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We may not be seeing this crisis on the news, but having seen for myself the devastating impact the drought is having on children here in Lesotho, I've been left in no doubt just how desperate the situation has become. The scariest thing is if we don't act now it could become so much worse. We simply cannot turn our backs on these children in their time of need.
Kim's lasting appeal also might have something to do with her hyper-awareness of celebrity culture, and of her own place within it. This is the woman whose backside "broke the internet" -- and naturally, said buttocks are now available as a Kimoji. Here is someone who understands social media better than most marketers
The fact of the matter is, the past 18 months have seen Kim using her celebrity status to speak out on a variety of issues, both on a global scale and on topics that relate to her personally... The problem here isn't with Kim, but with us. It's not that Kim hasn't been using her platform, it's that we haven't been willing to listen to her. And why is that?
With Annihilation week upon us my gut tells me we'll be waving goodbye to Andy pretty soon, particularly if the vote remains in the claws of his fello...
Here's where the power of film comes in. For an idea to really take hold and change to happen, it's not enough for the head of a company to meet new environmental requirements. It's not enough for an individual to start recycling or buying food from a sustainable source. We need everyone.
Time once again to peer behind the sanitised public veil of the modern celebrity, this time we ponder whether the rich and famous have home IT problems just like the rest of us.
For all his shouting, the blame cannot be laid entirely at the Ginger One's door. Those BBC bosses watching the jewel that was Top Gear crumble in their hands must ask themselves today why they once again remained in thrall to one 'talent' for all those months the show was in production.
My father and I sit in the back room of my childhood home and stare out of the window at his small, well-maintained but very much a self confessed "work in progress" garden with highlights of The Chelsea Flower show whispering from the television set as we drink wine and reminisce.
With most of the polls saying it's too close to call, turnout is going to be a huge factor on Thursday. As I've spoken about many times before, there is a clear and alarming demographic divide, with young people much less likely to come out and vote than older people. For me the real fear is that the older generation will end up, by default, making this decision for the younger generation - on whose lives this referendum will have a far greater impact. I hope this show will provide all voters - of all ages - with the confidence to make an informed judgement for themselves come polling day. What it won't tell you is how to vote - that's up to you. Also, I still haven't decided. Must do that.
Rod Stewart is stood a few feet away, that unmistakable shock of hair, a face that looks like it was carved out of granite, every line tells a story. ...
Today the cost of crossing the English Channel has never been higher. Unicef's research estimates that smugglers and traffickers are now charging between £4,000 and £5,500 per person but for unaccompanied children, unable to pay these huge sums of money, this has forced them to take even more significant risks from committing crimes to raise the money to hiding in the back of refrigerated lorries.
We are, of course, a sea-faring nation, so perhaps it was apt that the EU referendum campaign took to the water today. Apt, but still bizarre. Very bizarre, as the two rival campaigns decided to duke it out on the River Thames...
When I was growing up, my mother would torment me with words like 'balance' and 'moderation'. It just all seemed so boring at the time, but I guess the moral of the story is that she was (as per) quite right. It's good to feel scared occasionally, especially when it motivates action. But only when you can feel utterly unafraid later.
I have been inundated with people on my Twitter feed who have had similar letters, due to having no cervix or not breasts since I posted this online. So I felt I should speak up. It does appear this isn't a one off or a confined to a small amount of people.
I met Sebenele, a bright 14 year-old boy with a big smile, this week during a visit to Swaziland to see how my fund is helping UNICEF to support and protect children living with HIV. Swaziland has the highest rate of HIV infection in the world. Twenty-four per cent of children here have lost one or both parents to AIDS and many are themselves now living with HIV. I thought about my own children and how in many ways the things Sebenele enjoys are the same things they do. Yet he told me how he is struggling to continue to take his antiretroviral medicine, which is vital to ensure he stays healthy, because he can't keep the pills down without any food.


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|06/24/2013 on Harry Potter
#7 - dedaluminus (06/24/2013) [-]
They did. That's how Voldemort came about. He was conceived under the effects of a love potion and was therefore incapable of love, which is why he was such an douchecanoe. Magic rape is WAY worse than regular rape.
#14 - snowshark (06/24/2013) [-]
Because unfortunately, Harry Potter isn't fantastically well written. It's not bad and the story is pretty engaging but it's full of contradictions and plotholes. Most of them come from the justification of the traditionalism of the wizarding world and the technology of the muggle world.
Granted, Voldemort had a ton of ways to escape death (8, actually) but given that they were systematically tracked down and destroyed by about 5 people (Regulus Black, Dumbledore, Harry, Hermione and Ron) the problem of Voldemort coming back shouldn't have been even half as problematic as it was.
They're fun stories but they really don't hold up to scrutiny. Especially how little the wizarding world knows about the muggle world.
Not to really hold it against Rowling though, since the Fantasy and Science-Fiction genres are RIFE with plotholes and contradictions which are the result of either laziness or oversight on the part of the writers when they attempted to create a fantastical fictional universe that improvises with the laws of physics.
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#57 - snowshark (06/25/2013) [-]
I'll point out that a common misconception people have is that liking something automatically makes it good. Enjoyment and quality are two separate factors. Quality is judged objectively by the industry standards whilst enjoyment is judged by the individuals subjective tastes.
I have liked HP since the first book but as I have aged I have spotted numerous gaping flaws with the books that make them only 'very good' as opposed to 'fantastic/brilliant/magnificent'.
That's not to say they're bad by a long shot but they fall short of being fantastic.
I should point out, I'm not saying they need to be world-changing or life-affirming like 1984 or Of Mice and Men. Those are different genres entirely. No, what I focus on is less the message and more the construct of the story itself, quality of writing and plot, use of language and so on.
