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A Lot Goes Into Being A Rural Heritage Speaker

February 20th, 2010

Being a rural heritage speaker takes a special sort of person. Good speaking skills alone will not fulfill all that this job requires. This needs someone with a deep understanding of the importance of the position. The rural lands of America depend upon it. Overall, there is a lot that depends on these speakers, entire communities even.

There is a degree of speaking involved in a formal political arena. An example of this could be a town hall meeting, or town council. In some rare cases this can go as far as state government. The reasons behind this is needing to convey the reasons for keeping land undeveloped. Protecting rural communities from being overrun with large businesses that would push smaller family run businesses out.

Given the reasons for speaking, the speaker most definitely needs to be able to convey passion. An informative talk about how things will be changed with development is not going to do the job. There has to be passion in order to really reach the audience and cause them to feel a connection with the community in question.

Large scale developers have money and influence on their side. When they decide that they want to build somewhere it takes a lot of effort in order to bring the plans to a halt. In many respects this is an uphill battle. Sticking up the for the little guy is in the job description. Being armed with information is a must.

A good knowledge of the history of the area is a must. When questions are asked they should be answered quickly and accurately. The more the speaker fumbles, the more the cause stands to loose. Aside from the history, current connections to the area is also vitally important. It must be clear that the importance of the land does not all lie in history books. There must be some current purpose being served by it remaining undeveloped.

When evaluating a person for this role careful attention should be paid to whether or not the individual has any possible conflict of interest. Ties to the developers is an obvious problem. Strong ties to the community in question can also be a problem. The ideal candidate will come from a neutral corner.

While at a glance this job appears to be one of conveying the message and going through the motions, it goes far deeper than that. The rural heritage speaker can affect the futures of the communities they represent. This is a serious job, and anyone in this role deserves a lot of respect.

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Best Motorcycle Bar

January 18th, 2010

In the Heart of the New York Catskill Mountains, there is a place called Nicks Waterfall House. I have been there many times and it has become one of my favorite places of all time to ride to.

There are times when the stress of our lives and jobs can get even the best of us a little down. If you are a straight lace citizen you go to a Doctor and get some pills or maybe see a shrink. If you are a Biker you hop on your Motorcycle get the motor running and you head out to a place like Nicks Waterfall House.

It does not matter where you are or what direction you come from. The ride threw the NY Catskill Mountains is going to relax the stress away from the depths of your very soul. As you ride to Nick’s threw long winding roads up over and into the heart of some of the worlds most majestic Mountains, with the Sun shining down on you and the fresh Mountain air filling your lungs you will start to get a feeling of what one can only describe as pure joy.

As you get near Nicks Waterfall House located on Route 990v, Gilboa New York 12076, either alone or with a group of friends. You will feel as if time and space are no longer a factor in the Universe, and it only gets better from there! As you ride in the first thing many think is they have reached some old time lost resort, but have no fear Nicks is a Biker bar.

When you walk threw the front door you will no longer have any doubts you have arrived at the right place. If Nick is not there to great you himself, there is a good chance he is in his large kitchen cooking up some classic Biker grub. I recommend the first thing you do is order an Ice Cold Beer and go sit by the large windows over looking a Waterfall that looks as if it was stolen from the year–92. If there is any stress or negative emotions left in your body after the ride to the Waterfall House after only a few minutes watching the water fall down and roll over the rocks it will soon have all washed down stream.

Then it is time to meet the locals, grab another Beer and maybe some of that great food (My favorite is the Waterfall House Cheeseburgers) or maybe shoot a game of pool. The crowd at Nicks is a mix of friendly Bikers, locals and good ole boys. This is a place to exchange stories and Adventures from the road. Often the sharing of stories can go on for hours.

It is easy to have what some may call too much fun at Nicks Waterfall House but with rooms up stairs starting at only $25 a night, there is no reason to worry! Now I want to make sure that you know when I tell you there are rooms at Nicks you understand these rooms where created for road weary bikers. If you bring your old lady with you make sure she is a real biker Chick because Nicks is no Yuppie bed and breakfast! It is a real bikers, biker bar and what you get when you rent a room from Nicks is a communal living room a bed to sleep in and a shower to wash off the road dust! One other thing you get from a night at Nicks is a renewed Spirit of Adventure and a willingness to face what ever maybe up around the next bend in your life!

