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I arrived in Helsinki on the Monday afternoon before the Tangomarkkinat. The driver of the bus from the airport looked like, but presumably wasn't, Angela Merkel (though perhaps the German economy is in a worse state than anyone thinks). I checked in to the Eurohostel and hit the record shops. I bought Arja Koriseva's and Anneli Saaristo's latest, and my first litre of Finnish strawberries. A man was playing Petite Fleur as a tango on the harmonikka outside Stockmanns. The Vanhan Kellari opens at 19:00 in the summer. On Mondays there is no band, only records, and admission is free. It was a blisteringly hot day and attendance was sparse, but I did have a number of nice partners. Heidi was small and dark, held me very close; Tuula her blonde friend; Sirpa, solemn, had a smile that lit up the place; Euli tall, excellent dancer, practised the frenela at every step. Eventually after an excellent tango with Sirpa - it was Odotin pitkän illan, or I Waited a Long Evening - I decided I had waited a long evening for such a good tango and I should leave on a high point, particularly as I was getting tired, having been up since 2 that morning. I bought a sausage from the kiosk and returned to the Eurohostel.
In the sauna next morning I met an American man who had been touring the Baltic states. He asked me if I knew any good places in Helsinki and I said the Vanhan Kellari. Breakfast was piimä and a bun with my older girlfriend Havis Amanda. I rang Eine-Liisa and we arranged to meet at the Vanhan Kellari that evening. I bought a day ticket and rode round the town on the trams. There is a new section of gauntletted track near the station and a complex junction is being built further out in the suburbs; but this is a tango, not a tram, blog and I will resist the temptation to elaborate. I went to the Music Hunter record shop, which normally deals in hard rock; but I was able to buy records by Anne Mattila and Kuunkuiskaajat (the girl duo who represented Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest). A new salmiakki is out: Malaco Must Dark Shots. Ammonium chloride content is only 2.7%, but there is a liquorice powder centre. I had a cup of coffee that appeared to have been made according to Catherine the Great's recipe. Two things are generally known about Catherine: the story about the horse is false, but it is true she used a pound of coffee to make one pot, and anyone else who tried the resulting brew got palpitations.
On the no 6 route there was a flea market, where I bought two singles - Anneli Mattila and Marita Taavitsainen. It started to rain, so I went to the nearby antiques hall. There I could have bought a Swedish pencil sharpener (240 euros), a Flit gun (remember those?), a human skull, a Swedish mechanical calculator, or a life size nude bust; but I resisted the temptation. When I came out there was a strong smell of birch leaves after all the rain and sun.
I arrived at the Vanhan Kellari 5 minutes before it opened, but there was already a queue of people waiting to get in. One was Eine-Liisa, so I had to pay for her. She said I had put on weight. I resisted the temptation to say she was looked older (this would have been a lie anyway). She said she had a new boyfriend, who had a drink problem. I said I knew this, I had met him. She said no not him, this was a new guy, but with the same problem. I think Eine-Liisa deserves better than these losers, but I didn't say anything. We had some very nice intimate dances together. After a couple of hours, Hilkka came in, looking very pretty and retro in an op-art mini-skirt. I disentangled myself from Eine-Liisa and spoke to her. She asked me for a dance (she had to ask me, not I her, as it is always a naistentanssit on Tuesdays) which was the tango/jive arrangement of Buona Sera. She asked when I was next in Finland, and I said I was coming back in September to see Arja Koriseva in Ava and Frank. She said she had recently been to a dance where Arja as singing. We had four more dances over the course of the evening, but the rest of the time I danced with Eine-Liisa. At midnight her boyfriend rang to ask where she was, so I escorted her to the bus station. We lingered over our goodnight kiss and I promised to see her the following Monday when I returned from Seinäjoki.
Next morning at 7, I locked myself out of my room at the Eurohostel. Worse, I was wearing only my underpants. I had to go down to reception to get someone to let me back in. Nobody turned a hair. I got the usual 10:06 train to Seinäjoki, and stayed at Seija's as usual. I bought a pass, which is still 95 euros. There was an opening meeting which I could attend as I am a Tango Club member. All the finallists were there and I was able to speak to Sanna Arell: I said I had seen her on tv and that she was the best. See pic of me and the lovely Sanna. Kaija Lustila was there also and she remembered me. She wasn't just being polite as she remembered that I had approached her in the parade.
While waiting for the parade I caught sight of Little Irja with a female friend. I said hello but she ignored me. I have been trying to get a good video of the parade for 9 years now. The brass band plays La Cumparsita, and I imagine it sounds the way G.H. Matos Rodriguez composed it for the student marching band in Montevideo. I did manage to get about 20 seconds which were not bad, and posted the clip on Youtube. Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSJ-o8eaPHk I got a picture of the crowd, including Kaija Lustila, reflected in the polished bell of the sousaphone.
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The Tango Street had the street stage, pavilion, and Tangostyle tent as last year. Only the pavilion was in use this first evening and the tv programme Kesäillan tango was filmed there. Little Irja greeted me in a very friendly manner. She hadn't wanted to acknowledge me in front of the other woman. The pavilion was very hot, crowded and sweaty and I clasped Irja close as we danced. At 21:30 she said she had to go home so I escorted her to the bike stand. I returned to the pavilion, where the filming had ceased and the place a little less crowded. The finallists all sang tangos, and I danced with a number of very nice partners. Other singers included Antti Raiski, Kaija Lustila, and Maestro Lundberg. I returned exhausted to the house at 1:30.
Next morning all the finallists sang tangos in the mall. Both Sanna Arell and Suvi Karjula sang Rannalla. I had heard this number a few times the previous day as well. I refreshed myself with some strawberries and walked to Reijo Möttönen's house - the man who was selling the Tangomarkkinat 1 record. This was an EP, not an LP as I expected. Still, I now have all the Tangomarkkinat compilations except numbers 5 and 7. No afternoon dancing. In the evening there was a tango singing competition for seniors. Two successive competitors sang Rannalla. I saw Kaija Pohjola in the street on the way to the stage. In fact she spotted me before I spotted her. She said thank you for the Christmas card. She did two spots in the pavilion and I watched both, even though Marita Taavitsainen was appearing on the street stage at the same time as one of them. I did manage to get the end of it though. She asked for tango requests and in the end sang Rannalla. What is it with Rannalla this year? Then back to the pavilion for Risto Nevala. He sang Por Una Capeza and I danced Argentine tango with a very frail lady of about 90. Leena and Åke Blomqvist were there and recognised me. Åke is himself looking a little frail. Then was the Könsikkäät male voice choir on the street stage. They sang several tangos: Jealousy, Hernando's Hideaway, and Sä kuullut päivän jolkaiseen. Then back to the pavilion for Kaija's second spot. Someone took a picture of us together. By now it was half past midnight. I thought of going to the Areena but I was getting tired and returned to the house.
