as a nail tech after school. Some could say I'm bragging, or just trying to make myself feel good. That's the point. I'm motivating myself through acknowledging the momentum I've accomplished and decisively choosing to continue.
If you are like me, pushing yourself towards a career goal, while holding down a day job and the responsibilities of life, try this when you feel stressed, overwhelmed, or start thinking about quitting.
You could also be like me and find yourself thinking that for everything you accomplish it never feels like enough.
For example, my graphic novel should've been completed years ago, literally. Chapel: Honor, should've been completed last year. Yet to focus on that would not prove beneficial to anyone.
No one will know the details of our individual circumstances, our prospective opportunity, or how we may have envisioned our potential success when we started out, more than we do. And to focus on what could've, should've, or would've been should circumstances had turned out differently is as ineffective as complaining that you're not getting anywhere when you haven't even started the car yet.
Acknowledge the bad, and focus on the good. Acknowledge the truth of your situation, and focus your efforts on the areas where you have true influence. We cannot change what has already happened, but we can make decisive decisions to motivate ourselves to move forward. One of the ways we can do that is to provide ourselves with an honest acknowledgment of the success that we have had. No matter how small, or minute. Celebrate that success, build upon it, and capture for yourself the momentum that will drive you towards seeing your dreams, that I've become goals, become reality.
Too often seen solely as synonyms, Simple and Easy can be truly differing concepts when applied to meaningful aspects of life.
At first glance it can be very difficult to discern how these concepts might be different. The separation becomes clearer through implementation. Let's consider how this plays into our ability to Make IT Happen.
I was in a conversation recently with a friend who is striving to move things forward in their life and is finding it particularly troublesome. Yet the trouble isn't in in the doing of the things that must be done, it is in their perception of the process of those things.
You see the things that must be done are quite simple. Almost like stacking bricks for a wall. One by one, brick by brick, and then Ta-Da! You have a wall. Yet as simple as the process is, these proverbial bricks were heavy and difficult to stack, making this simple task anything but easy.
We may find that our emotional outlook on a situation has made the accomplishment of a goal incrementally more challenging. How do we combat that?
First it can be helpful to take into full perspective the task at hand. What is it we desire to accomplish? Do we want to be in better physical shape? Have a better job? Improve our personal relationships with others? Or perhaps we simply would like to feel happier in life. Whatever our desire may be, there will be a cost to attain it, and thusly we must be willing to pay that price.
Often the cost entailed is quite simple.
Do you want to be in better shape? Exercise and eat healthy.
Do you desire a better job? Update your resume and start applying.
Do you want to improve your personal relationships with others? Make a decided effort to address their needs ahead of your own, and communicate your needs vs your wants more effectively.
Where it stops being easy is in our emotional connection to those costs. Perhaps we have a dependency on foods for comfort, or we are scared over the uncertainty of starting a new job with an unfamiliar company, or we may struggle with vulnerability and fear when it comes to opening up to others, thus limiting our ability to communicate effectively. Whatever the case may be, these emotional dispositions to our simple solutions do not an easy situation make.
To combat this, a strong first step for us to make is to adjust our perception. When our emotions are making an opportunity for growth challenging it is because we are focused on the potential challenges, the possible negatives, or basing our expectations upon past experiences. All of which are as justifiable to focus on as the far more beneficial option: The Opposite.
Rather than focusing on the possible "bad" of a moment, focus on the promise of good that could come from it. Primary of which is the accomplishment of our goal.
By driving home the point in our own minds that the means to our achieving what we desire comes at the necessary adjustment to our thinking to risk the possible pain of change because we can see that the only way to possess this change is by putting forth the effort, we will pay the price necessary. It really is that simple.
Recognize the truth of a situation, and focus on the good.
Through this decisive choice we can train our minds to embrace these moments as opportunities for growth, rather than fear them due to the potential pain of change. Also through this we are not deceiving ourselves. It isn't easy, it isn't without risk, or pain, or sacrifice, rather it is with all of these things as a necessary part of the cost associated with accomplishing our goals.
