text:
Singleton Ivory Kitchen Doors
Singleton Ivory
- FREE Delivery over £250
- Dispatch by 27th September
- Available in Made to Measure and Standard Sizes
- Made in UK
- Made with sustainable wood
- 6 year guarantee
Check out our DIY Video Guides for useful tips on how to measure and fit your new doors.
You can also get a quote over the phone, where our Customer Account Managers will be able to answer any questions you may have.
The Singleton style in Ivory
If you are looking for a replacement kitchen door which is easy on the eye and on the pocket, look no further than the Singleton in Ivory from Trends. This door has all the practicality of the Shaker style while retaining the beauty of any of our Trends doors. Add to that the easy going colour of Ivory and you have a winning combination.
The Singleton door is one of our newest options and it is bound to be a favourite. With its wider than average frame and basic Shaker style, it could be seen as a safe choice. But when we look closer we see that it has two grooves running around the outer frame adding a design element which sets it apart. These grooves are continued on the drawer front bringing everything together.
Seen here in Ivory, this door is really practical and elegant. Ivory is a great colour if you want a little more warmth than plain white and it retains all the charm you would expect of a soft and relaxing colour like this. Ivory is ideal if you want to lighten your kitchen ? especially if it happens to be on the cool and dark side of your home.
As with all Trends doors, we offer the Singleton as a bespoke option, allowing you to have the doors made to any size you specify. This makes Trends doors easy to use and perfect for any sized kitchen.
The Singleton door in Ivory is a classic in the making and this door from Trends is already a favourite.
Free Colour SwatchesOrder Swatch
DIY Video GuidesView Videos
Product Specification
Next day delivery on Stock doors
Made to measure sizes in 7 Days
Pick your delivery date


text:
Ellen Offers Nicki Minaj A Bra To Help Contain Her Girls [Video]
Subscribe to Club 93.7 on
When Nicki Minaj walked onto Ellen's set, the first thing everyone noticed was how one button might not be enough to keep all of Nicki covered up.
The conversation went a little like this:
Ellen: "What's going on here!?"
Nicki: "Don't start."
Ellen: "What do you mean 'don't start!' How could I not start on that? It's very nice. You just wanted to button one button?"
Nicki: "I mean, for Ellen. No one else gets this kind of treatment."
Ellen: "Look, if you need to borrow a bra from me, you just let me know."
Nicki: "I don't like bras. Bras are like the devil."
Well Nicki, I don't like Bras either so I got your back girl! Even though I'm obsessively staring at your front.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
One February day in the mid-1990s, Mr. Tombari and his wife, then living in California, got a knock on the door from a friend. "Hey, Joe, you've got to check this out. You wouldn't believe what I just bought," he said, as he led the two out to his car.
What they didn't know was Sean Raftis, who was "It," had flown in from Seattle and was folded in the trunk of the Honda Accord. When the trunk was opened he leapt out and tagged Mr. Tombari, whose wife was so startled she fell backward off the curb and tore a ligament in her knee.
"I still feel bad about it," says Father Raftis, who is now a priest in Montana. "But I got Joe."


text:
Senior guard Denis Clemente was named a candidate for the 2010 Bob Cousy Award, which recognizes college basketball's top point guard, on Thursday.
The annual award, which is named for Hall of Famer and former Boston Celtic great Bob Cousy, is presented by The Hartford Financial Services and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. Clemente was one of 72 candidates nominated for the award, which includes players from all Division I, II and III schools across the country. He is one of 49 candidates from Division I, including fellow Big 12 players Diante Garrett (Iowa State), J.T. Tiller (Missouri), Ray Penn (Oklahoma State) and Sherron Collins (Kansas).
Clemente has helped guide the No. 17/22 Wildcats to their highest ranking in over 20 years in The Associated Press poll and a 9-1 overall record heading into Saturday's game with Alabama (7-3) in Mobile, Ala. He is the team's second-leading scorer (and 12th in the Big 12) at 14.8 points per game and has scored in double figures in eight of the team's 10 games. He is second to backcourt mate Jacob Pullen in field goals (48), 3-point field goals (20) and assists (36). His current assist-to-turnover ratio is 2.57, which ranks fifth in the Big 12.
The original list of candidates will be narrowed down to a final 20 by Jan. 1, a final 10 by Feb. 1 and a final five by March 1. A Hall of Fame appointed screening committee will be narrowing down the candidates from 20 to 10 to 5 prior to the Blue Ribbon Selection Committee evaluating the final five candidates and ultimately choosing the winner. The winner will be presented at the Hall of Fame's Class Announcement on Monday, April 5 in Indianapolis as part of the NCAA Final Four weekend.
Previous winner of the Bob Cousy award have included Jameer Nelson (St. Joseph's), Raymond Felton (North Carolina), Dee Brown (Illinois), Acie Law (Texas A&M), D.J. Augustin (Texas) and Ty Lawson (North Carolina). For more information on the 2010 Bob Cousy Award presented by The Hartford, log onto www.cousyaward.com.


text:
Tizen SDK
Tizen SDK provides everything you need to develop apps for Tizen
New Features on the New device
Download the SDK and start building your services for Samsung Gear S3.
We can't wait to meet the new apps you will create!
Designing Your Apps
Samsung Gear S3 provides you new UX components, which allows you to use it to build new user experiences.
Distribute Your App
With a reach to all users in over 180 countries, the Samsung Galaxy Apps is a specifically designed apps store for Gear apps.
Find a comprehensive walkthrough on using the Seller Office. Add your app, promote, and even manage it yourself.
Gear S2: Developers' First Look
This is an introduction to the Gear S2's app development and testing. Comparing it to ...
Gear Application Type
Make it easier to create application for the Gear Series. Know what types of applications...
Advanced Rich Notification
The Rich Notification SDK brings a swift and intuitive experience for Gear S users. It ...


text:
Artwork for both spotted on DeviantArt of Artgerm, who's doing the illustrations for Sideshow
If you've been wondering where Sideshow Collectibles' DC Comics Premium Format Figure line will be going in the near future, that image above is your answer. Popping up online earlier this morning were images of Catwoman and Harley Quinn done for Sideshow. The artist behind them, Artgerm (a.k.a. Stanley Lau) of Imaginary Friends Studios, mentioned in the descriptions for both illustrations that they're for Sideshow, and he's also done the artwork for that amazing Poison Ivy Premium Format Figure (sculpted by Mark Newman) coming next year. Also to note: this is not the same as the 1/2-scale Catwoman that Sideshow is doing, as these should be 1/4-scale figures.
Stay tuned for more news on Catwoman and Harley Quinn whenever we get it, and for the review of Poison Ivy sometime in late February/early March 2013. You know, whenever she shows up at my front door.
[Big, big thanks to Batthink (a.k.a. Daniel) for the tip!]
You are logged out. Login | Sign up


text:
Cher was in a kiss-and-tell mood Thursday on the Late Show With David Letterman, where she dished on all her rumored romantic conquests.
Asked if Warren Beatty and Tom Cruise rumors were true, the Burlesque star, 64, replied, "Yeah."
Elvis Presley? "Almost," she said. "I got nervous, yeah."
"So you never actually went out with him?" Letterman asked.
"No, but I wish that I had," Cher replied. "Marlon Brando, too – I wished I had."
Letterman continued with his list.
"Gene Simmons?"
Smiling, Cher quickly replied "Yes," and then joked, "What is this, 'This Is My Life in Men?' It's come to that? That's beneath you – well, no, that's not true."


text:
New Albums From Scotty McCreery, Rodney Atkins and More–New Tune Tuesday [VIDEOS]
It's tuesday so that means more new music in stores today as well as online. Today we have new albums from American Idol winner Scotty McCreery, Rodney Atkins and a couple country legends.
Scotty McCreery was one of the two country singers on American Idol this year. Both him and Lauren Alaina made it to the top two with Scotty eventually winning. Shortly after winning he hit the country charts with "I Love You This Big". Today Scotty releases his first album with "Clear As Day" on Mercury Nashville records. The album includes twelve tracks including "I Love You This Big", His latest single "The Trouble With Girls" and an old Keith Urban tune called "Walk In The Country". Look for Scotty on TV promoting the new CD tomorrow on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Friday on The Ellen Degeneres show and next Week on Opry Live on GAC.
Rodney Atkins releases his fourth Studio album today with "Take A Back Road" on Curb Records. The album contains 13 tracks including the title track which has already hit #1 on the charts. Rodney of course is in town this Thursday at the Glens Falls Civic Center with Darius Rucker, so pick up this new album and check him out in concert and get your fill of Rodney this week!!
If you are a fan of classic country and country legends, be sure to check out a brand new album from Merle Haggard titled "Working In Tennessee" on Vanguard Records. This album contains 11 tracks many of which are brand new songs including the title track but also includes a new version of Hag's "Workin' Man's Blues" with Willie Nelson and Merle's son Ben and a cover of Johnny and June Carter Cash's classic "Jackson" which he sings with his wife Theresa.
Merle is also part of another release today that was put together by Bob Dylan called "The Lost Notebooks Of Hank Williams". Lyrics that were never used by the country legend are put to music by a number of musical artists such as Haggard, Dylan, Alan Jackson, Vince Gill, Norah Jones, Sheryl Crow and More.
The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams EPK from Columbia Records on Vimeo.
Lot's of good stuff to choose from this week in stores and online. There's plenty more coming up in the next few weeks including


text:
Spring Garden Apts in Silver Spring, MD
Located at 8007 Eastern Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20012
8007 Eastern Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20012
Newly renovated apartment homes, Updated kitchens and baths, Beautiful carpeted floors, Abundant closet space, Fitness Center, Three Blocks to Silver Spring Metro (Red Line)
We cannot find any listings from Spring Garden Apts on Marketplace. Check out these other listings near Silver Spring.
Similar Listings
Listings (1 - 5 of 100,619)


