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This wonderfully imaginative programme will give carers of small children real pleasure, both in their charges’ reactions and for the programme itself. The rest of us can engage our inner child and enjoy what is one of the best programmes on TV. Before you disagree, just ask yourself who puts the colours in the rainbow? Today, Fuffacloud plays a mischievous trick on the babies.
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By SJWNY, a Trail Mix Contributor
Advice to the Democrats: Do not listen to the pollsters. Not today, not next month, not on November 7th. Think & act as if you are 10 points behind. Run as if every single state is up for play. Treat all Voters with respect; do not be dismissive. You need these fellow Americans now more than ever. This election cycle has been about emotion more than facts. Take every opportunity to speak out & set the record straight immediately. Thomas Dewey blew it, even after everyone had written Harry Truman off – because the only Poll that matters is on Election Day.
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True. However, the Dewey fiasco was not based on a scientific poll.
oh. And, WOOHOOOOOOOO !
Why the Clintons Don’t Fear the Coming Armageddon With Donald Trump
By Joe Klein
WooHoo to you too 😉
Complacency is an enabler. Just this morning I’m reading articles saying how Mr Trump is going down to a massive defeat this November; Secretary Clinton all but guaranteed victory. Okey dokey. Stuff like this can lead to over confidence on one side & fire up the base on the other. The Democrats can get fat & sassy after November 8th. Until then, stay hungry. Too much at stake this year.
Shot across the bow of good ship Hillary – Trump claims she is the original “birther’. Complete BS, but it is what can be expected from now until he is sitting in a Drump retirement home. The strategy necessary to stop him is going to be tricky. Even the usual “caught in bed with a dead woman or a live boy” might not work.
Yo, Hillary: Hit Donald Where It Hurts
by Michael Tomasky
It’s a crazy year & nothing is guaranteed. If you believe in something, stand up & be counted. Throughout history too many people did too little & got the government they deserved. I’m hoping everyone works hard this year & gets the government we earned.
whskyjack “She apologized for not being clearer and for the pain that caused. It’s a woman thing. Us guys don’t do that.”
Craig: “Sort of like not asking for directions”
Jamie: Loud Sigh
What women’s Words Really Mean:
“Bush, Romney pullouts strike me as an insult to their own party voters who have made this decision, giving Trump more running room to remake the party without them ….”
craig, I agree with you and jace and think he’ll continue to make use of anti-establishment stunts to trick the media into giving him even more (if that’s possible) free time and multiple sound byte reruns. wouldn’t be surprised if he ups and announces merrick garland would be his pick – or at least 1st in the list– for scotus reasoning that who knows what crazy liberal Hillary/bernie would choose thus sticking it to the senate establishment, giving the media meat for a free ride and entertaining his troops at the same time.
“rippers’ credo : family values means fewer than 4 wives, and fiscal conservative means fewer than 5 bankruptcies.”
xr, he sure believes in keeping all the $$ values within the family.
and on this topic, last month wonkette’s “Donald Trump Is The Family Values Candidate All His Ex-Wives Have Been Waiting For” noted some outliers who really do believe he has them:
Here is a thing we didn’t really expect to see in 2015: a mainstream press article (sorta mainstream, at least — CNBC.com isn’t exactly a niche website like “Marine Propulsion News,” whose newsletter we inexplicably got signed up for) with the completely unironic headline “How family values helped Donald Trump build his empire.” We saw that and wondered how exactly we could top its snarky winking tone. But no, this is a completely sincere paean to the values that made Donald Trump a great man, and “writer” Eric Schiffer is either a complete Trumpsucking boob or the best satirist since Paul Verhoeven (Starship Troopers was satire, right? Please?) We just can’t tell — it reads like Waylon Smithers writing a C. Montgomery Burns fanfic.
Great post, sj and I love your line — Complacency is an enabler.
If only our founding fathers had polls.
I would agree that Trump can and very well might increase white male turnout over Romney’s numbers. However if in doing so he manages to drive up turn out among women and minorities he still has a tough road as he is sure to lose those two demographics by even larger margins than Romney. If he gains a couple of million votes among white males and loses a couple of million among other voting blocks, the advantage still goes to Clinton.
Holy choking. Our good neighbors to the north in Alberta are running from the smoke…it reminds me of the BP oil spew. Oil shale…the rock that burns! Another warning to humans about fossil fuels. A note to the USA to make sure we do not bring back coal. Alberta citizens did benefit from the oil shale…their health care costs were the lowest in Canada because of the money from the oil shale industry. That will change and their lives have changed forever. Money and fossil fuels. Which brings me to my point…why lie to humans about bringing back jobs of old? It is 2016, not 1980!
SJ, great thought and exactly what I believe. Even Bernie is following your advice, although the crowds are getting smaller. (<100 in McDowell County, 1000 in Charleston , 2000-3000 in Morgantown) not bad crowds, but he’s choosing smaller venues to make them appear crowded. Trump pulled in around 13,000 in Charleston yesterday (he claimed it was 28,000, but the Civic Center where it was held has a capacity of 14,000 and the Charleston Gazette reports that it was @ 95% full.
Couldn’t agree more. Democrats from the top of the ticket all the way down to dog catcher need to fight this election for every last vote, and go after those votes as though the well being of the nation depended on them. Because in point of fact it does.
Too bad the election fortune tellers didn’t foresee that the fortune makers were really going to take over!
The USA is not the only place where democracy has gone awry, Boaty McBoatface. The result of online voting. I remember when El Paso had a contest to name their new baseball team. A guy from Las Cruces won the contest with The Chihuahuas. He immediately started receiving death threats, however, the name and logo eventually caught on.
The Bush / Romney pullouts are really rather pathetic, a stunt very much equivalent to Trump having a temper tantrum and not showing up for the debate. They get to pat themselves on the back and say I took a stand and boycotted the convention. Big deal! If they are serious about their distaste for Trump they need to get some skin in the game. Go to the convention and raise hell, or find their way onto the Sunday talk shows and start putting the heat on Trump. Instead, they are going to hide in the bushes and watch the game play out. if Trump goes down they claim partial credit. if he wins then they can say that they had conflicting engagements during the convention. After all they are ‘principled’ conservatives.
sjwny…I agree we cannot be complacent about this election. The threat of a Trump White House should motivate all decent people to work harder than they have for a Democratic Party. A massive defeat is essential this year.
Also…I went to Portland yesterday and attended the Bill Clnton event.
He looked strong and healthy, much better than the few times I saw him in 2008.
The crowd was enthusiastic and optimistic. Talking to several people I noted an understanding that we all need to work harder than ever this year.
So you’re thinking that increasing the decreasing favorable demographic while increasing the increasing unfavorable demographics could end up biting him in the ass? Let’s hope.
SJ… this blog has always had a lot of humor and snark going on. But don’t let it fool you… methinks we all know the consequences of this election and take it seriously.
Jace… I agree with you… it’s not enough to not show up to the Republican convention. If you don’t think Trump will make a decent president, state it and explain why. Not showing up is the cowardly way out.
I’m not sure, but women are the largest single demographic, and somewhat more likely to vote than men. Me thinks that Hell hath no fury like a voting block scorned.
from Jamie’s link:
Jamie…. what women’s words really mean… ROFLMAO!!
There was never any doubt in my mind that Bernie would take WV, and we won’t know until Tuesday what the margin will be, but I did see with some interest that the PPP poll done through 5/1 showed an 8 point margin, compared with a 28 point margin in February. Strange doin’s here in WBGV.
Democratic Primary Votes as of May 4
Pollsters appear to have a problem underestimating Trump support. In the last several primaries, the RealClear average of polls in those states averaged 9pts below what he actually got at the ballot box. Could be due to last-minute surges they didn’t have time to measure, but something is amiss.
I honestly think there is a fairly large group of people ashamed to admit they are supporting Trump. I also suspect the women numbers may be off as a lot of GOP women will be crossing over to Hillary. Pollsters beware: A whole lot of lying going on.
BTW, it looks as if Bernie will be on the hook for the chartered costs for his Pope stalking trip to Rome. When the Pope says, it’s not political, so does the FEC. Not a campaign expense.
You might have nailed it Jamie. Among the findings in this study of Trump performing better in online polls than in telephone surveys: “Some significant number of Trump supporters, especially those with college educations, are less likely to say that they support him when they’re talking to a live human than when they are in the anonymous environment.”
Hey yesterday everyone was all about will Republicans choose party over country and today you are critical of the Bushes and Mittens for choosing not to participate — so what’s up with that?
