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First, go to Ground Zero (early in the morning is recommended) and St. Paul's Chapel.
Your next stop is the Statue of Liberty (SOL) and Ellis Island. To get to the ferry to the SOL/Ellis Island, go to the 50 Street and Broadway subway stop. Take the number 1 train downtown to the South Ferry stop. Make sure you get on the first five cars of the train because they are the only ones that open at the South Ferry.
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My wife and son joined us too. I always tried to record my family outing with my Xiao Yi action camera because my son loves watching the videos that i made for him and i think this is good to serve as a purpose of letting my son know what had happened during his baby time,haha... So i have made a 9 minutes plus video clip to sum up our 3 days 2 nights trip to Langkawi island, which i think i did not visit for maybe at least 20 years?
I parked my car at Putrajaya Sentral which some websites have suggest us to do so because the parking fares a very cheap compare to KLIA2 and we can then take the KLIA transit to KLIA2 to take our flight. But the problem that we faced when we reached the car park of Putrajaya Sentral was parking lots were too limited.
After near to 30 minutes trying very hard to get a parking lot, we were really lucky to saw a lady leaving. Next, after we were rounding in the car park caused by the lack of signage to the KLIA transit platform, we managed to reach KLIA2 before the said gather time.
We checked in to the Malibest Resort which is located at Pantai Cenang, had a short rest before we head to the Dataran Lang(Eagle Square), one of the Langkawi best known attractions.
The next day we had our own breakfast and went to the Kilim Geoforest Park for boat tour, on the evening we went to Resort World Langkawi for yatch cruise which is a surprise arrangement by my boss.
On the last day of the trip, we went to Oriental Village for cable car ride but unfortunately we had to wait until 3pm+ only able to board the cable car. Our flight back to Kuala Lumpur is at around 5pm so we had to sell our online pre-purchased tickets and went to lunch instead.
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The Yonkers Council of PTA/PTSAs in collaboration with Yonkers Public Schools and Yonkers Public Library are seeking volunteers to help install a winter wonderland at the Yonkers Riverfront Library on Saturday beginning at 11 a.m.
The exhibit will represent the community's support of the "Snowflake" project introduced to honor those lost at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December, according to a news release from Yonkers Public Schools Wednesday. The exhibit will be installed from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Yonkers Riverfront Library, 1 Larkin Center.
The "Snowflake" project was created by the Connecticut PTA in response to the Newtown tragedy. Communities and schools were asked to design unique snowflakes that would adorn the new school to which the Sandy Hook Elementary School students would return in January. Overwhelmed by the outpouring of snowflakes from throughout the country, the Connecticut PTA canceled further deliveries, suggesting, instead, that communities create their own displays.
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We went to SCUBA dive (fantastic) and utilized the dive shop on the property, Discovery Expeditions (see other review). The resort is a mixture of older and newer rooms. It's not a five star resort, but I think it was a good deal for what we paid. I had a room with a kitchenette in it for several days, and then moved to a different room as the staff was doing work on the building I had been in. The rooms are very basic and have seen some use, but the staff kept them very clean. As some people have said previously, there is a karaoke bar across the street so if you are in some rooms (like building 5) you might have to listen to them on Wednesday nights. The property is kept very neat. The beach is open to anyone wanting to walk through so there tends to be a lot of transient traffic. The staff were great. They took care of everything we needed and seemed to work hard at keeping the whole property clean. There is wi-fi available if you need to send e-mails back home. There are a few little stores within walking distance so you can grab groceries. Each room has a small refrigerator. After our flight landed in Belize City, we took a water taxi to Ambergris Caye. We arrived at about 7:30 pm and the hotel office had already closed. This caused a minor problem, but the staff soon got our rooms for us and we were set. If I had to do it again, I would have taken the 15 minute puddle hopper flight (Tropic Air or Maya Island Air) and saved the 75+ minute boat ride. It's a little more money to fly, but it seems to be less of a hassle. Also, if you take the water taxi back to Belize City at the end of the trip, be prepared to be hassled by people wanting to sell you things at the water taxi terminal, as well as the (car) taxi drivers fighting over who gets to take you to the airport. We grabbed our bags and walked out to where the taxis were. Most of the drivers wanted $25(US) to take us to the airport, but they started bidding against each other. We let them do it until it got to a price we liked. Overall, it is a good place to stay if you aren't expecting 4-5 star accomodations.
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The Wonderful thing about Tiggers....
....is there's only one. And it's A.A. Milne's & E. H. Shepard's.
Here's my humble attempt to draw Tigger, who is not my favourite character (although they're all great!) from the books, so that means there should really be another picture. As soon as I get round to drawing it.
Eagle eyed regulars to this blog may see a resemblance to another piece I posted, purely intentional, as I liked the green and blue palette and wanted to try it again, and as several drawings on this blog show, I really like drawing characters in the sky!