E.G: Toy Story has a HORRIBLE message to it. Buzz realises he's not the man he thought his was but Woody convinces him that he can still have purpose living a life of servitude to a being who won't even acknowledge him as anything more than a plaything. That is a terrible message. Don't be who you want to be, be a toy! However the message isn't important in the story, what is important is everything else.
Harry Potter is world famous and beloved by both fans and critics alike but that doesn't make it infallible.
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#37 - anon (06/24/2013) [-]
Just out of curosity, have you The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher?
It's better about the whole magic, non-magic users, and yes, guns. Better, but still not perfect.
#62 - snowshark (06/25/2013) [-]
Eh, perfection is for God and Shakespeare. Imperfection is for the world of men and I'm glad of it.
I've read a little, but I've never got to the end which bugs me. I picked it up late in the year and then the holidays kicked in and I've never had the drive to pick it up since... which sucks.
#60 - snowshark (06/25/2013) [-]
Aye, I forgot to include him (ironically, so did the movie) but he did play an integral part in the story. Honestly he was the Vegeta of the series. He's kinda shoved to the side, always comes up second best and nobody really pays much attention to him in-universe but he has the most development and is more capable than most give him credit for.
Whilst Harry is as bland as cardboard, being very simple and identifiable for the sake of being a simple protagonist, Neville is subtle and nuanced and I really hate that the HP series focussed on aggrandising this one kid who spends his whole life with everyone telling him he can do everything and getting helped out the whole way rather than this spat-on, shat-on bumbler who, in all honesty, is my favourite character.
You'll find that a lot, though. Often writers make their protagonists very empty so that the audience can better identify with them, leaving the really weighty, interesting and deep characters to the sidelines when the truth is, they're the ones worth reading about.
#67 - snowshark (06/25/2013) [-]
I disagree. I feel that a protagonist doesn't need to be identifiable so much as they need to be understandable. You need to understand why they're doing the things they're doing. That is easiest when they're not very deep or when they don't need to think too hard about things or when the audience identifies with them.
Identifiable characters are just a plot-device used to make writing easier because it saves time having to put your audience in a place where they understand an unusual character but the truth is... that's one of the best parts of stories. Understanding characters you don't normally understand.
E.G: V for Vendetta. We understand exactly why V does the things he does even though at the beginning of the film he's an enigma. He is, by most accounts, a madman caught up in vengeance but his madness is understandable and, because he uses the betterment of the British public as justification, we root for him when in truth, not everyone he killed deserved to die. From the police to the coroner, whose to say they did not do good in their lives.
It's this kind of depth of analysis that you can go into (even if it's only a shallow look) that makes having these kinds of main characters so good and yes, V is a main character. He's not the protagonist by any account, but he is as important to the movie as Evie, even if he's not onscreen as much.
The same can be said for Citizen Kane, Iron Man, Seven Psychopaths, Oceans Eleven and so on. Having deep and interesting characters is what makes stories so good. (Not the only factor, of course, but for me it's a very big one.)
#73 - vatra (06/25/2013) [-]
I should have clarified that I meant for a story written in the way that the Harry Potter series is written, we don't see much of Harry's thoughts. So he needs to be a little bland so the reader can place themselves in that position. On the other hand, say the Dresden Files, most of the story is in (also named) Harry's head. So he is and has to be a very deep and interesting character. It is the difference between two writing styles, immersion as the main character, and the main character pulling you along in the story. Personally I prefer the second style. Also you can't really have the immersion style in film, someone is already filling that role.
#79 - snowshark (06/25/2013) [-]
I disagree with the last point. Though it is very uncommon a film could immerse the viewer as the main character through a first person view and perhaps some narration (like how video games do it).
Granted, it's not a recipe for success but it's still a method that has been used before. Just not to any great effect. The big problem is that it doesn't suit the immediacy of film. Whilst the second method you mentioned suits film's pacing perfectly as the characters need to pull the audience along due to the constrained running time; the former doesn't as it doesn't allow the audience the sense of choice that text and video games do.
In text you can choose roughly where the character is standing and what the room roughly looks like through your imagination and in games you choose through the world offered up to you through the game. Though the character is guided time and again this way and that by the plot, it allows immersion. In film the audience controls nothing. Not what they see or hear or feel. This makes film a very impersonal medium (but also a very desired medium for actors, directors and art-fanatics because of how much influence they can have on the vision the audience sees (i.e. total).
So it's not impossible, it's very possible. It's just highly ineffectual.
#86 - snowshark (06/25/2013) [-]
Aye. It's not good but it's a thing that certainly exists. I imagine a director somewhere might make it work but when the audience has no control over the content of the film it helps for them to be situated in a 3rd person view to allow them a better view of both the things happening around the characters and the effect that is having.
#88 - snowshark (06/25/2013) [-]
Agreed. But it's best not to say never.
On an interesting note. Isn't it fantastic how the 'escapist genres' of science-fiction and fantasy are represented?
Science-Fiction tends to dominate the film world and has done for a while now. Even since before Star Wars popularised the Sci-Fi action flick film had been chocked full of science-fiction, fuelled by man's endless desire to see the uncertain (i.e. the future.) Before Star Wars, most Sci-Fi in cinemas was very slow and based on Drama such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes and Silent Running.
The genre was full of really interesting deconstruction of humanity and such. However fantasy wouldn't see a real place in live-action outside of family entertainment until the 2000s with Lord of the Rings.
However when you look over to the east and how things developed with Anime, whilst Science-Fiction was definitely a MASSIVE part of anime culture, far larger than any other genre until the late 80s, fantasy has also never been really neglected or shoved to the side in anime like in live-action.
The question is if it was to do with the limitations of the SFX or the wants of the audience or (as is most likely) a mix of both. It really is fascinating to see how the escapist fictions developed in cinema over the past 100 years.
#91 - vatra (06/25/2013) [-]
Very true, at first the concept was limited due to current human innovation and strove to be places that didn't exist, as we advanced we came back to our own world, but changed things like the laws of physics or the way the world developed. It is interesting that as we gained the ability to go and see farther and farther away, that our entertainment made its way back home.
