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On the 20th of October was Bright Nights at Sentosa's Pop-up Nights: one of the few uplifting sights to witness of the year. Project XIV alerted its armory and presented a some of the best burgeoning talents Singapore could offer: Sam Lo (SKL0), Soph O, The Super System, alongside yarn artist, Adeline Loo (It Takes Balls).
Too bad if you missed the awe-inspiring spectacle showcasing light installations by the artists, it would've literally lit up your 'Gram, moreso, if you like to go against the grain (2017 made being seen at a Yayoi Kusama exhibition so passé), but please read on and find out more about the concepts behind the installations, as well as some snaps:
(pictured above: SKL0- On the Impermanence of Discovery)
SKL0 (Sam Lo) : On the Impermanence of Discovery
"When all light finally
forsakes a room,
do we take the time
to interrogate the dark
and to what end?"
— Cyril Wong, "Practical Aim"
This installation by Sam Lo takes inspiration from local writer Cyril Wong's "Practical Aim" as the jetty is transformed into an infinity bridge with each individual frame representing a new layer of thought. As repetition sets in we wonder what it's all for- we can choose to sink in the layers or continue with each frame through to discovery as we question existence and the world around us.
(pictured above: Soph O- Lost Colonies)
Soph O : Lost Colonies
Lost Colonies is a site-specific installation that combines the ephemeral environments inspired by nature, knitted by machines, and assembled by humans.
The plants around the structure were carefully selected to pick up on the UV lights, while the seating area allows audiences to look up at the artwork that flickers with strong winds.
Resembling a honeycomb, the installation unravels into a fabric-like structure that drifts away through the urbanscapes, taking on a new life of its own. With its travels, the web collects adventures and memories that draw parallels to the self. The artwork draws inspiration from bokeh lights, the blurriness we see when our vision is unfocused. It invites viewers to listen with their eyes, and hear the colours as they immerse into the hexagonal shapes found in both nature and man-made foundations.
(Pictured above: Adeline Loo)
The Super System : Gadja Madha's Dream
Nusantara is a conceptual kingdom created by the Majapahit Empire, consisting of countries spanning from Malaysia to Indonesia. Gadja Madha's Dream is an installation by The Super System which features patterns influenced by the archipelago's culture. The artwork makes use of bamboo, one of the main materials used to build furniture and homes, and the colours reflect the vibrant pluralistic society of nusantara.


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Game Of Thrones Season 3 has a bear in it, and that bear is on its way – it's not a spoiler to point out we're mere weeks away from Episode 7, 'The Bear And The Maiden Fair'. Speaking exclusively to SciFiNow, Brienne of Tarth star Gwendoline Christie and Jaime Lannister's Nikolaj Coster-Waldau talk around the obvious and outline their approach to spoilers…
So, there's a bear in the footage in the Season 3 trailer. What was the bear like to work with?
Gwendoline Christie: As far as I'm aware, there's a shot of a bear, but I don't see anyone else with the bear. It's just a shot of a bear that looks like it could be real.
If you're fighting a bear, do you have anything to work with?
Gwendoline: Why would I do that?
I think some people have an idea what's going to happen with the bear.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau: But, most people don't, so we can't talk about that
Gwendoline: A lot of people wouldn't make any connection.
Nikolaj: It's a big thing, so we don't want to give anything away.
Gwendoline: It's difficult because people feel so passionately about the show, and you don't want to spoil anything.
Nikolaj: What amazes me, because there are so many fans and there are so many readers of these books, is the fact that people are so loyal to keeping the secrets. You go on these fan-sites and, obviously, so many people know what's going to happen, but they are very good at saying, "OK, spoiler alert," or "Don't read this if . . ." For us to then go ahead and say, "Yeah, we do this and this happens," would be really stupid. So that's why we're not going to answer any bear questions.
Game Of Thrones is airing now on Sky Atlantic. Read our review of the premier and pick up Season 2 now on DVD for £28 and Blu-ray for £36 from Amazon.co.uk.


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31st Annual Jubilee Festival of Arts
Olde Towne Daphne Comes Alive with Art, Food & Entertainment September 28 & 29, 2019
The 31st Annual Jubilee Festival of Arts is set to attract thousands to the oak-lined Main Street of Daphne, Alabama on September 28th and 29th. Art, music & seafood meet southern charm at this annual festival set along the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay. The Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce hosts this family-friendly festival each year in coordination with the City of Daphne.
ARTS & CRAFTS VENDORS: Visit nearly 100 arts and crafts vendors showcasing the very best in jewelry, paintings, pottery, sculpture, wood, mixed media, functional & decorative items. As a juried art show, vendors are competing for cash prizes which will be awarded Saturday night. It's not too early to start thinking about Christmas presents you won't find anywhere else.
FOOD: Not only can you visit our eclectic food court offering festival favorites, but Olde Towne Daphne is teeming with many delicious restaurants ready to service festival guests.
Date and Time
Saturday Sep 28, 2019
September 28 & 29, 2019
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Main Street, Olde Towne Daphne, Alabama
Admission: Free
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It's the Culture, Stupid!
"As too much power leads to despotism, too little leads to anarchy, and both eventually to the ruin of the people."
"There is no virtue [in] America. That commerce which preside[d over] the birth and education of these states has [fitted] their inhabitants for the chain and … the only condition they sincerely desire is that it may be a golden one."
-- Alexander Hamilton
The message was -- Stay on message.
The Dems' message this year is equally as simple and simplistic. It amounts to a real-estate mantra: location, location, location. Iraq, Iraq, Iraq.
Chanting that slogan, millions of people will follow the Dems into the next Slough of Despond. A large part of me hopes they succeed. An even larger part hopes they open their eyes before they sink too deep.
We have, in fact, been sinking for a long time -- since Hamilton's day and before.
What led the 24-year old genius to decry so lugubriously the character of his fellow patriots and anti-monarchists? They were nearing the end of their epic struggle against the British super-power, and already the seeds of discontent were rankling these nascent Americans.
It was an age of giants, and Hamilton was one of the supernal. Short of stature, he impressed his peers with oratorical, argumentative and rhetorical skills that conjured Cicero and Demosthenes. He was Washington's chief aide, helped him write letters (!), win military and diplomatic battles. He was to establish the young nation's fiscal policies and sound credit without which the United States would have foundered upon the rocks of insolvency. No one ever thought more about the meaning of establishing a new Republic in North America. No one expressed himself on that subject with greater thought and care. No one tried more earnestly to find the pivot between the extremes of despotism and anarchy. And, no one met a more tragic end.
The "West Indian bastard" understood, as few Americans have, a basic flaw in our character: while we sing or prattle about liberty and freedom, it is the "golden chain" by which we are hanged -- and often, by which we hang ourselves. It is the golden chain of "commerce" -- expansion, exploitation, conquest. These are the cultural values of a nation that grew wealthy on slave labor, rum running and genocide -- values for which Americans have killed and died for generations. Because they are our cultural values, and not our professed political values, they are so thoroughly ingrained they elude self-examination. Cultural values subsume political and economic values. Political Science and Economics are among the soft sciences taught in our universities. They are reducible to formulae, and they may be studied, elaborated, contravened. Cultural values are imbibed with Mother's milk. They are the sea in which we swim. They appear irrefutable.
We look around at the many problems that plague our fragile planet and we want hard and fast "political" solutions. We seize upon slogans: "54-40 or Fight"; "Remember the Alamo"; "The War to End All Wars"; "The War to Save Democracy"; "Godless Communism"; "Weapons of Mass Destruction"; "the Domino Effect"; "With Us or with the Terrorists"; "War on Terror."
Peggy Noonan established her reputation, wrote books and earned millions on the basis of five words: "A thousand points of light." David Frum accomplished the same hat trick even more succinctly: "Axis of Evil." Having beaten the dead horse of "Stay the Course," the Administration will now replace it with "Benchmarks," leaving the hapless Tony Snow to explain the difference. He might say, "Cut and Run" is always bad; "Stay the Course" used to be good, but is now passé; "Benchmarks" is good until we find a better speechwriter.