The accomplishment of our "IT" all boils down to personal accountability. We desire the change, and so it is we who take the initiative to insight change. There are those in life who may help us, but they cannot do it for us, and to what extent they are able to gift us anything in life, if we are not actively engaged in the process we will eventually lose what we have gained.
If you desire change, and find the steps forward to be less than easy, take a moment to see the simplicity of what must be done, focus on the good of making the investment to accomplish your goals, and then act. Put in the work to achieve your goal and make the payment required by risking pain and failure, trusting that though we may fail, we will never succeed without putting in the work.
Control your perception. Stay Focused. Focus on the good. Put in the work. Make IT Happen!!
We live in an environment where entrepreneurial ambitions are celebrated, and in almost all arenas of life people are being encouraged to pursue those goals. For those who set out to blaze their own path a strong truth quickly becomes evident. We must stay motivated.
What is your motivation? What gets you up out of that chair, or out of bed in the morning, and pursuing your "IT"? Is it Money? Perhaps Fame? Or perhaps you simply love the field you are working to play in? These are key things to consider because without motivation to forge on, we will stop moving.
The very nature of an entrepreneurial effort means at its base that we are not being paid. Sure we may make profit from our efforts, hopefully a healthy portion. In the start however we are simply working. We're waking up and clocking in the hours. To a large extent we may never know if anyone will even realize what we've done or set out to do. Before that can happen we must complete the effort and have a product to offer. Through this effort there will be, notice the "WILL" and not might or maybe, there will be moments where quitting seems our next best step. What will motivate us to keep going?
Bestselling Author Jim Butcher has said, when asked what motivates him to push through writers block and complete his novels, his motivation is simple: He has a mortgage. This brazenly truthful statement drives home an inescapable fact. No matter our "IT" that we are pursuing, life continues on. With all its demands and costs and expectations, life offers little allowance for procrastination or slacking. This supersedes any passion or emotionally grounded motivation, this is reality.
Where emotions can waver, and hope can fade, if we build on this practical truth that to see results we must put in the work, we will see results.
Set Goals. – This can sound redundant. We hear it all the time. In this case, we hear it often because it works. The clarification should be added that we need to set up progressive goals. It is always good to have a main goal, an end game established. For example you could be working to drop weight and get in shape, so you set up a goal weight and size to work towards. If that goal is more than 10lbs from your current weight, why not set up progress goals? This allows you to hit attainable goals and build momentum, which is quite motivating. It also promotes a pathway to track success.
Celebrate Accomplishments. – As we progress and reach our goals, enjoy those moments of accomplishment. Perhaps your progressive goal was a daily call number to reach out to 10 potentially new clients each day, and you surpassed that. Enjoy that, celebrate it. After you've surpassed that goal a couple times, increase your daily call to 15, or 20, and when you reach and exceed those goals continue to celebrate that accomplishment. This continues to build momentum and foster growth and progress in our efforts.
Help Other Succeed. – So often in our own efforts to become successful we become myopic and lose sight of the whole picture. Make a purposeful effort to step back, and help other reach their progressive goals. Even if they are someone you might view as competition, encourage, support, and aid them where you can. Then as they reach their goals, celebrate those accomplishments with them. We will find ourselves encouraged in the process and our desire to keep up with those we support will keep us motivated.
Be a Student. – No matter what we are trying to accomplish, be a student of it. More than simply learn what to do, strive to know it, understand it, and be a practitioner of it at a level that we could keenly explain it to another. If you are trying to grow in your career, do not be comfortable simply being able to do your job well. Grow beyond that by understanding the business, learning supportive roles, and actively seek out opportunities to be involved in aspects outside of your assigned role. If you are focusing on your fitness, do not simply rely on a personal trainer. Instead approach it as if you were going to need to be someone else's personal trainer. Learn the moves, lifts, stretches, and logic behind the activities involved. Study the nutrition, track your progress, test things out, and approach it as if you were looking for the treasure hidden within the activities itself. Even more so if we are pushing out to be an entrepreneur, we do well to pull back the curtain on the area we desire to work in. Learn the market, trends, and methodology already applied. Track patterns of success, and failures, as if we weren't working to build our own business, but working as a consultant to help someone else launch theirs. Recognize that this is a craft, an art, and our mastery of it only comes through the ongoing effort to learn and know it fully. The better we position our perspective and understanding, the stronger our grasp and more firm our motivation to succeed will be. We will be able to truly see opportunities, and better avoid pitfalls, as we more than have a map of our terrain, we are the guide.