#95 - snowshark (06/25/2013) [-]
Aye. The 70s and early 80s were a great time for science fiction. Really showing the aspirations of man. However now it's all obsolete because we're already in the future most of those films predicted. Granted, we're not in space but we're in an age where technology has developed greatly along the lines most beloved and most feared in Science-fiction.
However, now science-fictions isn't really as escapist as it was, rather we see escapism taking us back to a simpler time. Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings. When the world around our characters incites as much wonder and beauty as was seen previously in Science-Fiction.
However we do appear to have our limits. The cinematic comic-book universes are still firmly tied into science-fiction. The only fantasy character in The Avengers was Thor and he's a very simple and identifiable character whose magic is very simple. He flies, hits hard, has a heavy hammer and controls storms.
The most fantastic we ever saw really work was the X-Men and their powers, whilst clearly fantastical and not scientific, were accepted because they fit within an identifiable setting as opposed to Superman's complete alienation to the setting around him through his strength or Green Lantern's goofy shape-magic ring.
The X-Men also allowed us to view these abilities as people were really getting used to them as opposed to dropping us straight into them. The people of the world and the characters themselves do not treat their abilities as nothing as Superman does with his in most of his movies.
Hrr... the more I talk about it the more factors I think about that really confuses the message. (But that's sociology for you.)
Either way, Science-Fiction has been reduced to an excuse for fancy special effects these days as opposed to a backdrop for social inspection. I'm not too upset about this though as the film industry, like culture, needs change (for better or for worse).
#97 - vatra (06/25/2013) [-]
Very true, I love the X-Men, Each mutant actually gets story development, it is so complex yet it flows so well (usually), their world is complicated but makes sense. Currently I'm working on something similar, it is a medieval/steampunk world where every ability/power you can imagine exists as well as just about every sentient humanoid and creature. Humans without abilities (so our normal) make up a very small percentage of the worlds' population.
#16 - snowshark (06/24/2013) [-]
Explains but not really justifies, sadly. There are fantasy stories out there that maintain consistent logic but the more fantastic the world, the harder it is to logically justify everything. Even Tolkein couldn't quite manage it and he's credited with being one of the most important minds in fantasy history.
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Through human rights and the climatological challenges of
the present, I have centered my research on understanding our shared and
shifting ethical commitments. From a theoretical point of view, I have been
interested in exploring the overlapping conversations between feminist and
queer theory, new materialisms, ontologies and social movements, and more
specifically, to work toward developing an ecologics of the Anthropocene.
The project I am currently developing concerns the social
life of ice in the Arctic and, specifically, in the country of Iceland. Following
my work on renewable energy transitions—which has analyzed the role of
"mitigation" strategies in forestalling further anthropogenic harms to the
earth's aqua-, litho-, bio- and atmospheres, this project centers on
"adaptations" to climate change. Ice has clearly become our climatological
canary. It can be measured, its retreats photographed, its historic depths
plumbed and its duration—or life span—calculated. And it is melting: nowhere
faster, and faster than expected, in the Arctic region. Ice's physical changes
and the geohydrological implications associated with it are now featured
regularly in the media, especially as displacements increase and permafrost
withers. However, scant attention has been given to the social and cultural
meaning of changing ice formations in the frozen places where it has dominated
landscapes, shaped lives and conditioned accounts of land, weather and
subjective experience. This project prioritizes the social and political significance
of ice, the values associated with it, and the implications of its expiration;
it is an inquiry into the social sentiments and consequences of melt and the
metamorphosis of ice. In the simplest terms it is a study of cryohmuan
My second book Ecologics: Wind and Power in the Anthropocene (forthcoming Cornell University Press 2017) is based on a collaborative research project (with Dominic Boyer) in Oaxaca, Mexico and focuses on the political and social contingencies of renewable energy development. Home to some of the best wind on the planet, the Isthmus of Tehuantepec has been the locus for a booming wind energy industry. While wind park development across the Isthmus has been animated by state and corporate initiatives that purport to enhance regional economic development, generate a green profile for the Mexican state and suspend, to a degree, a quantity of carbon dioxide contamination, local resistance to projects has been significant and is deeply conditioned by histories of state abandonment and suspicions regarding transnational capital. Conflicts surrounding renewable energy transitions are, on the one hand, deeply political economic in nature, concerning dispossession and persistent inequalities. But they are also summarily ethical projects that hold out a promise for a greater global good, while often demanding localized concessions. The book chapters are structured to oscillate between an emphasis on material entitles and other lives (Wind, Trucks, Species) and the human intraconnections within and among them. In this project and others, I am aiming to think through the ways in which ecological authority is constituted as well as how anthropogenic climate change calls for new ways of imagining our collective biotic and material futures.
I have spent over a decade working in Nicaragua and my first book, Intimate Activism: The Struggle for Sexual Rights in Postrevolutionary Nicaragua (Duke University Press 2013) analyzes how sexual rights activists have reformulated their country's revolutionary history to create new models of sexual subjectivity and rights. During the time of my field research, Nicaragua maintained the most repressive antisodomy law in the Americas. In the wake of the Sandinista Revolution, neoliberalism and social conservatism combined to create an unprecedented anti-gay juridical climate. I wanted to understand how this had occurred, and more critically, how activists--many of whom were reared on the revolutionary ethos of Sandinismo--were attempting to overturn the law and to shift the moral coordinates of the country using the political tropes of human rights and autological liberalism.
Based on my research in Nicaragua I have served as an expert witness for several successful sexual asylum cases in the United States.