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The novel promotion, in conjunction with the opening of the 2011 Sweets & Snacks Expo, featured a quartet of Mitsubishi EVs donning brightly-colored Jelly Belly graphics, roaming the streets of Chicago. The pairing with Jelly Belly is actually kind of a natural, since the Mitsubishi i sort of looks like a jellybean – in profile, at least. (Note that the photos only show three of the Jelly Belly/Mitsubishi EVs.)
While the Jelly Belly/Mitsubishi EVs aren't for sale, the automaker hopes to raise public awareness of the new Mitsubishi i for when it goes on sale this November with a starting manufacturer's suggested retail price of $27,990 (before any federal or state incentives). With a net value of $20,490 (after tax savings), the automaker says Mitsubishi i will be the most affordable, mass-produced electric vehicle in America.
The four-passenger all-electric 2012 Mitsubishi i will join a growing array of EVs from various manufacturers. The i gets its power from an integrated management system called Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle (MiEV) technology. With a 49 kW AC synchronous motor, 16 kWh lithium-ion battery, the rear-wheel drive Mitsubishi i can reach a top speed of 80 miles per hour.
The Nissan Leaf, probably the closest competitor, seats five to Mitsubishi i's four, has more headroom and legroom front/rear (41.2/37.3 inches headroom, 42.1/31.1 inches legroom in Leaf compared to 33.8/30.0 inches headroom, 35.6/34.3 inches legroom in Mitsubishi i, and greater cargo capacity of 14.5 cubic feet (versus the Mitsubishi EV's 13.0 cubic feet). But the Leaf carries a higher starting MSRP of $32,780 (before tax savings), and $25,280 net value after tax savings. The Leaf also travels an estimated 100 miles on a single charge while Mitsubishi i has an estimated 83-mile range before a recharge is required.
Other EV choices (available now or forthcoming) include the 2012 Ford Focus Electric, 2012 Honda Fit EV, 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid (PHV) and RAV4 EV, and 2011 Smart Fortwo electric drive.
One more point about the jellybean reference – one of the five colors the 2012 Mitsubishi i will come in is raspberry. Imagine that in the garage next to your gasoline-powered family sedan. The Mitsubishi EV will also be available in Cool Silver, Labrador Black, Diamond White Pearl, and Diamond White Pearl and Ocean Blue two-tone.
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He was premier of the province for 11 years until 1986, making him the third longest serving premier.
The celebration of life will take place at the Delta Grand Hotel on Sunday, Jan. 31 at 2 p.m.
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This cylinder can be 'Plug & Play' mounted to all Vespa wideframe 150cc motors which are equipped with a 57mm stroke crankshaft as standard. It can also be fitted to the 125cc motors, providing a crankshaft with 57mm stroke is also fitted. The third 'boost' port is blocked off and is operated in combination with the port windows found on the skirt of the piston. The crankcase of the wideframe motor will require no modification or port-matching to fit this cylinder. This cylinder kit includes a high end GRAND-SPORT piston equipped with two narrow 1.5mm piston rings, a CNC machined cylinder head and all necessary gaskets and fittings etc..
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We are at the point in trying to get ahold of our infestation where adult beetles are emerging from prior larvae and soem adults have laid eggs and tiny larvae are emerging. Since these work for 90 days, I need to know WHEN to put them out. If they only work for the adult beetles, I may be too late.
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There was a moment, in early 2013, when an obsession emerged. My husband may tell you that was when he 'lost his wife to nails'.
In September of 2013 I decided to start the Serenity Nails blog. My aim with this was to document for myself the amazing polishes I came across, and then, I became excited to show them to others, in the hope of bringing a fresh, new look to the polishes.
For three years 'Serenity Nails' was a mecca of Australian Indie Polishes. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to show the best of the best!
As with life itself, now we've moved on, 'Serenity Nails' has evolved! Of course this has come with lots of therapist chats and confusion.
If you'd like clarification, the short story is, I changed Serenity Nails to CuredByChris during a time of deep anxiety and (I found out) depression. Looking back I know that my slow decline from polish blogging came about because of the depression I was in. I 'quit' blogging in September or October 2016. So why am I still here? After finally getting lots of treatment and working through some things, it was recommended to me to continue writing in some way. (You can read a little about that here)
You'll find my nails by clicking on Prettiness in the top bar, but now you'll also find loads of family orientated writings on here, with definite specialisation in certain areas. I have lots to share, and most likely, due to the evolving nature of my mind, more to come in the future.
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Saturday, July 12, 2014
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DILI (Reuters) - East Timor kicked off a peaceful presidential election on Saturday, a critical test to whether Asia's youngest and poorest country can maintain stability and build confidence to develop the economy.
Streets in the capital Dili were almost empty and businesses largely closed as voters walked to polling stations in drizzle in a contest pitting incumbent and Nobel Peace prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta against 11 challengers. Hundreds queued up before polling stations opened.