And the hoi polloi may be pulleyed along. For my part, as a cultural critic, I hope someone -- someone in the news media perhaps (but it is too much to hope) -- someone may say that he would rather cut and run from stupidity and brutality than embrace an idiot policy of staying the course or the equally asinine policy of benchmarks.
We are as likely to get such clear thinking and such forthright expression as we are likely to win the War on Terror. Principally, because our culture no longer leverages clear thinking or forthright expression, we are deluged with inanities, constant noise, and distractions. Our establishment poets and literati are too busy shmoozing for grants and sucking up for sinecures to trouble themselves with the mundane affairs of working people, the unemployed, the disaffected, lost or forgotten. Our students do not learn the basics of logic; only an ethereum master the art of critical thinking. They are instead inculcated with values from Day One: Salute the flag, obey authority -- the boss, the government -- get regimented -- for future employment, consumption patterns, the army, police or Homeland Security.
Inculcation: from inculcare: to grind under the heel.
This election season we will hear the drumbeat again: Get out and vote; if you don't vote, you can't complain. Vote for me, trust me. My opponent is a scumbag. My Black opponent sleeps with white women (or really wants to). In your heart, you know he's right. I will not send American boys to do the fighting Asian boys should do. And on and on the noisome music plays ad nauseum.
We will buy the myths again because we have been inculcated, heeled under, by those myths: the myth of a free country, a democracy beholden to the people, the myth of a responsive leadership, an informed electorate. Amazingly, a people whose students barely rank in the top 20 of industrialized nations' test scores, will presume that it has the God-given wisdom to rule the world, and the authority to terrorize the world with its weapons of mass destruction. We will smell each other's acrid fear and we will tell each other we are the best people in the world, and "they" hate us for our freedoms. While we titillate each other over the behavior of sexual miscreants in high places, we shall grant carte blanche to the weaponization of space, the water boarding of "enemy combatants," the nullification of the Kyoto Protocols, dispensing with habeas corpus and reinterpreting the Geneva Accords. We may do so grudgingly and above the protests of some brave and/or foolish souls. We shall do so because the preservation of our cultural values is our first and foremost consideration. And those values, again, are ingrained in our particularly nasty form of "commerce": expansion, exploitation, conquest. (At their wits' end, as usual, the Bush Administration, has been sounding the cymbal of commerce more clashingly of late. Forget Iraq, they implore; look at how well the economy is doing!)
Inspired by this "funny season" of electioneering, here are some hard truths from a self-confessed cynic that most inculcated Americans will not like to hear:
* It is a hoax and a slander that men have died to give me the right to vote. They died in service to the State, often compelled to serve out of fear of heterodoxy or the shame of standing apart. They have fought as often as not for misunderstood or barely understood concepts, cheered on with slogans and anodynes. They did not fight for me or my choices because they could not possibly prophesy what choices I would have or desire.
* The Empire had to perpetuate the myth of a "market-place of ideas" while simultaneously demonizing ideas generated by the Counterculture of the 60s and 70s -- intellectually the most serious internal threat to State power since the Progressive movement of the 30s. The Counterculture's "Peace, Love and Rock and Roll" were cannibalized, caricatured, commercialized, eviscerated, packaged and sold back to its naïve, youthful adherents until they lost meaning and flavor. The Summer of Love of 1968 is the obverse of the Winter of our Discontent of 2006.
* The State invariably inflates and conflates its enemies so the populace will surrender its safeguards and liberties to the overweening authority of the State. Marijuana was conflated with heroin, condemned as a "threshhold drug." Our War on Terror would not exist if the War on Drugs (i.e., Drug Victims) had not preceded it. The War on Drugs was our threshold war. (I suppose chocolate chip cookies are threshold niblets on the road to obesity. But, so far as I know, no one has locked up the Keebler Elves.)
* Whoever controls the information controls the imagination, George Orwell wrote. I'll add my arpeggio to the Master: whoever fashions the definitions controls the processes of thought; those who promulgate their ideologies and brook no countervalence, circumscribe the boundaries of thought.
* Those who decry the loudest about the dangers of the "slippery slope" are themselves greasing the highways to catastrophe. The Bush Administration and its Congressional cohorts call for more torture to prevent attacks. Will we extract fingernails to prevent bombing? How far will we go? If waterboarding is now de jure, can the Iron Maiden be far behind? The Strappado?
* This is a disgusting world we are modeling, a world of excess, slave and slave-master of the kind Hamilton and Paine deplored. (Paine: "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a slave-master.") The U.S., far from the well-intentioned naif among cutthroats -- as it has so often portrayed itself -- wisecracking, ironic, but basically good, fair-minded John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, et. al. -- has been a major architect for centuries. We can no longer afford our ignorance, myopia and stupidity. It is no longer "My country, right or wrong," but "My planet, right or wrong." And if it is wrong, we had best figure out how to fix it. Love of country is fine, but it is fatuous love if it subverts love of planet. After all, the planet was bequeathed to us by "Nature's God"; our countries are man-imagined entities.
* A world in which tens of millions of children die each year because of lack of clean drinking water, sufficient food and adequate health care is an obscene world of horrid imbalance. It is an over-populated world in which the wealthy and powerful encourage the underclasses to over-produce themselves, thus driving down wages and adding to the misery index of the masses. The slaves are driven by their religious taskmasters to keep stoking the system of their oppression. Thus, while our industries and technologies and financial institutions globalize, the world's citizens have less and less to bring to the table -- concretely and metaphorically. The middle class is hollowed out, made more insecure, while the evil is externalized, placed on the shoulders of the Other. The Earth shrinks and the power of the State expands into our living rooms, bedrooms, hearts and minds.
* Whatever the celebrated philanthropy of Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Oprah, et. al, a world in which billionaires coexist with a billion starving people, mostly women and children -- is obscene.
* The old need continual reaffirmation of the status quo from which they've profited. The new generation needs to constantly re-evaluate, learn what values may be properly and prudently reaffirmed, spurn those that entrench it and diminish the human spirit.
"We are in the first day of creation," Thoreau wrote. And, "Only that day dawns to which we are awake." Have we merely the blind courage to follow idiot, corrupt, maniacal leaders, or have we the earned courage to challenge the stale bromides of Rumsfeldian antiques, to forge a framework for a new millennium of peace, hope, prosperity, equality, mutual respect and shared power?
Let us build on the worthy foundations of the past; or, finding them wanting, like the ancients, build city upon city, stratum upon stratum, until we get it right. Our present and future are not compassed in slogans, sound bytes, or political poppycock. Our past is not a shrine to be worshipped thoughtlessly; it is a textbook to be studied and critiqued.
Gary Corseri has taught in public schools and prisons in the U.S., and at US and Japanese universities. His work has appeared at Dissident Voice, Palestine Chronicle, TeleSurtv.net, CounterPunch, CommonDreams, The New York Times, Village Voice, Uruknet, City Lights Review, Atlanta-PBS, WorldProutAssembly and 200 other websites and publications. His books include: Manifestations (edited); Holy Grail, Holy Grail; and A Fine Excess. He can be contacted at: email@example.com.
Other Articles and Poems by Gary Corseri
Losing the War
of Civilizations: Turning Wine into Blood
Too Many
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Guatemala Huehuetenango Finca El Injertal - Roasted
The Captain's Coffee
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Roasted Coffee
The Captain's Coffee
This classic coffee has rich, bold body with notes of dark chocolate, caramel, meyer lemon and almond. Slightly complex with a lingering, sweet finish.