Ontologies, Vitalities, Things
Culture and Climate in the Anthropocene
The Social Life of Clean Energy
Anthropological Directions from mid-Century to the Present
Cultures of Sexuality
Anthropology of Activism
Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
Ethnographic Research Methods
Gender, the Disciplines and Interdisciplinarity
Transnational Sexualities
*all of my published articles are available at:
Intimate Activism: The Struggle for Sexual Rights in Postrevolutionary Nicaragua
Duke University Press, 2013
[also see New Books in Gender Studies (New Books Network) podcast interview on Intimate Activism]
21st Century Sexualities: Contemporary Issues in Health, Education and Rights,
Routledge, 2007, ed., with Gilbert Herdt.
"Aeolian extractivism and Community Wind in Southern Mexico" Public Culture (forthcoming)
"Life Above Earth: An Introduction" Cultural Anthropology
"Infrastructural Imaginaries: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on the Theoretical Life of Infrastructure" Science, Technology and Human Values (forthcoming)
"Introduction: Energy, Transition and Climate Change in Latin America" Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology
"Grids" in Fueling Culture: Energy, History, Politics
"Wind at the Margins of the State: Autonomy and Renewable Energy Development in Southern Mexico" in Contested Powers: Converting Energy into Political Power in Latin America and Beyond
"Los márgenes del Estado al viento: autonomía y desarrollo de energías renovables en el sur de México" Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology
"Anthropocenic Ecoauthority: The Winds of Oaxaca" Anthropological Quarterly
"Negative Space: Unmovement and the Study of Activism when there is no Action" in Figuring Resistance: New Anthropological Analytics on Social Justice
"Portable Analytics and Lateral Theory" in Theory Can Be More than it Used to Be
"Cooperation and Co-optation in Transnational Activism" in Travail Social à l'Epreuve des Coopérations Ouvertes et des Coopération Fermées
"Porous Pleasures" Theorizing the Contemporary: Queer Futures, Cultural Anthropology
"Sexuality Out-of-Status: Living as an LGBTQ Undocumented Im/migrant in the United States" in Hidden Lives and Human Rights: Understanding the Controversies and Tragedies in Undocumented Immigration
"Queer Anthropology" in The International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
"Sexual Adjudications and Queer Transpositions" Journal of Language and Sexuality
"Epistemic Engineering and the Lucha for Sexual Rights in Postrevolutionary Nicaragua" Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology
"Queer Pilgrimage: The San Francisco Homeland and Identity Tourism" Cultural Anthropology
"Transnationalizing Desire and Commodified Sexualities" Ethnos
"The Legible Lesbian: Crimes of Passion in Nicaragua" Ethnos
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I have an old physical server and a new physical server. I am moving everything from my old server to the new server. And will then point my domain registrar records to point to the IP address of the new server. However it may take up to 48 hours for the DNS records to propagate. In that time some users will hit the old server. I want to have the old server redirect all traffic to the new server. How do I do this? I have been told to turn the old server to a proxy for the new server or to use the IIS rewrite module. What is better? What is the industry standard here?
Whenever I do this, I also change the TTL on the A record to be changed to be fairly short, and leave it there, otherwise unchanged, for at least the period of the original TTL. This way, when you change the A record to the new IP, compliant DNS servers and clients will take only the new TTL's time to converge. (Note: when you change the A record's IP address, also change the TTL back to its original value.)
Caveat: there are a lot of non-compliant DNS servers out there that will ignore your TTL, and a lot of them are run by prominent ISPs. There's nothing you can really do about this, but at least you can help out those people who use correct DNS servers.
If you have a hardware firewall in between your servers and your ISP, you could just use a NAT rule to forward traffic for the old IP on port 80/443 to the new server.


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TELEVISION/RADIO; Late-Night Hosts in Search of Their Niches
By PETER KEEPNEWS
Published: October 3, 1999
WHEN CBS announced in early 1998 that Craig Kilborn would replace the departing Tom Snyder as host of ''The Late Late Show,'' the powers-that-be at Comedy Central were not pleased. Mr. Kilborn, who had been the anchor of the satirical newscast ''The Daily Show'' since its debut in the summer of 1996, was one of the cable channel's few bona fide stars, and they had hoped to keep him around for a while.
They knew they couldn't stop Mr. Kilborn from jumping ship, but he was under contract to Comedy Central through summer 1999, and they tried their best to at least make sure CBS didn't start celebrating his signing while he was still on ''The Daily Show.'' Comedy Central sought an injunction to keep him from making a high-profile promotional appearance for the network but eventually agreed, with some reluctance, to let Mr. Kilborn out of his contract a few months early. In the meantime, the comedian Jon Stewart -- who at one point had been considered Mr. Snyder's most likely successor at CBS -- was hired to take over behind the ''Daily Show'' desk.
Some six months after Mr. Kilborn began his tenure as a late-night talk-show host (and eight months after Mr. Stewart replaced him on ''The Daily Show''), it's hard to understand why Comedy Central was so upset about losing him.
Mr. Stewart, who is blessed with both a quick wit and an understated, self-effacing charm, has breathed new life into a show that hadn't even seemed to need it. Mr. Kilborn, in contrast, often appears to be gasping for air. He seems most at ease doing ''In the News,'' a seven-to-eight-minute segment near the beginning of the show that allows him to reprise his news reader role from ''The Daily Show,'' although the quality of the writing is spottier and not as smart as it was, and continues to be, on Comedy Central. (Sample ''Daily Show'' news joke: The voters will decide whether Bill Bradley or Al Gore is ''the bland technocrat to be defeated by that cokehead George W. Bush.'' Sample ''Late Late Show'' news joke: Both sides in the Mideast peace talks say that if they can't reach an agreement on a peace accord, ''they might be willing to settle for a Honda Accord.'') But the bulk of ''The Late Late Show'' casts Mr. Kilborn in the traditional role of celebrity interviewer, and not only isn't he very good at it, it's hard to tell if he even cares whether he's good at it. When he interviewed a less-than-superfamous fashion model plugging her new cookbook, his end of the conversation included this observation: ''So you're a model who actually cooks. This is kind of cool.'' When Kevin James, the star of the CBS sitcom ''The King of Queens,'' jokingly claimed that ABC had moved the starting time of ''Monday Night Football'' from 8 to 9 P.M. because it didn't want to go up against his show, the following exchange ensued:
KILBORN: That's --
JAMES: It's pretty cool, huh?