Analysts predicted a close finish, with Ramos-Horta facing a battle from four leading rivals to stay in office in East Timor, the eastern half of an island at the eastern end of the vast Indonesian archipelago.
The president plays little role in policy but is vital in projecting stability in East Timor, which has vast offshore gas reserves but is having difficulty unlocking its wealth.
The reserves are the object of a dispute with Australia's Woodside Petroleum (WPL.AX), which heads a consortium of firms developing the Greater Sunrise project gas field. It wants to use a floating LNG plant, while East Timor wants the plant built on shore to create more jobs.
The national election commission was due to announce provisional results late on Saturday, but delays in returns from outlying districts could delay the announcement until Sunday. Official results are to be announced a week after the election.
Two candidates -- Francisco Guterres from the main opposition party Fretilin and Jose Maria de Vasconcelos, the former army chief and guerrilla leader -- were seen as standing the best chance of facing each other in a run-off in mid-April.
Two others, Deputy Prime Minister Jose Luis Guterres and Fernando de Araujoof the Democratic Party, could also go through.
Fretilin's Gutteres was optimistic about his second round chances. His party won the most votes in the 2007 parliamentary poll, punctuated by bouts of violence.
"As a candidate, I am confident that I will win the majority of the vote," he told reporters after casting his ballot in a primary school.
Vasconcelos, who resigned from his military position to run for president, is known as Taur Matan Ruak.
On the eve of the vote, he stressed his credentials as a guerrilla chief during the long process of winning independence. East Timor, a former Portuguese colony, became independent in 2002 after nearly two decades of being under Indonesian control.
Ramos-Horta, who survived an assassination attempt in 2008 and shared the Nobel prize in 1996 for his role in resolving years of deadlock, also told voters he would "continue my success that I have achieved now, which is peace".
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LONGLEAF, TEXAS. Longleaf was sixteen miles southwest of San Augustine and twenty-eight miles southeast of Nacogdoches in southwestern San Augustine County. It was granted a post office in 1886 and by 1890 had an estimated twenty-five inhabitants, a general store, and a gin and sawmill. In 1896 an estimated sixty people lived in Longleaf, and the community had a general store, a flour and saw mill and gin, and Baptist, Methodist, and Christian churches. The Longleaf post office was closed in 1897, and by the 1930s the community was no longer shown on the county highway map.
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I've always wondered why MS made this a difficult setting. I'd think it'd pose a security risk that it isn't an apparent setting to see what devices have connected to your computer.
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Thanks for appricating my software.
My guess why it is not built-in is because of the warnings I give.
It's a power tool that makes it all to easy to get serious problems for inexperienced users. It can seriously break/damage you installation, the reason why some devices are marked as services by me. Not all ghosted devices should
be removed as some of them are far from plug-and-play.
Besides Windows is a marketplace where Microsoft leaves room for better products.
But I happily sell the code if Microsoft is interested ;-)))
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Next weekend my baby brother is getting married and I'm kind of, sorta of, like really in denial about that. He's pretty awesome if I don't say so myself. Sweet, amazing, driven and loves my daughters like his own. The other night we were out for pizza and Miss K was sitting by him and she kept leaning into him and tucking her head into the crook of his elbow. I thought she was going to climb into his lap! Whenever she hears that "Brentie" is coming she freaks out and I make sure not to tell her until he's about walking in the door or that's all I hear. His fiance, Missy, is another of her favorites. If he shows up without her she's constantly saying why didn't you bring Missy? Where's Missy?
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By Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm:
Learning music carries some pretty profound cognitive benefits, so along with my seven-year-old daughter, I'm currently learning to play the guitar. Communicating the correct string or strings to pick carries some challenges, though. You could say the "D String," but that doesn't always yield quick recall from the seven-year-old (plus, it is complicated because it depends on tuning, and even in the standard tuning, there are two different "E Strings"). Or you could say, "the third string from the top," but that isn't immediate either because it requires counting. Then along comes a nifty computer program called Rocksmith, with the idea of saving the numbers for fingers and frets, and simply representing the strings in different colors. Now I can just say, "the blue string" and my daughter knows immediately where it is. The string, of course, isn't really blue, but we have learned that association very quickly by playing some video games that are part of the program. The color coding is one of those genius hacks that make you wonder, "Why didn't anyone think of this before?"
The idea of building an association between a color and a particular meaning is a useful idea for litigators developing graphics for trial. Based on some recent and surprising research, that association speaks to a deeper cognitive role being played by color. Using color isn't just a way to brighten up your trial graphics, it can be an important part of your visual strategy. A good designer knows that consistently using different colors in distinct ways can be a way to build an immediate and useful association for the jurors or judges viewing the exhibits. Much has been written about the meanings of different colors (e.g., Red is "intense" and blue is "calm," etc.), and this post is not about those attributions (which, to me at least, seem highly individual or situational). Instead, this post is about the ways that we can, like the Rocksmith designers, make colors mean something just by building a consistent association.