text:
General Usage 05/10/2017If someone is acting badly, either in a forum or a private message, please report it. There are conveniently located buttons for sending the post to the moderators.
Content count23
Last visited
About irender
MCM Member
Previous Fields
- Scale I Build all
Recent Profile Visitors
1,903 profile views
irender's Activity
irender added a post in a topic Where To Buy Kits-aftermarket Detailing ProductsThanks guys, I've busy lately. Great links. Luckily I saved a lot of my aftermarket detailing supplies. The prices have soared.
However I'm getting geared up to building something..soon?...
irender added a post in a topic Help
I checked out the link to your build. It's beautiful. Great job!!
irender added a post in a topic When To Apply Bmf?
I prefer to apply BMF after clearcoating my paint job. I don't use Future, as I prefer to apply several light clearcoats and wet sand between each. I polish the last coat and apply BMF right before installing the glass. I don't like the look of a clear coat over BMF whether it's Future or paint. It seems to join the paint and trim in an unnatural way. I like the trim and paint to have different textures. BUT, that's just my opinion. Do whatever YOU think looks best.
irender added a post in a topic Charles Carpenter 1955 Pro-sportsman
I have them tucked away somewhere. I'll try to find them and send you a few scans.
irender added a post in a topic Charles Carpenter 1955 Pro-sportsman
Thanks. As far as a "how to". What part of the detailing would you be interested in.
irender added a post in a topic I M S A Corvette G T P 'my Grail Of '08
C'mon, c'mon..peel that tape off..let's see. The hardest part is waiting for things to dry to find out how they turned out. Looking good so far.
irender added a topic in GeneralWhere To Buy Kits-aftermarket Detailing ProductsDoes anyone know what happened to S&S Specialties? They used to make great photoetched parts. And where are you buying model kits. All we have here is Hobby Town, with not much of a selection.
- 10 replies
- 547 views
irender added a post in a topic Where Do You Keep Your Stash?Brings back old memories. I had 600 kits and kept them on 3 out of the 4 walls in the room i used to build in. But, when I had all those kits, I found it hard to decide what to build. Too many choices. On the other hand, you pretty much had any part you needed. I hated it when they had to go.
irender added a post in a topic My Take On The Revell '49 MercYup, Very clean build. And I consider a CLEAN BUILD the ultimate compliment.
irender added a post in a topic 67 Plymouth T/saNice clean build. Looks great.
irender added a post in a topic Charles Carpenter 1955 Pro-sportsman
Thanks guys!! When building the car I tried to make sure everything was detailed properly and "looked right". I had the car almost finished-engine in and plumbed, wheels and tires on, brake lines on, when I realized I had the front directional wheels on the wrong side What's worse is that I used epoxy to set them in place. I had to literally tear them off and rebuild part of the front end to fix it. Not a good day.
irender added a post in a topic Charles Carpenter 1955 Pro-sportsman
Some of the AN fittings were aftermarket (the ones that look good ) and some were scratchbuilt. I decided that this was the kit I was really going to let loose on. If Charles Carpenter wasn't the man he is, I would never been able to do what I did. 8 months of I can't wait till I see this finished.
On a tip from Kenny-http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9834.I built a light box to take the pics in this post.
I had a box and tissue paper, spent $1.06 for a sheet of white posterboard. Worked like a charm.
I did a lot of searching on different groups/forums, and this is the place to be. Some classy stuff here.
irender added a post in a topic Charles Carpenter 1955 Pro-sportsman
This was a "passion project" for me. When Charles told me the kit was coming out I couldn't wait to get started. I used pics taken in his shop to get the wiring and plumbing right. I even mixed custom Metalizer colors to match the engine colors. I would walk in the front door and ask Charles if I could take a few pics and he would remove body parts from the car to let me get pics for detailing the model. Truly one of the nicest, genuine persons I ever met. This model is my favorite, and, the last kit I built.....scratch..scratch..got the itch again.
irender added a post in a topic Tarps made easy!!!!It's amazing that when you're hooked on building models, everyday objects are seen as what they would represent in different scales. I looked forever and tried almost everything I could imagine to find a material that matched a parachute tether cover for my Pro-street project. I went into the closet in the house we we're living in at the time that had a pull string for the light. BINGO!! That was it! It was immediately replaced with a newer and better pullstring.
Oh yeah, the tarp idea is EXCELLENT. Good Eyes.
irender added a topic in Drag Racing ModelsCharles Carpenter 1955 Pro-sportsmanThis is my favorite build. I knew Charles and built this kit back in the late 80's. I had access to his shop basically anytime I wanted, and took 100's of pictures to use while building. This is the most detailed model I have ever built. Took 8 months from start to finish. The scratchbuilding was challenging to say the least, but the most fun I've had in building a model car. A few pics......and thanks for looking.
- 24 replies
- 5,838 views


text:
Board to rearrange opponents based on proximity, enrollment
On Thursday, Jan. 23, the Minnesota State High School League Board of Directors took action to change how regular-season football games are scheduled statewide.
The board voted 19-1 in support of a plan to schedule these games by using a concept called district football.
This plan calls for member schools to be divided into districts of 16 or more, using geographic proximity and like enrollments as the placement criteria, the same criteria used to determine the current conferences. Then, member schools within those districts will establish protocol for scheduling eight regular-season games.
In the 2014 MSHSL Winter Bulletin, Associate Director Kevin Merkle described the concept of district football as section scheduling on steroids. District scheduling is based on school size and geographic location; however, schools are not restricted by the enrollments used to determine classification, and the number of schools in a district is not limited to six or eight.
Assigning schools to districts will be completed by a small committee. Merkle recommends the schools then be placed into subdistricts or "conferences" to build their schedules and allow for the retainment of conference or district championships and all-conference or all-district teams.
Each school will help determine the structure within their district, and the groupings of schools within the districts and the schedules developed can be adjusted every two years.
In terms of opponents, Merkle said the scheduling change will affect the majority of schools but that most schools will find their competition similar to the teams they face now.
During last week's meeting, Merkle presented the board with the results of a survey completed by 227 schools out of the approximate 375 schools that play football in Minnesota.
Eighteen percent of respondents said their school currently has issues with scheduling. Forty-one percent affirmed that their schools experienced challenges when scheduling regular-season games in the past 10 years. Fifty-five percent agreed that resolving the scheduling issues would aid in resolving issues regarding conference dissatisfaction.
The format for section playoffs will not change — seeding will be based off the results of the regular-season schedule played against district opponents.


text:
Merry Christmas to all! I'm a lucky girl. Year after year, I get to spend this day with the most important people in my life, and this year was no exception. And every year, I get spoiled. And every year, it's the thoughtful and useful gifts, and not necessarily the expensive ones, that really stick in my memory.
This year I got something I'm really excited about – a knitting bowl from Red Hot Pottery on Etsy! I had never heard of these before (I know, I know, for an avid knitter, I'm a bit clueless – did I ever mention that I just learned how to cable, after a whole decade of knitting?) and it blows me away how quickly it's solved my running-away-yarn problem. So, I took it for a test drive with the new West Coast Arm Warmers I'm working on (they're for me this time – maybe I'll make another pair one day and put them up for sale) and took a few quick photographs in my studio.
I hope you're all having a very very Merry Christmas!!
XOXO – Jen McLeod