KILBORN: Yah. Ha-ha-ha-ha.
Of course, Conan O'Brien seemed equally lost when he began his career as a talk-show host six years ago, and he has proved that it is possible to grow on the job. Mr. Kilborn, too, may get better and more comfortable with time. But even in Mr. O'Brien's first year on the air, when the screen fairly dripped with flop sweat (and none other than Jon Stewart was rumored to be waiting in the wings to replace him), there was something endearing about him. Although he affects his own version of the glibly ironic stance that has been de rigueur for late-night hosts since David Letterman showed everyone how to do it, Mr. O'Brien has always given the impression that deep down inside he's a sweet guy who just wants us to like him. Ultimately, it was that quality that kept at least a coterie of loyal viewers tuning in until he found both a unique comedic voice and a sizable audience.
Mr. Kilborn is another story. When he was anchor of ''The Daily Show'' -- a job that involved reading the news, doing a brief celebrity interview and otherwise functioning as a kind of ringmaster ushering correspondents and commentators on and off the set -- it was possible to believe that he was an actor pretending to be a vain, empty-headed pretty-boy newsman. Now that he has a whole hour to fill all by himself, it is beginning to look as if he may really be vain and empty-headed. Could it be that deep down inside, Craig Kilborn is shallow?
If Conan O'Brien wants us to like him, and Jon Stewart seduces us into liking him, Craig Kilborn practically dares us to like him. It almost doesn't matter whether his endless preening and posing and his ''But enough about me, what do you think about me?'' attitude are genuine or a put-on. The important thing is that they're annoying, and that they tend to put an awkward distance between him and both his audience and his guests.
And Mr. Kilborn's show is so self-referential it hurts. It is full of jokes that intentionally go nowhere and other devices meant to let us know that he knows that we know how phony it all is. A recent monologue included a gently self-deprecating joke (the punch line had to do with his considering himself a ''dweeb''), which he followed by lunging toward the camera, pointing at it with both index fingers and shouting: ''Self-deprecating, baby! That's me! Yeah!'' A little of that sort of thing goes a very long way.


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I am very pleased to have discovered a new history graphic novel series, beginning with Normandy: A Graphic History of D-Day: The Allied Invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe which is both written and illustrated by Wayne Vansant. Other books will follow, on subjects including Gettysburg, Civil War Generals Grant and Lee, and the Bombing of Nazi Germany. The series is aimed at teen readers, but I find it's great for adults interested in experiencing history through the graphic novel medium. I recommend this book and the forthcoming books in the series to anyone who enjoys graphic novels and/or history, and for those older kids in your life who are having a hard time getting into history. We will definitely be using it for our homeschooling curriculum when my kids are a bit older." - WIRED.com Geek Dad"
absolutely one of the most phenomenal things I've ever read. It was like reading a textbook except it was interesting. These are fantastic I love these things. I wish I had these when I was in school because I probably would have learned a hell of a lot more." - PetesBasement.com "
What a glorious book, vivid, accurate, utterly bewitching." - Alex Kershaw, bestselling author of The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice"
This book is a fine work for someone looking for a quick overview of the Allied campaign in Normandy or for someone who would appreciate its visual stimulation. It is perfect for a youngster or a novice that needs to get familiar with D-Day and subsequent events associated with the battle." - Air Power History"
Normandy: A Graphic History of D-Day; The Allied Invasion of Fortress Europe, adopts the comic-book, graphic-novel style of illustrated panels accompanied by a bit of text to tell the story of the June 6, 1944, invasion of France through the August 25 entry into Paris. Unlike the mostly-for-entertainment comics of my childhood, this book gives an accurate overview of the events it relates and provides a surprising amount of detail, given its limited-text, just-over-100-pages format. It isn't just for younger readers, either, although it would serve as a great introduction to the Normandy campaign for pre-teens and teens. Wayne Vansant found the right mix of text and illustration in creating this book. The short sentence structure imposed by the graphic novel format adds to the story, giving an enhanced sense of action and urgency. It's a good, short, informative read for adults and an excellent tool for introducing younger readers to the story of D-Day. Highly recommended." - ArmChairGeneral.com"
If you have a nostalgic affection for comic booksI mean (ahem!) graphic historiesor if you enjoy reading and collecting them today, you'll certainly want to get a copy of this one. I'd also recommend it as a gift for any young reader you think might be developing into an enthusiast of military history." - World at War


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Visual Studio 2010 is the version of Microsoft's Visual Studio line of development environments. It is released on top of .NET 4.0 Framework.
MS Visual Studio 2010 comes in several versions. The "Express" edition is a free edition that is limited to a single language, and single development platform (web, desktop, azure, mobile, etc.).


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Press Pass: Mark Sanchez
Published: Aug. 24, 2015 at 06:28 p.m.
Quarterback Mark Sanchez reflects on Saturday's preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens and discusses the hit that quarterback Sam Bradford took in the first quarter ...
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Quarterback Mark Sanchez reflects on Saturday's preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens and discusses the hit that quarterback Sam Bradford took in the first quarter ...
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Find out what QB Mark Sanchez thinks the offense accomplished during the second preseason game on Saturday against the Baltimore Ravens and his comfort level at this point in the season ...
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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Mark Sanchez finds wide receiver Nelson Agholor on back-to-back plays for a gain of 14 yards and 20 yards.
Published: Aug. 20, 2015 at 05:32 p.m.