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iPhone 5 introduces new connector and iOS 6
Ryan Martin / 5 years ago
The current Apple dock connector has been around for 9 years. But with the shrinking size of Apple products it has ushered in a new docking connector. With the majority of things now done wirelessly, Bluetooth for audio, WiFi for AirPlay or syncing to iTunes and iCloud, it makes sense to reduce the connector size.
The new connector is called Lightning, potentially creating confusion with Thunderbolt. It is an all digital connection that's physically 80% smaller. Bose, JBL, B&W, B&O and others are already working on new docks and speakers for Lightning.
Apple is trying to keep customers happy by selling adapters so you can still use your old (probably expensive) Apple accessories with the new connector and new connector based products.
With the iPhone 5 comes iOS 6. We're seeing the new Maps application, zooming in and out, rotating, etc. There's an integrated search engine for local points of interest with over 100 million logged places. Apple are re-demonstrating the mapping and navigational functionality of the new iPhone 5 which has been made more fluid by the better A6 processor.
iCloud tabs has been introduced allowing you to share your tabs from your phone to your desktop and vice versa via the iCloud. The iPhone 5 mail has been improved allowing you to mark people as important and recieve their mail to separate folders.
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In the quaint surroundings of Lanarkshire miners cottages, Kate Fleming holds her head high with her many children.Seduced in her teens, and abandoned by Robin Balfour, the pit-owner's son, she was left to bring up his child alone.Kate realises how circumstances have now reversed however, when she meets the man she was destined to be with, and her son Jack has grown up to be the Captain of Clippers sailing to the East. Kate sees how lucky she has been and recognises how far she has come since the day she was so coldy banished from Mr Balfour's home.Now Robin Balfour's son, Lachie, falls hopelessly in love with one of Kate's daughters, Isa, but her career driven nature results in him marrying the other instead.As the children grow up and their lives unravel as the novel develops, no one can prepare the families for the wounds that occur…With disease, death and the danger of the mines, Kate longs for her family to reunite. Will the scars of the past be able to be forgotten in order for each of them to recover?Jan Webster shows the importance of family and the strength of bonds through this touching novel, interweaving the lives of both families until the end.Praise for Colliers Row'Remarkable… the characters come over as real people.' – Jessica Stirling'A rich book, full of character and action.' – Daily Mirror'Stunning… a first novel of genius.' – Daily ExpressJan Webster was bom in 1924 in Blantyre, in the heart of the Lanarkshire coalfields. Her father died when she was fifteen. She was educated at St John's Grammar School, Hamilton, and Hamilton Academy. On leaving school she worked as a journalist in Glasgow and London. Jan Webster sold her first short story at the age of seventeen, and has had many published and broadcast since then. Colliers Row, her first published novel, is the first of a trilogy; the second book in the series is Saturday City and Beggar Man's Country is the third.
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Bernie Ecclestone, Formula One's chief executive, suggested last week that a decision would be made at Tuesday's World Motor Sport Council meeting as it needed to be signed off.
However, in a statement sure to generate further accusations of a lack of leadership, the sport's governing body not only delayed the final call but failed to clarify when a postponed race might be held in an already-congested calendar.
A date of Nov 20 is considered most likely; 'back-to-back' with Abu Dhabi on Nov 13.
But that might necessitate moving the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix back by a week to Dec 4, which would coincide with the climax of the Brazilian football season.
Consequently, there are thousands of interested parties – from F1 fans and personnel to Brazilian broadcasters – in a state of limbo.
There are good reasons why F1's powers are keen to see the race happen. The Bahrain Grand Prix is worth about $40 million to the coffers of Formula One Management, and by extension to the teams and other stakeholders with whom revenues are split at the end of the year.
Ecclestone has told Telegraph Sport that FOM will forego the entire fee if Bahrain is unable to stage its race due to ongoing civil unrest.
The latest delay is understandable given the state of play in Bahrain where anti-government protesters continue to demand reform.
But it will do nothing to alter the perception that the whole affair has been handled messily, with conflicting messages emanating from Ecclestone's office.
The 80 year-old briefly said the race might happen during August's midseason break but then ruled that out due to soaring temperatures.
Nor will it alleviate criticism of the FIA which has been silent throughout virtually the whole saga; notably when the protests in the island kingdom grew bloody and calls for the race to be cancelled rose to a deafening shrill.
The relationship with Bahrain is a particularly sensitive one for FIA president Jean Todt. Sheikh Abdullah bin Isa Al-Khalifa, the president of the Bahrain Motor Federation, is a FIA World Council member and played a key role in Todt's election in 2008.