I think it would be great if they all said they were staying home
Yes Dear. };-)
(grin, duck and run)
yeah…. but… we are asking them to do more than just not participate… we are asking them to tell the country why they are choosing not to participate…. why won’t they support the orange jackass. Choosing not to participate, IMO, is a start… but if they want their party to continue to be taken seriously they need to speak up.
But then again…. I see your point…
KC, note that I’m not critical of anyone rejecting Donald as the Repug nominee. I love the disarray.
The “honeydew” list is getting longer by the second. };-)
Oh lookie see what Bernie got around to tweeting today. Anyone want to take bets on who will get the credit for this idea Hillary voiced ages ago?
Bernie Sanders @SenSanders 1h1 hour ago
We have a moral responsibility to help working families in the fossil fuel industry find new jobs as we shift toward a clean energy economy.
Yes! How many football games are lost because the team got cocky before the final whistle? Good post! It’s actually what happened to the “inevitable” candidate in 2008. This time, they thought if they ignored Bernie, and sneered at his supporters, it would be enough to clear the path for her.
Rick Perry is hitching his wagon to the Trump train. What would Molly Ivins make of that duo?
Who are these GOP women who are going to cross over to vote for a pro-abortion Dem? That just doesn’t happen.
If Eric Erickson would cross over, anyone can.
so back when was it that donnie drumpf tho’t that america was great? here’s what was written coupla months ago:
In an interview with the New York Times, Trump lays out a lot of his foreign policy opinions and plans. While there’s no mention of a supposed American golden age in the printed article, the very last segment of the interview’s transcript focuses on when the Republican candidate believes America was “great.”
Trump then goes on to praise Douglas MacArthur and George Patton, the New York Times pointing out in return that General MacArthur pushed for the use of nuclear weapons on the Chinese and the North Koreans, and not as a last resort. Read the full transcript here.
those “great” times he moons over weren’t so great for women (didn’t have the vote for one thing and limited autonomy for another) nor were they great for blacks, chinese, and a few other ethnic groups in america.
Hmm, seems like Bernie’s followers are giving him credit for that.
From Hillary’s website:
Revitalize coal communities. Building a 21st century clean energy economy will create new jobs and industries, protect public health, and reduce carbon pollution. But we can’t ignore the impact this transition is already having on coal communities. Hillary’s $30 billion plan to revitalize coal communities will ensure coal miners, power plant operators, transportation workers, and their families get the respect they deserve and the benefits they have earned; invest in economic diversification and job creation; and make coal communities an engine of US economic growth in the 21st century, as they have been for generations.
I guess she didn’t use the words moral responsibility. Damn, there goes her canonization.
BTW, click on the $30B link and look at the details. You won’t find those in Bernie’s tweet.
Hey!…. it’s the weekend…. Kentucky Derby weekend!
Hillary isn’t a “pro-abortion Dem” she’s a pro-choice Dem. Umm, Trump has a 70% disapproval amongst women and their vote is going somewhere..
all you Bernie fans, heads up!
Maddow to interview Bernie Sanders at home in Vermont
Rachel Maddow alerts viewers that she will be traveling to Burlington, Vermont for an interview with Democratic candidate for president, Senator Bernie Sanders, Friday, May 6th. …
As Gomer would say, “Surprise, Surprise, Surprise.”
Of course gender-related issues are only one set of issues among many that will determine who women (and men who give a crap about misogyny) will vote for. Hopefully the 20% above 50% that I presume are independent or right leaning (could be more like 40% above 30% – but I’d be guessing) see this as the driving issue of their vote and won’t vote against their own interest because of their party identity and will either vote for HRC (each crossing over has a net effect of 2) or stay home instead of voting for trump (a net effect of 1 each).
Pro Choice is not the same as pro abortion except in the God besotted brains of right wing nut jobs who believe they hold dominion over women as a divine right from God.
As I keep telling them. When some male of the species has a breach birth baby without benefit of anesthesia on the marbled floor of Congress, I will grant they “might” have the right to express an opinion on what any woman can do with her own body and/or its contents. Until then, slink off in total silence.
Until then make it possible for all infants to be wanted and loved by caring adults instead of abandoning them to disease and poverty.
From HRC’s website.
Just trying to shine a little light here.
In a normal year, the Senate would be likely to stay in Republican hands. But now that Trump has secured the nomination, the prospect of a powerful anti-Trump turnout puts as many as a dozen Republican-held seats in play—with the possibility of electing as many as eight new female senators to join the 12 Democratic women who will return in 2017. That would give us a new Senate with a Democratic majority, a historically large bloc of women—as many as 20 on the Democratic side—and one person ready to lead them. In short, Trump could end up making Warren one of the most powerful people in the Capitol.
It would be quite a set of ironies to cap off this strange national election: While Republicans decide which cliff to leap off, Trump’s nomination could unwittingly usher into power a small army of liberal women, following Warren into battle against wealthy money men like himself. And the gate-crasher who ran for Senate in 2012 because Senate Republicans wouldn’t let her run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could soon be pulling the strings of the Senate Democrats—and bossing around the very Republicans who blocked her.
Yep, Pogo, i was hoping about 20% of the 70% of Trump disapproval woman voters would be up for grabs.. Of course lots of anti Trump Republican’s like Grace will fall in line once her favorite Cruz’s loss settles in and Hillary becomes the nominee..
Of course under Eisenhower, the top marginal tax rate was 91%. Then under the Camelot era of Kennedy there was a massive “Tax Cut” down to 65%. No wonder there were funds for infrastructure.
Jamie, one thing that wasn’t so bad about the early 1900s (drumpf’s “when America was great” time): there weren’t so many people as there are now
Sounds like Donald would apply his bankruptcy expertise to the government’s issued debt. Jesus, what the hell could we be in for?
US Population 1900: 76 million with a great big continent still to fill
US Population 1950: Doubled to 152 million but still lots of room and still heavily agricultural
US Population 2000: 282 million and technology really impacting jobs
US Projected population 2050: 438 million principally due to immigrants fleeing the every more crowded areas of the earth
Global Population 1900: 1.6 Billion
Global Projected Population 2050: 9.5 Billion
Ya know… I know some right leaning people (including males) that have told me that for the sake of this country they cannot vote for Trump. They were Bush or Kasich supporters during our primary… and even though it pains them to vote for Hillary, they are leaning that way come the general election if it is Trump vs Clinton. Seeing as how I live in a one horse town, I imagine that statistic is magnified in more populated areas.
bushes and romneys unwilling to take humiliation from party, especially on tv. Also Sec Serv won’t guarantee safety among 1,000 trump terrorists. Think, Lord of the Flies.
RR, some of them weren’t males as well?
Still don’t understand how the hostility toward Bernie helps Hillary
It’s really been more the other way Craig. Whether it has been the Rove operatives or just true believers, the names Hillary has been called and the totally unfounded garbage that has been dredged up has been truly ugly.
I just think he’s a con man, but I don’t hate him. OTOH, the Bernie crowd seems to want her pilloried in a public place and given 40 lashes.
rippers are lousy at defense – demonstrated by jebus h, christ crispy, baby marco, and runt pol. Therefore, attack now and stay on the offensive until even trump votes for HRC. Start in SoBaptist/Assemblies of God Belt with Super PACs pointing out that trump is described in Revelations*. Hire ralph reed. He’s a slut for money.
Meanwhile, HRC runs the ads w/rippers denouncing trump.
* HRC will be called the ‘whore of Babylon’, so strike first, strike hardest, and strike often. Denominate fawkes news, et al, as the ‘Party of the Scribes & Money Lenders’.
CNN Reports: FBI Finds “No Criminal Wrongdoing” in Hillary email investigation
Interesting Free Speech story out of Iowa. Cartoonist of 21 years standing fired for one cartoon because a Big Ag advertiser objected to an uncomfortable truth
Jamie, thanks for linking that. just so we can all see the lunacy of it and maybe get some more eyes on the issue, here’s the “offending” cartoon and what the cartoonist (rick friday) has to say:
Again, I fall hard in the best interest of large corporations. I am no longer the Editorial Cartoonist for Farm News due to the attached cartoon which was published yesterday. Apparently a large company affiliated with one of the corporations mentioned in the cartoon was insulted and cancelled their advertisement with the paper, thus, resulting in the reprimand of my editor and cancellation of It’s Friday cartoons after 21 years of service and over 1090 published cartoons to over 24,000 households per week in 33 counties of Iowa.
I did my research and only submitted the facts in my cartoon.