text:
Adults who are really into Disney...
|by Anonymous
|reply 141
Have you ever met a gay man who was really into Barbie dolls?
|by Anonymous
|reply 1
Agreed. I know a guy who married a girl "right out of high school, so nice and fresh" and they go to DLand every year. Creepy. Does DLand have a rule about adults being accompanied by children? If not, I imagine it is rampant with pedophiles.
|by Anonymous
|reply 2
They either didn't really get to have much of a childhood or their childhood was unfortunately the highlight of their lives ("My life peaked at age 8! It was all downhill from there... ")
I admit that I get nostalgic from time to time and I'll look up clips from "The Little Mermaid" or "Sleeping Beauty" on Youtube but I don't plan frequent trips to Disney World or have entire rooms of my house dedicated to "Beauty and the Beast" paraphernalia.
|by Anonymous
|reply 3
A guy I dated was friends with this lesbian couple (he grew up with one of them). The first time I met them, they wouldnt shut the fuck up about their perfect Christmas holiday the year before ... at Disney World.
Or as one of them called it "CHreeeestmas with Meeeeeeckey" (she was Cuban).
I thought it was weird that they would spend Christmas day at Disney World. But of course I didnt say anything as they showed me the pics they had. Most were of the two of them in baggy Disney-themed sweatshirts, pneumatic smiles plastered on their faces, posing with the different characters.
|by Anonymous
|reply 4
I agree OP...it is
|by Anonymous
|reply 5
Amen. I love our neighbors, but they have a huge display case filled with crystal Disney figurines as you walk in their house. Eww.
|by Anonymous
|reply 6
You queens have an opinion on everything. So tedious. Who gives a sh&t if some adults still love Disneyland. It's a momentary escape from the problems and stress in their lives.
Some people drink or do drugs. What's the harm in spending 1 day a year at Disneyland?
|by Anonymous
|reply 7
I met a gay male couple who were obsessed only with the Disney princesses. They would take turns and one might be Jasmine all day, the other Ariel or Belle or Snow White. And they collected all the dolls and themed merchandise. %0D %0D I wonder if they extended this role-playing to the bedroom. Ewww.
|by Anonymous
|reply 8
But Disneyland is the Happiest Place On Earth!
|by Anonymous
|reply 9
I have a cousin who spent her honeymoon there. OMG...talk about white trash.%0D %0D Also, my partner's sister and husband have vacationed there every year for the past 20 years. They have been absolutely no where else. I think that Auschwitz would be more fun. Seriously.%0D %0D Unless you have a 3 year old (and even then it's debatable), Disney definitely targets the unimaginative, over-weight, middle class of this nation.
|by Anonymous
|reply 10
Nobody is concerned with 1 day a year at Disneyland.
Childless adults with Annual Passes, and rooms devoted to Disney collectibles are the horror story here.
|by Anonymous
|reply 11
I used to be friends with a girl from a "Disney Family." They collected the crap, visited the parks multiple times per year, etc. The mother carried a Mickey Mouse stuffed toy around the house and occasioanlly talked to it in a baby voice: "Does Mickey wanna go to store with Mommy?" It's supposed to be cute and quirky but it's annoying and creepy.%0D %0D For all the "joy" Disney supposedly brought them, they seemed to me like a bunch of zombified depressives. Nice people, though. %0D
|by Anonymous
|reply 12
[quote]Nobody is concerned with 1 day a year at Disneyland. Childless adults with Annual Passes, and rooms devoted to Disney collectibles are the horror story here. How many people do you know devote an entire room to Disney collectibles? Are you one? Annual passes saves money. People with annual passes don't go everyday. They're working people who can actually afford the passes and the trips. As for Disney collectibles, people collect everything. From baseball cards to cars. It's one facet of their lives and you're making them out to be some psycho. It's a lot better than certain members of a community who cruises for sex with strangers. Those are the real horrors.
|by Anonymous
|reply 13
I think it is a comfort zone for a lot of adults.
It's also a great amusement park.
If there were no Disney products to collect then a lot of these people would be collecting something else - beanie babies, movie memorabilia etc.
|by Anonymous
|reply 14
I have about 5 Disney collectibles and have been to Disneyland as an adult 2 times I think. For me, it definitely is an escape. My job is soul-sucking and dark and I need to balance it with something light-hearted and bright.
|by Anonymous
|reply 15
"and rooms devoted to Disney collectibles are the horror story here."%0D %0D Which reminds me of an episode of "House Hunters" on HGTV a couple of years ago. A woman was searching for a place to buy in order to attended Tulane Law School. %0D %0D She ended up buying a two story town house and every, fucking square inch of that place was covered with Mickey Mouse memorabilia, top to bottom. It was truly the bizzaro world. %0D
|by Anonymous
|reply 16
No, it's weird for any adult to want to spend any amount of time there. There are better thrill rides in other parks. There are better things to do and collect then Disney garbage.
I think the people know the Disney thing is odd, too. Notice the freak at R13, Yeah dude, I don't like Disney so therefore my next stop is raw only glory hole in a prison wall. That's totally logical!
|by Anonymous
|reply 17
How is Disney different than being a big fan of your NFL team with season tickets (or your local high school or college team)? Or read the GLEE threads on here and tell me that's any better than Disney.
Seriously, why is Disney creepier than any other obsession?
|by Anonymous
|reply 18
[quote]I met a gay male couple who were obsessed only with the Disney princesses. They would take turns and one might be Jasmine all day, the other Ariel or Belle or Snow White.
Did they don drag to do this?
|by Anonymous
|reply 19
R18, I think NFL obsession is weird too but it makes sense b/c it's a substitute for war. I'd rather a bunch of rednecks get excited over the Steelers game than get excited about bombing Iran.
I think Glee is lame too but there's just something extra creepy about Disney freaks. I've worked with a few and they're were all crazy in a way that wasn't fun or interesting.
|by Anonymous
|reply 20
"Seriously, why is Disney creepier than any other obsession?"%0D %0D I cannot explain but it is, oh it definitely is creepier. I agree 100% with the OP.
|by Anonymous
|reply 21
Shouldn't this be on the thread about cartoon profile pics on Facebook?
|by Anonymous
|reply 22
I went to grad school in Orange Co. and knew some Disney freaks. I worked with a woman who bought many of her clothes from a Mickey Mouse catalog. Mickey cocktail dresses, Mickey bolo ties, Mickey leather jackets... it was incredibly creepy. %0D %0D There was a thread a year ago about this subject and some posters had either worked at Disney or knew someone who did. They told some great stories about the people who belong to the special club (I think you have to spend over $10000 on merchandise or some BS). And the people who go around the park looking for the hidden mice.
|by Anonymous
|reply 23
I think the problem here is the incredible lack of discernment on this site. There is a huge difference between the person who goes to Disneyland or Disney World once a year, the person who collects Disney memorabilia from the '30s and '40s, the person with a 1/4" scale replica of Disneyland in his back yard (Bobbie Sherman), and the person who hoards everything and anything with a Disney licensed character and has their entire non-work life revolve around all things Disney. It is the difference between a person who has a glass of wine at dinner and a raging alcoholic. The problem is the politically correct yutzes that feel that one is just as valid as the other. As I have posted before, I don't care if collect Hummels if you can talk intelligently about "full bee", "Crown" and TMK4 marks, but people who just acquire stuff to have stuff, have a problem.
|by Anonymous
|reply 24
It's really big in the bear community; tons of guys (no pun intended) are crazy with the Disney stuff.
Also, lots of bears tend to be crazy into the Winnie the Poo thing and Looney Tunes characters.
I'm sort of a bear myself and like other beefy to muscular guys so I'm not sure why this is such a prominent trend among my own crowd, but it is.
|by Anonymous
|reply 25
My 50-year-old sister and her husband - a childless couple by choice - go once a year. She loves it and he indulges her in all aspects of their life. She's not childlike, but her favorite time in life was high school - Grease her favorite movie. She use to have a guest bathroom with a Disney decor. Not creepy, just unusual - and she seems "stuck."
|by Anonymous
|reply 26
My sister knows someone like this, who not only takes his family multiple times a year but can recite obscure Disney factoids as if they're gospel. He also has taken to pretending to be handicapped so that he can skip the traditional long wait for Disney attractions.%0D %0D Do I need to tell you that I've always thought he pinged to high heaven? Clearly living through his small daughter (who is routinely treated to a 'do in the Bippity Boppity Boutique, which my young nephew finds hilarious and never fails to tell everyone about). GROSS.
|by Anonymous
|reply 27
My old boss an his wife are obsessed with Disney - the park, the cruises, the memorabilia etc. They hosted a Christmas party at their house and it was like Mickey hurled. Everything, Everything was Disney based - the decor, the cookware/serving ware, the furniture, everything . . .simply horrifying.
|by Anonymous
|reply 28
[quote]He also has taken to pretending to be handicapped so that he can skip the traditional long wait for Disney attractions.
Doesn't he know that there is a special pass for that, or is he too cheap to spring for it.
|by Anonymous
|reply 29
[quote]It's a lot better than certain members of a community who cruises for sex with strangers. Those are the real horrors.%0D %0D You are incorrect about that.
|by Anonymous
|reply 30
[quote]He also has taken to pretending to be handicapped so that he can skip the traditional long wait for Disney attractions.%0D %0D [quote]Doesn't he know that there is a special pass for that, or is he too cheap to spring for it.%0D %0D Maybe that's what he did--I wasn't there, so didn't see, and maybe didn't hear all of the details correctly. There was a fake handicap involved, which those who witnessed it seemed to think was bad enough (rightly so, no?).
|by Anonymous
|reply 31
My ex-SIL decorated her bedroom in Disney. Disney rugs, bedspread, sheets, lamps, pictures. EVERYTHING.%0D %0D I often wondered if her husband was able to achieve erection in that environment. %0D %0D They had been married 30 years at that point, had a couple of kids.%0D %0D On second thought, maybe she decorated that way because she knew it was boner killer.
|by Anonymous
|reply 32
I always thought that Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and all of those old school Disney characters were darling. %0D %0D So, I have a few bits of old school Disney scattered about as well as a few vintage Mickey Mouse watches. %0D %0D A wee bit of something retro from your childhood is now big deal, imho.
|by Anonymous
|reply 33
"It's a lot better than certain members of a community who cruises for sex with strangers. Those are the real horrors."%0D %0D Good lord on a raft...will ya get a load of this cunt?^%0D %0D
|by Anonymous
|reply 34
Not Disney, but similar: one of my colleagues, a very no-nonsense woman, is strangely and proudly obsessed with Elmo and even got the character tattooed on her back. I can't pretend to get it, but then again, she would not get why I am into certain things.
|by Anonymous
|reply 35
What about those crazy fraus who collect those dolls that look like real babies and they dress them and everything. Weirdorama! Something totally disturbed about them.
|by Anonymous
|reply 36
It's creepy because it's a symptom of severely arrested development.
Many cases of arrested development are caused by a trauma the person suffered at the age where they seem to be "stuck."
People who are severely traumatized but who haven't dealt with it in any way tend to be creepy people. You know it's true.
|by Anonymous
|reply 37
I go to a Disney park once every 10-15 years. It's fun and a laugh to "be a kid" every once in a while.%0D %0D Does this mean I'm creepy?
|by Anonymous
|reply 38
R38, no. I like amusement parks once in awhile. Can't stand the crowds though since I am something of a misanthrope. To me, the adults who obsessively collect Disney crap are weird though.
|by Anonymous
|reply 39
Looney Tunes people are awful too but Disney weirdos are especially odd.
|by Anonymous
|reply 40
Trips to Disney parks are OK. Wearing Mickey Mouse socks when you're 50 is a tad odd.
|by Anonymous
|reply 41
Teen idol Bobby Sherman, who we now know was fucked by actor Sal Mineo(*) built a Disney Main Street that he kept in his backyard. Built to scale.%0D %0D (*) SAL MINEO, a biography by Michael Gregg Michaud
|by Anonymous
|reply 42
Not according to R17
|by Anonymous
|reply 43
I know a gay couple in NJ who collect teddy bears. I'm sure there are some Disney characters in the mix. They are all kept in their guest bedroom, and yes, it's utterly creepy beyond belief to sleep in that room.%0D Oh, they also take several of these teddies on vacations or cruises whenever they travel.
|by Anonymous
|reply 44
|by Anonymous
|reply 45
We watched a few of the older Disney movies when we were very young ("Sword In The Stone" was the one I liked best) but that was as far as it went. Just wasn't very interested in it, to be honest. Our household was more about Tom & Jerry and Warner Brothers stuff. And even then, only as far as TV. Proud to say I haven't seen any of the 90s stuff except the desperately overrated "Toy Story"- it just looked like a lot of dressed up fascism to me lol. A few on their non-animated films are alright, like "Tron".
|by Anonymous
|reply 46
I worked with a woman who went to Disneyland every chance she got & always wore Micky Mouse sweatshirts, caps, socks, backpacks, etc. 35-ish Chinese-American childless spinster, living with her widowed mom & never dating. Overweight & homely, not interested in traditional female subjects like cooking & fashion, but claimed to have a crush on various macho actors & singers. Very smart (though no advanced education), excellent worker, pleasant, friendly.
I liked her & didn't think the Disney love was any odder than everything else about her. But I really don't understand what adults without kids see in all that.
|by Anonymous
|reply 47
pedophiles, and/or molestation victims.
|by Anonymous
|reply 48
A former co-worker (a single, gay male who was about 35) had an annual pass to Disneyland and would go there every time he had a day off from work.%0D %0D He explained, "Disneyland is the only place in my life where I really feel happy. The rest of the time I'm just surviving."%0D %0D Once I heard that, I made a more concerted effort to include him in after-work plans to to invite him over anytime we were having a party. %0D %0D A sweet guy, but profoundly lonely and bit too vulnerable for this world.%0D %0D
|by Anonymous
|reply 49
I've posted about this before, but I have an annual Disneyland pass, and I go several times per year.
I have to go to Anaheim/Irvine and Orange County in general for work, so I stay on Harbor Blvd. Across from the park. It's very convenient to the 5 or the 405. In the evening I much prefer to wander over to either the Park or Downtown Disney and eat, walk around, catch the fireworks, maybe watch a show (I almost never ride any rides), and kill time rather than sit in my room or in a bar. If that makes me a freak, so be it.
It is a great place to people watch, and I do admire the job they do keeping it fresh and entertaining. I read somewhere that 7 of the top 10 amusement parks in the world are Disney Properties, and that doesn't happen by accident. They know what they're doing.
I really never notice the freaks everyone is talking about in this thread. I'm sure they're there (someone has to be buying all that shit on Main Street), but they aren't very visible. Maybe they come in the daytime? Other than the fact that a staggering number of visitors are just plain HUGE, it's a pretty normal bunch. Amazing well behaved too. I've never seen anything that required Security or the Police.
|by Anonymous
|reply 50
OK, I have been thinking about this way too much, but Disney really does deserve a special ring in hell for this. Yes, character licensing existed before Mickey Mouse. The first really big licensed characters to the extent we think of them were Rose O'Neill's Kewpies (circa 1910). However, it wasn't until Disney and that damn rodent that character licensing took off to the extent that we are familiar with today.
|by Anonymous
|reply 51
Every single gay man I've ever known has been obsessed with Tigger. Every one of them. I've known quite a few with Tigger tattoos. I wonder what it is about that particular character.
|by Anonymous
|reply 52
I don't know what it is, R52, but I was a huge Tigger fan as a kid, and long before I saw the Disney version. In the book he's a pain in the ass but you feel sorry for him when Rabbit decides he needs to be taught a lesson.
|by Anonymous
|reply 53
I keep secret the fact that my husband and I have annual passes and go to Disneyland 3-4 times per year. We also went there on our honeymoon (we're a gay couple btw).
Let me tell you that I was extremely suspicious of adults who liked Disney before I started visiting the park. I found Disney corny, greedy and politically conservative (the fetishizing of hetero love in all of their movies is so over-the-top). Disney wasn't even a big part of my childhood, so I had no nostalgia for it. I visited the park only as a favor to my (then) boyfriend.