Arrival Date: July 7th, 2020
Acidity & Brightness: Moderate Acidity, crisp
Balance & Finish: Complex, lingering, sweet, nutty finish
Body & Texture: Rich, Creamy Body
Flavors: Dark chocolate, caramel, meyer lemon and almond
Grade: SHG 1,185 - 1,645 Meters (Strictly High Grown)
Certifications: RFA (Rainforest Alliance)
Processing: Fully washed
Roasting: Full City (Medium)
Our Review:
This is a coffee with a pedigree. Finca El Injertal was founded in the 1930s by Jose Olivio Chavez who learned about coffee cultivation during a visit to farms in northern Guatemala. He used coffee plants from those farms and began his own plantation.The farm sits on over 200 acres of land in the northwestern Guatemalan province of Huehuetenango. It is located near several springs that provide water during the dry season as well as the energy to power the coffee mill. This water supply, along with the high altitude and rich soil, make for ideal conditions for growing great coffee. Coffee is produced on 173 acres while 32 acres are a forest preserve where native species of trees are protected to provide refuge for wildlife. Certified by the Rainforest Alliance, the plantation is completely covered with shade trees that are an abundant source of organic matter for fertilization and an aid to prevent soil erosion. Today, Finca El Injertal is run by Jose Olivio's grandson, Jose Alejandro Solis Chavez, and has been producing high quality coffee for three generations.
If you have been around specialty coffee long enough, you learn that pedigree is good, but it doesn't gurantee something great in the cup. In this case, we believe the cup delivers.
This coffee is a Guatemalan fan's dream. It has all the same rich, creamy body we expected from a Huehuetenango. It is a full bodied, sweet coffee that has a meyer lemon brightness, an almond finish and dark chocolate notes throughout. The acidity is quite low with a caramel sweetness. Despite the complexity of flavors there isn't a trace of bitterness to this coffee - very smooth. Distinctly Guatemala Huehuetenango with a twist all its own!
Returns Policy
If you are unsatisfied with your green coffee purchase, we will issue you a refund in the form of an in-store credit. Since coffee is a food item, we can't take it back once it leaves our control. We will work closely with you to insure you get the quality you expected at a price that is fair. This offer is good for 30 days from the date of shipment. We will faithfully adhere to this policy for every customer, unless that customer is repeatedly abusing it. We withold the right to deny refunds, in rare cases, where a customer is repeatedly ordering coffee and then asking for a refund.
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The Gene Cafe and Behmor 1600 Plus are covered by a 1 year warranty from the manufacturer. The Fresh Roast SR-300 and SR-500 come with a 1 year warranty on the base unit and a 6 month warranty on the chaff collector, top cap and basket. Since the roasters are UL certified, the manufacturers ask that we refer all warranty issues directly to them. Although we do not directly provide repair service, we'll help you through the process to get your roaster back up and running. Should you return an unused roaster to us, we will refund your purchase minus the original shipping cost. Once you've used your roaster, we really can't take it back.
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Any item not covered by a manufacturer's warranty is warranted by The Captain's Coffee to meet or exceed your expectations. If you are dissatisfied with your purchase for any reason, you may return the item to The Captain's Coffee for a replacement or refund in the form of an in-store credit. This offer is good for 30 days from the date of shipment. If applicable, the manufacturer's warranty will supersede this warranty for items sold by The Captain's Coffee.
We currently ship to any location in the US with the notable exception that Note that Hawaii Department of Agriculture regulations won't allow us to ship raw coffee to Hawaii.
If you select the "Captain's Special" shipping method, please note that the choice of carrier and delivery method is then entirely at our discretion. For local pick-ups, please allow 24 hours for us to prepare your order before dropping by to pick it up. Shipping weight is calculated in US Pounds.


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QueryDice #46: What the F*ck?
The following is a query critique. Comments, suggestions and discussion are welcome and we hope you join in. I can only offer one opinion, so the author of the query and I would like to hear yours!
This query had no greeting. While this is not immediate cause for deletion or rejection, it could wind up being that one infraction of many that caused the agent to look elsewhere. "Dear Ms. So-and-so" is always best.
[redacted], tentatively titled, (we know it is tentatively titled. If it was finally titled it would be published) is my real life memoir/proposal (whoa, whoa, whoa… "real life" and "memoir" essentially mean the same thing here, so use only one to avoid redundancy and looking like an amateur, even if you are one. Also, is a memoir or is it a proposal? If you haven't written it yet and it is only a proposal, then you have no business querying anyone with it. Stick with just "memoir") that begins as all good fairy tales must .. [an ellipsis is always three periods (…) with no spacing] a fashion disaster: a broken shoe that flies under a car while crossing Santa Monica Boulevard. Do all fairy tales begin with fashion disasters? I don't think they do…and specifically, I know they don't all begin with a broken shoe. More to the point, what do you mean? I walk into what looks like just a shop. It's as magical as the pages of a fresh Vogue I might have dreamed of, littered with designer dresses from Halston, Rudi Gernreich, Sonia Rykiel – and shoes, of course. The handsome prince shopkeeper smiles at my dilemma, before asking for my phone number.
Okay, so I'm assuming the shop is not really magical, and the shopkeeper (which is a really antiquated term) is not really a prince. Knowing that, what is interesting about a girl walking into a shop with a hot sales rep? And at what dilemma is the "prince" smiling? And what does any of it have to do with a broken shoe, a fairy tale, or Santa Monica Boulevard? This first paragraph was so confusing, that I would have stopped reading right here.
My memoir tells the story of fashion as it begins (this sounds like your memoir tells the story of fashion's roots…which would be impossible), the prêt-a-porter (for the uninitiated, and unFrench, this means ready-to-wear, or off-the-rack, and I'm having trouble figuring out how it makes sense here. I could use some help), with the very young and unknown creators in New York, Paris, London, Milan, Tokyo … a pony-tailed Karl Lagerfeld at Chloe sketching a long-sleeved dress and crisply nodding his head, agreeing to send the sketch with the fabric and pattern in a taxi to the dressmaker on the outskirts of Paris who could best do that type of work. Buying the first collections of Giorgio Armani, men and women, eating lunch with the boy models because Mr. Armani had so little experience with tired, hungry buyers. Thea Porter, Zandra Rhodes, Jean Muir, Chantal Thomass, Gianfranco Ferre, Gianni Verscace, Claude Montana, Jean Paul Gaultier, Missoni … we bought them all for our Beverly Hills shop that a few years later Judith Krantz used as partial inspiration for Scruples, and bought her wardrobe from our shop for her book tour. (Scruples, much to my delight, is actually being brought to the small screen as a series next season.) <–a great example of what I call Synopsis Splatter, or when the synopsis just adds too much information here, not enough there, a big blob here, etc.
I literally just sighed before writing this sentence. There is a TON going on here. Intuition tells me this is an awesome story that you tell in bits and pieces verbally at parties, but you've failed to cohesively transfer it to a narrative on paper–screen, whatever. The paragraph above is like one of those hodge-podge projects where you glue clippings of magazine pages to a stool or a picture frame. We get the basic gist of the theme, if there is one, but the story is too abstract for us to draw anything out of it except maybe a feeling of glamour. Or maybe I'm giving the author too much credit. Maybe the feeling isn't glamour, exactly, but an ambition for glamour. Also, the name-dropping , to me, seems to be in service of your own agenda rather than in service of the book's description, which is in poor taste.
Juxtaposing our (whose? I thought this was YOUR memoir? Who is this other person whose point-of-view is in the book?) work and marriage, so like my almost twinned life with Tina Chow and her husband Michael Chow at Mr. Chow's across the street, until I couldn't any longer. Falling apart harder as we open an Azzedine Alaia chez Gallay boutique on Rodeo Drive and close our Camden Drive shop, the divorce is harsh and yet we work together until the Sunset Plaza shop is opened.
The construction of the sentences in the above paragraph, particularly the first one, forces the reader to concentrate really, really hard and maybe even read through twice. If agents don't stop reading after the hodge-podge or after the confusing first paragraph, this is where you'll lose them.
The shop across the street (Mr. Chow's? What?), the one with room for a rose garden, is available and I fly to Paris (why would you fly to Paris? I thought it was across the street), hoping for a lease, hoping for a life and make it work. It sounds like your life is already working…I get the feeling there is some serious money and connectedness here. Adam Shankman is my assistant and Mary Rae McDonald makes custom hats for me. Rock stars, movie stars and the Brat Pack hang in my shop next to Le Dome, agents peeping in after starry lunches. Manolo Blahnik, Dolce & Gabbana, Todd Oldham, Kenzo … pink-washed walls and happiness. Again, with the name dropping. And the hodge-podge thing. Tina Chow has left Michael and is in Tokyo working with craftsmen to make her jewels when she becomes ill, hospitalized with the pneumonia that means AIDS. My friend knows she will die soon.
