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imagine being the architect of a perfect city filled with the glowing edifices of human achievement glittering multi colored towers image just a block of trees reach the sky then and i did all your work destroyed and lost that it is nothing but a mockery of  rendered to nothing by destructive mindless force whose only purpose is senseless destruction i live this reality from the years five to seven as an aspiring lego architect i had big dreams of constructing more and more ambitious projects however i had to perpetually deal with a force bent on the structure of those streams my little sister she delighted in nothing more than destroying anything and everything i had built leaving nothing for me but the haunting sound of her uncontrollable giggling all drama side that also when it can be frustrating or they're constantly but bugging you for attention or always getting their way it's easy for us all or siblings to get mad at them it's just unfair how they get everything an early age and then we did however i believe that it's worth it just to put up with those frustrations and move on you have to live each other for your whole lives so you might as well try to enjoy it also being cited at least at some point that's what happens when you live close to another person for that long but some seven fight all the time and disagree over everything that's something i try never to do i found this approach makes everything from road trips to air and running much more enjoyable of course agreeing isn't always easy especially since my sister and i are very different people i'm an introvert and she's an extrovert she's super sporty and i'm much more to music to contrast go on and on despite this i found that the key to harmony is to just focus on the things we both enjoy for instance we managed to get through our by annual ten hour road trips to ontario canada even when crammed in the back of the car the arm through our mutual love the simpsons we all watch tons of the show consuming whole seasons without as much as a harsh word said between us unfortunately you can't always cognizant everything and never have least some kind of conflict arises unavoidable these are the times when you need to make sacrifices for the sake of harmony this can be hard especially as an older sibling i often feel empowered to get what i want over what she wants why that's justified or not is another question of course but what i really want in the end is to have a good show of my sister so i just need to remind myself of that ultimately even though they can be annoying sometimes siblings are worth tolerating if that means turning the other cheek and forgiving a few senselessly destroyed towers i believe that there are long term investment that will pay off in the end
well my name's adam dash and i'm running for selectman allow me to introduce myself i live on golden street where i live with my wife and my daughter who is a junior at belmont high school i have another daughter who recently graduated bomb on high school is currently in college and for the last several months i've been walking around the neighborhoods in every precinct in town and i've heard a common refrain which is that people have frustration with the town and i think i have a solution for this we all have common values we either were born here and stayed here or we moved here because we have the common values of community family education inclusive a d what we need to do is take those common values have a conversation put them together into a collective vision and then  where we want to go then and here comes the important part is actually act on that in order to take the vision and implement it to get to that goal as quickly and expeditiously as possible i have the experience to get that done i have been on the war committee where i'm currently the vice chair and the war committee for those of you who don't know is the town's financial watchdog that explores the budget every year and they go and they've created a work committee report which is a thick report that goes to town meeting so i'm the vice chair of that  also the chair of the public services public works subcommittee and i've been the chair of the governor general government subcommittee of the war committee prior to that i was on the zoning board of appeals i was the chair of the community preservation x study committee i was the vice chair of the underwood pool building committee which brought in that lovely underwood pool in congress avenue on time and under budget and a baton meeting member from precinct one so with all of that experience and the long years i've spent with town work i know i know the players and i know how to get things done and i know the budget intimately i've worked on building a project i've worked on the budget and i've worked on zoning and planning plus in my private practice as an attorney i handle a lot of municipal law zoning licensing permitting contracts and such  other communities and i see what works well there and what we can implement here now keeping the status quo is easy doing nothing and just going on as we've been going on doesn't take a whole lot of energy but change is hard and i need help i need you and i don't mean the collective you i mean you who's sitting there home right now watching the talk i need your help because we need to face these challenges together and together if we get that vision and we chart our goal and then we act we can get belmont moving we can get belmont working and we can improve the town we love my name's adam dash and i'm running for selectman and i ask for your vote on april fourth thank you