I can only describe Disneyland's effect on me as magical. I reverted back to my childhood in the best sense of that phrase. The park presents a totally immersive experience, and it draws power from the myths and fairy tales that inform it. The old dark rides--Pinnochio, Mr. Toad, Snow White and especially Peter Pan--are masterpieces of design and are beautiful and sweet. The Matterhorn and Big Thunder Mountain coasters are campy fun. Pirates of the Carribean is amazing--you ride down a flume into a humid subterranean landscape with half-buried skeletons and really warped- looking animatronic figures fighting on enormous, detailed sets.
I get why people are creeped out by adult Disney fans; I don't understand the appeal of collecting Disney stuff, or dressing in the clothing, or getting tattoos or what have you. But being contemptuous of the parks makes no sense either. They are grand achievements filled with superb detail, eye-popping visuals and, if you look for it, sly wit. And there are fireworks every night.
|by Anonymous
|reply 54
to add, I think a lot of kids identify with Tigger because he's a bit of a handful, everyone complaining about how bouncy and active he is.
|by Anonymous
|reply 55
Oh, Mary Poppins!
|by Anonymous
|reply 56
ayb is starting to sound like Kirker.
|by Anonymous
|reply 57
Sometimes I get the irresistible urge to dress up as Tinkerbell. Fortunately it only happens once every couple years.
|by Anonymous
|reply 58
I wish Disneyland was still the same as it was back in the 70's when I used to go, with no California Adventure and all that new stuff, but I guess they had to change with the times.
|by Anonymous
|reply 59
I never really have figured out what is so special about Disney and its parks.%0D %0D I much prefer the old WB/Looney Tunes characters and give me Magic Mountain and Knott's over Disneyland anytime.
|by Anonymous
|reply 60
I would like to go to a theme park inspired by Geek Love.
|by Anonymous
|reply 61
Keep seeing ads for those Disney cruises. Anyone know what those like? Do they have alcohol for the adults?
|by Anonymous
|reply 62
I grew up in the shadow of Disneyland. Evil. Pure evil.
|by Anonymous
|reply 63
Last semester I had a lab class with a fat chick with a full-on beard. Not just a few stray hairs. This bitch had pubes on her face and didn't even try to hide it. She always wore this Eeyore jacket, even during the warm months. I used to call her Winnie the Beard.
To be fair, my mom has a Piglet obsession, and she cried when her sister got her a Piglet ornament last year. Creeped me the fuck out too.
|by Anonymous
|reply 64
Fat chicks with beards usually have PCOS.
|by Anonymous
|reply 65
Love the parks for lots of reasons. There may be more exciting faster rides in other parks, but Disney appeals to me. My favorite roller coasters are Space Mountain (In Disneyland) and California Screamin' because of the music. Each car has it's own speaker and the music is the perfect soundtrack for the ride.
I can't believe more DL queens aren't into the musical aspect of Disney.
I have no stuffed animals, collectibles, memorabilia, etc, but I do have all the CD releases of park music since the 50's. I listen to it and it makes me smile.
Maybe it's because I saw Small World in Queens at the '64 World's Fair when I was 4!
|by Anonymous
|reply 66
r66 better be a parody post.
|by Anonymous
|reply 67
My partner and I have annual passes to Disney World. We live in Orlando and it is just 20 minutes away. We are not collectors of the memorabilia but we do wear the occasional Disney t-shirt. It is just a fun place to go as a couple or with friends and if you live in Orlando someone is always coming to visit that wants to go there. We like to go out there after work and have dinner, maybe see a show or some fireworks. There is nothing creepy about it if you live in this town. In fact, much fun can be had by "drinking around the world" at EPCOT.
|by Anonymous
|reply 68
It's totally creepy. It's like a grown man on a tricycle or an adult woman drinking from a baby bottle.
|by Anonymous
|reply 69
Geek Love or Greek Love, r61?
|by Anonymous
|reply 70
Geek Love, the novel about the sideshow people.
|by Anonymous
|reply 71
Thanks- I had a whole different ride in mind.
|by Anonymous
|reply 72
I love r49. Seriously--how sweet are you?
|by Anonymous
|reply 73
My bf and I are taking my sister's kids on a Disney cruise this spring, and we are bringing my bf's Mom too...she's really into the whole Disney thing. She has a "MICKEY" bathroom, and wears Disney sweatshirts. She also collects the "Limited Edition" watches. (Keep in mind she also collects banks, Barbie Dolls, and has various other "collections" of tchochkiez all over her trailor. She's a sweetheart, and seems to enjoy it, so...(meh). (She's never been to Disneyland or world).%0D %0D We don't get into the Disney thing, I just thought it would be a fun time with family and the kids and my Mom-in-Law are looking forward to it. It was either Disney or Royal Carribean, but I figured why not Disney?
|by Anonymous
|reply 74
The secret club at Disneyland is called "Club 33".
[quote]As of 2010, there is a 14 year wait list for membership and it is closed to new additions. It only allows 487 members. Members pay an initiation fee of $27,500 (if they are a corporation) or $10,450 (for individuals). On top of that, they pay annual fees of about $6,100 or $3,275, respectively.
|by Anonymous
|reply 75
If you're taking kids on a cruise, nobody does it better than Disney.
You can ditch the kids all day and they won't even miss you.
|by Anonymous
|reply 76
R57 you take that back!
To be fair, I have heard from adults that Disney World has a lot of cool rides- adults that don't really like Disney characters, that is.
I just don't like the newer films.
|by Anonymous
|reply 77
[quote]Keep seeing ads for those Disney cruises. Anyone know what those like? Do they have alcohol for the adults?%0D %0D I should think ample alcohol is considered non-negotiable by even the most ardent Disneyphiles.
|by Anonymous
|reply 78
I think this is a weirdness that tends to intersect with Furries.%0D
|by Anonymous
|reply 79
any obbsession is bad i guess but at least football is for men. haha
|by Anonymous
|reply 80
I knew someone who had a Psycho themed bathroom. I was a little afraid to ask if he had a fruit cellar.
|by Anonymous
|reply 81
I have a friend who is obsessed with The Simpsons. Watching them is one thing. But any claim to coolness they might have for their satirical edge is somewhat tempered by the fact that there is an absolute shit-ton of Simpsons-related merchandise out there for your purchasing pleasure. You have no idea. I marvel at the amount of satisfaction my friend derives from all that molded yellow plastic.
|by Anonymous
|reply 82
I put this in the same category with people who go overboard for Christmas - 8 Christmas trees decorated with different themes, etc.
Of my close friends:
-1 gay man obsessed with Disney -1 lesbian obsessed with Disney - 2 gay couples obsessed with Christmas - 1 straight guy who collects action figures "to resell"
|by Anonymous
|reply 83
Oh hell yes OP, I co-sign this.
|by Anonymous
|reply 84
Add my name to your petition, please, OP.
|by Anonymous
|reply 85
I am so with you, OP. After reading this thread, I'm a little less judgmental of adults who like the amusement parks, sans the collection mania. It sounds like an equal access gated community, where you don't have to worry about reality or everyday stressors. I'd rather find that on a beach or in the mountains, but I do understand escapism. I find the Disney gestalt unappealing to the point of creepiness, but obviously it has some compelling cultural resonance for a lot of people.
I do remain profoundly grateful that my parents restricted TV time in our household, and surrounded us with books.
|by Anonymous
|reply 86
Point being that supplanting TV with books meant my childhood exposure to the Pooh and Arthurian characters came via Milne and TH White, not the repellant (to me) Disney versions.
|by Anonymous
|reply 87
Somebody needs to 'splain to R15 that Disney is a soul-sucking evil corporation, the same as wherever it is you work.
|by Anonymous
|reply 88
Only effeminate.
|by Anonymous
|reply 89
I just assume they're pedophiles and steer clear.
|by Anonymous
|reply 90
|by Anonymous
|reply 91
|by Anonymous
|reply 92
This thread makes me feel bad. My nephew bought me some 3d nintendo game machine thing with Mario games last Xmas. For about 2 weeks I played the hell out of that machine.
|by Anonymous
|reply 93
I'm a brony. I don't know if this falls into the same category that OP is criticizing.
|by Anonymous
|reply 94
I'm really wanting to go see "Escape from Tomorrow" that indie movie that was secretly filmed at Disneyland.
I heard it's really fu ked up what they got away with filming.
|by Anonymous
|reply 95
I just saw "Tangled" again, and damn it's a good movie!
Fuck the joyless Disney haters, some of their stuff is good!
|by Anonymous
|reply 96
Get over yourselves, kids. Let adults enjoy whatever they want to. :P
|by Anonymous
|reply 97
[quote]If not, I imagine it is rampant with pedophiles.
I've always wanted to go to Legoland, but I don't have any kids or nieces/nephews, so I've never gone because I don't want people to think I'm a child molester!
|by Anonymous
|reply 98
I keep seeing middle-aged women in Eeyore shirts.
|by Anonymous
|reply 99
[quote] He also has taken to pretending to be handicapped so that he can skip the traditional long wait for Disney attractions
A lot of people do this. It got to be such a problem that Disney has halted the program that lets disabled people skip the line
|by Anonymous
|reply 100
America's leading Disney nerd remodels his house -- and it actually isn't creepy.
|by Anonymous
|reply 101
[qupte]If you're taking kids on a cruise, nobody does it better than Disney. You can ditch the kids all day and they won't even miss you.
Which is why it totally SUCKS. I got tricked into going with some family members one time. I know first hand what it's like.
They have a day care to drop off the kids if you want staffed with like 30 women. The only thing is, no one drops their kids off when they can just let them run free on the ship like rats.
Basically, the parents figure the kids cant go far on a ship so they cut them loose and do nothing to control them. Its like Chuck-e-Cheese on Tina.
|by Anonymous
|reply 102
My sister and her husband of 30 years as well as their two adult kids are all Disney obsessed. They even drive around with like 20 stuffed animals in the back window of their car.
Family gatherings at their house are quite odd. Especially Christmas when I am expected to know the latest character even though no one in the room is under 25 years old.
Worst of all, one of the kids who just got married did the same thing, met a guy in college and proposed at Disneyland. Oh and they all have annual passes.
Why do they not see this is bizarre?
|by Anonymous
|reply 103
[You do realize that this is a troll, right? It does not believe what it posts. It just craves attention. You might want to stop talking to it.]
|by Anonymous
|reply 104
They are invading my neighborhood with a Florida type apartment house, all fake theme facade on a concrete box.
|by Anonymous
|reply 105
I bet the people R103 described are also furries.
|by Anonymous
|reply 106
Disney couple bits are at the beginning and end. By the way, "thick" means "dumb".
|by Anonymous
|reply 107
Personally, I love the jacked up looking Mickeys, the crackhead Minnies and ratchet Ariel murals you see from time to time on sleazy daycare centers in East LA.
If you think civilians who are into Disney are weird, you should meet the people who work for their studio (and actually "believe" in Disney, as opposed to faking it for a paycheck).
|by Anonymous
|reply 108
Creepier than we even thought.
|by Anonymous
|reply 109
The same with adults that are into Harry Potter.
|by Anonymous
|reply 110
Walt Disney was the bastard son of a Spaniard--hence the latino-looking face.
Disney is the most successful Hispanic-created business in the world.
Disney is not illuminati, but they are strange and really hard-ass to work for.
|by Anonymous
|reply 111
Disney was a Mason, R111, and his early cartoons are full of their beliefs.
|by Anonymous
|reply 112
As a kid I always thought that Walt Disney looked like Caesar Romero crossed with Xavier Cugat.
|by Anonymous
|reply 113
Walt was the son of Irish immigrants, not Spaniards. But yes I agree he had a Latino looking face. Walt's mother Flora looked like black Irish.
|by Anonymous
|reply 114
Many of the Spanish Catholics who came to the southwest early on started Freemasonry Halls.
I don't know what-all is wrong with Freemasonry, but I don't attribute it to Satanism, like with that fuckhead Jimmy Saville.
|by Anonymous
|reply 115
Oh the "Latino looking face" is actually a French face. The name Disney is of French descent, but his family left for Ireland as well, and his mother Flora was of German descent. Hence Walt's love of Hitler.
|by Anonymous
|reply 116
R114, that is the official American story, but many Spaniards know it to be true.
|by Anonymous
|reply 117
[quote]Hence Walt's love of Hitler.
Really, R116?
|by Anonymous
|reply 118
Ah yes, straight guys who dream of fucking the Little Mermaid.
|by Anonymous
|reply 119
I remember his television shows about nature and they were exquisitely dull. I vowed never to go camping, fishing, or hiking after watching those bore-fests.
Mutual of Omaha's something or other, but the Pabst Blue ribbon beer commercials were awesome.
|by Anonymous
|reply 120
Oh and that awful Davy Crockett series, or was it Daniel Boone?
|by Anonymous
|reply 121
Davy Crockett was a homosexual alpha male. Daniel Boone was just an illiterate thug.
|by Anonymous
|reply 122
My parents are adults who love Disney - I can remember years in middle school of which I spent a full month at WDW, in four week+-long trips.
Though I can recognize a love of Disney parks and movies as something one acquires before developing critical faculties, anyone could do a lot worse than to take a relaxing vacation at any of the Disney resorts - Fort Wilderness campground in particular.
|by Anonymous
|reply 123
[quote] I remember his television shows about nature and they were exquisitely dull. I vowed never to go camping, fishing, or hiking after watching those bore-fests.
Oh come on, you loved Charlie the Lonesome Cougar, admit it. And when those crazy raccoons got into the house and spilled all the flour and stuff--well, you know that was a hoot.
|by Anonymous
|reply 124
Those Disney nature movies make me hungry.
|by Anonymous
|reply 125
For the Haters.
|by Anonymous
|reply 126
[quote] I can remember years in middle school of which I spent a full month at WDW, in four week+-long trips.
You should write your memoirs.
I'd buy it. Sounds fascinating.
|by Anonymous
|reply 127
Disney was part of my cultural life as a kid in the 60s.
Saw Mary Poppins a couple of times when it came out(we even went on a class trip to see it,) went on the Disney created rides at the NY World's Fair, would go to see the periodically re-released classics and would watch the Wonderful World of Color in b and w every Sunday night.
I do go to Disney World every few year and enjoy it immensely partly out of nostalgia. But I don't need to collect stuff or go there constantly.
In the 70s there was only The Magic Kingdom. It was very secluded so it had a certain magic that cannot be recaptured and there was no cross merchandising with other brands so it was pure Disney. Starbucks is now on Main Street and to my chagrin was always packed. Also the rides created after Thunder Mountain are pure Palisades Park.
My favorite used to be Space Mountain but they perversely ruined it and I have no idea why.
Still staying at Wilderness Lodge is great, Le Cellier has the best fillet mignon and Ohana has a dessert so delicious it is obscene.
|by Anonymous
|reply 128
which part R127, sexing on a towel in Injun Joe's Cave, swapping with a guy my age (16) at the Contemporary tennis courts at night, or the creepy Saddam lookalike that followed me for the better part of an afternoon at Typhoon Lagoon? he later hit off with some white dude and they headed for the changing/locker room.
|by Anonymous
|reply 129
Disney loving adults, still creepy as fuck.
|by Anonymous
|reply 130
If this is your idea of "creepy," OP/R130, then you've got some serious self-loathing issues to work out.
|by Anonymous
|reply 131
And another thing, OP, it's one thing for you not to like Disney movies, but to insult those who do? What. Is. Your. Damage?
|by Anonymous
|reply 132
[quote]we even went on a class trip to see it
Good thing I homeschooled my kids. What's wrong with that?
|by Anonymous
|reply 133
[quote] A woman was searching for a place to buy in order to attended Tulane Law School.
Jeez. It must be nice. When I was in law school I had to go see the finance office whose job was to get the rest of the money due that semester before I could pre-register for fall classes. Without pre-registration you get shut out of the classes you want. They didn't care that my loan money wasn't disbursed yet. As I left the office I saw my fellow student in the same boat and I cried to her "I gave them my rent money. What am I going to do now?" They were merciless and to this day I refuse to give them any donations no matter how much they beg. Fuck 'em.
|by Anonymous
|reply 134
damaged damagaed individuals. Not as worse as a theater queen though. I could never go around with another one of those types again. No matter how perfect the hair or tight the ass.
|by Anonymous
|reply 135
I used to be snobby like this, until I reached middle age and realized I still loved sci-fi, comic books and video games.
It's just another form of escapism. It might not be your cup of tea but don't judge. Basic fandom isn't inherently creepy.
|by Anonymous
|reply 136