That’s okay, hopefully my children and my grandchildren will see that this last cartoon published by Farm News out of Fort Dodge, Iowa, will shine light on how fragile our rights to free speech and free press really are in the country.
craig, you asked, here might be why according to mediaite on sanders supporters
….supporters of independent Vermont Senator and upstart Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders came out in force to disrupt a Hillary Clinton speech in Los Angeles, forcing her to end the event early. Speaking to a largely Latino crowd in Monterey Park, Clinton weathered interruption after interruption, and as the local ABC affiliate reported, the protesters being led out all had Bernie Sanders’ name on their lips
Craig – That hostility doesn’t help Clinton. She keeps hoping we’ll go away…until November when we all, miraculously, decide to vote for her. Of course, she is a prime example of everything wrong with politics, and, has a record we don’t like, either.
I know some are excited for a female prez, but honestly, wouldn’t they rather be voting for Elizabeth Warren?
*Free birth control for everyone. Too many people. (I was phrasing it as “pro-abortion” because that is the way Repugz reference it when talking about a candidate’s position on the issue.)
Kathryn Sophia won the Kentucky Oaks. My horse Go Maggie Go came in third (grump)
The oh so sweet Bernie people ripped a home made sign that Hillary had signed away from a child and tore it up in front of her.
Bernie supporters waiting outside Hillary’s rally w signs “Bill didn’t even want her” and yelling fuck you to HC supporters .
Hillary represents the broken system. Not all of the vitriol is just because she is who she is…but, certainly, they shouldn’t rip up anyone else’s sign.
If she is the nominee, it will get more heated as November nears and she actually has to deal with another party’s supporters.
OK, Hillary fan club, have a good weekend.
And then there are the Hillary people hugging the crying children as Bernie’s Brats yell Fuck You
Glad you got to attend the Rally. Whatever I feel about President Clinton, I give the man his due as far as being the ultimate politician. I was glad I saw him in 1992. He is the master of his craft: knows how to fire ’em up. It worked on me…. got my vote 🙂
If you simultaneously attack from left and right, from top bushie aristocrats and bottom dwelling Bernie Bros, from full frontal and up his backside, d.t. will evaporate like fog under the morning sun, right in front of your eyes.
Sanders leaves door open to Clinton VP spot
By Jesse Byrnes
tony you just confirmed what I’ve always suspected.
The old man is getting senile.
Nobody is going to pick him for VP. He is not a team player.
He brings nothing to the ticket except all the obnoxious Bros and the crazy left wing anarchists. Help like that she doesn’t need.
In fact the more that bunch keeps their distance the better it is for HRC
This looks more and more as if it will be a contest between the internationalists and the Isolationist. I expect the right wing Isolationist to vote trump and the left wing ones to either hold their nose and vote HRC or vote green.
In that mix there is no longer any room for Bernie.
His only chance to remain relevant, is to get out and work as hard as he can to get his people to the polls for Clinton.
As to a lefty as VP Warren is currently running for that slot and doing a good job too..
…will shine light on how fragile our rights to free speech and free press ….
It’s Farm News’s paper & rights, silly man. Get your own paper if you want rights.
Rope a Dope
Is that HRC’s strategy against Sanders? and the Republicans.
They have wasted a lot of energy in this campaign and she hasn’t.
Bernie and the Republicans have consistently out spent her. Now she can step out and finish A wore out Trump off. After all Trump has already called her everything he can, he is the equivalent of the used up boxer, Just more of the same isn’t gonna do it.
No way Sanders is a VP. I don’t think that presidents and vice presidents necessarily need to have the type of relationship that Obama and Biden have, but I think at a minium they should be able to abide being in the same room together. Me thinks that Sanders and company have made that about impossible.
Fans really have a problem with Rope a dope as it looks like their champ is getting the crap beat out of them when in reality the are suffering few blows of any strength.
The boxing world also feels it isn’t quite right much better to put on a show by standing toe to toe and beating the crap out of each other.
Who the F*@% is Frank Zappa?
Jack and Jace,
I agree, no way Bernie is offered the vp spot. Not a good fit.. Bernie and his bros have went too far in their takedowns of HRC.. All one has to do is get on Twitter and judge for yourself.. I still feel when the choice is Trump or Hillary the Bernie supporters will mostly all vote Hillary.. Bernie is no Barack Obama, Puma’s nah, not in 2008 and not now..
Jelly Roll Gumdrop was one of the first songs I played on the piano. Heard it on my brother’s Zappa album.
Keith Olbermann has a great hashtag to use when tweeting/retweeting anything about Mr Trump: #InYourHeartYouKnowHesNuts. Clever, apropos. Good to get trending 😉
blueid, from the perspective of your being a bernie, can you explain why you guys are wasting your energies on hillary and not beating up on the obvious elephant in the room? seems to me the bern has more reason to attack drumpf and gopers: (1) surely he would want to face a weakened general election opponent if he does get nominated, (2) drumpf is fresh meat and a billionaire target for bern’s scorn and finger wag and (3) if he doesn’t get to be the nominee he still is in the senate and one would think he’d rather be in the majority with an influential chairmanship.
segments of sanders on rachel maddow last night
Craig, jamie, jack- too funny.
Od- so glad you got to see our Big Dawg!
Elizabeth Warren has taken the lead in breaking Trump’s nuts. She’s fearless. (Gotta do this here➡) #InYourHeartYouKnowHesNuts
Jeb Bush has taken a very principled stand. He will back neither Trump or Clinton. Atta boy Jeb. show some spine. I think we now know why he didn’t do well in the primaries.
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Gary Howey, Hartington, Neb. using live bait caught this Flathead catfish near the mouth of the Sioux River near Sioux City, Iowa. (Larry Myhre Photo)
Coming in all sizes, in several places up to 600 hundred pounds, these hard fighting monsters of the deep are the bottom feeding catfish.
Catfish are a varied group of fish, named because of their barbells, resembling a cat’s whiskers; as they have poor vision, they use their tremendous sense of smell and taste to locate food, with taste buds located throughout its body, with the four barbels “whiskers” that surround their mouth having large concentrations of taste buds.
There are over two thousands varieties of catfish in the world, with the largest species located in the Mekong Delta of Southeast Asia these fish can reach nine foot in length and weighing over six hundred pounds, with a six hundred forty six pounder taken in the Mekong in Thailand, while Europe’s Wel’s catfish which can get up to 15 feet long and weigh 300 to 660 pounds.
Then there’s the South America’s Paraiba catfish that can get up to twelve foot long and weigh up to four-hundred fifty pounds.
In the U.S. there are three catfish anglers pursue, the Blue, Flathead and the Channel catfish. The largest Blue catfish taken in the states came from the Missouri River in 2010, it weighed in at one hundred thirty pounds while the largest Flathead catfish, caught near Independence, Kansas, was a one hundred twenty pounder.
Their smaller cousin, the channel catfish, came from Santee-Cooper Reservoir in South Carolina in 1964, a 58 pounder.
In Nebraska, the state record for the blue catfish came from the Missouri River near Decatur, Nebraska weighing in at one hundred thirteen pounds, while the flathead record is eighty pounds and was caught in the Loup Power Canal near Genoa using a Carp for bait.
The state record Channel cat came from Merritt Reservoir and was taken on a night crawler tipped the scales at forty one pounds eight ounces.
South Dakota’s state record blue catfish came out of Big Sioux River, a ninety nine pound four ounce fish, while the state record flathead tipped the scales at sixty-three pounds eight ounces and was caught in the Jim River as was the state record channel cat, a fifty five pounder.
They’re bottom feeders, eating dead material on the bottom, smelly concoctions as well as live bait.
What does the catfish eat, they’re omnivorous, and what they eat varies with the blue feeding on vegetation, clams, birds, snakes, frogs, muskrats, fish, aquatic insects, mulberries, and even corn.
Anglers using both rod and reel as well as set lines, prefer shad, red herring, bullheads, bluegill and sunfish for bait
Flatheads feed on insects, crayfish, clams, small fish, including sunfish, shiners, and shad, anglers after flatheads use livebait including bullheads, bluegill and other sunfish when baiting their set lines and when rod and reel fishing.
The channel catfish is not a picky eater, feeding on snails, insects, crayfish, algae, plants and stinky concoctions like Sony’s stinkbait.
You can’t believe everything you read about catfish, as most sources indicate that catfish are nocturnal feeders, feeding mostly at night.
Over the years, I’ve found that feed throughout the day, as my fishing partners and I have taken good numbers of channel catfish during the day, using stinkbait, crawlers and shrimp.
When fishing for catfish, it’s a good idea to use heavier tackle, on my catfishing rods, I use a larger baitcasting reel spooled with fifteen pound test and at time larger, a 3 ounce slider sinker, a good snap swivel and then depending on what species I’m after, for fatheads and blues I use up to a 5/0 circle hook for live or cutbait.