hi welcome to the peters township library come on in i have some great news about an upcoming of then taste of the township the library's biggest fund raising event of the year is coming up on friday april twenty fifth at the valley for country club starting at seven o'clock let's take a peek in the room where the gift baskets are being prepared name let's see what do we have over here today some peters township volunteers are preparing these magnificent and fun baskets for the chinese auction which is just one part of all the events going on that night this is a thirteen year that the library will benefit from what has become known as a great community get together at the valley country club we usually have about five hundred desk get to enjoy the specialties from over twenty five restaurants and food vendors we're having chinese food italian food american food mediterranean food wonderful desserts you name it where having it in addition to these fabulous baskets they'll be a silent auction of some really terrific prizes as a matter of fact there's still time for you to donate a special item to either the silent or the chinese auction or to buy tickets for the gala event tickets for the taste of the township for fifty dollars and you can buy them right here at the library or you can become a sponsor and we see recognition in our ethan publicity what's really important about this gala is that the fifty dollar donation is a donation to the library but it's really a donation to you because this is your library i do hope to see  taste of the township on april twenty fifth the valley for country club three prominent lots of food live music fun people and terrific prizes and you'll probably connect with some township people you haven't seen for a while i know i always do
hi it's bob mahoney from belmont savings bank with another mahoney money minute i want to talk a little bit about college financing obviously a big topic an important topic and i'm not going to spend all afternoon trying to talk you through every single possibility around the loan side of the grant side of the scholarship side there's plenty of resources for that but i do want to spend a minute talking about five twenty nine plans five twenty nine plans are probably one of the best devices ever created and one of the most flexible devices ever created for financing a college education in essence you make contributions into the plan that are limited by tax law to about twenty five thousand dollars a person a family rather i should say however you can make a one time five times that twenty five one hundred twenty five thousand dollars contribution if you have that that much cash that can really accelerate the pool available for a child's education grandparents should also know that even if their grandchildren aren't born yet they can give money to their child even though they've completed their education and then it can be transferred one time to another child so you can create a generational five twenty nine plan even before your grandchildren are  are alive and so that's a great way to get started with a little as five or ten thousand dollars a year you can build up a nest egg over the course of eighteen years or so that will be more than enough to fit in its most college educations now  you know also are not limited to just the state plan in massachusetts you can buy a five twenty nine in any state in the country so to speak your financial advisor or do the research yourself the plans change quite a bit from state to state and the fees change quite a bit from state to state myself i ended up with a five point plan in colorado turned out to be the best for us and by the time college came along it was all there waiting because we started when their children were born and so there was nothing to fret about paying for a college education and by the way it also covers graduate school after that if is a left over again it can go on to the go on to the grandchildren so one of the great tax advantage programs no taxes paid during the wife of it and no taxes paid if you use the money for college education it really is something that should be part of every single person's college finance planning process
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what we have to do development programs are first is our youth achievers program and that's for youth ages eight to fourteen and then our impact program for use ages fifteen to twenty four we work with youth year round and so we're operational fifty out of fifty two weeks of the year so we have an opportunity to get to know families very very well so we learn not only about the fabulous things that are going on in their lives but also the challenges and so then we can really alter what services we provide and what program a new provides in that it's most responsive to the needs of the families i do explain it as a fun place to be someplace where you can be yourself and just pure enjoyment i guess what i do when i get to the y either i'll programming areas for you that she vers academic enrichment social life in leadership skill development and healthy minds and healthy bodies and so while we have the core programming areas the programme is also a lot of fun so we try to expose youth to new things have new experiences we do a lot of recreational activities a lot of field trips cooking classes we have a great partnership with a thing called police department so youth spend an entire week participating in a junior police academy and so it's just beyond what you would typically think you would find in a