text:
I am doing the HH Interm 2 18 week program and just found out I have to go to France for work and it will land on my first 20 miler witch is on Sunday Oct 6 and I have a 10 miler on the 5th. I'm thinking of switching the 10 and 20 so when I land I will only have to run the 10 on Sunday rather than the 20. then I could do the 20 Sat. before I leave.
Plus I have the marathon on Nov 17th I was wondering about the affects of jet lag and running, it might affect the program a little bit is what I'm afraid of but I have no other options.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated thank you all.


text:
Ernesto Londoño and Javed Hamdard
Washington Post [1]
December 6, 2011
KABUL — A suicide bomber killed at least 48 people in the Afghan capital on Tuesday after detonating explosives outside a packed Shiite mosque as throngs of worshipers observed a religious holiday, police and a government official said.
The noontime explosion outside a prominent shrine in the Murad Khani district of Kabul was a rare attack in a city where insurgents have in recent months targeted mainly Western installations and military personnel.
It was among the deadliest attacks targeting civilians in the decade-long war, and the first major attack on Shiites in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban. More than 100 people were injured.
A second blast in the northern city of Mazar e Sharif on Tuesday also appeared to target Shiite worshippers and left at least four people wounded. That bombing sparked clashes between Sunni and Shiite university students, witnesses and security officials said.


text:
Home :: Society
Read the original news
VietnamPlus English
- 83 month(s) ago
10 readings
The central province of Quang Nam has decided to established a natural reserve for sao la, a mysterious twin-horned creature, near the border of Vietnam and Laos, which will be under management of its provincial Forestry Protection Department.
The reserve is located at 1,298m above sea level and characterised by narrow valleys and waterfalls which creates an ideal habitat for the sao la – a relative of antelopes and cattle and one of the world's rarest animals.
The establishment of the nature reserve will promote the conservation of lowland tropical forest ecosystems in the mountains, which contain many globally threatened species.
"The establishment of this new Sao La Nature Reserve shows a strong commitment by the Vietnamese Government and Quang Nam province in the conservation of this highly threatened endemic species," said Tran Minh Hien, country director of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Vietnam.
The sao la (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) was discovered in 1992 by a joint team of WWF and Vietnam Department of Forestry members who were conducting a survey.
Experts say only a dozen to several hundred of sao la exist in Vietnam.
They are threatened by illegal hunting with snares and dogs for its horns. None have survived in captivity.
In response to the alarming status of the species in the wild, WWF Viet Nam has worked with local authorities and agencies to promote the establishment of the Sao La Nature Reserve in Quang Nam and the Sao La Nature Reserve in Thua Thien Hue province, and to extend Bach Ma National Park./.
Top page
| Sign up |
Forgot password
News collection and classification on Baomoi were automatically processed by a computer program.
Publication permit No. 46/GP-TTĐT, Ministry of Information and Communications.
Copyright © by EPI Join Stock Company. All rights reserved.