When after channels, I rig it the same as I would for the other catfish, only going with a smaller 1/0 hook or a stinkbait worm rig
Catfish like to set up around snags, out of the current around downed trees or in deeper water; we look for snags on or near deep water, where the snag above it creates a slack water pocket where the fish wait for something to eat.
I fan cast the area below the snag, working from the outside where the current comes up against slack water, towards the shoreline and once a fish catch, I’ll continue fishing that area and once it slows down, I’ll work my way along the snag towards the shore.
Once a catfish is on, they head for the bottom, many times into a submerged snag and if you aren’t able to pull them out, feed the fish line and many times they’ll swim out of the snag into the open water allowing you to bring the fish to the boat.
I’ve also drifted the fast water below Gavin’s Point Dam, using either my big motor or trolling motor to slow our drift, working the bait up and down.
We use crappie rigs baited with chicken liver or minnows and in order to keep from getting snagged, use a large rubber band from the bottom snap to the sinker, doing this allows us to not lose as much tackle as once snagged, you can simply pull back and if you’re lucky pop the rig loose, if not, you can break the rubber band and only lose your weight.
It’s a little tricky as the bottom below the turbines is rocky and you can lose a lot of tackle, if you let your rig drag on the bottom.
By fishing vertical, you can feel the bottom and when you do, keep bringing you rig up and down as you drift with the current.
You don’t need to fish from a boat to catch channel catfish as they can be caught from the shoreline, and because you aren’t fishing in heavy current, you aren’t going to need a heavy weight when fishing the slack water pockets from shore as there isn’t as much current in these slack water areas.
Excellent baits to use for channels are, stink baits, minnows or night crawlers, you don’t want to pack so much or too large of a bait onto your hook as catfish don’t attack the bait, they simply nibble on it, so you want to leave part of the hook exposed, allowing the catfish to nibble on your bait until it takes in the hook.
Some dislike catfish because of the barbs in their dorsal and pectoral fins as they do sting if you happen to get poked by them, to make the pain go away, simply apply some of the slime from the fish and the pain will quickly subside.
We fillet all our catfish using an electric knife, using a Mister Twister Electric Fisherman Knife, to begin with make your initial cut beginning right behind the gill, working along the bones until you get to the tail, flip the fillet over, then slid the blade between the skin and the fillet.
The final cut is to remove the small amount of bones left on the fillet from initial cut and then, you’ll have a boneless catfish fillet.
Catfish are excellent eating, especially if coated with a light breading, salt and peppered to your taste and fried in oil or deep fat fried.
These fish are one of the most underutilized fish swimming in our waters, easily caught, making for some fine eating, so why not catch a few catfish and find out what you’ve been missing.
Gary Howey, a 1968 Watertown graduate, now residing in Hartington, Neb. is a former tournament angler, fishing & hunting guide, an award winning writer, producer, photographer and broadcaster, a recent inductee into the “National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame” in 2017. He developed and was the Producer- Host of the Outdoorsmen Adventures television series for 23 years. Its new season begins on April 4th with Outdoorsmen Adventures airing throughout the upper Midwest. Howey is the Co-Host of the Outdoor Adventures radio show and if you are looking for more outdoor information, check out garyhoweysoutdoors.com, outdoorsmenadventures.com and like Gary Howey’s Facebook page, and tune into his shows on MIDCO Sports Channel as well as being broadcast to over two million households throughout the upper Midwest and watch the shows on www.MyOutdoorTV.com

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New Orleans (WGNO) -- As Louisiana High School soccer state championships get rolling this week, Isidora Newman stole the show Wednesday, as both their girls and boys soccer teams won state titles.
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The boys followed-suit in their game after, rolling to a 6-1 win over Episcopal School of Acadiana. Senior Evan DeBlanc earned MVP honors with a hat trick in the game. Emmet Morrison, Sawyer Roussel and Arthur Lemann also had goals for Newman.

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New record coming soon! Daniel Bashta (writer of God's Not Dead, Seas of Crimson, Praise the Invisible) and I have joined forces to coproduce a new record with a few of Daniel's unreleased songs as well as a few new and old of my own. We can't wait to share these new sounds with you! We're hoping to release very soon but you can expect the single "Miracles" in the coming weeks.
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Monday, June 20, 2011
Flames of War - German Sampler
I did these guys a little while ago to see if I wanted to paint up 15mm figs again. They turned out to be pretty fun and quick to paint up. They are part of my 1943ish Eastern Front German Panzergrenadier platoon along with some Panzer IVs in the background.
Hopefully someday I'll go back a finish off the rest of the force, but they're not a big priority right now. Not many people I know play Flames of War. I guess that mean I have to go out and meet some. :-)


Senator Jacob Candelaria, Albuquerque, D, gestures as he debates a bill to revise New Mexico’s energy portfolio in this March 2019 file photo. Candelaria announced Monday that he had changed his party affiliation from Democrats to Independents. (Eddie Moore / Journal)
SANTA FE – A special session in New Mexico that focused on redistribution started with a bang on Monday when Senator Jacob Candelaria of Albuquerque announced in the Senate that he had changed his party affiliation from Democrat to independent.
In his remarks, Candelaria, a three-term senator who said last month he did not plan for re-election in 2024, cited his disillusionment with a political system dominated by two political parties that he believes puts party loyalty above the public good .
“This partisan virus is starting to affect our country,” said Candelaria.
The move did not come as a complete shock, however, as Candelaria has clashed with Senate Democratic leadership and the office of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham in recent months.
He stopped attending caucus meetings with fellow Democrats that summer and unilaterally submitted a Supreme Court petition to the Senate GOP Chairman Greg Baca of Belen in October, challenging Lujan Grisham’s authority to decide the use of federal funds.
The legal challenge was successful, with the state’s highest court ruling last month, the Democratic governor unable to allocate unspent federal bailout money without legislative approval.
Candelaria told the Journal that he called Foreign Secretary Maggie Toulouse Oliver’s office to change his party affiliation to an independent party technically called “Declined to State” ahead of the Senate meeting on Monday.
His decision means the Democrats in the 42-member chamber now outperform Republicans by a margin of 26 to 15, with Candelaria being the only independent one.
There’s also an Independent in the House of Representatives, Roswell Rep. Phelps Anderson, who changed his party affiliation from Republican earlier this year after voting for a Democrat-backed bill to lift a long-inactive abortion ban in New Mexico.
Albuquerque MP Brittney Barreras was elected independent to the House of Representatives in 2020, but changed her membership to Democrats shortly after taking office.


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WOODSTOWN – Zoe Taylor saw a match point and the second set slip away from her in Friday’s key early-season Tri-County Conference Diamond Division showdown between the Cumberland Regional High School and Woodstown girls tennis teams Friday.
But the Colts’ third singles player rallied along with both doubles teams to take a trio of three-set matches as Cumberland upended the three-time defending division champion Wolverines, 4-1.
Taylor had match point at 5-4 in the second set against Jessica Demarest but hit a forehand wide on a short ball that brought the game to deuce. Demarest went on to win the game and set in a tiebreaker, but the Colt junior bounced back to take a 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-3 victory.
“It’s tough (to have to go to a third set),” said Taylor. “But I’ve come back from 0-5 to win 7-5. It’s just who keeps it steady and keeps it in. She was a really good player. It was pretty even. She didn’t like the soft deep balls, so that’s what I tried to hit.
“You can’t tighten up, you just do what you need to do.”
Taylor’s win came a minute after second doubles Bianca Birney and Shaelyn Halter won the final three games to capture a 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 victory for the second point and a few minutes before first singles Karen Johnson and Melanie Mayhew prevailed 5-7, 6-2, 6-3.
“You’re looking, thinking one’s up in the air, another’s looking good (and then it’s over),” said Woodstown coach Jesse Stemberger. “We’ve been struggling playing with a lead and closing it out. We won the first set (at both doubles) and were beaten convincingly in the second set and were up in both third sets. It’s tough.”
Said Cumberland coach Jim Breech: “It was a tossup, and it was a matter of whoever could hold up better under pressure and I think that’s what it was. Birney and Karen were second doubles last year and we split them up this year. It helped having experience at both positions. Plus, we played Millville yesterday and Coach (Tom) DeCou filled me in on what (Woodstown) did.”
The clinching point of Taylor’s match came after the ball dropped onto Demarest’s side on a net cord. Asked if she felt bad that a nearly three-hour match ended that way, Taylor smiled.
“No,” she said. “You know, that’s just what happens.”