Quarterback Mark Sanchez discusses practicing against the Ravens defense and talks about being ready to go whenever he's called upon on Saturday ...
Published: Aug. 19, 2015 at 08:04 p.m.
The "NFL Total Access" crew debates what they will be watching for as the second week of the NFL Preseason starts.
Published: Aug. 19, 2015 at 04:47 p.m.
After learning that he would start Sunday against Indianapolis, quarterback Mark Sanchez joins Dave Spadaro in studio to discuss the opportunity as well as the what he's seen out of the offense leading up to the preseason opener ?
Published: Aug. 19, 2015 at 02:16 a.m.
Mark Sanchez tells Dave Spadaro that an extra year in the Eagles offense has made a huge difference both for him and the rest of the offense. Now, he's preparing to start Sunday's preseason opener ...
Published: Aug. 18, 2015 at 08:02 p.m.
NFL Media's Solomon Wilcots discusses which Philadelphia Eagles quarterback the team will end up cutting by the start of the regular season.
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The "NFL Total Access" crew breaks down the Eagles quarterback performances from the first week of the preseason and evaluates who has the inside track for the backup job.
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The "Preseason HQ" crew grades the performance of Philadelphia Eagles quarterbacks Tim Tebow and Mark Sanchez and discusses which Eagles players should be drafted to a fantasy team.
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Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Nelson Agholor goes up to make a big catch for a 34-yard touchdown from quarterback Mark Sanchez.
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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Mark Sanchez finds wide receiver Jordan Matthews for an 18-yard pass.
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NFL Media's Heath Evans and Jamie Dukes discuss what Philadelphia Eagles head coach Chip Kelly may do with his QB situation.
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NFL Media's Gregg Rosenthal and Marc Sessler analyze offseason quarterback battles around the NFL and discuss which players could emerge as the starter.
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NFL Media's Albert Breer talks one-on-one with Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Mark Sanchez on the health of his shoulder and the open competition for the quarterback position.
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NFL Media's Albert Breer, Kimberly Jones, Steve Wyche and Aditi Kinkhabwala break down the quarterback competitions among the Eagles, Browns and Bills.
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NFL Media's Albert Breer brings the latest news on the quarterback competition from the Philadelphia Eagles minicamp.
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Gregg Rosenthal joins Colleen Wolfe to discuss his top 5 free agent quarterbacks and what teams could be interested once the free agency period begins.
Published: Feb. 25, 2015 at 07:35 p.m.
NFL Media's Heath Evans compares several 2015 free agent options in this edition of "40-Yard Dash".
Published: Feb. 16, 2015 at 01:27 p.m.
NFL Media's Marc Sessler breaks down which teams provide the best fit for several big name NFL free agents.
Published: Feb. 12, 2015 at 02:23 p.m.
Dan Hanzus and Marc Sessler break down the Philadelphia Eagles needs this offseason.
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Solomon Wilcots takes at look at the best available free agent quarterbacks on the market heading into the 2015 season.
Published: Jan. 29, 2015 at 03:00 a.m.
Philadelphia Eagles tight end Zach Ertz catches a 35-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Mark Sanchez.
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GMR Energy (Singapore), the Singaporean subsidiary of India-based construction company GMR Infrastructure (GIL) is set to complete the construction of its 800-megawatt (MW) combined cycle gas turbine power plant on Jurong Island by Q4 2013. However, BMI believes that it is unlikely to derive the benefits from the plant's completion as it would most likely need to sell off the asset to stay afloat.
The SGD1.2bn (US$980mn) power plant project is about 90% completed and is scheduled to start operations in Q4 2013, according to Yu Tat Ming, CEO of GMR Energy Singapore (cited by the Business Times). However, a media report from the Business Standard in early-November said that GIL is thinking of selling its 70% stake in the Singapore asset, along with its 55% stake in Homeland Energy, a Canadian mining company that owns coal mines in South Africa. GIL is also considering merging two of its coal mining companies in Indonesia, thereby reducing its stakes in both assets. According to the report, this is part of the company's strategy (since early-2012) to go 'asset-light'.
We believe there is a strong likelihood that GMR Energy Singapore would be sold. This is because GIL is in severe need of funds to meet debt repayments. Not only is the company still suffering heavy losses from its Indian operations - GIL has been in the red for eight successive quarters- but its debt levels also continue to be very high. We believe that GIL's net debt at the end of September 2012 was higher than the INR310bn at end-June 2012.
|Likely To Face Debt Repayment Issues
|GMR Infrastructure - Net Profit (LHS) And Net Debt (RHS), INRmn
Furthermore, we believe it is very likely that GIL would require further capital injections to sustain its businesses in the short-term. While we had previously stated in early-2012 that GMR's financial outlook will improve as we move into FY2012/13 (April-March), a host of factors have conspired to foil this view ( see our online service, February 13 2012, 'GMR's Fortunes To Improve Following A Poor 2011').
Problems In The Indian Power Sector: The Indian power sector continues to suffer from construction delays and fuel shortages ( see our online service, November 07 2012, 'Fraport's Push For Pullout Highlights Declining Confidence'). We believe that GIL is no exception, with the company currently operating three thermal power plants and developing eight power plants in India. Its largest coal-fired power plant, the 1400MW Kamalanga plant in Orissa state, is scheduled to come on-stream by end-2012 and is reliant on domestic coal production (which is already experiencing a shortage) to meet its coal demand.
Delhi Airport Troubles: The Delhi International Airport, GIL's main airport asset, is set to face a decline in profitability due to the removal of airport fees by the Indian government. Additionally, it looks increasingly likely that GIL will need to purchase additional equity to maintain its stakes in the Delhi airport ( see our online service, November 7, 'Fraport's Push For Pullout Highlights Declining Confidence').