text:
The Italian is full of admiration for the Blaugrana and believes that they are a fine advertisement for football, but he will not sell the Catalans his Brazilian centre-back
The defender is already on the record saying that the Blaugrana approached him about moving to Camp Nou last summer but, the Rossoneri intend to make the Brazilian their new club captain in order to persuade him to remain at San Siro.
However, Galliani claims that the Italian champions are unwilling to listen to offers for the 27-year-old centre-back anyway.
"If Sandro Rosell asks me about Thiago Silva, my answer will be courteous but firm: he is not for sale," the Rossoneri chief is quoted as saying by Tuttosport.
Galliani has the utmost respect for Barca but is still hopeful that Milan can upset the Catalans in the first leg of their eagerly-awaited Champions League quarter-final tie at San Siro on Wednesday.
"I always follow the games of Barcelona as they are a fantastic team," he enthused. "I really like the way they play, they are a great advertisement for football.
"Tonight [Wednesday] they are the favourites, but there are many champions in football and sometimes the favourites lose."
Milan's meeting with Barca at the Giuseppe Meazza gets underway at 20.45 CET.
Between November and February, Goal.com published 10 exclusive extracts from Graham Hunter's highly anticipated new book, 'Barca: The Making of the Greatest Team in the World'. Click here to read all 10 extracts. Don't miss it!


text:
Jennifer Aniston has revealed the secret weapon to her never aging skin in her much anticipated beauty regime, it's not a £1000 cream or anti-aging serum.
The former Friends star relies on the cheap as chips traditional beauty staple amongst thousands of us Brits – a meer pot of Vaseline.
The wealthy 43-year-old glowing actress applies a dab of the trustee £1 Vaseline religiously under each eye every evening, and voila, she looks amazing. Boy, have we wasted a fortune on eye creams over the years…
And thrifty Jen also starts each morning with another simple and free beauty trick for ever fresh skin. She fills her sink with water and ice cubes and dips her face in it to shrink pores and reduce puffiness around the eyes.
''Jen doesn't like the thought of surgery because she doesn't want to look stretched, so she has a 30-minute nightly beauty ritual,'' an insider told Now magazine. ''Jen's very disciplined when it comes to staying young.''
Jen, who is dating fellow actor Justin Theroux, begins her DIY facial by steaming her pores for ten minutes. She then applies a gentle cleanser and toner, followed by Cetaphil Moisturising Lotion.
And that's not all. She then gives herself a ten-minute facial massage to stimulate skin cells and help tighten her muscles, completing the session with Dr LeWinn's Ultra R4 Restorative Cream. Impressive, Jen!
The beauty addict then applies a vitamin A treatment from Anna Lotan called Renova, which she leaves on for another ten minutes. In the meantime, Jen smooths vitamin E capsules on her shins and elbows.
And the final thrifty touch is the quarter of a teaspoon of Vaseline under each eye. Jen has showed us that if you want flawless skin, you're going to have to put some elbow grease into it rather than dipping into the bank balance.
We're definitely going to test out the affordable-Aniston regime!
Take a look at Jen and Justin loved up!
Royal Baby On The Way? Confirmed Sighting Of Kate Middleton Baby Bump
Harry Styles' Relationship With Caroline Flack Was About The Sex
Chris Brown And Rihanna Call A Truce After Partying In New York?


text:
Where's the cleanup hitter? Sorry, this is a DH-free zone
The two leagues have been playing under different rules for four decades. They've played interleague games under different rules since 1997. But with interleague play expanding this year so that it's going on nearly every day, we have crazy sights like the White Sox being forced to bench their cleanup hitter in the seventh game of the season.
WASHINGTON -- Went to see the White Sox Tuesday night.
Saw them send 40 men to the plate. Saw them score seven runs.
Never saw their cleanup hitter.
Seven games into the season, their cleanup hitter got a night off.
Not because Adam Dunn needed it. Simply because the rules of the game demanded it.
We've come to accept interleague play, either as a great innovation or as a necessary evil that's not going away. We'll accept interleague play every day of the season, even if it feels strange this year, the first time around.
It's harder than ever to accept the idea that the rules of the game depend on where the game is played. It's harder than ever to accept the idea that one team doesn't get to use its cleanup hitter.
Oh, the White Sox could have used Adam Dunn Tuesday night against the Nationals. In fact, manager Robin Ventura said Dunn likely will play one game of this three-game series, probably Wednesday, in left field.
Dunn, who hit cleanup in each of the first six White Sox games, is a designated hitter. The White Sox are playing this week's three-game series with the Nationals at Nationals Park, which by virtue of being in the National League is considered a DH-free zone.
So in Tuesday's 8-7 Nationals win, the only time Dunn showed up on the field was to go to the on-deck circle in the ninth inning. He never got to the plate, because Paul Konerko (Tuesday's cleanup hitter) made the final out.
Konerko reached base three times and hit a three-run home run while batting cleanup. The White Sox lost because starter Jake Peavy gave up six runs, and because Matt Thornton allowed an Adam LaRoche homer that proved decisive.
The Nationals, of course, also played without a DH.
That doesn't change how silly this is, or how silly it was that the Royals had to sit their third-place hitter (Billy Butler) last Friday in Philadelphia, or that the Angels sat their starting center fielder Peter Bourjos on opening day in Cincinnati.
With interleague play going on every day, a necessity now that each league has 15 teams, the two leagues have less individual identity than ever. And yet they continue to play the game under different rules, which gave baseball a cute feeling of variety in the days before interleague play, and wasn't even all that offensive in the days when interleague play only served as a midseason diversion.
But now we're seeing it nearly every day, and it makes less sense than ever for the leagues to play with separate rulebooks.
This isn't about fairness. AL teams are only competing with other AL teams for playoff spots, and every AL team faces the same issue. By season's end, the White Sox will have played 10 games without a DH, the same number as the Tigers.
"At the end of the day, it comes back to that it's a level playing field," Konerko said.
This isn't even about whether the game is better with the DH or without it, because the DH isn't going away in the American League. The union would never go for that, and American League teams with long-term money invested in guys who can (or soon will be able to) only DH aren't going for it, either.
For now, people in the game say, there's no momentum towards adding the DH to the National League. And yet, more and more people seem to believe that eventually, that's the way this is going to end up.
For now, the White Sox are stuck benching their cleanup hitter in the seventh game of the season.
"Spring training was so long that it feels like it's June, anyway," Ventura said. "[Dunn] needed a day off. That's what we're pretending."
We're pretending that playing baseball with two different sets of rules makes sense.
It doesn't. It probably never did.
It certainly doesn't now, when we're seeing the results every day of the season. And when we show up to watch a team, and the rules dictate that the cleanup man doesn't come to bat.
Nacho usual Cubs-Cardinals rivalry story
Nachos, man. Nachos.
Dodgers' Puig benched for tardiness
L.A. manager Dave Roberts indicated that Puig's benching was related to more than one inci...
D-Backs' Greinke to start Wild Card Game
Manager Torey Lovullo said so on Monday
Who will face D-Backs in Wild Card Game?
Let's see how SportsLine forecasts the race for MLB's 10 playoff spots
Roundup: Should banged-up Red Sox panic?
Monday kicks off the final week of MLB action. Let's take a look at everything that went d...
Judge breaks McGwire's rookie HR record
No other rookie in baseball history has hit more home runs than Judge has this year


text:
In the heart of Richmond's historic Museum District, Temple Beth-El is this city's address for a Judaism that fuses devotion to our heritage with insights from today and imagination toward our future.
As an exciting center of community, faith, celebration, and learning, Beth-El offers many points of access to an invigorating, meaningful, and engaging Jewish life: dynamic and moving prayer; illuminating and relevant learning for all ages; passionate and engaging social activism; nourishing and fulfilling relationships.
We believe that Judaism should be joyous and accessible to people of all backgrounds, ages, and stages. We proudly welcome everyone into our congregational family: Jews by choice and Jews by birth, interfaith families, LGBTQ Jews, Jews of all abilities and disabilities, the Jew-curious, and more! Whatever your background, and wherever you are on your journey, we are eager to help you and your family enrich your lives through Judaism and community. We encourage you to browse our site, come check us out, and stay in touch.
MEMBERS: sign in to your account!
Go to upper right corner of this screen and click on 'login," then click on "forgot password" and follow instructions to re-set. If you're not sure what email address we have on record for you, email us.
Temple Beth-El Sponsors


text:
Determinants of Price in World Wheat Markets-Hidden Lessons for Indian Policy Makers?
This paper is an attempt to trace the likely implications of agricultural trade liberalization for India through the linkage between domestic and international markets, in the backdrop of price formation mechanism in world wheat markets. The analysis is carried out in a structural modeling framework using a two-sector simultaneous equations model. The simulation results highlight the rigidity in supply-response of Indian farmers to higher world prices, possibly due to supply constraints imposed by non-price factors. The exports are likely to increase and imports show a likely decline. The stagnant domestic production combined with increased exports, decreased imports and rising population is likely to result in a decline in percapita net availability of wheat in domestic market leading to an increase in domestic prices about 8.5% per annum in nominal terms- after liberalization. The policy implications of the study include gradual liberalization of trade in case of important commodities like wheat while maintaining the current buffer stock policy for some time, investment in capital formation and reforms in price policy.
To our knowledge, this item is not available for
download. To find whether it is available, there are three
1. Check below under "Related research" whether another version of this item is available online.
2. Check on the provider's web page whether it is in fact available.
3. Perform a search for a similarly titled item that would be available.
Volume (Year): 38 (2003)
Issue (Month): 2 (July)
Pages: 167-187
|Contact details of provider:
| Postal: University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007
Phone: 91-11-2766-6533/34/35, 2766-6703/04/05
Fax: +91-11-7667159
Web page: http://www.ierdse.org/
More information through EDIRC
|Order Information:
| Web: http://www.ierdse.org/ Email:
No references listed on IDEAS
You can help add them by filling out this form.
This item is not listed on Wikipedia, on a reading list or among the top items on IDEAS.
When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:dse:indecr:v:38:y:2003:i:2:p:167-187. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: (Pami Dua)
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If references are entirely missing, you can add them using this form.
If the full references list an item that is present in RePEc, but the system did not link to it, you can help with this form.
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.