In the middle of a rainstorm while scowling at a leaky ceiling (the construction of this sentence makes it sound like the man was scowling at the leaky ceiling), a man walks in and won't stay away. We fall in love and have a child together. On his first birthday, I close my dream shop to become a Hollywood wife.
Wow. Okay, so this was actually spectacularly interesting, in the way abstract art is interesting…there is something there, and you know that the person next to you is probably seeing something different, but you are both interested anyway. I would have rejected this, though, because if the whole book is written in this fashion–and I can only assume it is–it would hurt my head too much to read it all the way through. A query letter, while it should have voice and give the reader an idea of atmosphere, should not be saturated in both the way this is. While your book is narrative, your query letter should be expository, and this was closer to a literary narrative than an explanation of what your memoir is about.
Additionally, there is no salutation or signature. Agents will feel like you don't think they're important enough to garner your respect. No matter who you are–short of, maybe, Angelina Jolie (God, I hope Angelina Jolie is not the author) you still can't drop a bunch of names in the lap of an agent and expect that to carry you.
Let's take a poll, though: Who wants to see what this was all about, who the author was, and read a great query for this story? *raises both hands*
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Las Vegas Weddings: From Elvis to Elegant
Here are some ideas to help you start planning the Las Vegas wedding of your dreams:
Elvis Weddings at the Viva Las Vegas Wedding Chapels
You can't think of Las Vegas weddings without a vision of Elvis at the altar. Who wants a minister when you can have the King? There are hundreds if not thousands of Elvis impersonators in Vegas, so you won't have to look very hard to find one for your wedding. We recommend the Viva Las Vegas Wedding Chapels, where Elvis will officiate your ceremony and serenade you with his classic love songs. Their Elvis-themed Las Vegas weddings start at $260, and you can broadcast your ceremony live on the internet for everyone who can't make it to Sin City with you! Viva Las Vegas Wedding Chapels also offer more traditional weddings and other themes for couples who like the idea of a cute chapel wedding.
If you're looking for some entertainment to go along with your Elvis themed Las Vegas wedding, you can't go wrong with Cirque du Soleil's Viva Elvis show at Aria Resort and Casino.
Drive Thru Las Vegas Weddings
If you're going to elope, you might as well have fun with it. A Little White Wedding Chapel is one of several options for a drive thru (or bike thru) wedding. For as little as $40, you can pull into their Tunnel of Love and take or renew your vows in the simplest of all Las Vegas weddings.
Gondola Weddings at The Venetian
The Venetian offers a huge selection of wedding packages, and if you can't find the perfect one for you, their wedding planners will work with you to create a customized Las Vegas wedding experience. One of the most popular ways to get hitched in Vegas is aboard the white wedding gondola in the Venetian's famous canal. Gondola wedding packages start at just $800.
In addition to a variety of Las Vegas wedding selections, the Venetian and the adjacent Palazzo is a fabulous spot for a bachelor or bachelorette party. The guys will love Lagasse's Stadium, celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse's take on the Vegas sports bar. Rent one of the private party rooms with big screens, pool tables, a Nintendo Wii, and iPod docks so you can dj your own event if you want. Bachelorettes should head to the Fusion Mixology Bar on the casino floor at the Palazzo for cocktails that are as tasty as they are artistic. The mixologists here can even help you come up with a signature cocktail for your big day!
A Black Tie Affair at the Four Seasons Las Vegas
Weddings in Vegas don't have to be wild and crazy. Sin City has built itself a reputation for, well, sin, but Las Vegas has a classy side as well. It doesn't get any classier than the Four Seasons Las Vegas. This gorgeous hotel shares a property with Mandalay Bay, but the Four Seasons is a non-gaming hotel, so you won't have the noises, smells, and throngs of tourists to distract from your own festivities in this desert oasis.
The grand staircase inside the Four Seasons is the perfect setting for an iconic wedding photo -- you'll probably recognize it from your bridal magazines, in fact. Choose from wedding packages or have the hotel's wedding specialists help you design your own day. The hotel is full of lovely indoor and outdoor settings for intimate weddings or grand affairs, and their 180-Degree Strip View Suites offer the very best views in Las Vegas -- ideal for a cocktail party, brunch, or even reception.
No discussion of Las Vegas weddings is complete without a plug for the fantastic Cirque du Soleil show, Love, playing at the Mirage. This is Cirque's tribute to the Beatles, featuring all the favorite love songs from the Fab Four's catalog along with stunning acrobatics and dancing. Nothing will put you more in the mood for a Las Vegas wedding than an evening at this show. And if you need to pick up a gift -- either for the bride and groom or for your own bridal party -- souvenirs from the show are perfect.


text: E3 2016: Mafia III Preview — The Saga Continues Morgan Lewis June 26, 2016 Features, Video Games We had the pleasure of viewing a hands-off demo from developer Hangar 13 and publisher 2K Games for our Mafia III preview. The third incarnation of the series, Mafia III is a completely open-world gangster title full of enticing characters with depth and fascinating locales, even including some familiar faces from previous games. While it is loosely connected to the other Mafia titles, it is its own game and we were very excited from what we saw. Mafia III Preview — The Premise Mafia III takes place in 1968 and focuses on Lincoln Clay, an African American man who is a Vietnam veteran and has just returned to New Bordeaux, which is a reimagined version of New Orleans. Without a family of his own, he found comfort in the black mob. Not soon after he finally found the belonging he always sought, the Italian mob, under the orders of Sal Marcano, massacred Lincoln's newfound family. Being the sole survivor of the massacre, Clay is bloodthirsty and out for revenge. He recruits three people to be his underbosses in his pursuit for vengeance and Vito Scaletta, the main character from Mafia II, actually returns for this installment in the series. It is at this point during our Mafia III preview that things got interesting and we saw the dynamics of the characters, gameplay, and the massive open world that encompasses New Bordeaux. Mafia III Preview — The World Mafia III takes place in a reimagined version of New Orleans and is broken up into 10 diverse districts that Lincoln and his crew can take over in order to begin to exact revenge on mob boss Sal Marcano. Just as an example, one district, Frisco Fields, has a sense of heightened racism, which may play a part in in Lincoln's interactions with the local residents. There is even a district called the French Ward, which is taken straight out of New Orleans. 2K Games actually described the city of New Bordeaux itself as the main character of the game, and from the brief glimpse that we had during our Mafia III preview, we could see how distinct each area is. In fact, the music in the game was one thing that truly stood out to us. It had that classic New Orleans vibe, full of jazz, blues, and classic songs from 60s era. Lincoln has a number of different of ways to diminish Marcano's influence, and one of the the largest ways is to take over rackets. This can be done using numerous tactics, and one that we witnessed was taking over a business enterprise that provided call girls, presumably to members of the Marcano family. You can also rob an orgy ring and seize the territory for yourself. Interrogating witnesses or members of the Marcano mob will also give you valuable information and kills will send a message to Marcano, although you have to be careful to steer clear of any witnesses. All of this helps you take over each district and reduce Sal Marcano's influence in New Bordeaux. Mafia III Preview — The Combat During our Mafia III preview we were able to witness quite the action sequence which showed off a lot the game's combat and gameplay. There are a number of different ways to approach combat — you can go in guns blazing, or you can take more of a stealth approach. Both were shown off during the demo and a combination of the two is probably most ideal. The sequence that we were treated to during our Mafia III preview was a massive set piece full of high-paced action and a sense of urgency in Lincoln Clay's quest for revenge. There is a cover system in the game that does help with the guns-blazing approach. Stealth is incredibly valuable because it keeps you from being detected, but there are times where that just is not a viable option. There are a number of different weapons in the game and your loadout is diverse. One thing that was pretty interesting was that the shotgun actually seemed to have a good amount of range on it, and as a shotgun fan, this was very exciting. Environments are destructible so you can't stay in cover in one place for too long. In the latter part of the action-oriented portion of the demo, there was no choice but to simply fire away at enemies in a closed-off room, so moving from cover area to cover area became a pertinent aspect of survival. Your arsenal, from what we saw, mainly comprised of guns, but Clay also used molotov cocktails to light enemies and areas on fire. There is another really satisfying combo that is used in the game where Clay can melee an enemy, hold down the B button (presumably on the Xbox One), and pull off some killer moves, including a shotgun to the face, which looks incredibly satisfying. Enemies can also call for reinforcements, which can overwhelming, but you can do the same as well. This portion of the Mafia III demo was the longest, and it ended with Lincoln Clay sending a "message" to Sal Marcano in classic Mafia style. Mafia III Preview — Character Dynamics Mafia III is a game where decisions matter. Once you take over a district, decisions have to be made on which one of your underbosses will be controlling that district. Once you assign a territory to one of your colleagues, friction mounts up and you may even have to take one of your underbosses out in a firefight. All the characters want a part of the action and respect is one of the key factors in this. Not everyone will be happy by the decisions you make and this will ultimately lead to confrontation. What impressed us the most during our Mafia III preview was that these decisions will ultimately shape your experience with the game and how it plays out. Not only is the game open world and action oriented, but choices define each individual experience. You could play the game multiple times and in a sense play a completely different version of the game, giving it a ton of replayability, which is so rare in a genre such as this. Mafia III Preview — A Promising Experience Mafia III appears to have all the makings of a fantastic game. In fact, it was one of our favorite titles that we got to experience at E3. The atmosphere is unique, the New Orleans-like setting is incredibly intriguing, especially playing as a black man in the rural south, and it simply seems like a lot of fun with the combat and the rich open world that is ripe for exploration. It appears to have a lot depth and what we're most excited about is being able to make those choices that ultimately define our experience with the game. Mafia III comes out on October 7, 2016 for Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, and if what we saw is any indication, it has the potential to blow gamers away.