Bahrain's crown prince is also a shareholder in Nicolas Todt's — Jean Todt's son's — ART Grand Prix team. Within the paddock Bahrain has a stake in McLaren.
Its sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat owns 42 per cent of the McLaren Group and 50 per cent of McLaren Automotive, the company's road car division.
Meanwhile, the FIA also announced on Tuesday that its circuit commission will look into whether Formula One tracks can be modified to encourage more overtaking.
Todt hinted that such a move was on the cards after expressing his displeasure at the difficulty drivers faced in overtaking during the season finale in Abu Dhabi last year where the Ferrari of Fernando Alonso was unable to pass Renault's Vitaly Petrov despite numerous attempts.
The Spaniard ended up missing out on the drivers' world championship. Three-time champion Sir Jackie Stewart recently told Telegraph Sport that he felt circuits were the chief cause of the lack of overtaking in F1.
Finally, the FIA has announced plans for additional tyre testing in Friday practice at grands prix.
Teams will now have access to four extra sets of development tyres (two for each driver) of a different specification to the compounds specified for that race weekend.
It means that Fridays will see more action than previously thought, but it will also mean that fans must keep a close eye on what tyres teams are running at every moment or they could a distorted picture going into the weekend.
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If you're one of many men wondering "what do I say to get my girlfriend back?" you'll be glad to know that there are many things you can say that will help. The really important thing is that she understands what you are trying to say. There is a lot of truth to the rumors that women here things completely different from the way men say them.
You might be saying one thing while she's hearing something completely different. Have you ever complimented the way a dress brings out her eyes only to see her looking at you horrified and accusing you of telling her it makes her look fat? This might be a somewhat extreme example but I'd be willing to bet something along these lines has happened in your relationship.
Women try to make their words mean so many different things while men have a tendency to say exactly what they mean. You may mean noting more and nothing less than what you said but that's rarely what she hears. It can be a bit confusing making the mental translation from one to the other.
Many times it isn't what you say that matters nearly as much as how you say it. If you're having trouble finding the right words to say to her consider putting it in writing. When you spell things out in black and white you can avoid saying the wrong thing in the heat of the moment (not that you'd ever stick your foot in your mouth but the odds are good that you both know how to push each other's buttons). It also allows you to make sure you say everything you mean to say without leaving anything out. More importantly, it gives you the opportunity to read it all together and see how it sounds before she gets the message.
Tell her your sorry. Acknowledge that you've caused her pain. Accept responsibility. Explain how you've changed. Ask for the opportunity to make things right. You'll be amazed at the results.
As you can see there are different options for different problems but if you're wondering what to do to get her back you should find that taking action to solve the problem causing pain in your relationship is a great place to begin.


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Everything has to be clean and in its place.
I would have to say that political arguments via memes and people who post/tweet pictures of their dinner are the most annoying things I find on social media.
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Civil suit in the time of Louis XIII.
Costume civil du temps de Louis XIII. XVIIe siècle.
Costume civil du temps de Louis XIII. XVIIe siècle.
Gentleman of the court of Francis I. 16th century
Intérieur de la Maison d'un Barbier. Sous Louis XIII. XVII Siècle.
Les premiers carrosses sous Louis XIII (XVIIe siècle). Bibliothèque Nationale. Cabinet des Estampes dꞌ après Raimbaut. Gravure extraite de l' ouvrage de H. Gourdon de Genouillac. Histoire nationale de Paris et des Parisiens depuis la fondation de Lutèce jusqu'à nos jours.
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Les Boutiques de la Galerie du Palais de Justice. Règne de Louis XIII. Bibliothèque Nationale.
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The Mayflower was a sailing vessel, with the so-called Pilgrim Fathers, many of whom were from central England, set out for America to lead a new life there. The ship was about 28 meters long, nine meters wide, and had about 4 meters draft. Aboard the Mayflower were 102 passengers and 31 crew. Captain of the ship was Christopher Jones. During the crossing, two people died and a child was born. The journey of the Mayflower is the most prominent example of the colonization of America by Europeans and is sometimes presented falsely as their beginning.
Poland. Costumes of the nobility. Early seventeenth century. Polonia. Trajes de la nobleza. Principios del siglo XVII.
Source: Galería del Arte Decorativo: Enciclopedia Universal de Trajes, Armas, Muebles, Arquitectura, Útiles Domésticos y Ornamentación de Todos los Tiempos. Editor: J. Aleu Fugarull, Barcelona 1824.
Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1561-1621) was a scholar noble English writer in Elizabethan time and the center of an artist circle. She enjoyed a humanist education: French, Italian (by an Italian woman), Greek and Latin, as well as music lessons, playing lute, virginal, possibly violin and sang. Her brothers were the poet Sir Philip Sidney, Henry Sidney, Earl of Leicester and Sir Robert Sidney. The parents were Sir Henry Sidney (1529-1586), the Lord Deputy of Ireland was three, and Mary Sidney, daughter of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and under Edward VI. High Protector of England. In her country estate, she gained over 20 years in a circle of poets and musicians around ("Wilton Circle"), including Edmund Spenser (he dedicated his "Ruines of Time"), Michael Drayton, Sir John Davies, who was also her secretary , and Samuel Daniel. Like her brother, she tried in her circle to promote the English language and refine, in particular by translations of the Bible. She herself was well versed and active in the Calvinist theology in the help for Huguenot refugees. 1577 she married the much older Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1534-1601), lived with on the family seat of Pembroke at Wilton House in Salisbury (Wiltshire) and in London in Baynard's Castle. It is assumed that Christopher Marlowe the Latin dedication to Thomas Watson Amintæ Gaudia Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke wrote.
Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1536-1624) was an English statesman and admiral. He was the son of William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham and Margaret Gamage, a daughter of Sir Thomas Gamage. His great-grandfather was Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk. He was since 1575 Knight of the Garter. On 8 July 1585 Howard was appointed Lord High Admiral. A year later he was involved in the trial of Mary Stuart. 1587 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the British fleet, which was arrayed against the Spanish Armada, appointed, although he was then not directly involved in the fight against the Spanish Armada. His flagship was the Ark Royal. In 1596 he commanded together with Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, the expedition that pillaged Cádiz. In July 1597 he became Chief Justice in Eyre south of the Trent. In 1601 he was responsible for the crackdown on the Essex Rebellion. Howard died in 1624 at the age of 88 years. The title of Earl of Nottingham became extinct with the death of his younger son Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Nottingham, in the year 1681.
Top row left to right: Anna, Countess of Chesterfield 1640. Gentleman of the court of Charles II 1665. Duke of Newcastle 1646. Right: William Villiers Viscont of Grandison 1640. Royalist soldier 1649. Nobleman 1649.
Bottom row left: Slingsby Bethel, Sheriff of London 1680. Cavalier under Charles II 1680. Duchess of Cleveland 1675. Right: James Marquis of Hamilton 1620. English citizens 1645. Francis Duchess of Richmond 1620. Palace Guard 1625. Baroque period, Galante Conduite.
On the history of costumes. Münchener Bilderbogen. Edited by Braun and Schneider 1860.
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If you look to know and understand about goals as well as the ways they can transform your life, it may be a great idea to pay attention to a person who has achieved something in his life. Looking at the ways of Zig Ziglar is a good choice. While being almost the youngest child in the family of twelve and losing his sister and father at such young age, this person has attained lots of successes in his life. With the many experiences about failure and success, Zig has managed to help others by imparting his inspirational words of wisdom to everyone.
Zig Ziglar quotes on goals has become very popular nowadays, especially to the ones who want to stay motivated and achieve something they want in life.
The initial step in setting a goal is to have a dream. Take some time to ponder on those things you want in your life. Determine the things that you wish to have in life. Identify the people you want to be with, as you tackle that dream of yours. All of these are important to be tackled and without accomplishing them, you won't have the complete vision of your dream. Consider that your goals serve as your road map for the rest of your life. Without a map, you may never start on the physical journey that you want to tackle.
These days, you may learn a lot of useful information from the public school system as well as in college. However, one thing you won't learn is the significance of goal setting. According to Zig Ziglar, even a short term on setting your goal will make so much difference in the lives of modern young students. As you wait for amendments to be created in a school system, you may learn about and let your children learn about goal setting as well.
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After creating a list of your dreams, you may spend some time to take a break. Take one or two days to take a look at your dream list once again. From these entire pursuits you will need to start narrowing down things which are the actual goals. While looking at every item on your list, considering creating reasons why you include and should include them. When you do not come up with an acceptable answer, you may then remove it from your list, as it won't be a goal.
Any goal which doesn't meet any of your given criteria must be excluded from your list. Based on Zig Ziglar's principle, those excluded items are not actually goals but only general desires and dreams. Finally, you will then start to separate your created list in short term, intermediate and long term pursuits. It is vital for you to have those goals which fit into every category. Huge or long term goals will motivate you and oblige you to improve, whereas short term pursuits may keep you motivated, staying on the right track. There may be times of depression and frustration, but having an extensive scope of goals should be the one to avoid you from giving up.


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I'm a self employed contractor living in Lake Forest Park. I have a 4 year old son who lives with me part time. I've been vegan since 1995, and am the VP of a Seattle non-profit. I'm always the one taking pictures, so I have few of myself!
Camping , Coffee and conversation , Business networking , Cooking , Dining out , Movies/Videos , Exploring new areas , Political interests , Volunteering
Swimming, Walking / Hiking
I exercise 5 or more times per week.
I like Cats, Fish, Horses
I live with 2 cats. I don't really believe in owning animals, it's more of a roomate type thing.