text:
NewswireToday - /newswire/ -
Pittsburgh, PA, United States, 2011/07/18 - Energy-saving system turns single-pane windows into triple-glazed IGUs (NYSE: PPG) - PPG.com / PPGideascapes.com. NYSE: PPG
Glass fabricator J.E. Berkowitz, LLP, and PPG Industries have agreed to co-market the RENOVATE BY BERKOWITZ, LLC (RbB) system, an on-site window retrofitting system that converts installed single-pane windows into energy-saving, triple-glazed insulating glass units (IGUs) that cost significantly less than traditional, ripped-out-and-reglazed replacement windows.
The RbB system features J.E. Berkowitzs RENOVATE Platinum Plus, a patented window retrofit technology that hermetically seals a factory-made IGU to an existing monolithic glass window. The IGU is made with separate lites of SOLARBAN® 60 solar control, low-emissivity (low-e) glass and SUNGATE® 500 passive, low-e glass by PPG, separated by an argon-gas-filled cavity.
By adding two low-e surface coatings to an existing window unit, RENOVATE Platinum Plus provides heat-trapping R-values in the winter that are up to six times greater than those for clear monolithic glazings, and insulating U-values in the summer that reduce solar heat gain coefficients by up to 65 percent. The result is year-round heating and cooling cost savings of about 20 to 25 percent on average.
In addition to cutting energy use and traditional window-replacement costs, the RbB system reduces noise and increases security. It also can help building owners earn tax credits, utility rebates or points toward LEED® certification.
J.E. Berkowitz and PPG will jointly market the RbB system through multiple promotional vehicles. The system is supported by a certified dealer/installer network and backed by a 10-year warranty through J.E. Berkowitz. For more information, visit ppgideascapes.com or call 1-888-PPG-IDEA (774-4332).
About J.E. Berkowitz
Based in Pedricktown, N.J., J.E. Berkowitz is an ISO 9001-certified manufacturer of insulating glass, heat-treated glass, silkscreen and spandrel glass, laminated glass, all-glass doors and entrances and point-supported glass systems and canopies, for domestic and overseas markets.
PPG Industries' vision is to continue to be the worlds leading coatings and specialty products company. Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. Founded in 1883, PPG (ppg.com) has global headquarters in Pittsburgh and operates in more than 60 countries around the world. Sales in 2010 were $13.4 billion. PPG shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: PPG).
Bringing innovation to the surface is a trademark and Solarban and Sungate are registered trademarks of PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
Renovate by Berkowitz (RbB) is a trademark of J.E. Berkowitz, LLP.
LEED is a registered trademark of the U.S. Green Building Council.
Written by / Agency / Source: PPG Industries, Inc.
Availability: All Regions (Including Int'l)
Traffic Booster: [/] Quick Newswire Today Visibility Checker
Distribution / Indexing: [+] / [Company listed above is a registered member of our network. Content made possible by PRZOOM / PRTODAY indexing services]


text: 2011 Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix Tickets on Sale Press Release | September 8, 2010The following release is from Indianapolis Motor Speedway…REORDER, APPLY FOR 2011 RED BULL INDIANAPOLIS GP TICKETS BY SEPT. 13INDIANAPOLIS, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010 – There's still time for fans to reorder or apply for tickets to the 2011 Red Bull Indianapolis GP, featuring the exciting worldwide superstars and exotic machinery of the MotoGP World Championship.Tickets can be ordered or applied for at www.imstix.com until 11:59 p.m. (ET) Monday, Sept. 13. The fourth annual MotoGP race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 26 through Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.Race Day general admission tickets cost $40, with Friday general admission $10 and Saturday general admission $20. A three-day general admission ticket is $60. A Friday-Saturday general admission ticket is $20 if purchased before Sept. 13, 2010, $25 afterward.Children ages 12 and under will be admitted free any of the three days of the event when accompanied by an adult with a general admission ticket.Race Day reserved seat prices will start at $70.For more information, visit www.imstix.com, call the IMS ticket office at (317) 492-6700 or (800) 822-INDY outside the Indianapolis area or visit the ticket office at the IMS Administration Building at the corner of Georgetown Road and 16th Street. Ticket office and phone hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (ET) Monday-Friday.The 2011 Red Bull Indianapolis GP will feature plenty of exciting action on and off the track and great storylines among the riders who compete on the 200-mph prototype motorcycles of MotoGP, including:•Will the first two-time winner in the MotoGP class at this event emerge? Superstars Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa each have won in the first three seasons.•The first time that the legendary seven-time MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi will race for the iconic Ducati marque at IMS. Italian Rossi is moving to the prestigious Italian factory team in 2011, with American Nicky Hayden – a fellow World Champion – as his teammate.•2010 American rookie phenom Ben Spies will race at IMS for the factory Fiat Yamaha Team as teammate to this season's runaway points leader, Jorge Lorenzo. Spies won the pole and finished second last month at the Red Bull Indianapolis GP riding for the satellite Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team.By Press Release Comments


text:
Your digestive system is the engine that turns fuel (the food you eat) into energy. Without a strong digestive system, the rest of your body struggles to keep up. These specially formulated supplements can help your engine run smoothly.
You're now signed up to receive exclusive deals and savings opportunities!
Thank you for your interest and be assured that you will continue to receive our emails at this address.
We are having trouble processing your request. Our apologies! Please try again later.


text:
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT; Outdoor Sculptures Kissed by Nature
By BENJAMIN GENOCCHIO
Published: June 24, 2007
From where I stand, there is sculpture as far as the eye can see. That's the beauty and power of art in the natural world. It surrounds you, bonding with the landscape. It gives you a way of looking at nature, and art, in a new way.
I am visiting the LongHouse Reserve outside East Hampton. But I could easily be in Westchester, Connecticut or New Jersey. The New York region has a surprising diversity of outdoor sculpture parks that come alive each spring; each makes for a restorative weekend outing.
Some of these parks have newly installed sculptures, several with a Pop accessibility and aesthetic distinction that set them apart from so many other colorless, assembly-line outdoor works -- you know the stuff I'm griping about, painted steel hulks rusting away in a suburban park or field.
What follows is a selection of the best outdoor sculpture parks and public art installations around the region this summer.
New Jersey
Grounds for Sculpture, a 35-acre park on the site of the former New Jersey State fairgrounds in Hamilton, has long been popular with summer visitors, especially those with children. Besides a ravishing variety of contemporary sculpture outdoors and in the museum building, the park has a restaurant where you can have a three-course meal while gazing at the art-filled horizon.
Through summer the museum will exhibit glass sculptures by Richard Jolley, an artist from the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. The show brings together his work from 1985 to the present, including hand-made glass vessels, miniature figurines and dainty totem sculptures made of layers of colored, carved and etched glass. Mr. Jolley also paints and draws in a fake-folkloric mode, but glassmaking is his strength.
Tom Otterness, Curt Brill, Christopher Cairns, Bela Fuko and Lila Katzen are among the artists whose works have been newly installed on the grounds, where more than 240 sculptures are on permanent display. Especially striking is Mr. Brill's seated cast bronze figure ''Dana'' (2003), situated on a granite slab under shady trees apparently absorbed in the landscape view, taking the pulse of a summer's day.
Grounds for Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton; (609) 586-0616 or www. groundsforsculpture.org.
Long Island
LongHouse Reserve may not have the big names of outdoor sculpture, but it does have a sense of unerring style. It is a garden, a museum and a sculpture park, with a fine collection of 50 works placed about the manicured grounds, including glass art by Dale Chihuly, elegant standing ceramic forms by Toshiko Takaezu and bronzes by Willem de Kooning, Peter Voulkos and Lynda Benglis.
Among the new additions is a funky, three-dimensional sculpture that creates the illusion of a suburban house by Roy Lichtenstein, a Pop art stalwart and longtime Southampton resident. Dennis Oppenheim, earth artist, also weighs in with a triumphal steel mesh arch in the shape of a neatly folded shirt that simultaneously appropriates and critiques fashion and monumental architecture.
Then there are favorites to make you swoon, like Yoko Ono's ''Play It by Trust'' (1999), an outsize white cement chess set, the pieces as big as a grown child and just as heavy, and Buckminster Fuller's geodesic dome sculpture, planted in the middle of an open field and looking like a giant golf ball.
LongHouse Reserve, 133 Hands Creek Road, East Hampton; (631) 329-3568 or www.longhouse.org.
It would be hard to find anyone who doesn't love Storm King, a 500-acre property in the Hudson Valley in New York encompassing woods, a stream, several ponds, alfalfa fields, lawns and rolling hills dotted with spectacular sculptures. Alluring pieces by Deborah Masters and Louise Bourgeois are among the newest additions to the center's superb permanent collection of postwar American and European works.
Ms. Bourgeois's sculptures are grouped near the patio of the museum building beneath a fringe of leaves. Among them is one of her menacing 10-foot-high bronze spiders poised to strike its prey. Other pieces are tamer, but no less unsettling, including several granite benches, each carved in the shape of a human eyeball.
Over by the parking area, Ms. Masters has installed a group of three carved concrete figurative sculptures titled ''Travelers'' (2007). The group, portraying a displaced family, was conceived as a response to news media images of refugees fleeing disasters. The mother carries an infant and household items, the father holds a lamb, and the child juggles a fish and bird. Tender and affecting, the pieces remind visitors of the suffering of those who have little else than the land we walk on.
Storm King Art Center, Old Pleasant Hill Road, Mountainville; (845) 534-3115 or www.stormking.org.
Matej Andraz Vogrincic's outdoor installation in a section of the abandoned Farmington Canal that can be seen from Whitney Avenue in downtown New Haven is a one-man sculpture park. The project was commissioned and organized by Site Projects Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting public art in the city, and can be viewed through August.
The installation consists of a fleet of 50 boats made of large-scale Erector Set pieces laid out on the floor of the canal. The boats, each about 20 feet long, are filled on each end with bricks, gravel or shells, and surrounded by more than 160 cubic yards of biodegradable wood chips. It took a team of volunteers more than a month to complete it. Nicely blending elements of culture and nature, history and geography, the installation references the 19th-century use of the canal for ferrying materials to and from the nearby port into town, as well the first manufacture of Erector Sets in 1913 by the A. C. Gilbert Company in New Haven.
Site Projects Inc., 140 Davis Street, Hamden; (203) 376-8668 or www.siteprojects.org.
Photos: Installations: Clockwise, from top left, Roy Lichtenstein's ''House II'' (1997) at LongHouse Reserve; Louise Bourgeois's ''Eye Benches II'' at Storm King; Deborah Masters's ''Tomashi'' at Storm King; pieces by Matej Andraz Vogrincic set up in the Farmington Canal; Curt Brill's ''Dana'' (2003) at Grounds for Sculpture; and Dennis Oppenheim's ''Entrance to a Garden'' (2004), a shirt-shaped steel mesh arch, at LongHouse Reserve. (Photographs by Susan Stava for The New York Times; Thomas McDonald for The New York Times; LongHouse Reserve; David Hunsinger for The New York Times)