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Both the value and number of Australian housing loans fell in October, except to housing investors.
They were up again.
According to the ABS, the value of housing loans fell by 0.2% to $32.224 billion in seasonally adjusted terms, leaving it virtually unchanged from the levels of a year earlier.
Loans to owner-occupiers slid by 0.8% to $19.684 billion, thanks to continued weakness in refinancing.
Excluding refinancing of existing facilities, new lending to owner-occupiers increased by 0.5% to $13.1 billion, seeing the year-on-year decline slow to 7.7% from 7.4% in September.
Refinancing for owner-occupier loans fell by 3.3% to $6.59 billion, the fifth decline in the past six months. This may be as a result of the recent lift in longer-term Australian bond yields, leading many lenders to lift fixed-rate home loan interest rates.
From a year earlier, the value of refinancing fell by 4%, the first year-on-year drop recorded since March 2013.
However, the weakness in owner-occupier lending was partially offset by a 0.7% rise in the value of loans issued to investors, following an upwardly revised 5.1% increase in September.
At $12.54 billion, the October total was the highest level seen since August 2015.
Lending to this category has now risen in seven of the past nine months, seeing the year-on-year increase accelerate to 12.5%.
As recently as April this year, it had fallen by as much as 25.5% year-on-year, reflecting tighter restrictions imposed on lenders by Australia's banking regulator, APRA.
In dollar terms, the outstanding balance of loans to owner-occupiers now stands at $999.1 billion, just under double that for investment at $541.3 billion.
By number, loans to owner-occupiers also dipped by 0.8% to 53,769, fractionally below the 1% decline expected.
Loans to buy established dwellings fell by 0.8% to 45,608, the same percentage decline registered for loans to construct new dwellings which fell to 5,524.
Loans to buy new homes bucked the trend, rising 0.3% to 2,637.
In unadjusted terms, the ABS said the proportion of owner-occupier loans to first home buyers rose to 13.7%, up from 13.1% in September.
"This rise was driven by a fall in the number of non-first home buyer commitments; the number of first home buyer commitments fell slightly," the ABS said.
The ABS does not release details on the number of loans issued to investors as part of the housing finance report.
While total housing finance remains subdued compared to historic norms, meaning the report has little implications from a monetary policy perspective, the continued rebound in investor lending will no doubt raise some eyebrows, particularly given the persistent debate about housing affordability in the southeastern capitals.
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The short article "A Universal View of the World: Practical Effects of Will Power" opens the September edition. On pages 2-5 we have "Raja Yoga: Good Sense in Approaching a Mystery".
Page five presents "The Magic Side of Things".
Other topics in the edition include:
* The Balance of the Ocean - the Cosmic Dialogue Between Pisces, Virgo and Libra, in September;
* Theosophical Movement was Founded in September, 1875;
* The Writings of an Eastern Master - 18: a Compilation of the Letters of Blavatsky's Teacher; and
* Ten Chapters from The Book of Tao.
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A patient with azole-refractory thrush-esophagitis responded initially to caspofungin, but the treatment eventually failed. In a murine model, caspofungin was effective against two early isolates for which the MICs of caspofungin were low, but it was less effective against a late isolate for which the MIC of caspofungin was greater. We concluded that there is a correlation between in vivo failure and rising in vitro caspofungin MICs.
The National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) has generated standardized in vitro testing methods for triazoles (9). Fluconazole is currently the drug of choice for treatment of mucosal and systemic Candida infection (13). However, isolates of Candida albicans and C. glabrata for which the fluconazole MICs are ≥64 μg/ml have been associated with clinical failure of fluconazole therapy (14, 15). However, it is unclear whether results of in vitro testing can be generalized from triazoles to other antifungals such as the echinocandins. These compounds inhibit fungal cell wall synthesis by blocking formation of 1,3-β-d-glucans (2, 5; K. Bartizal, M. Motyl, P. Hicks, C. Sable, M. DiNubile, and N. Kartsonis, Abstr. 42nd Intersci. Conf. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., abstr. M-1240, 2002). Caspofungin, a licensed echinocandin, acts rapidly against Candida spp. and is considered by some to be fungicidal in vitro (3). The MIC of caspofungin is very low (≤1 μg/ml) for virtually all C. albicans isolates. Caspofungin is as effective as fluconazole in the treatment of thrush and esophagitis (1). Patients with esophagitis caused by fluconazole-resistant C. albicans isolates have also responded to caspofungin (C. Kutler, B. Koll, B. Raucher, and B. Saltznab, 40th Annu. Meet. IDSA, abstr. 350, 2002).
In contrast to C. albicans, caspofungin MICs of ≥4 μg/ml have been reported for C. parapsilosis (8). In a large in vitro survey, Pfaller et al. found that only 60% of 420 C. parapsilosis isolates showed susceptibility to caspofungin at 1 μg/ml versus >96% of more than 3,000 isolates of the other species tested, including 99% of 2,453 C. albicans isolates (11). However, when caspofungin was used for the treatment of patients with candidemia, those with C. parapsilosis fungemia (14 of 20) responded as well as those with C. albicans and other species (13 of 20) (8). Therefore, the correlation of in vitro susceptibility and clinical response, at least for C. parapsilosis, does not seem as close for caspofungin as for fluconazole (4, 6, 12). Additionally, pharmacokinetic considerations such as drug access to sites of infection, distribution in tissue, or clearance may contribute to clinical failure. Thus, it is not clear what role MIC testing has in the prediction of the success or failure of caspofungin therapy. The patient reported in this study allowed us to examine the relationship of a rising in vitro caspofungin MIC and clinical outcome of C. albicans esophagitis.