Maldives Airport Troubles: There are growing concerns that GMR's concession to upgrade and manage the Ibrahim Nasir International Airport in the Maldives could be cancelled by the current government, which took power in February 2012. The US$500mn project, signed with the government of former Maldives President Mohammed Nasheed in 2010, is facing protests from the current government because the project was signed despite opposition from the Maldives parliament. At present, GMR is embroiled in legal proceedings with the Maldives government over the project, forcing it to suspend upgrading works at the airport. This delay could lead to cost overruns or worst, a write-off of its investment in the airport should the concession be cancelled.
GMR's Singapore Asset Desirable
Should GMR chooses to sell GMR Energy Singapore, we believe that there could be quite a number of interested parties. Compared to the Asia-Pacific region, Singapore has a well-regulated power market, and its electricity consumption is set to grow at an average rate of 3.0% per annum over the next decade. This makes it a relatively safe investment with stable returns.
|Safe And Stable
|Singapore - Net Electricity Consumption Forecasts
While there are numerous investors interested in GMR Energy Singapore, we highlight that Petronas Power, a subsidiary of Malaysian state-owned oil company Petronas, had only acquired a 30% stake in GMR Energy Singapore in December 2011. As such, it is possible that they might be interested in acquiring the remaining 70%. In addition, Chinese power producer, Huaneng, could be interested in GMR Energy Singapore. The company owns Tuas Power, one of the largest gas-based power producers in Singapore, and could be interested in boosting its market share in Singapore. Both GIL and Huaneng should be on familiar terms as Huaneng had previously made one of its largest overseas acquisition through GIL, acquiring power utility InterGen from the latter in late-2010 ( see our online service, August 20 2010, 'InterGen Acquisition Satisfies All Parties').


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NYS HM denoting the creation of a 1400 lb, 11-foot round cheese for President Andrew Jackson.
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location: New York
date approved: 6/1/2014
last visited: never
The West Street Building - New York, NY
This historical marker is located right next to Ground Zero and was placed in 2010.
posted by: bluesnote
date approved: 12/26/2013
last visited: 12/26/2013
Old Merchants House - New York, NY
This historical marker is located in the heart of the Big Apple.
Eddie James
Eddie James "Son" House Jr
posted by: ChileHead
Phoenicia Station - Phoenicia NY
Located right outside of the Empire State Railway Museum
posted by: nomadwillie
date approved: 12/1/2013
Washington's Headquarters - Plattekill Travel Plaza, I-87, NY
Second of two large blue signs at the Plattekill Travel Plaza northbound on I-87.
posted by: sagefemme
date approved: 10/23/2013
Newburgh Area - Plattekill Travel Plaza, I-87, NY
This is one of two large blue signs at the Plattekill Travel Plaza.
Seward Seminary
This sign is on a vacant lot near the old Genesee Hospital. Oneside of this sign is very faded and hard to read...the other side faces away from the street, with a fence around the area, making it hard to discover what this sign has to say.
St Mary's Hospital
More a driveway-side sign than a road-sign, this marker is on St. Mary's Hospital grounds. This is now an outpatient facility for Unity Health system. It closed it's doors as a hospital in the late 1990s.
date approved: 10/17/2013
Catskills Mountains
There is an identical marker at the New Baltimore travel plaza, just a few miles north of this northbound lane rest area on I-87.
date approved: 10/7/2013
last visited: 4/25/2014
Cold Spring - Sleepy Hollow, NY
This marker explains the fountain adjacent to it. The fountain doesn't work anymore, but the spring continues to run under it.
date approved: 10/2/2013
last visited: 5/24/2014
Ontario Drill Works
date approved: 9/22/2013
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British Raid - Hopkinton, NY
The British Raid historical marker in Hopkinton, NY is located at the intersection of Route 49 and 11B in Hopkinton, NY.
posted by: neoc1
date approved: 9/18/2013
Site of First Blast Furnace - Moriah, NY
The site of the first blast furnace historical marker is located along route 9N in Moriah, NY.
Bangor's First Settler - North Bangor, NY
Marker denoting the residence of Joseph Plumb, who settled here in 1802.
date approved: 9/12/2013
Home of William Almon Wheeler - Malone, NY
Home of William Wheeler, US Vice President from 1877-1881, in Malone, NY
last visited: 11/2/2014
Arsenal Green - Malone, NY
Marker denoting the former military drill area in Malone.
Congregational Church - Malone NY
Marker Describing the First Congregational Church in Malone NY.
date approved: 9/8/2013
last visited: 9/12/2013
The Senate House - 1676, Clinton Avenue, Kingston
The Senate House - 1676, Clinton Avenue, Kingston. Located at Thruway, northbound, at Plattekill Service Area (milepost 65)
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last visited: 8/2/2014
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date approved: 9/4/2013
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Onondaga Nation
This historical plaque is located on County Route 57, between the communities of Moyers Corners and Pheonix, New York.
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Released: Feb 01st, 1993
Running Time: 88
Director: Jamie Hendrix
Company: In Touch International
Cast: Mark Andrew, Chris Stone, Ryan Conners (I), Kip Tyler, Chance Caldwell, Cody James, Johnny Rahm, Trey Tempest, Chad Knight
Critical Rating: AAA 1/2
Genre: Gay and Bi
If this is how this new company is going to stock 'em, that's how I prefer 'em. Star/director Jamie Hendrix does his best work to date in this creative video featuring Mark Andrews as Ryan Hope, the star of a soap opera. From scene one, it's steaming with Andrews in a shower soaping up, with Chad Knight looking on and then joining in. Big and buffed Chance Caldwell then skewers the relatively tiny Kip Tyler in one of the hottest big-little pairings I've ever witnessed. Then, there's an incredible three-way between Johnny Rahm, Chris Stone and Trey Tempest. The groaning and grunting isn't synched, that's poor editing, and the box for Preferred Stock is boring — just mugshots — but what's inside is easily pleasing.


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Mystifying piece of chicken. Shaped like an oval. Humbling to the greatest man.