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in asking for directions because fine being completely honest a lot of the time i have absolutely no idea where i am going i wouldn't say that i have a terrible sense of direction like everyone else there are times when i am completely and totally lost although today there are many digital ways to find your way i have found that there isn't anything quite like asking another person for directions i hadn't truly understood this power of asking other for directions until i got my driver's license for the first time in my life i had the chance to explore the world on my own my license acted as a passport and the car with a full tank of gas as my take it to anywhere however experiencing that freedom has caused me to get hopelessly lost multiple times i have tried to manage i have managed to get lost on the simplest somehow taking wrong turns and ending up in obscure locations once i was driving to a friend's house which i thought was really a destination and ended up in some remote corner of my own town that had i had never even knew existed i remember backing out of my driveway stopping for a full three seconds at a stop sign and i remember turning on to concord have to begin my adventure i turn on the radio and sang along got really into the song so much so that before i knew it i had no idea where i was i looked around and recognized nothing at all i only knew it was my own town due to the election signs that were planted on someone's front yard at first i was alarmed as i didn't think it was possible to be so lost in the town where i had lived my entire life but as i continued to drive into what felt like oblivion an idea  popped into my head i can ask for directions immediately i pulled over and began to look for someone who seemed to know their surroundings better than i did after a few minutes of feeling isolated and alone i saw her a tall woman walking her little dog the woman had dark hair and just casually in a pair of blue jeans she was smiling and laughing at her dog and had a stack of pink flyers in her hand that looked to be for a neighborhood block party she seems to know what she's doing i thought i rolled down my window and politely asked for directions to the street where i was trying to get to and the woman was kind enough to explain to me the way as i drove off i was not only struck by the kindness women had shown me but i was even more impressed my by myself and the trust that i placed another individual to get me to my destination for all i could have known the woman could have given me terribly wrong directions or made something up to keep herself from saying i don't know and feeling useless to me it is so incredible to me is there are so many ways to find your way so i believe in asking for directions i got excited when a freshman asked me where physics classroom is because i have the chance to help someone the way i've been helped before i don't think that it's embarrassing to admit that you're lost and ask for directions it's awesome to trust another person to help you out it's part of the beauty in the world no matter what there will always be someone out there to give you some directions if you're lost
myles larson with the city of sarasota and this is your commission report a look ahead at the regular city commission meeting of december the fifth two thousand and sixteen want to let you know before we get started that the agenda is subject to change and sometimes it does at the last minute the commission begins the afternoon session of today's meeting with citizens and put concerning city topics and then they move on to approval of the minutes there is one meeting to approve the minutes for it's the minutes from the regular city commission meeting of november the twenty first two sixteen after that the commission moves on to board actions and there is one board action it's a report from the public art committees special meeting of november first two thousand and sixteen and their regular meeting of november ninth two thousand  sixteen next comes consent agenda one and then consent agenda two and then comes board appointments there are nine board appointments to take care of to the following boards the citizens with disabilities advisory board the downtown improvement district board of directors the historic preservation board the human relations board the nuisance abatement board the parks recreation and environmental protection advisory board the planning board the public art committee and the sane armin's business improvement district board of directors and next comes unfinished business there are three items of unfinished business to take care of the first is an adoption of a second reading of a proposed ordinance to conditionally vacate two rights of way generally described as a portion of that certain planted approximately sixty five foot wide over known avenue commencing at the south right of way line of boulevard of the arts planet as six treat and a portion of that certain planet approximately eight hundred foot wide alley right of way within central broadway the next on of unfinished business is a second reading of a proposed ordinance to amend an ordinance which conditionally vacated six rights of way and the next i know of one finished business this is the last item on the agenda for the afternoon is a continued discussion regarding the possible demolition of the former gee whiz building located at one thousand one boulevard of the arts and that will do it for the afternoon session of the regular city commission meeting of december fifth two thousand and sixteen if you'd like to take a look at the agenda or any of the back up until you can do so at our web site sarasota gov dot com on the right side look for video on demand the meeting will be getting underway shortly i'm miles larson with the city of sarasota