I have many local Bars that I think of as home and I love to go to and cut loose, but when I hear that call of the road it is often telling me it is time to go to Nick’s Waterfall House!!!

For more info or directs call 607-588-9891 and ask for Nick.

Your Bro LJ James AmericanBikerX.com Listen to my Radio Show @ BikerLowdown.com

LJ James does a online Motorcycle Show every Wednesday LJ James loves to help show the truth about the Biker Life and series like Sons of Anarchy

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What Lessons You Can Learn From The King Of Pop’s Last Moon Walk

January 13th, 2010

One of the most famous dance steps of all time was the one popularized by Michael Jackson. Wikipedia gave meaning to this dance step as “a dance technique that presents the illusion of the dancer being pulled backwards while attempting to walk forward.”

Looking at the dance and the definition behind it, I was able to see a moral lesson between Michael Jackson’s final years of his life and his moon walk. Please take not that I have no intentions whatsoever to mock Michael Jackson, but only to illustrate the lessons we can learn from his life and his famous moon walk.

Considered to be the most successful entertainer of all time, Michael Jackson sold over 750 million records and won several major awards including 13 Grammies and 13 number one singles. All his lifetime earnings were estimated to be around $ 500 million and this does not even include his music catalog holdings which is rumored to be over a billion dollars worth.

In spite of all the fortune and fame he gained, struggles of depression and debt wreck havoc in the last part of his life. To some people, his two year seclusion of himself from his family and friends and his struggles with money worsened his fragile health. Ironically, he was a person loved and adored by his millions of fans, yet he passed away broken hearted, miserable and lonely.

I refer to the King of Pop’s final years on this world as his last moon walk. Like his moon walk, Michael Jackson’s life failed to move forward because he was being drawn backward by the circumstances of his life. But unlike the moon walk, all the drawbacks in his life were not mere illusions. Below are three lessons in life which I have taken from the King of Pop’s final moon walk.

1.) Don’t spend more than what you have - Even though the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, earned more than a million dollars each year, it was said that he spent more than $20 to $30 million more than what he earns only to support his luxuriant lifestyle. This type of lifestyle brought about financial problems during the latter part of his life. Many wealthy people, such as a Bahrain sheik, charged the King of Pop of neglecting to pay debts he owed. The King of Pop also lost Neverland Ranch, a place beloved to him. Even though his assets weigh more than his debt, the King of Pop died leaving more than $400 million of debt. Yes, he may the right to live luxuriantly and as a “star” he seemed to deserved it, but the King of Pop could have learned to live within what he earns and had his other assets wisely taken care. His failure to employ such strategy not only added problems but also heightened his depression.

2.) Trials abound and life is tough, so learn to face them - No matter how much success he had in his life, Michael Jackson, has never learned to face trials in his life. Whenever gets demoralized by problems, he would run away and instead use drugs, detach himself from reality or hide himself through plastic surgery. Once problem that worsened his life was when he was accused of child molestation. He became more withdrawn after it. In an article written for the Daily Mail, J Randy Taraborrelli has this to say about how Michael Jackson face problems, “He surrounded himself with children, animals and a false reality - so much so that he never learned how to cope in the real world. He never wanted to grow up, and his managers encouraged these eccentricities when they should have encouraged therapy.”

3.) Fame and fortune does not equate joy and happiness - Yes, the King of Pop no doubt has achieved so much in his lifetime. So much that he broke records that he himself achieved, opened up racial barriers and reinvented the world of music. However, though he had these great successes and the love of millions, the final years of his life was marked with loneliness, unhappiness sadness, depression and the feeling of being unloved. He kept to himself, away from friends and family.

Let me stop here and allow you to do your evaluation of Michael Jackson’s last moon walk. There might be more lessons to be digested out his final years of his life and I pray that whatever you will learn from it, it would help achieved a better moon walk in your final years on earth.

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