The significance of the 'Mc' in the word 'McNugget' was inscribed on a stone slab. The stone slab is believed to be hanging on the wall in some yellow-belly's house.
by Bastardized Bottomburp March 28, 2003
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Usually refering to a person of low intelligence, having the appearence and attitude that would most likely land them a job flipping burgers at Mcdonalds.
That guy is a freakin Mcnugget!
by Seftoner July 17, 2006
1.The tasty chicken in happy meals at McDonalds.
2.From the movie "The Longest Yard"
2.From the movie "The Longest Yard"
1.These mcnuggets are the bomb.
2.You gotta always protect the mcnuggets!
2.You gotta always protect the mcnuggets!
by Cydney B. May 30, 2005
1. A food item available at McDonalds, made of an unknown substance produced by "modern technology."
2. Asbestos singles
2. Asbestos singles
by star8706 February 01, 2003
A part of your no no area.
You gotta protect yo mcnuggets
by DomRep1987 May 18, 2006
White filth that McDonald's send us in cute misshapen looking things that taste DELICIOUS but will probably be the death of all humanity in the next 17 years.
Man: (eating McNuggets sitting a McDonald's) YUMMMM!!!!! These are sooo good! *dies of heart attack*
by Zachalicious December 30, 2010
most commonly used as an insult.
someone of low intelligence and appearances that resemble a chicken.
someone of low intelligence and appearances that resemble a chicken.
You greasy mcnugget! Get your crispy mcnugget legs away from me!
by teresaxlove August 26, 2008
A small and tasty snack containing 100% white meat as well as the hair, nails, and bones of the animal used. (not always chicken)
Kid 1: hey, do you want to go eat something really gross?
Kid 2: like the stuff i found in that drainage ditch?
Kid 1: EVEN WORSE, we can go eat some chicken mcnuggets.
Kid 2: like the stuff i found in that drainage ditch?
Kid 1: EVEN WORSE, we can go eat some chicken mcnuggets.
by T3K Y3S February 18, 2009


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Hampton Inn Washington
Hampton Inn Washington
Hotel Guest Rating: 8.1/10
2085 West 15th Street
Washington, NC 27889
Welcome to the Hampton Inn Washington
The on-the-house breakfast buffet is a major selling point of the Hampton Inn, which also gets thumbs up for its downtown location and extra-large accommodations.
Hotel Features
This four-story hotel has 86 rooms that our guests praise for being spacious, clean and comfortable. Pillowtop mattresses topped with crisp linens practically guarantee a good night's sleep. The nicely designed workstations, complete with task lighting and free Wi-Fi, let you get down to business. After all that hard work you can take a dip in the teardrop-shaped indoor pool—heated, of course—or relax in the whirlpool. There's also a fitness room with cardio equipment. The complimentary breakfast features a menu that changes daily, but often includes eggs, bacon, sausage and French toast sticks. If you have to get on the road early, the staff is happy to pack you a bagful of breakfast goodies any morning during the week.
Hotel Location
This town was built where the Tar and Pamlico rivers come together at the entrance to the beautiful Pamlico-Albemarle Sound. The North Carolina Estuarium, a popular local attraction with 200 scientific and educational exhibits, is less than three miles away. The hotel has easy access to Highway 264 and Highway 17, which head toward all four points on the compass. The nearest airport is in Greenville, about 19 miles west, but there are many more flights into Raleigh-Durham International Airport, 118 miles west.
Guest Favorites
The Hampton Inn's choice of sit-down or on-the-go breakfasts is hard to beat. Rooms are spic-and-span and the staff is friendly and helpful.
Hampton Inn Washington Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Air conditioning individually controlled in room
- Alarm clock
- Buffet breakfast
- Business center
- Cable television
- CNN available
- Cocktail lounge
- Complimentary buffet breakfast
- Complimentary cocktails
- Complimentary in-room coffee or tea
- Conference facilities
- Exercise gym
- Fire safety compliant
- Fitness center on-site
- Free high speed internet connection
- Free parking
- Hairdryer
- Heated guest rooms
- High speed internet access fee
- Indoor pool
- Interior corridors
- Iron
- Ironing board
- Jacuzzi
- Meeting rooms
- Non-smoking
- Non-smoking rooms (generic)
- On-site business center
- On-site business center is staffed
- On-Site parking
- Parking
- Parking lot
- Photocopy center
- Pool
- Public area air conditioned
- Security
- Turndown service
- Voice mail
- Welcome drink
- Whirlpool
Hotel Information
Upon check-in photo identification and credit card is required. All special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges. Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
Hotel Guest Reviews of the Hampton Inn WashingtonOur hotel ratings and reviews are from real hotel guests. Priceline.com ensures that its reviews are guests-only by proactively sending hotel surveys to customers after they've completed their hotel stays. In the post-stay surveys, priceline.com hotel customers are asked a number of questions about their stay and the hotel. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, the survey asks guests to rate their overall experience and specifically rate the hotel's cleanliness, staff and location. Priceline.com does not allow site visitors to post unsolicited hotel reviews.
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March 24, 2015
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February 17, 2015
October 6, 2014
This is the best place to stay in Washington, NC. My husband and I will work our visit around the availability of this hotel for future trips to Washington. We tried to book here last May and were not able to get all of dates we needed so we stayed at the Magunson formally known as the Quality Inn. Even with a nonsmoking room, we could smell cigarette smoke from people smoking outside. We will ONLY stay at the Hampton Inn in Washington for now on. We did not have to smell cigarette smoke and it was wonderful. The staff were AWESOME!!! Great selection of breakfast items too! ...
August 27, 2014
Family Traveling with Teens
Typical selection for continental breakfast was sufficient but nothing to brag about.
May 12, 2014
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December 3, 2013
Family Traveling with Teens
Overall i had a good experience and i will stay at this hotel again.
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