Big disappointment! Sanna Arell didn't make it to the finals. A real shame, as in my view she was by far the most charismatic and talented. I saw on Facebook that Marja Nyman, the author of Tango Royals, was in Seinäjoki. I resolved to look out for her. At 10:00 rehearsals for the finals were held in the Areena. As a Tango Club member I could get in free. I noticed a camerawoman who had the cable hooked over her belt, looking as if she herself was part of the equipment. A boy paid out and hauled in the cable, seemingly having no other duties. Afterwards I went to the Areena cafe for lunch, and almost literally bumped into Arja Koriseva coming out. She greeted me in a very friendly and effusive manner amd I said I was very much looking forward to her performance that night. Dancing started at 15:30 in the Tango Street. Marko Lämsä did his trademark hotted-up version of El Choclo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDGpmjaZQD0 . Some nice partners: a Chinese lady, very smart and excellent dancer; Leena, dark, friendly, plumpish; and a very young blonde girl standing on the edge of the floor, nobody asking her to dance. I asked her, even though she was over 40 years my junior; we had two nice tangos and after that other men had the courage to dance with her. I went to the Tangostyle tent and saw M.A. Numminen rehearsing. I was able to speak to him and said Tango is my Passion was the best book since the Bible. He asked if I had read it in German, and I said no, Finnish. He said not many non-Finns had read it in that language. Later in the evening was Johanna Pakonen but the highlight was of course Arja Koriseva. She was absolutely magnificent as always, giving us songs from her new record, old favourites (including Rannalla), and songs I hadn't heard her do before. The Tangomarkkinat always features the world's biggest collection of talent; but Arja always manages to top them all.
Afterwards I walked to the Areena where I had many nice partners. Auli asked about dancing in England. I was pleased to spot Outi, but never got to dance with her as she stayed with the same man all the time. Eventually I noticed she was wearing a wedding band. Finally a very nice lady wrapped her leg round mine in the final chord of a tango and I thought that was a good end to the evening. It was quarter to two, and I returned to the house.
Next morning I watched Kesäillan tango, which had been broadcast the previous day. Irja and I appear after 6 minutes 50 seconds. I went to the square and saw Leena there. We had coffee and strawberries together. She told me she was a nurse, and had been divorced 26 years, or possibly after 26 years of marriage (the Finnish grammar was a bit difficult at this point). Actually neither seemed likely, as she didn't look as old as 26. She is moving to Wolverhampton next year, and asked if I knew of any good dance places. I had to admit I had never been to the town. I asked if she was going to the Tango Street that night, and she said no as it was too crowded and "Eino Grön doesn't make me sweat". I'm not quite sure what she meant by that last remark.
Kaija Lustila was performing in the mall. There was a piece of electrical equipment on the floor; a man lead his partner up to it, and she daintily stepped over it in the Argentine manner. I was able to speak to Kaija and she gave me a signed photograph. Someone took a picture of us. Then I went to the tango street where Arja Sipola, M.A. Numminen and others were scheduled; but all that was happening was interviews for the radio. No performances or dancing of any kind. I bought a tango quiz book from the souvenir shop and returned to the house to gorge on strawberries and salmiakki. I noticed in the paper that someone in Suomenlinna had flown the US flag upside down. There was a church concert, but although Kaija Lustila was in it, I thought 15 euros was a bit steep. I went to the pavilion in the evening, where the first number was Erottomattomat, one of my favourite tangos, by the lovely Johanna Debreczeny. I danced with Salmi, one of my long-standing partners, and Kateriina, a very friendly and sexy lady. We talked about previous visits to the Tangomarkkinat. She has been coming for some years, but it seems we have not run into one another before. We saw three women dancing humppa together, as well as two women (different ones) dancing tango in an intimate embrace. Both are unusual sights in Finland. Then to the street stage to listen to the non-sweat-inducing Eino Grön. I danced with a big blonde Swedish lady. She said her name was Arja, and asked if I had heard of the name before. I said I had. Another partner was Kaija, short and plump, who didn't seem to want to progress, so we twirled round and round on the spot. The winner was announced: Marko Maunuksela, with Suvi Karjula coming second. So for the second year running we have a male winner and a female runner-up.
Then to the Areena. Singers included Amadeus (who sang Bensaa Suonissa as a humppa), Hanna Talikainen, and of course Marko Maunuksela and Suvi Karjula. The evening passed in a haze of ecstatic dances with some wonderful partners: Maija-Helena was tall and slim, and I was very aware of her thighs as we danced; Anne was cuddly and blonde; Reeta kept both thighs pressed against me; Pirkko (my 11th Pirkko) was young with dark ringlets; and many others, including the biker chick from last year and a pregnant lady in a leather dress. At one point I went outside to cool off and there was tango karaoke on the verandah. Two raucous women were singing Kotkan ruusu while two young men danced tango. Eventually after three ecstatic tangos with Wonder Woman lookalike Sirkka, with frenela at every step, I decided the high point of the evening had been reached and I left at 2 and returned exhausted to the house.
Next morning, after coffee and strawberries in the square, I stocked up on rye bread, salmiakki, and salmiakki flakes. I wanted salmiakki sauce but they didn't have any. I rang Eine-Liisa and arranged to meet her when the train arrived in Helsinki. The tango dancing competition was held in the Areena. Outi was competing. I spoke to Leena and Åke Blomqvist, who were judging, and danced with their daughter Claire and a few others, including Maija-Helena between rounds. After the competition I returned to the square and was delighted to see Little Irja in the bar, listening to tango karaoke. We went to see Marko Maunuksela and Suvi Karjula in the mall and returned to the bar for a drink. The day was blisteringly hot and Irja's pretty face was glistening with sweat. A drop rolled down her cheek. "Don't cry, Irja" I said. She laughed. We were joined by an American man who asked if I knew of any good Finnish tango records. Naturally I did and was able to recommend a few, and some suitable websites including of course this very blog. But I felt inhibited talking to him in English in front of Irja and repeated what I said to the American in Finnish so she wouldn't feel too left out. He soon left and I was able to spend some happy moments with Irja until she said she had to go home.
There was dancing in the Areena in the early evening. Marko Maunuksela and Suvi Karjula were singing and I had a number of nice partners including Maija-Helena and Leena. A young woman addressed me by name, asked me to dance, and said she had heard about me from Kirsi of Hämeenlinna. I asked if she meant Irja, as Big Irja comes from there, but she said no. I still have no idea who Kirsi might be. Kaija Lustila had the last spot. I stood by the stage and watched her. At the end I said thank you and goodbye and hope to see you next year. I returned to the house at 20:15. Seija was there. We talked about the Tangomarkkinat, watched some of the video I had recorded, and tried out the tango quiz book. It ranges from the very easy (How many times do you have to knock to get into Hernando's Hideaway?) to the difficult (What Finnish opera diva recorded Tango of Lapland?) to the sort of thing even Virtanen would think too obscure (What sort of car did Olavi Virta drive?).
My last day in Finland was blisteringly hot again. I wore my linen suit as I thought it would be smarter than shorts for the journey to Helsinki; and besides I was meeting Eine-Liisa. I managed to get some salmiakki sauce on the way to the station. Eine-Liisa was waiting for me at Helsinki station, and we had lunch at the Omenapuu, or Apple Tree. After a relaxing afternoon wandering round the town, she went home and I got the bus to the airport. The flight left from Terminal 1, which has until now always been for domestic flights only, so I had a bit of a walk. I forgot I had the salmiakki sauce in my cabin bag, and it was impounded. I should have realised that ammonium chloride is a dangerous explosive when mixed with liquorice.