the official candidate qualifying period for the two thousand and seventeen city commission municipal election for two at large seats begins at noon on monday january ninth two thousand and seventeen and ends at noon on friday january thirteenth two thousand and seventeen candidates including those currently pre qualified most qualified during the official time frame to be placed on the ballot for the first election to be held on tuesday march fourteenth two thousand and seventeen with a r election to be held on tuesday may ninth two thousand and seventeen if needed the following persons have qualified or pre qualified as candidates for the two at large city commission seats  to qualify each person must have been a resident and qualified voter of the city of sarasota for a minimum of one year prior to may twelfth two thousand and seventeen qualifying packets are available at the office of the city auditor and clerk and on the city of sarasota website here is the list of polling places approved by the city commission for more information contact the city auditor and clerk's office at nine five four four one six zero
and our next case this morning is united states versus davis well i don't know that we have a whole lot of questions and i think it is that you're done thank you decision that mr davis the defendant's previous conviction for illinois attempted armed robbery it doesn't that constitute a crime of violence under forty one point two a and for that reason i ask that the court affirmed that decision because robbery is listed dell i i don't think going any further into some of those points is required by me one point i do want to make though and this is the one point that i mentioned earlier that i would would go into is that i believe that the standard of review here is in fact plain  air given the argument that was made to the district court which was basically an argument that would have been made in the context of an a c c a argument where is here we're talking about the guidelines forty one point two a and as your honor just mentioned there is a specific anything further you know currently not thank you thank you have a safe trip back thank you and our final case
i believe in family feuds and no not talking the steve harvey t v show having moved to america shortly after birth experience firsthand bitter hardships in the land of opportunity both my parents had to work study and take care of me at the same time as you can guess life was far from easy and arguments ignited from the simplest of sparks once it was a misplaced sock on a time a broken washing machine there was always something to fight about but no matter how heated the streets would get arguments became much more mild and short lived heck by sixth grade i would often feel the need to voice my own opinion about the subject to hand life in on my friends moved then we moved the family atmosphere stayed the same we managed to settle down in st louis missouri for a couple years where i quickly found a friend in an awesome dude named evan soon after our parents we came so close to no one can you guess they had met me or months before this relationship sadly didn't last forever i parents chatting i was invited over less and less and evan's usual upbeat demeanor was replaced by perpetual gloom the reason for this drastic change divorce the dreaded ultimatum that leads only to ruin and despair in his wake i have never expected enjoyable for nine allow us to say what's really on our minds we fight because we care for each other because we value our relationship if we didn't we when we start breaths you never stay mad at each other for long and the state of our family has never been in jeopardy either like i said forgive and forget all never know the reason behind a divorce or continue to believe that their problems originated from the storybook chinese of their relationship without it the bottled up emotions exploded violently leaving the entire of things continue
everyone knows about the war in iraq and its impact on the united states i want to know how the people in my neighborhood feel about the war in iraq so i decided to make this documentary this documentary is how the west side neighborhood feels about the war in iraq i don't think the war should have so happened in the first place my nephew served over in iraq and i come from a military family so we are used to having this as something that enters our lives i disagreed with the war i really think that what it's based upon is the greed for oil over in the middle east i don't think i want to happen in any circumstances so i think that we should have talked more to all the other countries and to talk more to people in iraq before we go to war and i do know of several families nobody wins at that particularly women are left with a lot of the responsibilities to take care of their children in the family and supporting the family to people in the neighborhood people in the state has died in iraq and also i think we're affected because also that the prices of their own want to pay and all i mean there are several reasons why that their war is not good for us and in this neighborhood i think a lot of people in this neighborhood are talking about the war and have a lot of people that are in the war on the flip side we also have women over there and that also makes a hardship on their families to what continues to amaze me is is the number of families where both parents are in the war and the children are left i do agree one of them has actually been to iraq and back and i don't know how i feel about it sometimes i feel like i'm supporting them and that what they do is great and at the same time i feel like maybe it's a lost cause that they're in this war fighting so i'm kind of