When all the chips are down, motivation is a choice. Choose to do it. Choose to Succeed. Choose to put in the work. If we implement these four steps we will strengthen our ability to choose wisely.
Stay Motivated, Stay Focused, Make IT Happen!!!
Make IT Happen part 2: Where do you want to go?
Morbid as it may seem, this was my lesson for August. It was also the greatest invocation towards why we need to Make IT Happen!
Through financial hardship, physical injury, and everything else I've been working on completing the graphic novel FIFTEEN MINUTES for the better part of this year. The book is inspired through my perspective of my uncle Kevin's fight against cancer. On August 4th, after a 2+ year battle, he died. Just four days later, my dear friend Nick Post, the man whose likeness is applied towards the best friend of the main character in the book, died suddenly from a heart attack.
Life is a fickle, fleeting thing.
During "Part 1" of this series we talked about TIME and the fleeting nature of it. The loss of these two very important men within my life grinds home that truth. It also leaves me thinking how they within their own lives chose to "MAKE IT HAPPEN".
Both were men of success. Both in business and their personal lives they thrived, overcame obstacles, and persevered in the face of impressive challenges. Both men worked hard, loved with sincerity, and built for themselves the life they felt was right for them.
Arguably these two had decades of life left to enjoy. I cannot consider this reality without also considering my own perspective. How do I use my time? How much time do any of us really have left? There is no way to know conclusively, due to time and unforeseen occurrences, how life will pay out.
Again, this is not an attempt to be morbid; it is instead a call to banners of sorts. That we might stand and face this day at the ready, with a solid view toward our goal!
Do you have an IT?
Do you have a goal, a quest, an endeavor you would see to its completion? I cannot guess at yours, so to help you understand the concept behind "MAKE IT HAPPEN" I will share with you my IT.
My IT is to be accomplished in my career as a Professional Storyteller through illustration and writing. The stronger of those two skills for me is illustration, and so I started there.
At this current time I am comfortable professing I am a Professional. Yes, I am still working to capture enough business to allow me to work at this career path exclusively, leaving me room to still grow. This should always be the case for a successful, driven person. There is no plateau, there is only ever more area to grow and improve.
When I started out in 2001 I was nowhere close to where I am now. I had no idea how gigs worked, how to work with clients, I had not published anything yet, I was simply a college dropout who knew I could do more than I was. This lead me to "Step 1" in how we MAKE IT HAPPEN!
Step 1: Have a clear view of where you are and where you want to go.
This two part initial step is key to all that follow. In fact it is one of the harder steps, and not simply because it is first. It can seem easy to decide where you want to go, to decide what you want and desire, yet to best attain it we must also identify where we are. This is difficult for some because it takes humility to look at our situation with a critical and modest eye. To really know where we are at a moment is to also acknowledge ourselves in relation to all factors around us. It is to acknowledge our limits and that we are not the center of the universe.
One way to accomplish this is to write out two lists: The first list is all the facets of your life you would like to maintain, and the second is of the areas you would like to change.
With both lists in front of you look at the good list and think on what it would take maintain those items.
Now consider how the things you may hope to keep are impacted by removing the things you would like changed. This helps us see how aspects of life are connected. This will help us easily see what and how things can be cut out to free up time, energy, and resources to accomplish our goals. Use this to create a new list of only items worth keeping, cutting out any impacted or reliant on activities you opted to change.
Take this list and write out how these items you're keeping support your goal.
Next identify the NEW changes you are going to need implement to accomplish your goal.
For example: Your IT/Goal may be to be "Healthier", and you chose to keep your gym membership, and you had to cut out some dietary habits, or even some aux habits such as Saturday night out with friends as the wings and beer are not supportive of your goal. That left you with "home cooking" and "Gym membership", and allows you to replace Saturday night out with a supportive activity like "meal prep for the week" or "Keep a journal", something to keep your efforts directionally correct toward your goal of being "Healthier".