I have discovered a mistake in the tango quiz book: question 23/7 is: "The French tango Notre tango d'amour was translated into Finnish as Vie meidät rakkauteen. What dark-voiced female artist recorded it in 1977?" It isn't French. Tango d'amor (no notre, no U) was written by Leo Leandros, who is Greek. In spite of its name, it had German lyrics, and was a big hit for Vicky Leandros in Germany in 1976. But I still got the answer wrong. I thought the dark-voiced diva was Arja Saijonmaa: the answer was Lea Laven.


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We went to the colony's edge with the whole westerly widening continent to our backs. Cobscook Bay provided a park campsite months before its actual opening. Lubec has been abandoned by the present after its sardine industry collapsed. Houses cost less than thirty thousand dollars with acreage. The land is Scot-coast beautiful.
We reached 'Penobscot Meadows', Belfast, late on a Friday night. The Innkeepers conducted us to room #5, a small cozy room with bath facing the meadow draped east. Beyond the pensive, wine dark night, a breakfast of insipid ugliness burst surreal upon a warm spring morning. There we were, marooned amidst a nuked muffin breakfast with well-dressed gaggle of Awful White People. The Innkeepers were nice enough. Applied politeness and a skittish nature are occupational acquisitions of a life so encumbered. Nerves tend to fray from the cycles of stranger parades. The nuked muffins were okay, the coffee was real and butter came in little porcelain pat-a-cups.
Entertainment came from two horrid couples and a faded ingenue. One couple had a two year old girl who they tormented with vigorous stinginess and arbitrary denial, 'No More MUFFINS!'. The other couple, Polyester Quebecois, bristled at any wistful attributions of humanity to Soviets and viewed the world with scared jaundiced rabbit eyes. Ingenue boasted of lobbying for Audubon while still making time to loathe her teenage daughters. Blech! After a quick pay up and pack we were rolling east. We made a choice to travel aimlessly along the coast and let discoveries determine which fork of the road we'd take.
Just beyond the Belfast-Searsport line is a small state park, (Moose Point), that touches Belfast Bay. It's an oversized rest area that provided a welcoming spot to digest impressions and touch the Sea. It's a low grassy slope rolling down to the shore. A west edge line of white pines is joined by clumps of benches and grills. The park was 'closed'.
The next stop was Fort Knox, guarding the Penobscot approach ways. The shoulders of this old river soul impress. The fort, for all it attempts is squat and bleak blocked granite in a neo Vauban style. It has far more charm than the hulking manufactory belching pulp steam on the Searsport side of the river. The Fort remnants, along the coasts, are military industrial fossils of bygone doctrine.
A Saturday drill rehearsal of a Twentieth Maine reenactment was beginning. We walked through the catacombs and over parapets soaking up the sunlight and broad river and bay view. A stop at Ellsworth to buy some picnic food preceded the last leg up the Down East Coast. The route along 182 gave me a chance to touch the distant shore of the previous falls walk along Hog Bay. We even visited Egypt.
The original plan was to cover prior ground only on the return trip but we had to visit The Great Heath and its cabin. I found my campsite from the previous year and picked up some trash. The poncho I left found a home. The Pineo Ridge road net was at its earliest edge of mud season. There were imposing ruts. Nancy managed to plod through bringing us at last near the ridge crest facing the Heath.
It was late March. Melt water fattened with rain turned the placid Pleasant into a respectable torrent. The Great Heath lay beneath the waters shimmering silvery from a rippling spring breeze. Fringed with forest blends of balsam fir, larch, aspen and red maples laden with buds laced with mist, it enchanted with its stillness as seen afar. Up close, it sang its fluvial water swelling song welling its way from distant branch brooks to swaying bay waves. It sang of vernal renewal moving to season of births and sprouting. Daylights clear vivacity was complemented by a star swarmed indigo night far from the noisome reach of urban quartz halogens or mercury vapors.
It was too early for mosquitoes, too early even for black fly simooms. The Blueberry Barrens fields were getting their early burnovers. We left with sunrise, hoping to fish tail out of the Barrens roads before thaw turned them into soup. Beyond one brief push from a ditch lay fairly stable roads. We followed the ridge east until we took a southeast turn near the hamlet of Epping to rejoin route 1.
The 'White House' straddles a shoulder of a crossroad between Route 1 and the way down the point capped by Roque Bluffs. The head of the inlet is just to the west. There is a small huddle of old yankee buildings to serve the road and mark the epicenter of Jonesboro. The focus sharpens beyond the dooryard of the White House revealing the teeming water drop microcosm of coastal village life. We had large toothsome piles of scratch made hot cakes crowded with fat local blueberries with quality drip coffee to wash them down. The gentle murmur flow of old Maine voices at pre-church breakfast provided a perfect aubade.
Following feeding, we made a first attempt to find Roque Bluffs. A wrong turn brought us to Kilton Point where we heard distant gull clamor at distant clammers competing for soft-shell meals at low tide. On another wrong side road as
midden testified on behalf of the clam rakes efficacy. This pause preceded a decision to return to route 1eastward. We would find Roque on the way back. The Down East Coast of Maine is laden stunning points and inlets from Ellsworth to Calais.Every one is worth a visit. Petit Manan, Great Wass Island, Roque Bluffs, Quoddy Head and Moosehorn are the main public lands along this wild rural stretch of Atlantic Coast. Our plan was to visit as many as possible.
At Machias, we made a memorable first meeting with a spring rivers roar. The Machias was bowling a tempestuous flow of ice slabs toward their dissolution in the bay. All strained through sluices in a frenzied rush of bashing, scraping and skittering end over kettle. We stared into the whirl awhile listening to the rivers boisterous expulsion of winters decaying fetters. Past the elderly abandoned railhead and the Middle Machias estuary is an archaic concrete bridge to cross the East Machias and link Route 1 with 191, an old coast road.
It's the main coastal thoroughfare for the huge wing of granite that now carries Whiting, Cutler, Trescott and Lubec. It's the easternmost, wildest stretch of the coast, a land of little leprechaun hills and hollows riotously festooned with boulder erratics rising from blueberry moor carpets. To give it a bit of spookliness, one soon meets a thicket of antennae belonging to a Navy Communications station on Little Machias Neck near Cutler. It's hard to hide but, thankfully, off limits.
The region has other DOD oddities tucked into its backwaters including an Air Force Winter Survival Camp and a weird little officers club on Schoodic Point. 191 heads north to West Lubec near Bailey's Mistake, a cove providing harborage for South Trescott. A dirt coast road continues east.
We stopped a quarter mile beyond and climbed a small granite nubble overlooking the coast. There is a sparse pebbled beach nearby and traces of a long abandoned attempt at improvement. This consisted of a graded driveway long overgrown with heath shrubs. The nubble provided a great observation point for Grand Manan Island with its steep granite cliffs just across the channel. It ran along an east-west alignment and screened the road from the shore should the road ever be busy.
The tract was a charming micro biome with a few mini marshes, alder and yellow birch groves and a seaside stand of black spruce. There is a thirty-foot slope to the strand and a score of miles of ocean to separate Grand Manan. Within the same distance offshore as the walk to the road, there is a sharp drop in depth to sixty, then ninety feet and deeper into the channel.