Cumberland senior Shannon Maloney took a 6-2, 6-1 victory at second singles, the only player off the court with a victory in a hurry. Woodstown tied the match up with Vicky Russell’s 6-3, 6-4 win at second singles, and then there was the long wait to see what would happen on the bottom three courts.
“It’s nice to have competition like this because we’ve had a pretty easy time so far,” said Maloney. “This was my favorite match so far. This was the match I was really nervous about, so I’m glad we got this.”
Stemberger walked around shaking hands at the conclusion, telling the Colts “See you in a couple weeks.” The Wolverines are already looking forward to the rematch.
“We knew they had a great team and it would be a battle, and it easily could have been 4-1 our way,” said Stemberger. “We’ll be ready when we go back. We can’t let up, that’s what they did today.
“I told the girls they have a bull’s eye on their back because Lindsey (Kayati’s) gone, but we’re still a legit program and I think we proved that today.”
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SAN ANTONIO, TX — Mayor Ron Nirenberg has declared a state of disaster and public health emergency for the City of San Antonio due to coronavirus concerns.
In the declaration, Mayor Nirenberg said on Saturday, February 29, one patient at Lackland Air Force Base who had tested positive for COVID-19 subsequently tested negative on two tests and was released from quarantine. The person then tested positive for the virus on a third test, with results coming in after her release.
The person released visited a local mall, ate at its food court, and spent a few hours among other people, potentially exposing the public to the virus, said Mayor Nirenberg.
The person has been returned to quarantine at Lackland while the CDC and local health authorities are taking steps to ensure the community is kept safe, according to the mayor.
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MSM also includes FOX 'News'
May 18, 2023
To The Eagle:
The $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems is the largest in US history. The FCC is proposing a $500,000 fine for FOX. Smartmatic sued Fox for defamation following the 2020 election and is seeking $2.7 billion in damages from Fox and other defendants. They’re suing right-wing TV networks Newsmax and OAN, which went even further than Fox News in their promotion of unhinged and debunked conspiracy theories about supposed election-rigging. Fox News will turn over more evidence in the Smartmatic defamation suit, including Murdoch documents. Despite all that, a previous writer thinks MSN does not include those lie-spewing (according to their own admissions) networks.
It seems the writer also failed history in school, or worse. NATO was formed to stop exactly what Putin and Russia are doing, similar to Hitler. How much is democracy worth? WHO was established to help control epidemics worldwide. Forgot the UN, The Paris Agreement, which thank goodness is getting serious, about saving the world as we know it. Most of those organizations have shortcomings, because they involve such diverse countries. BTW, if you are concerned about the IRS getting agents, booted by 45, perhaps, you may be cheating on your taxes, as 45? Finally, I do agree with the 15% tax and eliminating those IRS agents. That dream will never happen, as the upper crust have tax lawyers, who keep them from paying their share. Forty-five’s Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s own department analysts now peg the 10-year cost at $2.3 trillion, for the tax cut.
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I didn't get a card made yesterday. I tried & just didn't like what I came up with. Ebay has been keeping me extremely busy & I just didn't have enough mojo left to re-work it.
When I saw today's sketch challenge on SCS, I knew I would be making a card! I love it when that happens!! :D I haven't made a daisy card in awhile... at least it seems like it's been awhile! LOL!
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Written by Hugh Collins
Release: August 2015
Iraq: The Bradt Travel Guide (2nd edn)
“A lifetime of travel has taught me one thing above all others: that to get the true measure of a country you need to listen to the opinions of the local people. To travel is to realise how much we are dependent on second-hand views and how different the reality is when we talk to the vendor in the market, or our taxi driver or local guide and learn about their every-day concerns. Bradt guides make a point of setting the tourist information against a background of history and cultural identity, and we have always tried to let the people speak for themselves, rather than impose our own political views.
“The aim has never been more important than in Iraq, a country on which everyone has an opinion but very few have first-hand experience. Karen Dabrowska, Geoff Hann and Tina Townsend-Greaves not only know Iraq intimately, but their love of the country and its people persuaded us to publish their first guide to Iraq in 2002. Yes, just a few months before the war.
“Whatever your view on the events that have led to the current situation, there is no doubting that the Iraq that inspired us to commission the original guide has gone. A new Iraq has emerged, well documented by war correspondents and news commentators, but the focus has, inevitably, been on the aftermath of the war and the threat of ISIS. This new edition attempts to redress the balance, taking the original background information about the country and its people, and incorporating the present-day reality that restricts tourism to the few safe areas, which only a tour operator as experienced as Geoff Hann can know about.
“The day will come when all of Iraq is again peaceful and safe for tourism. At present that day seems far away, but I remember saying that of Vietnam, Mozambique, Rwanda… In more than 40 years in travel publishing I have learnt that the people of these turbulent countries are magnificent in their stoicism and desire for peace. It will happen. Meanwhile learn what you can about this wonderful country, even if you are not planning a visit.”
Hilary Bradt (founder of Bradt Travel Guides)
Written both for the armchair traveller and the career adventurer, Bradt’s guide to Iraq has detailed historical and cultural information, information that is easily forgotten midst the tragic turmoil of recent years. It provides a clear explanation of the background to the current unrest and gives comprehensive advice on security and cultural etiquette.
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Mr Eseme Eyibo is the chairman of the Cross River Basin Authority and the dean, Committee of Chairmen, River Basin Authorities. In this interview, the former spokesman of the House of Representatives spoke on his plan for the Cross River Basin Authority and how he hopes to work with other chairmen to deliver on the organisation’s mandate.
What roles are River Basin Authorities playing in Federal Government’s efforts to boost agriculture?
River Basin Authorities have huge roles to play in boosting agriculture in Nigeria. Before now, agriculture was the main stay of the nation’s economy.It was in an attempt to step up agricultural development in Nigeria that the Federal Government created the River Basin Development Authority. But due to poor leadership in the past, the potentials of the Basins were not maximised. Now, things are changing. The River Basins are a special purpose vehicle to develop a comprehensive surface and underground water resources management that will enhance the utilisation of our nation’s land resources and the corresponding development of ancillary infrastructure for the benefit of the people.
The current government has the political will to boost agriculture, and that is why President Muhammadu Buhari chose very qualified persons to chair the Boards of the Basin Authorities.
Also, the Minister of Water Resources, Engineer Suleiman Adamu and the permanent secretary in the ministry, Musa Ibrahim, are doing their best to ensure that we succeed and that the Basins perform.
Take a look at the National Water Bill. It has been there at the National Assembly for a very long time, but the current minister decided to activate and give it accelerated pursuit. Now, it has been passed at the House of Reps and the Senate is also working on it.
What is the import of the bill?
In the Cross River Basin Development Authority, for instance, we have a dam in Obudu. The Cross Rivers State Government pumps water from that dam into its water treatment plant and distributes to the people and they pay for it. But with the National Water Bill, the dam will be partially commercialised and the Cross River State Government will now be an off-taker. We will sell and make money. The bill will also take care of many other issues. There are so many dams in this country which developed but later shrunk due to lack of attention. And that is because wrong people were put in right places.
But now, there is a determination in River Basin Authorities to change things for the better. We have a performance bond. All the River Basin Authorities are under a performance bond, and that means it is no longer business as usual.
Immediately we were inaugurated, the minister urged us to think outside the box. He even put together a retreat to discuss on practical things that would add value to the River Basins, and by extension, the lives of Nigerians. The chairmen of the boards resolved to allow the system to work. There is constructive synergy going on to enable us give back to the people.
Today, agriculture is no longer mechanised. It is technology- driven. We have renewable energy, smart climate change, where you would have perennial water from the dam and the downstream is irrigation. So you could have horticulture, aqua-culture, green fields so that at the end of the day, we will be able to ensure that we don’t only have food enough for the people, we will also go into the issue of processing. We have the largest land titles. What are we using all the River Basins for? We must review that situation.
How is the Cross River Basin Authority going to harness resources to boost food production?
First of all, we need to get the people to buy into the project because you cannot do anything without the people. Once you bring the people in, you create a safety net, and in it you have to create a portfolio for clusters of cooperatives. Take aqua-culture for example – the man who is farming his fish sells it off at a cheap rate because of lack of storage facility, to a man who owns a point-and-kill joint. The point-and-kill spot owner makes more money, about N4,500 per kilo. And when you look at what he has put in, his profit is heavily maxi


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This week on Romance Writers Weekly, Jenna Da Sie asks:
Have you seen any good movies this summer? Write a review of one you saw. If you haven’t seen one, tell which one you want to see.
If you joined me from Dani Jace, welcome!