You should at this point have an initial list that shows where you are, and where you want to be. This list should also be adjusted regularly. As you accomplish goals, readdress your accomplishments and fine tune your efforts to stay focused on your goal, your IT.
In 2001 I had to admit that I had drive, and I had the capacity to learn, but I did not have the skill set required to be a professional storyteller, to work in comic books specifically. I made my list. I began cutting out social activities, video games, and things that took up my time, and I fine tuned my life to allow me to become a student of the craft. Meaning after my day job was done, and my 'responsibilities of life' were fulfilled, it was on me to push myself to learn and acquire the skills I would need for this business.
I've had to adjust my lists, rewriting them multiple times over the years. Therein lies the principle, no one will do it for us. We have to MAKE IT HAPPEN. Does that mean we do it alone? Not at all!!
Make IT Happen part 1: Do you have an "IT"?
Do you have an "IT"?
Many of us do. We call them goals, dreams, aspirations, and they can range and vary as widely as we do from person to person. This variance however is only a detail. No matter your IT you can find it a reality. To do so, first it is benefitted by truly understanding what your IT is.
Our respective IT can shift from moment to moment, varying throughout our day. IT = DESIRE. Whether that desire is the trivial day to day of physical provisions, and caring for bodily needs, or perhaps a grand aspiration that could form not just your future but those of many around you, the desire is your IT.
If you follow me on social media, it will become quickly apparent that this is my mantra, my mission statement, my motto towards life. Make IT Happen!!! The saying evokes action, focus, decisiveness, and the ever forward moving approach to life that leans to accomplishment, failure, success, and fulfillment.
I am confident that regarding the smaller ITs of finding sustenance and general covering, you are well informed. For the purpose of this discussion we will focus on an IT that is directly related to one of the four pillars of success: LIFE, ART, STRENGTH, and CHARACTER.
As with anything, if you want to build something of worth you must start with the foundation, and our foundation is our LIFE. From your LIFE comes all other aspects. Uniquely, it is both our foundation, and our final product. What is LIFE? It is the foundational core of our existence as humans. Our family, friends, career, it is all those things we do and are. Perhaps your IT in LIFE is the balanced use of your move valuable asset, Time.
"Imagine there is a bank account that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening the bank deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out every cent, of course?
Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to a good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no over draft. Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day.
This illustration reflects for us the inescapable truth of life, and calls to light our attitude towards it. We all could benefit from a more balanced application of our time. Time to be healthier, to exercise, to spend with loved ones, to apply that time where need to accomplish a personal goal, another IT. All this is related, yet first we do well to manage our most valuable, yet uncontrollable resource. Make IT Happen!
How can you balance your Time?
Take an inventory. Where does your time go currently? Feel free to use hours and minutes by the way, makes the math much easier. Log in a notebook how much time you may be spending on any specific activity. Whether that be Work, Shopping, Entertainment, or doing nothing at all, it all costs time. Establish its cost.
With your inventory complete, make a complimentary list of where you would prefer your life to go. For example your inventory may show you're sleeping 8 hours a day, yet losing over 10 hours per day to your job, along with the 2 hours that go towards driving to work it leaves you just 4 hours in your day for other activities. After you factor in getting ready for work, and preparing/eating dinner, what time is left? Not everything can fit into our days off either, meaning adjustments must be made. We have to Make IT Happen!
Whatever we decide therein lays the principle. We have to MAKE it happen. Once we have our IT, action is then required from us. No matter what pillar of our life we are working on (LIFE, ART, STRENGTH, or CHARACTER), there is no one to do it for us. Sure we help each other, encourage each other, yet to achieve growth it is us who must grow, us who must MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!
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A Star Called Henry (The Last Roundup) — Roddy Doyle demystifies the Irish independence movement following the 1916 Easter Rising. The book touches on one of the fundamental issues of modern patriotism and nationalism: "corruption" is a term used to make the masses believe that there is also "honesty" and "national interest" in politics. This book is a great read, both for the way how it's written and what messages it conveys.
Gotz and Meyer — I read this book by David Albahari, an excellent Serbian novelist, a while ago, but it's important to keep recommending it. Belgrade was the first Judenfrei city in Europe and Albahari "tricks" the reader into telling the story of Nazi executioners.