Following this pause was the final stretch to West Quoddy Head, the eastern edge of the US and the boundary of the Eastern and Atlantic Time zones. Within five minutes, we were parked near the candy-striped lighthouse at the head. We looked out to sea from cliffside and descended steps to the shore. A large marine granite erratic edging the channel was the eastern tip of our journey. The rest of the US was behind us.
Along the shore, brawny waves tumble cobbles noisily with the highest tides along the US Atlantic coast like an oversized maraca chorus. After gathering a few attractive stones, we went landward to explore the mossy forest. It was June warm in late March, blatant lamb weather. Lubec is a sardine ghost town. The fishery collapsed and left a sardine museum full of rusty gear as a keepsake. We weren't able to scare up food more complex than corn chips.
The newspaper, 'Quoddy Tides', (easternmost paper in the US), listed ridiculously low prices for homes and land along with charming gossip columns by elderly ladies about the neighbors dahlias or who visited who. Following a swing through Lubec, we visited Cobscook State Forest. It was technically closed but the gate padlock was left open. We let ourselves in and drove around the forest roads through groups of campsites.
The food search continued at Dennysville. It ended at the Dennys River where a combination store/diner fed us the best scallops and clams I've ever had. They were fried to perfection and coated with a thin tempura like batter. All you can eat cost around seven dollars. There were also a number of homemade cream pies. This place, by itself, justifies the eleven-hour drive from Boston.
After this food wallow, we returned to Cobscook and picked a campsite on a thumb of land next to the mouth of Burnt Cove. A small, tree clad islet sat in an inlet before us to the east. Beyond lay Whiting Bay. A wide broad picnic meadow lay to the northeast. Moosehorn guards the west. Canada goose vees and eider lines crossed the sky following opening waters northward. The soil was semi-frozen, plastic and studded with frost heaves. Sleep was serene.
Whiting Bay at dawn was a sheet of glass in the mid point of its cycle of between surging and receding. The morning eider chorus used indefinite temperament to voice an intricate staccato melody in a lower register.
We found Roque Bluffs on the way home after another transcendent breakfast at the White House. It's a remnant summer colony from the turn of the twentieth century. There is even an octagon house that had weathered brick red paint trimmed with dark forest green.
Roque Bluffs State Park overlooks Roque Island on the eastern side of Englishman Bay. It's a cobble beach sliver of crushed granite micro pebbles enroute to sand with a wide tide range near 24 feet. At the crest of the bluffs separated by the road, is a freshwater pond inhabited by trout below with a flotilla of great black backed gulls. The ecotone mix puts fresh waterfowl and shorebirds in close proximity. It's a perfect spot for a picnic lunch.
We began the long return to Boston stopping at Schoodic Point at midday. We climbed around the Points' broad slabs of cubist granite sheets divided here and there by tar black basalt filling ancient fissures deep pocked by wind and waves. Beyond Schoodics' tip, low flying eider lines skimmed the rising wave tops. The oceans' tumbling tumult blasts the rock, punctuating its' pulse with roaring crashes to leave a lingering glimmer of mist. One last visit brought us to spring snowmelt waters sliding over sphagnum jeweled rocks beneath the beeches girding Maiden Cliffs, north of Camden. The sturdy beeches hug the steep slopes and were at earliest burst of the season's chartreuse bright bud tips. All that remained was the long tedious haul along Route One to the highway.


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But how to kill the winter blues? Well I decided to do what I do best and throw a dinner party! But not just any dinner party - a pizza party. I gathered up my girls, divided up the grocery list and the result? One friggan amazingly delicious dinner.
Keeping in true "starving student" style, I made a grocery list and gave each guest a list of things to bring to the party. I aimed for everyone to spend approximately $6-8 on ingredients, and I supplied the pizza dough and sauce. I bought some pizza dough from the International Bakery at the Covent Garden Market and I also tried to make my own Whole Wheat and Honey Pizza Dough. I was quite hesitant at first because me and pizza dough don't always end up still be friends in the end. But this time, the dough gods were shining down on me and it turned out to be not only edible but quite delicious.
Once everyone arrived, I decided to make a few medium-sized pizzas with combinations of toppings that I knew everyone would love. Stay tuned for when I post the recipes for these tasty dishes at a later date.
|Eggplant Pizza 2.0
|Pesto, Sundried Tomato, Artichoke and Goat Cheese Pizza
|BBQ Chicken Pizza
After we demolished all of these pizzas, everyone got a chance to be the chef and create their own personal pizza! It was such a fun idea because it gave everyone a chance to get down and dirty. Check out the crazy concoctions that came out of my kitchen.
|Rachel's Every Vegetable Available Pizza
|Naomie's Triangle Pizza
|Jen B's Healthy but Still Delicious Pizza
|Jen A's Small in Size, Big in Flavour Pizza
|Stephanie's Best of Both World Pizza
And guess what. I even attempted a dessert pizza! Do you like how I used the word "attempted"? Well thats because it didn't go completely as planned. But I guess that is the beauty of cooking right? You make mistakes and learn from them. I made a Nutella pizza with fresh fruit and served whip cream on top. It certainly tasted great - and my friends all had their fair share (but that is why they are my friends right? ahah). Let me just say this - when you are making a dessert pizza do not put the fruit on BEFORE you put it in the oven. The bananas got quite angry being in the heat. Lesson learned.
But I have to say, the best party of the whole night, was the fact that everyone pitched in and everyone was excited about it! When someone was chopping, the other was shredding and the clean up afterwards was a breeze! It wasn't just me hosting a party, it was a group of friends having fun together.
So feel like you are stuck in a rut and fighting the winter blues? Grab a bunch of friends and have a great meal without breaking the bank but throwing a totally awesome pizza party.


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While this task can seem overwhelming, it is not! It's quite simple, really!
- Start with the history! We can never predict the future without understanding the past.
- Examine the geography of the region. What are the implications of the region's geography?
- Address the current events and issues of the region.
- Investigate the grassroots changes and developments.
- Examine existing programs and determine their effectiveness.
- Explore potential outcomes.
- Make world connections.
- Address global impacts.
- Encourage intellectual investment.
- Continue to introduce important topics and allow students to take their learning a step further.
So, what are you waiting for? Stop just teaching about the past, and start encouraging students to apply their understanding of history in preparing for a more positive future!
Need the resources?
Take a look at my Developing Countries of Africa Centers Activity and my Challenges in Asia Activity.
Happy Teaching!