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Most of the west side of snoqualmie pass, The puget sound, Thai Tom on the ave.
I like to work on my cars, watch movies, or get out of the city. I enjoy hiking and camping. I used to SCUBA dive before I started my business. I also enjoy hanging out with my son, when I have him. I shoot a lot of pictures, too.
The last book I read was the 2011 National Electrical Code. Not very exciting!
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Joseph Rafferty was 29 when he was shot dead by a lone gunman outside his home in the Hayward apartment complex in Ongar Park, west Dublin, on April 12, 2005.
The father-of-one had grown up in Grand Canal Street in the south inner city, and in the months before his murder had become embroiled in a dispute with a family from there.
In October 2004, there was a row at a function in a south inner city hotel bar and Joseph was told he was "going to get it from the RA".
A family member's car was burnt with acid and the windows broken.
Other family members, including his 66-year-old mother, were threatened.
Detectives investigating the case believe the killer watched Joseph for two weeks before he dressed as a building worker, drew a sawn-off shotgun and shot him once in the leg and then at point-blank range in the chest.
An eyewitness identified the killer as he walked away from the scene.
Detectives investigating the case know the gunman to be associated with Sinn Fein and the IRA, and Joseph's family knew the identity of the man who had threatened to kill him before he was murdered.
Joseph's killing came three months after the IRA murdered Belfast father-of-one Robert McCartney, also an innocent man who was killed as a result of a row with local IRA figures who worked for Sinn Fein.
It also bore similarities to the murder of 21-year-old Paul Quinn, from south Armagh, who was caught up in a dispute with 'republicans' who beat him to death with iron bars in October 2007.
In all three cases a wall of silence was erected around the killers, and the PSNI and gardai were unable to secure any witness testimony to support prosecutions.
Following his death, Joseph's sister, Esther Uzell, revealed that the family had approached Sinn Fein via local coun- cillor Daithi Doolan on three occasions with requests that he intervene to try to have the threat to her brother's life lifted.
Mr Doolan subsequently lost his council seat and moved from the Dublin South East ward and has since been re-elected as a party councillor in the Ballyfermot-Drimnagh area.
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COMMEMORATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF WILLIAM "COUNT" BASIE AND ACKNOWLEDGING HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO JAZZ AND SWING MUSIC -- (House of Representatives - September 29, 2004)
Mr. BURNS. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution (H. Res. 778) commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of William "Count" Basie and acknowledging his important contributions to jazz and swing music.
Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague, the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Woolsey), for yielding me this time and for her role in bringing this resolution up on the suspension list today.
It is with distinct honor and pleasure that I stand before this Chamber today to speak in support of House Resolution 778. Count Basie was born in my district and spent the first 20 years or so of his life in my district, and I would like to kind of recount some of the events that occurred in my district during those early years.
This bill recognizes and celebrates the incredible contribution that William "Count" Basie has made to jazz and swing music. Furthermore, it is only fitting we acknowledge his pivotal role this year, marking the 100th anniversary of his birth.
He was born, as was stated previously by my colleagues, on August 21, 1904, in his parents' home on Mechanic Streets in Red Bank, New Jersey, which has been in my district the entire time I have been in Congress, and even prior to the time I represented the area. And Count Basie is highly regarded in our area, as well as obviously nationally, as one of the best and most influential musicians and composers of the last century.
The city of Red Bank, where he was born, gave the young William Basie his first exposure to music and the title of one of the most famous tunes associated with his band, "The Kid From Red Bank"; and it is evidence the city of Red Bank has had on his early musical development.
As a child, Basie would do chores at the Palace Theater in Red Bank so that he could get in free. One day when the Palace's house piano player was unable to travel from New York, Basie offered to fill in for him, but the manager declined the offer. Basie simply waited until the picture had started, then snuck into the pit and accompanied the film anyway on the piano. He was invited back to play the evening show.
Years later, Basie would trace his lifelong interest in the organ to his experiences at the Lyric Theater, another theater in Red Bank, New Jersey, where he would listen to the organ played by Henry La Ross.
Many are surprised to learn that William Basie's first love was not the piano, but rather the drums. However, his aspiration went towards a different direction when he met Sonny Greer, a young talented drummer from nearby Long Branch, New Jersey, which is actually my hometown. The young men quickly realized where their true respective talents really laid, and the drums and piano duo went on to win first place in an Asbury Park piano competition, one of the first of many honors bestowed upon Basie throughout his career.
Asbury Park is also in my district, Mr. Speaker, and some of my colleagues know that Asbury Park was made famous also by Bruce Springstein, another one of our constituents.
Count Basie was awarded with a total of nine Grammys throughout his career, including the Grammy Trustees Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in 1981. In addition, he was the recipient of an American Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment of the Arts in 1983, and in 1996, he was bestowed the honor of a Commemorative Stamp by the United States Postal Office. And I assure Members myself and many others in my district have lots of those stamps.