While I do love movies, Mr. C and I never seem to have an evening free when the ones we want to see in the theatre are in town. We only have one movie theatre (with six screens), but unless it’s a blockbuster most movies don’t spend too long here. That being said, we do watch them at home, of course (although that’s not really the same thing).
Eldest Daughter and I had planned to go see Incredibles Two when it came out, but that hasn’t happened yet. We’ll probably have to watch that on demand as well. Aargh.
In lieu of a movie, I’ll share some thoughts on The Handmaids Tale. We watched Season One late, so could slip right into Season Two. The book is one of my favourites – scarily plausible and almost prophetic. The TV series continues with that feeling. It’s wonderfully shot (although very dark) and has a tautness you can’t ignore. I have a bit of a beef with the flashbacks – while they do give us a view into “what came before” I think the book was stronger without them, and think the show might be, too. The screenwriters have done a great job of changing the story just enough to give Offred even more motivation and angst, without being disrespectful of the original work, even though Margaret Atwood has no say in the production. While definitely worthwhile to watch it, it is an extremely depressing tale, however, so we tend to spread out the episodes in order to cleanse our palate.
What about you? What are you watching this summer?
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Your response to our request for Love Bags was overwhelming! We started the project in 2020. In 2021 we took the project on again, not knowing how well it would be received. Hoping for the best, we asked you to help us once again and you did! You bombarded us with donations, comments, and love. Every donation for a Love Bag and every comment that came through reminded us of how fortunate we are to have you by our side.
We were thrilled to be able to work with two expert non-profit organizations, Lori Rich from Taking it to the Streets with Lori and Shira, and Adams County Pet Rescue, who work on a day-to-day basis with people on the streets and/or homeless shelters/camps and their pets. Because of you, these agencies were able to provide hundreds of items in need for people and their pets living on the streets or in homeless camps this holiday season. You also provided thousands of dollars in much-needed veterinary services.
We have so much fun working on this project and we could not have succeeded without you!
Please know how much love, and necessary care you have brought to so many people and their pets living on the streets.
HOME STREET HOME💕
Animal Victory is providing Holiday “Love Bags”💖 for the dogs and cats of the homeless.💕
Love bags cost $30.00 each and include some of the following; dog and cat food, snacks, pet toys, harnesses for walking, bowls, blankets, socks, hats, raincoats, and leash leads. Additional funds are used for veterinary care and larger items to protect pets, such as tents, tarps, pet strollers, sleeping bags, and camp pillows.
“It may not be the lap of luxury, but the lap of a homeless person is one that’s available 24/7 for their pet. In return, the person without a home gets unconditional love, and on those cold nights on the streets, even shared bodily warmth. In fact, the pet’s love for its owner may be the only true love they have in their life. It can give them purpose, and with that comes a desire to be there to care for their pet. It can even make the difference for a person to choose sobriety over being in an altered state of mind from drugs or alcohol.” Mark Goldstein, DVM. Doctor Goldstein has also encountered many “street people” using what precious few dollars they have to seek veterinary care for their beloved pets before they would spend it on themselves.
Just $30.00 pays for one Love Bag, but as little as $2.00 helps. 🎁🙏
Can you chip in $2.00 towards a Love bag for the pets?
Thanks to last year’s compassionate supporters, we were able to provide over 100 love bags, multiple large items, and much-needed veterinary care.
PLEASE open your hearts this year and help us with Love Bags. Volunteers are waiting anxiously to deliver the bags.💗
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Without sunshine, nothing grows, and without rain everything withers. Learn to embrace the storms in your life.
Challenges are part of life, and no matter how complete we feel our life is; it always comes up in points we never expected it.
Challenges make us stronger, and ready to conquer, because experience is the best teacher.
I can remember when I didn’t have scars on my face, or the points I had to swing my hair as I walk, and watch people as they admire how long it was.
I can remember days I didn’t need to be on a hoodie to hide my scars and pains, but now that’s the turn my life took.
I was a beautiful maiden with a contagious smile, but it was cut short after I was burnt alive. I bet no one knew I could survive; it was a miracle.
I was to represent my school in a beauty competition; I was the chosen one alongside other people that contested for that position. Before the day, three of the twelve girls I competed against invited me for lunch. I went without seeing the danger lurking around; they poured fuel on me and set me ablaze.
Luckily the school wasn’t so deserted, and I was saved. I lost the contest; as no one wanted to have a face full of scars and a bald head as a representative.
People called me ugly without knowing my story; I shut myself from the world and made my diary my best friend. I started writing to heal, and along the way, I discovered I was a great writer.
I have published my third book, and working towards publishing more in the nearest future. I embraced my scars and turned into something beautiful and worthwhile.

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The Black Barred Convict Goby, also known as the Black Barred Circus Goby, Circus Goby, or Full Moon Reef Goby has a white body with black to brown vertical stripes.
A 10 gallon or larger aquarium with plenty of hiding places is suitable for this cryptic fish. It is a great addition to the reef aquarium and will spend most of its time resting and swimming within the rock work. It is non-aggressive towards other fish and will not bother invertebrates in the tank.
The Black Barred Convict Goby is easy to feed and its diet consists of most marine foods. Prepared foods such as vitamin enriched mysis shrimp and brine shrimp should be fed on a regular basis.


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Gardening for Everyone
Crescent Books, 1991 - Gardening - 176 pages
The ultimate guide for green thumbers! Everything from selecting plants and designing a garden to care and maintenance is covered in this step-by-step, beautifully illustrated book. Includes an A-Z directory of 135 plants, organized by plant groups, plus charts of companion plantings for more than 60 vegetables, herbs, and fruits. More than 200 full-color photos, 3 charts.
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Rustic property of 18 hectares at 6 km of Belmonte of San josé. It has 300 centennial olive trees in production. At the present time the culture is ecological. It also has plots of almonds and cereal trees. The masía with the great corral for the cattle is in semi ruin. There is a well with potable water. Ideal for recreation activities or rural tourism. Next to the road.
In this area we have more than 50 properties for you. In all price classes. Ask for the special information booklet.
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Atul G. Patel, CHO is a second generation hotelier. He and his family moved to the United States in 1979 and settled in Tifton, GA, where his family bought their first independent hotel. After learning the trade in the family business, Atul went on to earn a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Emory University, and a Master’s Degree in Finance Georgia State. He now has an interest in seven properties, and he and his partners manage a portfolio of five.
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Extended-stay hotels are weathering the coronavirus crisis better than their transient cousins, according to reports. The Highland Group’s half-year report shows economy and mid-priced extended-stay hotels are faring better than upscale extended-stay accommodations. Second-quarter earnings reports from companies such as Extended Stay America prove the resiliency of the sector, especially when sales teams shift their focus to new prospects such as college students, leisure travelers who value the kitchen and essential workers in it for the long haul. Long Live Lodging examines what gives extended-stay its muscle in a weak economy. This report is part of our ongoing coverage of the coronavirus crisis and its impact on the hotel industry.
Almost overnight, the roadside motel is a hot commodity. Travelers are going by car and when they stop they want the safest stay possible. The coronavirus pandemic has pushed health and safety to the top of hotel guests’ most-favored-amenity list and exterior-corridor properties appear to provide more of a risk-free stay than their interior-corridor cousins. Long Live Lodging examines the new shine travelers have put on exterior-corridor motels during the COVID-19 crisis and how brands heavy with motel-style properties are responding to the trend. This report is part of Long Live Lodging’s ongoing coverage of the coronavirus crisis and its impact on the hotel industry.


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The Kings Arms is a traditional Soho pub serving real ale. The pub is popular stop on the local gay scene.
At weekends there are regular music, dance and karaoke events.
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Child abuse is a serious problem that can have long-term consequences for victims. It is defined as any intentional act that causes physical, emotional, or sexual harm to a child. Child abuse can range from neglect to physical, verbal, or sexual abuse. While the immediate effects of child abuse are often evident, the long-term effects are less apparent but potentially even more harmful.
Physical abuse can result in physical injuries that may be visible or hidden. Visible injuries range from bruises, cuts, and broken bones to more serious injuries such as brain damage. Hidden injuries may include organ damage, chronic pain, and decreased immunity that can lead to further health problems. Additionally, victims of physical abuse may suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or other mental health issues.
Emotional abuse may be the most difficult type of abuse to detect and can have long-term psychological effects. Victims may suffer from low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, or other mental health problems. They may also have difficulty forming relationships or trusting others.
Sexual abuse can also have long-term physical and psychological consequences. Victims of sexual abuse may suffer from physical injuries, such as sexually transmitted diseases, as well as psychological trauma, including PTSD or depression. Victims may also develop unhealthy coping mechanisms such as substance abuse.