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Assisted Living Facilities and Quality of Life
It is not often that a resident of an assisted living facility prompts a public dialogue about the nature of residing in an ALF. On July 9, the Washington Post published a provocative article written by Martin Bayne: a 62 years old journalist, buddhist monk and publisher. He lives in an assisted living facility (ALF) due to young-onset Parkinson's... Read more »
Assisted Living vs. Skilled Nursing: It's a Mothra vs. Godzilla thing
Although they lack the fearful abilities of the monsters of Japanese sci-fi fame, skilled nursing and assisted living providers are similar to those fictional creatures in their mutual distrust and shared desire to enter the other's turf. The 2012 ALFA (Assisted Living Federation of America) Conference convened last week in Dallas saw a continuation of... Read more »
Assisted Living Facilities: A Regulatory Perspective
This week the National Center for Assisted Living, the assisted living voice of the American Health Care Association (AHCA) which represents 2,700 non-profit and proprietary assisted living and residential care communities in the nation, released the 2012 edition of "Assisted Living State Regulatory Review." This report is the only annual resource summarizing state assisted living... Read more »
Raising Expectations: A State Scorecard (Part II)
Spotlight on the Land of Lincoln You already know from the last blog that Illinois ended up ranking 23rd overall in AARP's State Scoreboard on LTSS for Older Adults. In the four dimensions it ranked (out of the 50 states) as follows: Affordability & Access 12; Choice of Setting & Provider, 33; Quality of Life & Quality... Read more »
Illinois Ranks 23rd on AARP Scoreboard
As the Illinois budget battles get underway, I am reposting a blog first published on October 30, 2011 about the current state of affairs for long term care services and supports in Illinois. Not surprisingly, the cup is half full (or half empty) depending on your point of view. I'll return next week with a... Read more »


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Wishing all the Ulster Champions the Best of Luck at the All Ireland Road Bowls Final which takes place on the Blackwatertown Road on Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd August commencing at 11.00am.
Wishing all the Ulster Champions the Best of Luck at the All Ireland Road Bowls Final which takes place on the Blackwatertown Road on Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd August commencing at 11.00am.
Good Luck to all Armagh Road Bowlers in Cork this weekend, Boys U18 Final, Ryan Gamble, Boys U14 Final, Ruairi Hughes, Junior A Men, Malachy Lappin, Senior Ladies Final, Kelly Mallon, Girls U18 Final, Gemma Mc Cann, Intermediate Men's Final, Paul O' Reilly.
Wishing Niall Maguire and Team Best of Luck at the Sligo Stages Rally on Sunday 12th July 2015.
On Thursday 25th June, Primary 6 pupils from St Josephs PS, Madden had the opportunity to take part in a Road Bowls Development Day. Joined by their peers from Mt. St Catherine's PS the children were treated to an exhibition of road bowls from Kelly Mallon, Ethan Rafferty and Sinead Kiernan. They then had the chance to take part in a Bol Fada Compeition. Pictured are some of the pupils enjoying their day along with Philip White of Philip White Tyres, Sponsor Armagh Road Bowls Association.
A MAGNIFICENT seven birdies in a six-under par round shot Conal Patterson to victory in the Henry White Memorial Open competition at County Armagh. The Lurgan man, who plays of a handicap of three, could do no wrong on his way to a nett 64 winning score. With five birdes from the first eight holes, Conal was four under par at the turn – a bogey four at the par 3 third hole the only fault on his outward trek. And although he dropped a further three shots over the back nine, birdies at the 12 th and 15 th holes ensured he was still on for the big win.
The annual Henry White Memorial Open Stroke Competition ( Sponsored by Philip White Tyres Ltd) will be held this Saturday 30th May 2015 at Co Armagh Golf Club. The Annual Open is one of the club's major competitions and last year brought more than 200 golfers to the city course. Best of Luck to all Competitors.
We are delighted to be involved again this year as one of the Armstrong Cup's Co Sponsors.
The hugely popular summer football competition kicked off on Tuesday 12th May at the Millfield, Armagh.
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IS&T SCV Tutorial - Introduction to SAS
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SAS (Statistical Analysis System) is one of the most powerful statistical packages available on any computer platform. This tutorial will introduce you to SAS on acs-linux. After completing this tutorial, you will be able to: o access SAS on ACS on campus and remotely via Windows o create, edit, and save program files containing SAS commands o obtain printed output o create, run, and modify your own programs Prerequisite: "Introduction to Linux" or Basic Linux or UNIX experience, ACS account (http://www.bu.edu/tech/accounts/special/acs/)


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At StoneCutter we take the same time and care the ancient Maori used to cut their precious pounamu, to nurture our vines and make our wine. Our philosophy is to lightly crop from well-tended vines, producing fruit and wines with intense flavour. Our wine is grown on the alluvial gravels of the Martinborough Terrace Appellation.
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Colombo Winegrowers
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Brodie Estate
James and Ann invite you to join them at their special place, Brodie Estate, for an enjoyable interlude in your wine tasting and gourmet meanderings around Martinborough.
Brodie Estate is situated 4 minutes by car from the Jellicoe Street side of the Square in Dublin Street. You can relax under the olive trees, on the Pavilion, or in the rose garden. Select a picnic basket or a platter of artisan cheeses and a wine of your choice, created in their on- site winery from grapes grown in their vineyard.
The perfect choice for corporate groups and special celebrations.
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Tirohana Estate
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Southdown Estate Vineyard
Southdown Estate is a family owned and operated single vineyard estate comprising of 46 hectares, located on the sloping downs, six kilometres south of the boutique wine growing region of Martinborough.
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Poppies Martinborough
Poppy and Shayne Hammond invite you to celebrate the elegance and romance of wine with them, at Poppies Martinborough.
A new boutique wine producer set in the heart of Martinborough's prime vineyards, Poppies Martinborough is also a landmark purpose-built tasting and celebration venue.
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Murdoch James Estate
As one of the founding families of Martinborough's wine industry, Roger Fraser planted Syrah and Pinot Noir in 1986. He named the vineyard after his father, Murdoch James (Jim) Fraser. Jim has left Roger with two memories; the importance of family, and integrity in all one does.
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Schubert Wines
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Palliser Estate
Palliser Estate is a producer of ultra premium wines, renowned for their style and quality. These wines can be found under the Palliser Estate and Pencarrow labels. We make great examples of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc. Pinot Gris and Methode Traditionnelle.
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Escarpment Vineyard
The Escarpment Vineyard, Martinborough, New Zealand promises some of the very best of tomorrow's definitive New World Pinot Noir,
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Coney Wines
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Small groups, local guides, award-winning Martinborough wineries, fine New Zealand wines and gourmet food, departs Wellington daily! (Winter Timetable applies).
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By now just about every would-be buyer out there knows there simply aren't enough homes for sale these days to appease the hordes of competition. But despite the shortages, rising prices, and bidding wars, more homes are expected to be sold this year than in more than a decade.
In 2017, the number of sales of existing homes (which have previously been lived in) is expected to rise about 3.5%, to 5.64 million, according to the midyear forecast from the National Association of Realtors®. The group predicts that existing-home purchases will rise an additional 2.8% in 2018, to 5.8 million. Continue reading


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If you've ever thought about opening a bottle of wine with a shoe or pondered how socks could make your toilet seat a more comfortable spot, Hack My Life is the show for you. Hosts Kevin Pereira and Brooke Van Poppelen test out the most popular life hacks to inform you on what really works and what's nothing more than a sham. Want to watch Hack My Life online? Keep reading to learn how.