A patient with AIDS (CD4 count of 32 cells/ml of blood) presented with thrush and esophagitis on day 1. Previous therapy with fluconazole at 200 mg twice per day (BID) for 24 weeks and amphotericin B lipid complex at 200 mg BID for 1 week had failed. Esophagoscopy confirmed grade 1 Candida esophagitis. Following cultures, he was treated with a loading dose of 70 mg of caspofungin, followed by 50 mg/day (intravenously) for 28 days. His thrush improved at day 6 and was cleared at day 13. His esophagitis responded symptomatically, and later esophagoscopy at 25 days of therapy showed grade 0. Therapy was stopped at 28 days, and the thrush and symptoms of esophagitis returned 22 days later. Caspofungin was reinitiated. The patient improved, but his dense confluent plaques did not resolve completely. The therapy eventually failed, at which time caspofungin was combined with amphotericin B lipid complex at 2 mg/kg. There was no significant improvement on this regimen, and the therapy was declared a failure after 2 months.
During this period, C. albicans isolates were recovered from the oral cavity of the patient. Isolate 1 was obtained on day 1, which was prior to caspofungin administration. Isolate 2 was obtained on day 511 after isolate 1. This is 50 days after the first course of successful treatment began. Isolate 3 was obtained on day 553 after isolate 1. This is after clinical failure. Strain identity was investigated by karyotyping, restriction fragment length polymorphism, fingerprinting analysis with moderately repetitive probe Ca3, and sequencing of ERG11 genes as described previously by our group (7, 10). DNA typing and microsatellite locus sequencing methods cannot definitively guarantee that strain 3 arose from strain 2. However, all of these methods strongly suggested that these three isolates were isogenic, and thus the results strongly support the development of resistance in the same strain.
By the NCCLS method with RPMI 1640 medium, the fluconazole MIC for all three isolates at 48 h of incubation was >64 μg/ml. The caspofungin MICs for isolates 1 and 2 at 48 h were 0.25 μg/ml in RPMI 1640 medium and 0.125 μg/ml in antibiotic medium 3 (AM3). The caspofungin MIC of isolate 3 was >64 μg/ml in RPMI 1640 medium and 0.5 μg/ml in AM3 at 48 h. Thus, the results of susceptibility testing indicated rising MICs due to caspofungin treatment in the same infecting C. albicans strain. The rise in the MIC was much greater in RPMI medium than in AM3. The NCCLS has, in general, used RPMI 1640 medium as the test medium, although AM3 is preferred for amphotericin B MIC testing. RPMI medium shows trailing with some Candida strains, although this was not a problem with our isolates. No method has been adopted as a standard for caspofungin MIC testing.
For in vivo studies, the C. albicans isolates were cultured in brain heart infusion broth at 37°C for 24 h before infection. ICR mice were inoculated intravenously with a 0.2-ml volume. The inoculum of viable organisms was determined by serial dilution of quantitative cultures. Therapy began 1 day after infection and continued through day 7. Caspofungin was given intraperitoneally at 0.0625, 0.125, 0.25, 0.5, and 1 mg/kg/day. Fluconazole was given orally by gavage at 5 mg/kg BID. Controls received sterile water orally by gavage. For any mice succumbing before day 8, the kidneys were removed, weighed, and homogenized for quantitative determination of fungal counts in the tissue. All surviving mice were terminated on day 8, and organs were removed for determination of fungal counts in tissues. The Mann-Whitney test, (with P ≤ 0.05 necessary for significance) was used to compare differences in tissue burdens between the treatment groups and controls. The results, shown in Table 1, indicate that treatment with fluconazole at 5 mg/kg BID did not reduce the counts of any isolate in kidney tissue. Treatment with caspofungin at 0.0625 to 1 mg/kg significantly reduced the counts of isolate 1 in kidney tissue. Treatment with doses of 0.125 to 1 mg/kg reduced the counts of isolate 2 in kidney tissue. However, caspofungin at 0.0625 mg/kg did not reduce counts (P ≥ 0.05). Caspofungin reduced the counts of isolate 3 in kidney tissue only at 1 mg/kg, while doses ranging from 0.5 to 0.625 mg/kg failed to do so.
In summary, an elevated in vitro MIC in both RPMI medium and AM3 correlated with a clinical outcome of reduced susceptibility to caspofungin in this study of one patient, as well as in a mouse model of disseminated candidiasis.
- Received 13 May 2003.
- Returned for modification 4 October 2003.
- Accepted 9 December 2003.
- Copyright © 2004 American Society for Microbiology


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A layered fuzzy logic controller for nonholonomic car-like robot
El-Khatib, M.M. and Hamilton, D.J. (2006) A layered fuzzy logic controller for nonholonomic car-like robot. In: Mechatronics 2006, 2006-07-03 - 2006-07-05.
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A system for real time navigation of a nonholonomic car-like robot in a dynamic environment consists of two layers is described: a Sugeno-type fuzzy motion planner; and a modified proportional navigation based fuzzy controller. The system philosophy is inspired by human routing when moving between obstacles based on visual information including right and left views to identify the next step to the goal. A Sugeno-type fuzzy motion planner of four inputs one output is introduced to give a clear direction to the robot controller. The second stage is a modified proportional navigation based fuzzy controller based on the proportional navigation guidance law and able to optimize the robot's behavior in real time, i.e. to avoid stationary and moving obstacles in its local environment obeying kinematics constraints. The system has an intelligent combination of two behaviors to cope with obstacle avoidance as well as approaching a target using a proportional navigation path. The system was simulated and tested on different environments with various obstacle distributions. The simulation reveals that the system gives good results for various simple environments.
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"Starstrider" – McCoy Before "Doctor Who"
In September of 1987, Sylvester McCoy became the seventh actor to canonically play the character of Doctor Who, but a few years before that he was in another British sci-fi show so obscure that we could not even find pictures or videos of it on the internet. The show ran for two season between 1984 and 1985, and was titled Starstrider.
Starstrider was a children's quiz show that was produced by Granada Television and aired on ITV. The host was Starstrider, a space being from the planet Ulphrates III on the search for intelligence. In 1984 for the first season Starstrider was played by Roger Sloman whom some might remember as Murray in the original Max Headroom (1985) TV movie. The following year Starstrider was played by Jim Carter whom most will recognize as Charles Carson from the show Downton Abbey, even though Carter has been in various other more geeky films such as The Golden Compass and Dinotopia.
Sylvester McCoy co-hosted both series, playing Starstrider's hapless assistant Wart. Both the host and co-host would greet the teams each week with the words, "Hello and welcome" and similarly they would end the show saying, "Goodbye and farewell." Whereas Starstrider was a solemn and stern character, Wart provided more of the comic relief and drew upon McCoy's background in clown work. Short in stature already, McCoy's Wart would bow and scrape before his master Starstrider and seem even smaller despite limbs flailing in all directions most of the time.
Each week three teams of four youngsters from schools around the country played over five rounds in a science fiction environment. Rounds one and two were quiz question based with fingers to the buzzer, but round three had a member of each team riding on a mechanic rodeo bull, redressed as the alien beast known as the Grunderhunter, while answering quiz questions. Round four was a round called the 'Light Maze' in which a team member was blindfolded and was guided through the maze by the other team members. The maze had red squares and white squares on the floor and if they stepped on a white square they scored 10 points for their team but if they stepped on a red square they lost 10 points. Round five was back to fingers on the buzzer for quick fire quiz questions.
There were not any prizes as such on the show but the teams did take home a Starstrider goody bag, including a pin badge, a sweatshirt and a mug. British kids in the 1980's were easily appeased.


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Lord Justice Leveson's proposals for tougher data protection laws could have a "chilling effect" on investigative journalism, the information commissioner has warned.
In his official response to Leveson's report, Christopher Graham said there were "legitimate concerns" about the impact the recommendations could have on public interest journalism.
Graham also warned that Leveson's proposals would move the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) closer to being a mainstream regulator of the press. He said: "The significance of the proposed changes should not be underestimated."
Leveson suggested a number of changes to the Data Protection Act 1998 in his report published in November. Among the reforms, he proposed that the subjects of news stories should be allowed access to information that journalists hold about them. That led to fears in the industry that anonymous sources could be identified.
"The area of subject access is particularly problematic in that there are legitimate concerns about the chilling effect Lord Justice Leveson's proposal might have on investigative journalism," Graham said.
"This area will need very careful consideration. This again is a matter of balance of interests and is ultimately a matter for parliament."