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Q: What development tools are there for the IBMi (AS/400, iSeries)? Are there any development tools for the IBMi - also known as the AS/400, iSeries?

A: You can use the native stuff (the "green-screen" tools). Most of them are also available as client-server (aka GUI interface) too.
You can use a popular alternative as LANSA (www.lansa.com).
Or you can use Java!!!. The iSeries is a hell of Java machine. Everything for your new world impressing application is already on board (JVM, JDK, class libraries (JtOpen) to access the local iSeries stuff). And last, but not least, the world-class database manager DB2 is native in the OS. How about that!?
(and no, I'm not a IBM representative. Just a happy RPG coder ;-)

A: Yes.  The current Windows-based IDE is called "Rational Developer for i" and you can find more information at http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/developer/rdi/.  The green-screen tools are PDM, SEU, SDA, etc.
Also there is a relatively new non-IBM solution called RPG Next Gen (http://www.rpgnextgen.com/).

A: A free alternative the RDi is the RPG Next Gen editor.
http://rpgnextgen.sourceforge.net/
Be warned, it does not support the maintenance of the line level source dates.

A: Use iRPGEditor- It's Open Source Editor write in Java.
Actually is in versión 1.0b1
https://github.com/egomezal/iRPGEditor

A: If you'd really like a niche career, I'd also recommend Delphi for the AS/400:
http://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi-400

A: I know this is an old question, but I think m-Power should be mentioned. m-Power (and its predecessors) is one of the most well established development tools available for the iSeries, dating back to the IBM System/38 (in the early 80s), which was later replaced by the AS/400. Here's the website: http://www.mrc-productivity.com/

A: MiWorkplace, MiW, could replace SEU, not RDi. It improves the user experience of SEU users whose management will not pay the price of RDi. For a review by Jon Paris see this link.