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As I was searching for inspirational style pictures on one of my favorite style sites "Black and Killing it" http://blackandkillingit.com created by Neil Alvin. I came across a small debate that seemed to stir when Neil posted a comment from a reader about a quote that the beautiful, talented and well known actress of Star Trek, Avatar and most recently Colombiana, Zoe Saldana stated. The comment reads as follows:
"When I go to the D.R., the press in Santo Domingo always asks, "¿Qué te consideras, dominicana o americana?" (What do you consider yourself, Dominican or American?) I don't understand it, and it's the same people asking the same question. So I say, time and time again, "Yo soy una mujer negra." ("I am a black woman.") [They go,] "Oh, no, tú eres trigueñita." ("Oh no, you are 'dark skinned'") I'm like, "No! Let's get it straight, yo soy una mujer negra." ("I am a black woman)."
Most of Neil's readers felt there was no need for a debate and that it was this woman's prerogative while a few others were a bit peeved that Zoe identified herself as a black woman and thought she should identify herself as mix. Why do you think Zoe's comments irked some nerves?


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Elide In: I have to say, that with all of the words spilled in this Glenn Greenwald post at Salon about Joe Lieberman that it's somewhat surprising that the Gore mentioned in the post is Tipper.
It was, after all, then-VP and presidential candidate Al Gore who chose Joe Lieberman as his running mate in 2000. That act more than anything else gave Lieberman the national slimelight he's craved ever since. He was the 2000 template for Sarah Palin: the running mate who eclipses the losing presidential candidate who picked them.
It wasn't just Lieberman's mendacity during the recount battle that cost Gore the election. There was a large contingent of Democratic voters who sincerely disliked Lieberman for reasons thatwhile they might not have been apparent to everyone in 2000have certainly been on display for most of the decade and more since.
It may have been a can of worms that Greenwald wasn't interested in opening. I've certainly run across any number of commenters at sites over the years who've claimed that Lieberman "turned to the right" only after 9/11 or after he'd been rejected by the Connecticut Democrats in 2006, as if pettiness and spite were somehow excuses. Maybe Greenwald just ran out of steam; he certainly had a lot of material to choose from. But I'd make the point that the fact that Lieberman was the choice of the elders to be that "heartbeat away" from the country's levers, combined with the praise Greenwald mentions probably reveals a lot about where the real soul of the Democratic Party is and why it seems moribund and toothless.
Rahm Place, Rahm Time: The Illinois Apellate Court has overturned a decision that would have let former Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel run for mayor of Chicago on the grounds that he moved his family to DC two years ago, rented out his Chicago home, and therefore hasn't been a resident of the city for a year, a requirement for the post.
That, I think, is indicative of one reason the Obama administration has had such a rough couple of years. Whether or not Emanuel is actually eligible to run for mayor is something the state Supreme Court is likely to decide, but it was a no-brainer to anticipate this potential bump in the road. The past two years have been a very bumpy ride for the administration, but it's been all the worse because people like Emanuel failed time and again to predict any of the jolts. They were repeatedly caught off-guard and unprepared for opposition to policy proposals and plans. From the reprise of the fifty-year-old casting of national health coverage as "socialism" to the administration's blissful unawareness of an unemployment level that's seemingly resistant to all of the happy "Road to Recovery" talk, people like Emanuel have acted as if their very ideas were enough to shape the world: creating their own reality where facts don't matter, as one Bush-administration official told journalist Robert Suskind.
Like so many challenges of the past two years, this impediment to Emanuel's run for mayor was completely foreseeable. He may surmount it but there's a good chance it will screw up his plans and in any case it could have been sidestepped neatly if he'd simply re-established some sort of obvious residence in the city a year ago, presumably when he was thinking about running for the office.
Planning ahead is one of those attributes that's supposed to be useful in civic leaders, no?
» January 21, 2011
Devolution: Far be it for me to rank on the lucrative world of HTML5 development but the monomaniacal intensity needed to produce graphics in Canvas seems like such a step back to, like, the '80s.
I thought the whole idea of programs like Illustrator and Freehand was so that people could create graphics intuitively. I mean, I could have been writing PostScript code all those years, drawing stars or whatever, and certainly there were times when it was advantageous to create graphics programmatically, but from nigh on the beginning of the vector graphics era there were tools to speed the process that don't seem to have any equivalent in today's online world.
» January 18, 2011
Digitized Decade 2: I See Stephane Comeau!:
It's the latest game sweeping the nation! This three-photo panorama was taken at the first event I attended with my then-new digital camera, ten years ago today. It's a meeting room in Macromedia HQ where a number of Director developers were given a close-up look at Shockwave 3D (then nicknamed "Tron") which would be released at the Macromedia User Conference the following spring. Name as many developers as you can!
Here's a preliminary agenda for the upcoming Tron Beta Seminar here at Macromedia January 18th and 19th (1 week away!). So far we've got 46 attendees, with room for 53. Submit requests for attendance directly to me. Hope to see you here. (Note the special opportunity for showing your own stuff to the group Thursday evening)
Thursday January 18th
Time Session / Speaker
9:30am Hello and Introductions / James Khazar
Coffee & doughnuts
10:00 Tron Basics Seminar
Terry Schussler
Terry's a great teacher and he'll
be giving us a good part of a day
with a high-level overview of what
it takes to get cool stuff built
with Tron. Lunch in there somewhere.
5:30 Q&A / Terry & Engineering
Your chance to ask the experts
about Tron
6:00 Snacks and Show&Tell
to Several of our partners and your
when- fellow developers have a chance
ever to show off some cool stuff.
>>> If you'd like to participate,
>>> let me know directly.
Friday January 19th
Time Session / Speaker
9:30am Good Morning Mixer
10:00 3D Max Optimizations and Workflow
Jeff Abouaf, our resident 3D Max
expert will show you the tricks
and gotchas of bringing your
3D Max models into Tron.
11:00 3D Behaviors
Kraig Mentor, Director Engineer
and author of the new 3D behavior
set talks about their use and
other lingo goodies.
12:00 Tron Tips
Tom Higgins, QA staffer and
3D aficionado demonstrates his
vast knowledge of Tron.
12:30 Lunch & Demos
How's Pizza sound?
See some cool short demos.
2:00 Multiuser Server
David Simmons, the Godfather of
MUS, shows off the new features.
2:30 QA Scenario Test
Christophe Leske and Buzz Kettles
walk you through our Zoombot
case study.
3:00 Sapient's Real World Experience
aka Human Code, they've developed
some complete projects for us with
and will take you through their
experiences with Tron.
3:30 Engineering Team Managers Tell All
Meet the Director Team managers
4:00 Marketing and Promotional News
Find out how we plan to make Tron
the biggest thing to hit the web
since browsers and how we can help
promote your Tron infused site.
4:30 Q&A part duex
Last chance to put your questions
directly to the team
5:30 End of Day
The Digitized Decade is a look back at the first year of our entry into consumer digital photography.
» January 17, 2011
Is It Over?:
» January 14, 2011
Bringing a Microphone to a Gun Fight: Personally, I think the people who have been blaming hate talk radio, Tea Party shouters, and politicians het up about Kenyan birth certificates and socialism for the string of violence and near-violence of which the Tucson shooting last weekend is just the most recent have it all backward. Those people didn't make Jared Lee Loughner kill three senior citizens, a federal judge a young man, and a little girl. They didn't pull the trigger on the Glock that sent bullets through the brain of Representative Gabrielle Giffords and into a dozen others. They're just not as limited in their opportunities, patience, or skills as Loughner was.