text:
No. 7 Florida at No. 1 Alabama, 8, Ch. 10, 1250-AM
Florida and Alabama, both 4-0 overall, meet for the first time since the Tide's 32-13 win in last season's SEC title game, which ruined UF's chance to play for consecutive national championships. Both lost a ton of players from last season's teams, and both have a roster filled with players who've never played in this kind of game. Unfortunately for the Gators, this isn't at a neutral site. And more bad news for them came Friday with the loss of kicker Caleb Sturgis to injury.
Antonya English, Times staff writer
What to watch for …
The running game. Alabama has reigning Heisman winner Mark Ingram and the equally talented Trent Richardson, who have combined for 664 yards on 80 carries (8.3 average). Florida has freshman Trey Burton, left, who last week scored six touchdowns (five rushing); Jeff Demps, who has been hampered by a sprained left foot; and Emmanuel Moody, who is recovering from a thigh bruise. That leaves Mike Gillislee as its only other healthy back. The Gators got off to a quick start offensively last week for the first time all season and must do so again. They have been stellar stopping the run, but this is a formidable offensive line. If the Tide gets its running game going, it opens the passing for QB Greg McElroy and WR Julio Jones.


text:
Search results
Your search (subject="Palestine History To 70 A.D") found 1 title(s).
The Holy Land / by the editors of Time-Life Books.
author: Time-Life Books.
title: Holy Land
pagination: 168 p. : col. ill., maps ; 28 cm.
publisher: Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, c1992.
isbn: 0809498669
notes: Maps on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-163) and index.
subjects: Palestine Antiquities. Bible Antiquities. Excavations (Archaeology) Palestine. Palestine History To 70 A.D.
MARC view
Find in a library near you


text:
Festivals: Toronto Dispatch Two
Quai d'Orsay
Bertrand Tavernier's latest, delightful film, Quai d'Orsay, follows a French minister of foreign affairs whose bewildering, egocentric energies kick up chaos in his office. Bursting into and out of rooms with a cartoonish breeze that sends papers flying, Alexandre Taillard de Vorms (Thierry Lhermitte) puts his hangdog chief of staff (Niels Arestrup) and freshly hired speechwriting assistant (Raphaël Personnaz) through the wringer as they deal with overseas crises and the usual array of political chores. Based on a bande dessinée that was in turn inspired by actual minister Dominique de Villepin (who famously opposed the American invasion of Iraq), Tavernier's chatty film manages to be satirical, farcical, and yet faithful to the hazards of attending to an unpredictable, larger-than-life figure such as Taillard, whose global duties do not prevent him from dispensing opinions on all matters large and small. Quai d'Orsay, so named after a Paris street home to several government ministries, isn't on the scale of Tavernier's The Princess of Montpensier (10), a masterly and bafflingly underrated work set in 16th-century France, but it hums along with a dynamic force all its own.
Abuse of Weakness
Catherine Breillat has made her own life's surfeit of drama the subject of her new feature, Abuse of Weakness, though the results are willfully subdued. Breillat suffered a stroke in 2004, and a few years later, fell under the spell of a man she was trying to cast for her next film who turned out to be a skillful con man. She wrote a book about the experience, and now Isabelle Huppert, ever a specialist in playing out a neurotic dialectic of control and its loss, portrays her as a half-paralyzed, strong-willed filmmaker named Maud. Her thuggish would-be actor (French rapper Kool Shen) pressures her to help him out of various financial difficulties; she ends up writing hundreds of thousands of Euros in checks. He plays upon her sympathies and her amusement at his criminal character—it's explicitly not a romantic bond. But one exchange about her coffee-table book of Japanese S/M photography hints (bravely, I think, if subtly) at another subconscious dynamic. Breillat's filmmaking avoids emphasizing the tension in the coercion; her long takes more often linger on Maud's navigation of the physical world. But Huppert's concluding close-up and monologue to investigators and her family brings the experience home in a shot and a wrenching phrase.
The Dog
Nothing stopped Breillat from making movies, though, and similarly nothing seemed to stop the man at the center of the The Dog: John Wojtowicz—the unrepentant romantic, horndog, and bank robber played by Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon. Filming over several years, with a fine use of New York locations and archival materials, Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren's documentary portrays an unforgettable character who's mesmerizingly and fearlessly unfiltered in recounting his pursuit of sex, love, and, ultimately, the shadows of his dwindling notoriety. (He died in 2006.) In a thick Brooklyn accent, Wojtowicz, who does not look like Pacino, talks about the men and women who fell for him, his experiences and routines, and the 1972 robbery, which was supposedly committed to raise money for his then-husband's sex-change operation (at the time, he was still married to a woman, the mother of his two children). Interviews with his feisty mother, a key supporting figure in the film, suggest where the man gets his spirit from, though one also might imagine The Dog on a double bill with Errol Morris's Tabloid as another portrait of very public amour fou.


text:
Maurice Wappler has a novel hobby — playing "gotcha" with politicians.
Wappler's good at the game, which involves close — very close — scrutiny of campaign literature, signs and financial declaration forms for things he believes violate the Florida Election Code.
When he finds something, he documents it, fills out a form and ships the package to the state Elections Commission. Among his successes, he says, are a complaint that cost Rep. Rick Kriseman, D-St. Petersburg, $500 and another that prompted the Vinoy to pony up $200.
Now Wappler's turned his attention to the Pinellas Park city elections.
And he says he's found plenty of violations. "Oh, it was all of Pinellas Park," Wappler said Monday.
He's reported five Pinellas Park candidates to the state Elections Commission, which told him it is investigating. The commission will not confirm or deny investigations until they are complete.
Those five are Mayor Bill Mischler and council candidates Mary Brennan, Patricia Johnson, Eddie Kosinski, and Jerry Mullins.
Mischler is running for re-election against Janice Macumber. Brennan, a former state representative, Johnson, Kosinski and Mullins are running for Seat 4 on the council. Also in that race are Patricia Macfarlane and Randy Heine.
The types of violations run the gamut from not having signatures on financial declaration forms, to accepting a contribution that exceeds the legal cap, to planting campaign signs missing a word.
Some of the alleged violations are misdemeanors. Others look a lot like nitpicking.
To Wappler, who says he began his hobby because he doesn't like politicians, all of the alleged violations are important, no matter how minor they might appear.
"When the candidates are running for office and they don't even follow the election laws, why would you vote for them?" he asked. "What's funny is, most of these people are lawyers."
He does not discriminate because of party affiliation or level of office. He's waiting for an Elections Commission decision about charges he's brought against Charlie Justice, D-St. Petersburg. And he unsuccessfully pursued charges against Gov. Charlie Crist and County Commissioner John Morroni, both Republicans.
"I'll bust anybody, I don't care," said Wappler, a St. Petersburg resident.
It's doubtful that Wappler, who declined to be photographed, has influenced the outcome of many campaigns. But that doesn't matter. He gets his satisfaction in other ways.
"It's neat to get them fined," Wappler said.
Here's a summary of the violations Wappler said he's found among Pinellas Park candidates:
Mischler: Two allegations that the mayor failed to list the occupation or business of donors on his financial reports. One allegation that he failed to list both the occupation and type of contribution on a financial report.
"I don't believe this,'' Mischler said. ''One thing I try to do is stay aboveboard. I just don't believe it. This is the first I've heard about it. I will definitely be in touch with my campaign treasurer. This was shocking to me."
Mischler said if he has done something wrong, he will correct it. He apologized for any mistake that might have been made.
Johnson: One allegation that she failed to list a contributor's occupation or type of business on a financial report. Two accusations that she failed to list her political party on her signs.
"Because it is a nonpartisan race, I didn't list my political affiliation. I'm very proud of my political affiliation, but that has nothing to do with this race," Johnson said. Johnson said she's always been willing to disclose the occupation or type of business of any contributors.
"I'm just shocked way beyond belief," she said. "There is nothing I have done that was intentionally bad."
Brennan: Three accusations that she failed to state her political affiliation on her campaign paraphernalia. One allegation that she accepted a cash donation that exceeded the $50 cap for such donations. One charge that she failed to list the occupation of a donor on a financial report.
Brennan did not return a phone message asking for comment.
Mullins: Four allegations that his treasurer's reports did not bear the signature of his campaign treasurer or deputy treasurer. Two charges that Mullins' campaign signs do not have the word "for" between his name and the words "City Council," as Wappler says is required by state law. One accusation that Mullins did not list his profession when reporting a $9,000 contribution to himself.
Mullins said he's acting as his own treasurer and that he believes he has properly signed all documents. Mullins said he never contributed to himself, but gave himself loans. He said everyone knows his profession. He conceded he does not have the word "for" at the top of his campaign signs but said it is elsewhere on them.
Mullins said he has tried to do everything correctly, but if he has made mistakes, he was sorry.
Kosinski: Three allegations that he received cash donations that were larger than $50 each. State law limits cash or cashier check donations to $50 each. One charge that Kosinski's signs do not have the word "for" between his name and the office. One charge that Kosinski's signs have "pol. adv. PD for" rather than writing out "political advertising paid," as required by law.
Kosinski said he has already corrected the issue about cash donations. As for the signs, Kosinski said he believes his are okay according to a book candidates were given when they signed up to run.
"Tell Maurice Wappler to mind his own business," Kosinski said. "He should make sure he's so God almighty perfect."
Wappler does not live in Pinellas Park and has no standing to make comments, Kosinski said. "If you live in Pinellas Park, you have all the right to talk," he said.