The long-term effects of child abuse can be far-reaching and devastating. Victims may suffer from physical, psychological, and emotional trauma that can last a lifetime. Victims may also be more likely to become abusers themselves or to engage in risky behaviors such as substance abuse. Additionally, childhood abuse can have an impact on educational achievement, job performance, and overall quality of life.
It is important to recognize the signs of child abuse and seek help for the victim. Support from family, friends, and professionals can help victims cope with the long-term effects of child abuse. Treatment may include therapy, medication, and other interventions to help victims heal and recover.
Child abuse is a serious problem with long-lasting effects. It is important to recognize the signs of abuse and seek help for victims. With proper support, victims can begin to heal and move forward with their lives.

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A new entertainment venue, “Jencks Market,” is coming to downtown Jenks.
Tenth District leaders hope the new venue will boost business in the Jenks community. The 12,000 square foot “Jenks Market” features a variety of restaurants, a giant outdoor movie screen and outdoor seating for people to enjoy. The site is specially designed for Jenks and hosts a variety of live entertainment and different sporting events.
District 10 has partnered with “Frisbie Lombardi Commercial Real Estate” for new additions. Lombardi, who owns Frisbie Lombardi Commercial Real Estate, said his team was working hard to keep restaurants – some even out of state – safe. He said they are trying to make the site as attractive as possible for visitors.
“We’re taking the whole lot of land, so parking is a big thing that we have to go through. We’re working with the city right now on that, and the city is obliged to give us some parking on the aquarium land,” Lombardi said .
The organization also works with existing businesses in the area to improve their operations. Tenth District leaders are encouraging businesses to take advantage of the city’s tax incentives, which will help pay for some of the upgrades. Maggie’s Music Box is one of them.
“When you’re trying to elevate and transform a town’s main street and elevate it to such an eye-catching level, sometimes you need help as an entrepreneur,” said Amy Smith, co-owner of Maggie’s Music Box.
Jenks Market is being built between the Oklahoma Aquarium and the Holiday Inn Express. The facility will open within the next 6 months.


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|Yamba Cottage on Camden Valley Way at Narellan has been at the centre of community concerns around heritage matters in the local area for many years (Camden Images)
Luke Foley Announces Heritage PolicyAt State Parliament on Tuesday, 18 April 2017, Opposition Leader Luke Foley made several announcements on heritage matters that the Labor Party will take to the next state election in 2019.
Amongst the announcements from Mr Foley were:
1. Development of a 10-year heritage strategy for New South Wales that will be a roadmap for heritage management;
2. Restrict the s32 provisions so that the state government cannot plead economic hardship on heritage matters like they have on the Sirius project;
3. Restrict the ability of the Minister for Heritage to ignore recommendations from the Heritage Council;
4. Strengthen the provision of the Heritage Council;
5. Move the Office of Premier and the Cabinet Office into the old Chief Secretary's building on the corner of Macquarie and Bridge Streets.
For those who want to read the speech, click here
Heritage Forum Speakers at Parliament HouseThe forum was introduced by Shadow Minister for Heritage Penny Sharpe MLC and invited a number of speakers to reflect on the 40th anniversary of the Heritage Act passed into law by the Wran Government in 1977.
1. Meredith BurgmannMeredith Burgmann is the former President of the NSW Legislative Council and co-author of the book Green Bans Red Union - the Saving of a City. She spoke about the history of the Green Bans in the 1970s in a legal environment where there were no legal protections for heritage matters.
She went on to outline: the development of resident action groups and the conditions conducive to developing heritage legislation in the 1970s.
These conditions included
(a) community activism around the Vietnam War,
(c) environmental issues, and
(d) anti-discrimination legislation.
2. Reece McDougallReece McDougall is the former CEO of GML Heritage Consultants and Executive Director of the NSW Heritage Office from 2006 to 2008. He spoke on the history of the 1977 Heritage Act introduced by the Wran Government.
He maintains that the conditions that allowed the introduction of the Heritage Act included
(a) the legislation supported for the National Trust in 1960,
(b) international factors, including travel by Australians witnessing overseas activities, and
(c) the green bans.
McDougall also outlined the 1998 amendments to the Heritage Act that introduced the State Heritage Register and the advantages of having a separate heritage office in the state government.
|Gilbulla is the house built in the late 1890s by JW Macarthur Onslow at Menangle built in the Arts and Crafts style (Gilbulla)
Shaun Carter is the immediate past president of the NSW Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects. He has organised a crowdfunding effort and taken the state government to court over the decision to demolish the Sirius building in The Rocks.
3. Shaun Carter
3. Shaun Carter
Carter spoke about the benefits to the community of retaining its built heritage. These included
(a) acting as a marker that allows stories to remember,
(b) containing cultural heritage, and
(c) the need to know who we were and who we are.
Carter bemoaned the loss of the best of 20th-century buildings, and many are not listed on local heritage registers.
Paul Connell is the organiser for the Public Sector for the CFMEU, who led the campaign to save the NSW Heritage group within Public Works from privatisation, that is, keeping the Stoneyard at St Peters (Alexandria).
4. Paul Connell
The Stoneyard is the home of the stonemasons who oversee the maintenance of the state government's stock of sandstone buildings. The Stoneyard also has heritage roofing plumbers and carpenters who, until the Baird Government, used to work with the Government Architect.
The Stoneyard is the site of
(a) apprentice training in traditional trades,
(b) stockpiles of Sydney yellow sandstone, and
(c) the centre of WHS.
|Former 1940s Stuckey Bakery building in Argyle Street Camden is an example of Camden Modernism (I Willis)
Originally posted 18 April 2017. Updated 7 August 2023.

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On Brideshead Revisited’s 75th anniversary, Nickolas Grace recalls the joy of playing the camp, eyelid-fluttering Anthony Blanche
Had I been born two years earlier, I would be as old as Brideshead Revisited, published 75 years ago! Still, I’d rather be younger. One sunny morning in 1979, my agent asked me to read for a new series, Brideshead Revisited. My heart leapt – I adored the book at school. I dared to ask the question: which part? ‘Anthony Blanche.’ ‘Oh God, isn’t that the queer guy with the stutter?’ ‘The very same,’ responded my agent. I went off to meet the director, the classically handsome, cigar-smoking Michael Lindsay-Hogg; the producer, the charmingly effusive Derek Granger (who turns 99 on 23rd April); and the casting director, Doreen Jones. She didn’t want me for the role! There was no reading at all; just an informal chat and an invitation to a screen test in Manchester. I found Blanche’s stutter a genuine challenge. When the screen test happened, I just went...
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“My painting of “Light My Fire”, in an extended way, was born out of Jim Morrison’s inspiration in the band’s early days for me to write music for The Doors.”
Robert Alan “Robby” Krieger
Robert Alan “Robby” Krieger, born January 8, 1946, in Los Angeles, is a singer, songwriter and former guitarist in the legendary Rock band The Doors. He wrote and co-wrote many of the band’s most iconic songs, including “Break on Through”, “Love Me Two Times”, “Touch Me”, “Love Her Madly” “Roadhouse Blues” “Spanish Caravan”, and the classic, seven minute song that launched the band’s career instantly by skyrocketing to the #1 position in the 1967 Billboard charts – “Light My Fire.”
Robby Krieger is on “Rolling Stone’s” list as among the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
“The first music I heard that I liked was Peter and the Wolf. I accidentally sat and broke the record (I was about seven). Then I listened to rock ‘n’ roll – I listened to the radio a lot – Fats Dominio, Elvis, The Platters.”
“I started surfing at fourteen. There was lots of classical music in my house. My father liked marching music. There was a piano at home. I studied trumpet at ten, but nothing came of it. Then I started playing blues on the piano. When I was seventeen, I started playing guitar. I used my friend’s guitar. I didn’t get my own until I was eighteen. It was a Mexican flamenco guitar. I took flamenco lessons for a few months. I switched around from folk to flamenco to blues to rock ‘n’ roll.
I didn’t plan on rock ‘n’ roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock ‘n’ roll with jazz, and I thought I could actually make money playing music. In rock ‘n’ roll you can realize anything – just like in jazz. There’s no limitation other than the beat. You have more freedom than you do in anything (except jazz).
“In The Doors we had both musicians and poets, and both knew of each other’s art, so we were able to effect a synthesis. In the case of Tim Buckley or Dylan you have one man’s ideas. Most groups today aren’t groups. In a true group all the members create the arrangements among themselves.”
“Like the song that inspired it, the painting ‘Light My Fire’ was envisioned by the universal themes of mankind – earth, wind, FIRE and water”. Jim’s advice inspired me to consider these elements while writing my first song. I hope my painting of ‘Light My Fire’ brings joy and love to art lovers for many years to come.”