Graham warned that, if adopted, Leveson's proposed reforms could establish the ICO as a second mainstream press regulator – a move he said he would actively oppose.
He said: "Taken as a whole package, Lord Justice Leveson's recommendations on reforming the DPA would, if implemented, move the ICO closer to becoming a mainstream statutory regulator of the press. The significance of the proposed changes should not be underestimated ... The ICO is not actively seeking a wider role in relation to the regulation of the press and does not underestimate the challenges it would bring."
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Price: US $105,655.00
- Location: Pleasanton, California, United States
- Make: Ferrari
- Model: Other
- SubModel: DINO GTS
- Type: SPIDER
- Trim: 2 Door
- Year: 1973
- Mileage: 84,509
- Color: Red
- Engine size: 2.4 Litre
- Number of cylinders: 6
- Power options: Power Windows
- Fuel: Gasoline
- Transmission: 5 SPEED
- Drive type: RWD
- Interior color: Tan
- Vehicle Title: Clear
1973 Ferrari Other DINO GTS description
1973 Ferrari Dino GTS
From the Collection of a Discriminating Collector
An Appreciating Classic - One of 1,274 Examples Produced
Absolutely Brilliant Cosmetic Restoration - Originally Configured Dino GTS
NOTE: Our listings not only describe this particular car but also some history of the make/model, considerations in buying a classic car and facts about our firm. However, we continually hear from out of state / out of country buyers (many of our clients) that they prefer the level of detail that we provide. However, if you are not prepared to read the full listing, please read the OVERVIEW below along with viewing the PHOTOGRAPHS at the bottom. If you'd prefer, please call us at 925-846-1451 and we'll gladly discuss the Ferrari and answer any questions over the telephone, including our "Buy it Now" policy. Yes, the Ferrari can be purchased prior to the end of the eBay auction.
Named for Enzo Ferrari's son, Alfredino, who died in 1956 at the age of 24 as the result of muscular dystrophy, the Dino was, fittingly, a 'Baby' Ferrari that was dimensionally smaller and more nimble than any other street Ferrari. Its mid-placed engine was a Ferrari first for a street car, and the engine itself is a gem: a lovely quad cam V6 that reflected the lessons learned from producing V6s for Dino race cars like the 206 SP. The styling for the car was done by Pininfarina, and remains to many one of the most beautiful and exotic Ferrari's of the period. Certainly the view from the driver's seat over the two prominently curved fenders is one of the most evocative road going driver's seat views. In fact, the car has been labeled ‽one of the Most Beautiful Ferrari's of all Time" by multiple publications including: Forbes, Gear Patrol, CNBC, Motor Trend and others.
This particular car represents a very an example that has been through a comprehensive, no expense spared cosmetic restoration. As a U.S. market example, it is beautifully presented and retains factory correct components and configuration. When the car received a bare metal re-spray and cosmetic restoration, approximately 10 years ago, it was finished in a striking bright red with a lovely tan interior. The restoration is photo documented and represents a complete restoration of a very original example. Current mileage shows 84,548 and is stated as correct although the cars age qualifies it as Total Mileage Unknown (TMU) due to it being 25+ years of age. Since the restoration, the Dino has traveled fewer than 1,000 miles.
For the past 6+ years, the Ferrari has been in a dry region in Northern California in a climate controlled facility as part of an exclusive collection of vehicles. We are representing the collection as a result of the owner's medical realities and desire to liquidate his collection of vehicles. The Dino was purchased from the caregiver who managed the comprehensive restoration and has a history of being in California for many years.
The car is in absolutely beautiful cosmetic condition, certainly meeting show quality standards for local and regional gatherings. The body is extremely straight with excellent panel fit and operation. The door bottoms, rockers, splash areas, and the remainder of the body are exceptional the undercarriage remains in original condition. As a long time California car, the Dino shows absolutely no indication of rust or even the patina seen on cars that have ‽lived" in humid or inclement weather regions.
The paintwork was done to very high standards and is brilliant. It is totally free from significant defects with high gloss paint and lovely brightwork. It has the appearance of a fresh restoration as a result of being properly stored and used minimally. The rubber trim is in excellent shape, as are the lights and glass. The top is a nice original complete with fasteners but not restored to the quality of the body, interior and rear trunk. The wheels are nice originals and sit on older Michelin XWX tires. The car is devoid of Ferrari badging with the exception of an added ‽prancing horse" on the left rear of the Dino.
The interior is correct and in exceptional condition throughout. The seat upholstery and dashboard both appear to have been re-done in factory materials and are free from any defects that detract from the beauty of the Dino's interior. The carpets are in lovely condition and appear new and logo floor mats cover the front sides. The instruments and controls are in excellent condition, as is the center console, all of which appear to be original. The steering wheel has been upgraded to a signed Nardi wheel and is fitted with a "Dino" yellow center horn button.
The engine compartment, trunk, and front compartment are all very clean and correct in appearance. The engine is correctly restored in appearance and is virtually spotless. The factory air-box remains in place with correct semi-gloss finish and decals. The front compartment ("Frunk") is in excellent shape with correct plastic liner, fuse covers, and original spare that includes a Ferrari logo cover that could be installed. The spare wears an XWX tire. The windscreen washer bag is present and intact. The trunk has correct type carpet in excellent condition and the car comes with tool roll with tools, jack bag with jack, and an aftermarket repair manual. In both the front compartment and the trunk, the plastics are in exceptionally nice condition.
The car runs and drives very well, and benefited from a recent minor tune. The motor is responsive, powerful, and, of course, emits and intoxicating exhaust note. The gearbox functions well with good synchromesh gears once the car is warmed up. Characteristically, the car can occasionally slip out of first gear on heavy acceleration but, when driven easily this is not an issues and may well be a function of improper linkage adjustment. The steering is tight, as is the chassis, giving the car a nice coherent feel. The brakes are effective and linear in operation.
While the Dino starts, runs and drives very well, a recent independent inspection reveals the need for some relatively minor updating to bring the car into a level that corresponds with the exceptional condition of the body and interior. To ensure safety we recommend changing the older factory proper Michelin tires with a new set, replacement of fuel lines and coolant hoses, a valve cover gasket and replacement of a few suspension bushings. Considering the rapid appreciation of Ferrari Dino's and the anticipated upward trend, the investment to bring the car to a higher level would be relatively nominal.
This is a unique opportunity to acquire a Dino GTS at a very competitive price and may be especially attractive to a buyer who has contacts that are able to address the minor mechanical issues. It is a truly striking, desirable, limited production Dino GTS that is complete with factory tools, jack and other factory items and remains in its original configuration.
- Classic Cars Ltd. has been in the same, small, California town for over 23 years. We operate a small "brick & mortar", indoor showroom, and specialize in the sale, consignment, and purchase of sports, high performance and specialty vehicles of all types. We have a particular interest in sports cars and unique vehicles.
- The majority of our vehicles come from local, private owners and collectors, and many were sold new in California. We appreciate that rust free cars, with excellent documentation and history are especially attractive to our buyers both locally, and around the country. As a result, we do not purchase our collectible cars from "distressed" sales, such as wholesale auctions, salvage sales, or lien sales. We do not sell vehicles with salvage titles, or those that have a history of significant accident damage or repair.
- We have sold hundreds of unique, classic and collectible vehicles and regularly deal with buyers that have not had the experience of purchasing a large (both physically and monetarily) item on eBay, or through an Internet source. Our eBay feedback is 100% positive on all vehicle sales from customers around the globe and is a reflection of our commitment to accurate, complete, and thorough vehicle descriptions.
- We have been shipping vehicles for years and have established excellent contacts that are not only high quality but very price competitive. We do not use brokers, terminal shipping or other discount methods. Call us or email for a quote directly to your home or office. We are often able to obtain quality enclosed transportation (the kind of travel this car deserves) for the cost of open shipping.
- Please review our feedback on eBay (user name Never22Many) representing over 900+ positive transactions to buyers all over the United States / World.
- We are fully insured, bonded, and licensed for collector car sales all over the United States/World.