A report by Alix Spiegel on NPR's Morning Edition today delves into a 1999 study of assassins and would-be assassins conducted for the Secret Service by an agent and a psychologist. They studied people both well-known and obscure and came to the conclusion that:
...rather than being politically motivated, many of the assassins and would-be assassins simply felt invisible. In the year before their attacks, most struggled with acute reversals and disappointment in their lives, which, the paper argues, was the true motive. They didn't want to see themselves as nonentities.In the case of politicians, talk radio hosts, and Fox News pundits, they have a weapon that's not going to get them put in jail. The payoff for what they doin notoriety, money, and freedomis far greater than any mere physical assassin. Police aren't likely to shoot them. They aren't going to go to jail. If their particular brand of vitriol catches on they get invited on TV and radio, they get book deals, and they might even get their own show or elected to office.
And one thing [professor Randy] Borum and [psychologist Robert] Fein say about choosing a political figure as opposed to choosing a show-business celebrity is that the would-be assassins are able to associate themselves with a broader political movement or goal. That allows them to see themselves as not such a bad person. In this way, Borum says, assassins are basically murderers in search of a cause.
"There's nothing crazy about thinking that if I attacked the president or a major public official, I would get a lot of attention. I would get a lot of attention. My goal was notoriety," Fein says. "That's why I bought the weapon."
Of course, it didn't really take a study for someone to figure out that assassins just want to have fun. The Secret Service could just have hired Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman, who'd figured it out while writing the musical Assassins a decade earlier and expressed it in the song "Another National Anthem":
It's a pretty easy path for the right-wing pundit. The money flows like the hate. But there can only be so many of them on the air at once and not everyone has the gift of the golden tongue. Not everyone who wants the attention can manage to keep it together long enough to make it through their crisis point.
[SAM BYCK (attempted to hijack a plane to crash into the White House and kill Richard Nixon)]
I deserve a fucking prize!...
[LYNETTE "SQUEAKY" FROMME (attempted to shoot Gerald Ford)]
I did it so there'd be a trial, and Charlie [Manson] would get to be a witness, and he'd be on TV, and he'd save the world!...
[CHARLES GUITEAU (shot and killed James Garfield)]
Where's my prize?
I did it to make people listen.
[LEON CZOLGOSZ (shot and killed William McKinley), FROMME]
They promised me a prize...
[JOHN HINCKLEY (shot Ronald Reagan)]
Because she [Jodie Foster] wouldn't take my phone calls-
[ALL (Except Zangara)]
What about my prize?
[GIUSEPPE ZANGARA (attempted to shoot Franklin Roosevelt, killing Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak)]
Because nothing stopped the fire-!
[ALL (Except Byck)]
I want my prize!...
Nobody would listen!
"They experienced failure after failure after failure, and decided that rather than being a 'nobody,' they wanted to be a 'somebody,' " Fein says.
They chose political targets, then, because political targets were a sure way to transform this situation: They would be known.
Married, with two kids, Beck barely held things together; ratings at New Haven's KC101 were sinking, and his salary and responsibilities were being slashed. "Every single minute of every single day was a struggle for me," he says. His worst moment: blacking out at night, then breakfasting the next morning with his kids when "they said, 'Dad, Dad, that was the best one ever, tell us that [nighttime] story again.' I realized that not only could I not remember the story, I didn't even remember tucking them in." Beck took himself to Alcoholics Anonymous. But he credits Tania, his second wife, whom he met three or four years later, for pulling him out of the deep ditch. At her insistence they shopped around for a church and became Mormons.Loughner got his prize. It just comes with a bit harsher center than the prizes Rush Limbaugh and Beck take home.
In the late 1990s (Beck is fuzzy on dates), while filling in as a talk radio host at WABC in New York City, Beck got a lucky call from media agent George Hiltzik, who had been tipped off by the program director. Beck told him he had an offer to do talk radio in Tampa. Hiltzik was impressed with Beck's passion--and his urge to make a lot of money.
What the...?
Ophiuchus: Great. I've been reading the wrong horoscopes all these years, no wonder I've screwed things up so much. Next they'll be telling us there was supposed to have been a 13th month all along.
» January 7, 2011
What the...?
Make Or Break Time:
I've told myself
So many times
Not to turn into the type
But I've found
Is it too late?
Has my time come?
Sometimes I think I'm losin' it
Am I the only one?
Understanding, more like demanding
Where do the grey skies end?
So should I stay
Or fly away
The wings that I begin to grow
Will surely let me know
How far I have to go
And I'll be there
Oh yet again
Thought I was right
But as usual
I end up
On the wrong side of the fence
Is it too late?
Has my time come?
Sometimes I think I'm losin' it
Am I the only one?
Understanding, more like demanding
Where do the grey skies end?
So should I stay
Or fly away
The wings that I begin to grow
Will surely let me know
How far I have to go
And I'll be there
"Fly Away", The Living End, The Living End
» January 1, 2011
What the...?
Separated At Bacon:
Peter says my 2011 face sans beard reminds him of Elvis. Me, I don't really see it.


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You can still manually enable the loading of maps & resources from other Source engine games through the DLC Store. Just go to the DLC Store and install the "Extra Resources" DLC located at the top.
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- A DLC has been added that enables the loading of content from other Source engine games
- Added a Change Image URL button for artwork images on the Launch page
- Added a Remove Item link to the Item Details page
- Added a Remove All Items From Folder to the Item Details page
- Added the convar "exist_required" that will override the file exists check
- Auto-generated items are not saved to your library until you modify them
- Modifying an artwork URL will now cause the appropriate artwork image to refresh as well
- Removed the Open File Location button for artwork images on the Launch page
- Fixed a bug that could cause the mod to crash if Steam was installed to a very short folder path
- Fixed a bug that prevented the mod from detecting which Steam games new users owned
- Fixed a bug that would cause a random item to spawn even after you manually choose an item for the cabinet
- Fixed a bug that would cause different items to be randomly selected for each player in a MP server
- Fixed a bug that would cause a crash when changing an artwork image from the Launch page
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According to Quora, there are more than 600 million active chess players in the world, and it's no secret why. The game involves strategy and keeps participants on their toes. However, if you've found that you're more focused on winning than enjoying the game, you can miss out on the pleasure Chess is intended to provide. By following these tips, you can find yourself enjoying the game on a whole new level.


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The assignment said, "Nirmathas ranger guerilla leader."
A quick look through the Pathfinder wiki showed me this:
Well, that just begs for a Robin Hood character, but Robin's been done to death. I once had a notion of doing a Robin Hood story that involved the Robin of Loxley finding out about this "Robin Hood" fellow and taking up the mantle to live out the legend. I fiddled with that for a while, but I didn't like it. Didn't sing to me.
I liked the idea of a lawful good thief, though. More than just robbing from the rich and stealing from the poor, he'd be someone who did something awful in his past and now uses his skills to make up for that terrible crime.
Yeah. Yawn. So what?
Then, I thought of a character I wanted to play in Jess Heinig's Dying Kingdoms larp. A mailman. Someone who carries messages across the dangerous landscape. Not just messages. Think about this for a second. Think about someone you love. Someone you love more than life itself. And think of being separated from them for a significant amount of time. There's no internet. No phones. No way to communicate to them other than writing a letter and giving that letter to someone else for delivery. Your wife. Your lover. You father or mother. Your brother. A letter that carries your love. And you put it in the hands of this total stranger. And he travels across the hellish land full of orks and goblins and trolls and giants to give it to the one you love the most.