Robby on his Philanthropy:
The creation of ‘Light My Fire’ is being offered by Robby Krieger exclusively to benefit the non-profit world through ART FOR A CAUSE.
Krieger, one of the most influential and creative forces in Rock n Roll history, has been a philanthropist since his days with The Doors and currently promotes and performs at the annual “Scott Medlock – Robby Krieger Invitational & All Star Concert benefiting the St. Judes Children’s Research Hospital.”
Robby Krieger’s philanthropic work has been acclaimed over decades by his dedication to helping those in need.
“For about five years I’ve been helping with a golf tournament and show for the St Jude Children’s Research Hospital . It’s called The Scott Medlock and Robby Krieger Invitational. Scott Medlock, of course, is one of America’s foremost artists, legendary in the world of art, particularly through his fine art reproductions. It’s a really great cause. I do a lot of fundraisers for a lot of other charities as well. Mostly tied to golf tournaments. It’s a nice way to raise money and have some fun while you’re doing it.”
Active in charity work, especially UNICEF, Krieger considers his work for charity “a good cause” because most of the money goes to kids who are five or under.
Robby and his band The Jam Kitchen have been a major participant in charity fundraiser “The Love Ride” for over twelve years, led annually by Grand Marshall Jay Leno.
Said Robby, “I was lucky enough to play the very first Love Ride back in the eighties. After that I was asked back many times, and got to play with Eric Burdon, Keith Emerson and others. That first Love Ride was really the first event of its kind, and broke new ground in the fundraising arena.”
Proceeds of The Love Ride go to various causes including the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) and the Wounded Warrior Project honoring America’s Wounded Warriors.


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We’ve got so much to discover regarding how meditation can change your life - but let’s
begin by exploring how meditation has been affecting people's lives for millennia thus far.
Although we can’t know when, exactly, people began to meditate, experts agree that the practice probably began thousands of years ago, before the birth of modern civilization. Some archaeological findings suggest that hunter-gatherers were practitioners of some forms of meditation, and their knowledge was passed down orally from one generation to the next.
Perhaps the most well-known historical source of meditative practice comes from our knowledge of Buddhism. The Buddha, who lived and taught in Southeast Asia about 2600 years ago, founded a path that inspired generations to sit in mindful awareness and breathe their way to lasting peace.
At one point, Buddhist meditation was being practiced, in some form, from modern-day Afghanistan to Mongolia and from Japan to Indonesia. It wasn’t until the mid-20th century that meditative practice made its way to the West.
Today, people worldwide take what they want from the original teachings of meditation and apply it to what they need - be it agnostic mindfulness meditation or religious practices from Buddhism.
Remember, I'm always here to help; email me your questions at firstname.lastname@example.org. And next week, I will cover how meditation can help you manage stress and anxiety. Oh, and check out my new book, too, it is super cool, click here to learn more.
See you next week,
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- $10 for $20 worth of Mediterranean cuisine
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Habiba Mediterranean Restaurant
A visit to Habiba Mediterranean Restaurant begins with a puff of smoke. Seated on the patio, groups of friends share conversation and hookahs bubbling with a variety of flavors. Inside, these aromatic fumes give way to the appetizing aromas of traditional Moroccan, Lebanese, and Indian cuisine. Here, chefs slide ground lamb onto skewers and blend chickpeas into hummus using nothing but a stern gaze. Lamb shanks are slow roasted in a spice mix, and their refreshing tabouli salad combines bulghur wheat, parsley, tomato, mint, lemon, & olive oil. Bartenders pour wine and beer at a full bar paneled in glossy wood, which reflects walls awash with rich reds and greens.
77% of 213 customers recommend
“It is a good place to eat some very good ethnic food.”
“Try the tabouli salad. Very fresh.”
“food was good - had chicken kebabs and basmati rice - husband had lamb burger and a great salad. Server was very attentive and fast.”


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The chef uses luxe ingredients from Southern California or imports them from places like Haikodo Japan and using skillful technique and glorious presentations, along with genuine hospitality and gracious service, it was a memorable meal indeed.
I'm not a big fan of hotel restaurants but what made TRUSS stand out was the executive chef was in residence and cooking in the kitchen. 3 Michelin- starred chef Erik Anderson, formerly of Coi in San Francisco, has taken on an all day menu which is no easy task.
Exciting news! Following much anticipation, the Four Seasons has finally opened their property in Calistoga at 400 Silverado Trail, Napa Valley. A stay here is a one of a kind experience: An inviting hideaway offering a superior level of comfort.


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To get the obvious out of the way first: No, it's NOT Harry Potter, to the point where you'd have a hard time recognizing it as by the same author. It...moreTo get the obvious out of the way first: No, it's NOT Harry Potter, to the point where you'd have a hard time recognizing it as by the same author. It is not a fantasy; it is set in a very real, raw, harsh England. Rowling's fondness of quirky names and puns are nowhere in evidence, nor is the sense of humor that was often displayed in the Potter books. These are not bad things, they are just an absence of the things that may be most recognizably Rowling.
This is also an ensemble work; there are at least 15 point of view characters. Profanity is engaged in by some of the characters. A few of the characters engage in a LOT of profanity. Sex is talked about and engaged in (not gratuitously, and not glamorously). These are things you are probably NOT expecting from Rowling, but they are not at all out of place in this novel. It should simply be observed that this is *not* a young adult novel.
The things that *are* recognizably Rowling, however, are the strong, distinct characters and the strong plotting. As you get to know the characters, the events of the final act come to seem inevitable, a perfect storm of events driven by the reactions of characters to earlier events, all precipitated by the death which opens the novel.
Our point of view characters include some teenagers, their parents, and members of the Pagford Parish Council, who were opposed in life by Barry Fairbrother, whose death opens the novel and who in life was a charismatic leader of the segment of the town council opposing the leader. Despite his death in the opening act, Fairbrother emerges as the most likable character in the novel. The novels plot revolves around the attempts of his political foes to take advantage of his death, of his friends and allies to live up to what they feel Fairbrother would have wanted, of people who want to take advantage of the opening he left on the council for their own ends, and of people who really have no particular interest in Fairbrother at all yet take advantage of it to strike out at others who are interested in the vacant seat (the casual vacancy of the title).
The characters vary in likability, yet each is distinct and complex. Some are tightly bound but drifting apart; others begin as acquaintances and form alliances or friendships. Many of the characters are unlikable, and many of them dislike one another, while pretending (unsuccessfully) that they get along. Most of the other characters are a mixture of bad traits and sympathetic ones, each different than the other yet all relatable in some fashion. This is not a novel of heroes and villains, but of everyday people forced into a series of unexpected confrontations. Some of the characters find themselves ultimately transformed by the events of the final act, while others, too ashamed to admit their own shortcomings, remain willfully obtuse.
A wonderful book. I first learned about Gottfredson's Mickey nearly three decades ago, but most of my encounters with it have been piecemeal. It's gre...moreA wonderful book. I first learned about Gottfredson's Mickey nearly three decades ago, but most of my encounters with it have been piecemeal. It's great to finally have the beginning of a comprehensive, chronological collection in a sturdy, beautiful, affordable English edition.
The book covers Gottfredson's first work on the strip, which began very early in the strip's life (for the sake of completeness, the pre-Gottfredson strips are included in one of the archival supplements in the rear). A wealth of supplemental material is included after the strips. The strip apparently began as a humorous gag-a-day strip with limited continuity, and those early strips are pretty lackluster. The syndicate apparently suggested (strongly) that Walt try a more adventurous format, which was then in vogue, and so Walt began the title storyline, "Race to Death Valley". The book begins with this story. Gottfredson picked up the art chores a couple of weeks into the story, and not long after Walt handed off the writing to Gottfredson as well. Gottfredson remained the strips writer through the '70s (though he usually had help with the art).
Despite some dismissive comments in the introductory material that Gottfredson was just starting to learn the ropes with this first story, I actually enjoyed it the most of the stories in the book. The other stories aren't in any way bad, but most of them didn't have quite the same balance of slapstick and pure adventure that the opening story did. The other stories were for the most part quite good as well, but still experimental too--Gottfredson was trying different settings, pacing, and balances of the competing slapstick and adventure elements.
As is typical for Fantagraphics reprint collections, the production values on the book are high. Nice paper, crisp reproduction, a wonderful cloth and matte cover, solid binding. The only thing I found myself wishing for was a bound in ribbon bookmark.
Looking forward to more in this series, as well as their forthcoming collections of Carl Barks' duck stories.(less)