- Classic Cars Ltd. carries a $50,000 Surety bond to cover financial transactions
- We frequently sell vehicles to out of State / out of country buyers, and will be glad to provide references for buyers in your area.
- As with virtually all collector/specialty vehicles, we find that parts and resources are readily available for this (and most every vehicle), thanks in large part to the Internet.
- In addition to the purchase price of the vehicle, California buyers will be subject to sales tax, a documentation fee, DMV transfer fees and license / registration. Out-of-state buyers will be responsible for the purchase price of the vehicle and any local taxes/fees will be the purchaser's responsibility to pay in their respective state. IMPORTANT NOTE: If the vehicle is delivered or driven in California and driven on California roads, sales-tax, license/registration and transfer fees will be assessed per California law.
- While we encourage telephone calls to discuss this vehicle in greater detail we will not respond to inquiries asking "What is the reserve". Also, if you would prefer that we call you to answer any questions about the vehicle; shipping alternatives, etc. please e-mail us with your telephone number and will gladly get back in touch with you.
- We encourage inspections of this Ferrari by serious, qualified individuals or professional inspectors. Please call at 925-846-1451 to arrange a convenient time.
- As a race car, we are unable to provide a warranty or guarantee of condition. However, we make every effort to accurately represent our vehicles, and highlight both positive items as well as areas that require attention. We ask that prospective buyers consider our eBay history/feedback, standing in the community, length of time in business, and other factors when purchasing a collectible vehicle from Classic Cars Ltd.
- Minor cosmetic issues/flaws may be present on every vehicle (regardless of cost) including small chips, nicks, scratches, etc. that can be seen on even the best restoration, or even a relatively new, used "pre-owned" vehicle.
- The information contained in this description is believed to be accurate but, in some instances, has been provided by the car's owner, previous owners, or outside sources. As a result, we are unable to guarantee the accuracy of the information. We encourage verification of "numbers" and significant data prior to the purchase of any collector vehicle that you are considering.
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Well it is FINALLY here———> The Papertrey Ink Release!
Its crazy how much amazing stuff has gone on with the release this month 😀
My Timeless Templates ©-Get a Handle On It © , and From the Desk Of ©-are NOW available for purchase!
I am STILL working on some MORE samples 😀
As for my release projects this month-there is only ONE you haven't seen :C YUP! One measly sample. Don't forget I did share LOTS of eye candy over the last few days. A SAHM to 3 can only do so much ya know.
My last peek uses Tea for Two
"I'm a little tea pot " box
I seriously sang the "Im a little teapot" song while making this project, and typing this post! LOL! Its actually driving me INSANE!
This is the detail shot of my project focus. I punched and colored a mini flower, and colored in my leaves. This is my favorite tea pot image from the set. Maybe because Beautiful Blooms is my ALL TIME favorite flower set-to date! I also LOVE the layering of the nestabilities.
This is the best tea set EVER!!!! I'm beyond in love with it 😀 So many possibilities. For some reason I'm on a PURPLE kick this month! LOL! In case you didn't notice. I think 3 of my projects used it. Maybe more. Whose counting right? As long as it all works.
OK so here is the TAH-DAH! moment…….
I used my Timeless Template- Get a Handle On It, to create a gift box that LOOKS like a tea pot.
Can you say LOVE IT?!!!!! (yes I am very excited over it)
How flippin cute is that?!
It was inspired by the tea pot on the box.
I am SOOOOOOO proud of it, because I free-handed the handle and spout template-which is double sided. I so stink at DRAWING-so I let my scissors be my guide.
Did you think this box could be a tea pot?
Tha handle and spout, adhere NEATLY to the box, which is the KEY!
EEK! Blurry photo ALERT! Sorry.
I did stamp the back too-can't forget that.
I'm seriously IN LOVE! Thank goodness I had the right frame of mind to make another handle/spout "template" for myself BEFORE adhering it to my box, and attempting it again. These were perfect on the FIRST try! Not something that happens often-let me tell you.
Now here is the "label" on the box top.
I think its just so darn purty. I used the Key Tag Punch to make my handle on the top.
Inside this Tea Pot Box-there is Passion Tea from TAZO. An entire box fits-with room on the sides.
Despite the photo-it matched my project PERFECTLY!!!
Love packaging ever-day items, into special gifts 😀 I mean really. You package "tea" in wrapping paper and its *just* tea! You put it in this box, and its SO much more. Don't you think?
For a whopping $5 this template offers so much variety! I really love it. Well I guess thats a lame statement! LOL! I wouldn't do anything I didn't LOVE! LOL!
Supplies all from Papertrey Ink
My Timeless Template: From the Desk Of
Stamps: Two for Tea, Beautiful Blooms
Cardstock: Spring Moss, Ripe Avocado, Lavender Moon, and eggplant
Ink: Black and copic markers
Satin ribbon in Lavender Moon
Labels 3 & circle nestability
Flower punch, adhesive pearl
Lastly-this was the concept project for "From the Desk Of" template
For Robyn
I made my own patterned paper using Friends Til the End. I also used Simply Stationery and Fresh Alpha!
We did re-enforce the "original" divider, from the original you see here, for a more STURDY box.
All the tweaking that comes after the original concept is put into production. Always lots more tweaking. Often times I just NEED to get it out onto cardstock-ASAP! Then when I know it "works" I tweak and tweak some more.
Now this box can definitely be given EMPTY and still produce a WOW!
This is a comment taken from Robyn (:D) The friend I made this for-on my blog yesterday
"Hey Lauren …. your two new creations are splendid 🙂 I hope all your ~peeps~ realize how beautiful and EASY your Templates are to print and recreate!
And I'm especially fortunate, as I am the proud owner of one of Lauren's "From The Desk Of…" creations that she personally created for me with my name on it. I can't tell you how many friends and family comment on it's {{{WOW }}} factor and how stunning it is sitting on my desk :0) I've also have two requests to make this item already after seeing mine, from friends & family! It totally blows me away every time I see it, knowing that it's made from paper, rubber & ink … but also because I know Lauren puts her Heart & Soul into all her creations 🙂
So make sure you download some ~*Timeless Templates*~ tonight, via PTI; you will fall in love with Lauren all over again =)"
Isn't she sweet?! She always makes my day.
So there you have it! All my peeks are done!
I hope you enjoyed the items I shared here. I literally POUR every OUNCE of creative being I have into these projects each month-to ensure lots of creative ideas 😀 You are all so inspiring to me 😀 Your kind words and sharing YOUR creations, really keeps me going. Your my subliminal-energizer battery! LOL!
So once again-thanks for helping inspire me to better my best!
More to come tomorrow…………..


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It's a pleasant sunny afternoon in London. I did lot of household chores this morning and through the afternoon.
Washing clothes and putting them to dry in the back garden, for instance, cleaning the sofa and rearranging the cushions, brooming the dust out of corners, then hovering the floor. Busy, busy, busy; and I had a nap in the afternoon, for nearly an hour, restoring my energy to do so more tasks.
For a break, I sat down at the computer, to check my blog stats. Glad to note people are reading my old blogs as well. I suppose they find some inspiration. These are some of the ones they were reading today :-
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You may wish to read some of them too. Go to my Blog, and write in the title or topic you are interested in.....Happy reading.
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text: School meals Early Years menus The 3 week menu planner for the nursery school year 2019-20 is available below, starting week 1: Monday 26 August DownloadsDay Nursery menu 2019-20PDF file, 109.6 KBDownloadsNursery and Early Learning Centres menu 2019-20PDF file, 121.2 KB Primary School meals Pupils can choose from traditional hot dishes, vegetarian and meat free options or a soup and sandwich option. A daily bread basket, salad trolley and water are included in the meal price of £2.05. All pupils in Primary 1-3 are entitled to a free school meal. The menu plan for school year 2019 – 20 can be viewed below, it begins on week 1 26 August 2019. DownloadsPrimary School menu 2019-20PDF file, 2.6 MB All our meals and drinks served at lunch time meet the current requirements of The School (Health Promotion and Nutrition) Scotland Act 2007. 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