I thought of that for a while. That had a lot of juice in it, but it was really stealing Jess's coolness, I wasn't going to do that.
And then today, as I was driving in the car, my custom-made CD found a song. A great fucking song. And within seconds, I knew the character I wanted to make.
See, there's this legend. The legend of a man bigger than any man you've seen before. As tall as an ogre and twice as strong. He's got a sword tied to his back that's bigger than he is and he's got a beard that's bigger than a lord's table. Hands big enough his fingers can grip 'round a dinner plate. And he had this dog. This great hound as tall as a man's shoulders. Big, red hound that was just as smart as any wizard you can find. And he called that big hound, "Lassie." And that big man, he was a trickster, no doubt. He could fool the feathers off a bird, the fire from the sun, and anyone else who dared piss him off. They say he once rescued a princess by climbing up a tower of glass…
He kept all the lords and ladies honest around here. If any of them tried getting the better of the common folk, our man would set them straight. He'd trick them so bad, he'd steal the crown right off their heads–even as they were holding court. And if he couldn't fool ya, he'd just beat some sense into you with the tried and true diplomacy of a good, hard right cross.
That's our man. He used to live around here, but one day, he just disappeared. Him and his hound. Nobody's ever seen him since. Every tavern sings songs about him and every bard knows at least one story about him.
But the man who tells the best stories about our man? It's the fellow who runs that old river barge, just over there. That gray old twisted man. Used to be friends with our man. That old codger, he's as old as the river, I'll tell you, but he's damn clever. He knows every drop of water in that river by its name. He knows every single port, every single portmaster. Pay him a copper and he'll take you as far down the river as you want to go. Pay him another and he'll tell you a story about his old friend and the trouble they used to brew up together.
Yes, sir, that old man's seen a lot in this valley, going up and down that river. More than you and I will ever see.
Of course, the old man is the legend we're talking about. A sixty-year old retired lawful good thief. Used to rob from the rich and steal from the poor. But then, he got old. And because he gave everything away, all he's got left is a river barge and stories. Even the dog died. But he's still got the stories. And he'll tell them to you for just a copper. Best damn stories you ever heard. And though he doesn't have the strength anymore, he's still got his wits. And maybe he's got enough metal for just one more caper.
Ah, there's a low bridge coming up, son. Better get your head down…


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In any relationship there are steps and steps to follow. We meet and date different guys until we find that one that we consider it's the one appropriate for us, for a serious and long term relationship. Like in any others relation, there comes a time when a couple decides to move together. When men seeking women they don't think right from the beginning "yes, she's the one I want forever", but regarding how well a couple gets along, this step is one that will come eventually.
Moving with your boyfriend or girlfriend is not always an easy decision to make and each person decide this his way. There are couples which think that you can't really know a person until you didn't live in the same house with. This way you see how you get along sharing the same place, doing things together, you can see his habits and he can see yours also. There are cases where both were happy to learn how life in two works but there are also couples that broke up because they couldn't adapt to the other one's habits. It is very difficult to live with someone who's usual things you don't really know in detail. On the other hand, there are the ones that before moving together decide to get to know each other better before taking such a big step. And this, many would say, is a good way of thinking. Moving out from you home is a big step, that once taken is a little big hard to take back. Because you go away from your family and if things don't work out like you expected to it would be harder for you to come back with "tail between your legs". When family is involved in things like this is always harder, and the truth is that you can't take decisions like this by yourself without thinking lately consequences.
When you choose this path you have to stay and think it through as much as you can. There are people that after weeks of dating just move together, but in my opinion this is like you meet a guy by navigating on top dating sites and after three drinks you jump to marriage. This is just not right. This is a decision for the future and this is why you have to think exactly in what point your relationship is, if it is the right moment to make a step like this, because is better to feel safe than sorry.


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Shadow's going bald...?
current mood: distressed
......I think it's the frustration I'm going through with NaNo. ^^;; I seriously need to take a break and do something light and fun and *mindless*. >.>
I'm still a little behind on NaNo at 15,650 (should've reached 16,667 by midnight), but am hoping to get fully caught up tomorrow. After that, I won't be allowed to fall behind, and will try to continue with my current pace and get ahead instead. So far, while I seriously need to rewrite sections, the story is going reasonably well. I've written up 1 out of 4 pages of outline, and haven't even *begun* the real investigation yet. ^^; What gets me though, is that I'm *50 pages* (single spaced) into this story already! Fifty! Why must Japanese give such a low word count? Why am I so slow in writing in this language?? Why on earth was I ever stupid enough to do *NaNo* in this language?!? Writing is one thing, but with the combination of low word-yielding language and time limit, it's proving to be quite the task! >.<;
As it is, I foolishly decided to check my word count in Google Docs. I mentioned how Word blows things up for J, but Google Docs does the opposite! *laughs* It was quite the shocker. At the start of the evening I had
Google Docs: 840 words (ouch!)
Word: 26 300 (I wish!)
Ah well, I figure I have another 115 pages to go to finish this thing. *laughs* That's ~as many pages as IW! *cries*


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It was a family affair when the Gillvray clan gathered at a Doncaster care home to celebrate a 103rd birthday.
Centenarian, Ethel May Gillvray, was joined by family members at St Mary's, Thorne Road, including her eldest son, Brian, 80.
Brian said: "The Gillvrays are well known in Doncaster and the family has a rich and varied history. It was really nice to celebrate my mum's birthday at the home."
Ethel has two sons, Brian and Norman, four grandchildren, six great great grandchildren and two great great great grandchildren.
She was born in Doncaster in September 1912, in Garden Terrace – Close to Carr Hill – five months after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic on April 15 of that year. She is the middle child of three – with an older sister Irene and a younger sister Annie. She married Norman Samuel Gillvray in Balby Church in 1932.
Brian said his mother worked at Pegler brass foundry as did her husband as a maintenance plumber until his retirement at 65.
Ethel left Pegler after the Second World War and cleaned offices for a living for Doncaster Corporation and was also a part time usherette at the Windsor Cinema in Balby.
Ethel's son Brian added: "My mum has seen a lot of changes in her life. After all she has seen technology change dramatically and she lived through two world wars. She must have lived an amazing life."


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NCC cadets take out anti-terrorism rally
Today's Paper» NATIONAL» ANDHRA PRADESH
GUNTUR,July 15, 2011
NCC cadets take out rally
Staff Reporter
About 200 cadets of NCC joined the rest of the country in condemning the terror strikes in Mumbai by taking out a rally in Chirala on Thursday.
They later burnt an effigy of a terrorist.
Lt Col Paramjit Singh , Commanding Officer, 23 Andhra Battalion NCC, Chirala said cadets took out the rally to express their solidarity with Mumbaikars and the rest of country, who have been victims of terror attacks.
He also added that the cadets took a pledge to uproot the menace of terrorism from the country.
The rally and burning of the effigy was an expression of their strong hatred towards terrorism, he said.