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Images from Ghana
Posted on January 27, 2010 by giulia
In Ghana, where the Baah-Wiredu Laptop per Child Foundation is working towards a 10,000 laptop deployment, the Millennium Village cluster in Bonsaaso includes some of the first adopters of one laptop per child.
The Millennium Villages are part of an effort to help sub-saharan African countries realize the Millennium Development Goals through global social, financial, and innovation support. Professor Jeffrey Sachs and former Secretary General Kofi Annan have worked closely together in designing and championing the MDGs, and proposing Millennium Villages and related programs.
This past week, Sachs and Annan visited Bonsaaso and visited the primary students there.
Primary students show off to visitors in Bonsaaso
As the village is unusual in a number of ways, not least in that it reportedly has reliable free internet access, it will be interesting to see how the students and teachers progress over the coming year. What do you think?
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13 thoughts on "Images from Ghana"
máy tính xách tay on May 6, 2012 at 8:50 pm said:
I agree with USA Mothers, I would love to save the world but our city is in a state of depression, help us! Overseas productions may be cheaper abroad but has destroyed our economy, it may cost more here but let's bring this program to our children
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kojoD on July 30, 2010 at 5:21 am said:
so i think i do agree with S. Ohene-S that the government of Ghana had no hand in that project because i do not see any signs of continuity of this now in Ghana.
i would encourage more civil society participation in the education process, we should not allow governments to take us for a ride.
i work in the education sector (public university) and i do not see clear policy directions from the ministry of education regarding ICTs in education. can anyone please educate me further on this…
is there any way volunteers can help in this regard, maybe not necessarily financing but in other ways?
may tinh xach tay on April 25, 2010 at 10:20 pm said:
I'm a volunteer, tutoring and mentoring children, in the city of Detroit. A computer for every child in this city could change the lives of our kids and their families;
silver thurston on April 4, 2010 at 1:19 pm said:
i am a single mother of four children i have been lasid off since last september i would like to know if my children are eligable for this program they are very smart and deserve the chance to have a computer to learn on they cant help that we are now very poor worse then ever
Yaw Appiah on March 26, 2010 at 1:17 pm said:
To USA Mothers:
A coworker expressed a similar sentiment about US kids, not all have access to machines. On the other hand I do think the opportunity is greater in the States than in say Africa. Most Children in the US have parents who could afford computers at home. It's hardly the case in rural 3rd country. Sharing in this way helps all of us in the long run. Please share your thoughts.
Siegfried Ohene- Sidza on February 27, 2010 at 2:59 pm said:
To Solomon Asare:
To correct what Solomon said, the Bonsaaso xo laptops was not ordered by the government of Ghana but rather part of the One Laptop Per Child Africa Moment OLPCorps. These laptops were directly ordered by the ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD, USA. The government of Ghana does not have a hand in it. TAKE NOTE OF THAT.
Solomon Asare on February 20, 2010 at 3:41 pm said:
Why do you assume this is a gift from the US? And even if it were would it mean Americans have stopped caring for themselves? These laptops were ordered by the government of Ghana. The project is christened after the late finance minister who initiated it. Great job to the guys at olpc, thanks for your vision.
Guiovany ,Sydney ,Australia on February 11, 2010 at 12:38 pm said:
teacher Luis Soriano Bohorquez, the story of one of Colombia's most celebrated educators who, along with his two donkeys Alfa and Beto, travels between villages in the municipality of La Gloria,COLOMBIA providing books for the local children.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQMh8_TD2dI
Dorothy Barak on February 1, 2010 at 8:53 am said:
I'm a volunteer, tutoring and mentoring children, in the city of Detroit. A computer for every child in this city could change the lives of our kids and their families; it would change the future of our city. I agree with USA Mothers, I would love to save the world but our city is in a state of depression, help us! Overseas productions may be cheaper abroad but has destroyed our economy, it may cost more here but let's bring this program to our children. Charity begins at home.
USA Mothers on January 29, 2010 at 6:57 am said:
Wow, really? I can think of millions of children in the USA just as deserving of a wirelessly connected laptop. I am all for supporting 3rd world countries to help build them up and get them the education and tools they need to be a productive country. But when did Americans stop being concerned about their own Country.
sj on January 28, 2010 at 3:20 am said:
There's a whole photo where it's more clear that the students are taking and showing images here. This was also an OLPCorps country last summer. Send us your favorite photos of XOs in use, with the stories behind them, and they may get their own post!


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Q: Randomizing multiple JavaScript arrays Still working on JavaScript fundamentals. The following code prints out the correct images and attributes, but I want to randomise the images and I'm not sure how to do this. I found other articles about using the Fisher-Yates shuffle, but I can't seem to be able to implement it, and I'm not sure if it's the right decision.
var counter = 0;
var pictures = new Array();

    pictures[counter++] = ['http://example.com','img/pic1.jpg','Pic Logo'];
    pictures[counter++] = ['http://example2.com/','img/pic2.jpg','Pic 2 Logo'];
    pictures[counter++] = ['http://example3.com/','img/pic3.jpg','Pic 3 Logo'];

    function showImages() {
        var i = 0;
        for (var p = pictures.length-1; p >= 0; p--) {
            document.write('

');
            i++;
        }
    }

Edit: How can I access specific items in my pictures array, similar to my original code? - http://jsfiddle.net/chris_s/eW9Tm/

A: You can use Jonas Silva's shuffle function to randomize arrays:
//+ Jonas Raoni Soares Silva
//@ http://jsfromhell.com/array/shuffle [v1.0]
function shuffle(o){ //v1.0
    for(var j, x, i = o.length; i; j = parseInt(Math.random() * i), x = o[--i], o[i] = o[j], o[j] = x);
    return o;
};

You call it like this: shuffle(pictures);.


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