Today, the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey stands as a testament to the life, career and accomplishments of this innovative and ingenious musician. In 1984, the historic theater, which first opened its doors in 1926, was renamed to honor Count Basie. Much of the theater has been preserved and remains true to its original appearance. The theater is now owned and operated by Count Basie Theater, Inc., a nonprofit corporation formed solely to operate the theater for the benefit of the community, and one cannot help but think this is exactly how the "Kid from Red Bank" would have liked it.
Mr. Speaker, once again I ask my colleagues to vote in favor of this resolution and pay tribute to the life and career of an individual who revolutionized the face of jazz music and to this day stands as a model for all those who have followed him.


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In South Yorkshire, a small group of railway maintenance men discover that because of privatization, their lives will never be the same. When the trusty British Rail sign is replaced by one reading East Midland Infrastructure, it is clear that there will be the inevitable winners and losers as downsizing and efficiency become the new buzzwords.
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Glee star Cory Monteith was found dead at Vancouver's Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel Saturday. He was just 31.
Jimmy Kimmel married Molly McNearney at a luxury hotel in California over the weekend.
It was cute, but didn't have enough viewers to keep it around. Betty White's "Off Their Rockers" has been canceled by NBC.
Leah Remini has dropped out of the Church of Scientology.
Construction was underway for a new Apple store in Spain when they uncovered the ruins of a 15th century hospital.
A new study lists Oklahoma as the cheapest state in the U.S. to live in.
Former Chicago Bulls star Scottie Pippen is being sued after allegedly getting into a fight last month with a guy that wanted an autograph… but now wants $4 million for a head injury.
Blake Jenner and Melissa Benoist, co-stars on "Glee," are engaged. He plays Ryder, she is Marley.
Thanks to modern technology, police in Boston are able to put the wraps on the Boston Strangler case of 60 years ago. They thought they had the guy, now DNA evidence pretty much guarantees they had the right guy.
You've gotta be quick — by the time we found about a relationship going on between Superman Henry Cavill and The Big Bang Theory's Kaley Cuoco, it's already over. The two have supposedly already gone their separate ways.
Backstreet Boy Kevin Richardson has become a dad for the second time. Another boy.
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Justin Bieber has apologized to former President Bill Clinton for cursing Clinton and spraying his photo with cleaning fluid in a New York restaurant kitchen earlier this year.
Mudhoney helped Seattle label Sub Pop Records celebrate their anniversary by playing a concert up on the roof of the Space Needle last Thursday.
Dennis Rodman Vodka — yep, that's what the world was missing.
According to research by the Wall Street Journal, the average 3-hour baseball game contains only 18 minutes of action. [Which means that they're still getting more done than Congress.]
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The Running of the Bulls ended yesterday in Pamplona, Spain . . . and a 23-year-old woman is in critical condition after being GORED. She's only the THIRD woman EVER to be injured during the event . . . at least according to records dating back to 1910. Fifteen men have died running with the bulls. If she dies, she'd be the first woman.
On Friday, in Israel, a 35-year-old man was relieving himself when he felt a BURNING SENSATION. Unfortunately, it wasn't gonorrhea . . . it was a SNAKE that had crawled up through the pipe, into the toilet, and BIT HIS JUNK. Fortunately the snake wasn't venomous, so he only suffered minor injuries.
Yesterday afternoon, a season ticket holder with the Cleveland Indians caught FOUR foul balls during a game against the Kansas City Royals. According to ESPN, the odds of one fan catching four foul balls during one Major League Baseball game are about one in ONE TRILLION.
SEQUELS SMASH PACIFIC RIM _ Pacific Rim earned an underwhelming $38.3 million to take third place at the box office in its opening weekend. Grown Ups 2 was in second place. For the second week in a row, Despicable Me 2 took the No. 1 spot, bringing in $44.8 million…. Four new films open wide this week.
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Are the Pittsburgh Pirates actually in the National League playoff race?
By Rany Jazayerli
July 19, 2011
I watched a franchise die once. It was 1992, a warm October night in Atlanta. Francisco Cabrera struck the final blow, but he had accomplices. There was Pittsburgh Pirates ace Doug Drabek, who took a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the ninth inning and allowed a leadoff double. There was second baseman Jose Lind, who booted a routine groundball from the next batter. There was closer Stan Belinda, who relieved Drabek with the bases loaded and none out and gave up Cabrera's walk-off single. There was even Barry Bonds, whose weak throw to home couldn't catch up to Sid Bream — one of the slowest men in baseball.
I watched from my college dorm with my friend Vic, who had abandoned studying to watch his Pirates win the NL pennant after losing in the NLCS the two previous years. Instead, he watched as they were gunned down. After a moment of stunned silence, Vic turned to me for solace. "We're not going to be back here next year, are we?" he asked. It was common knowledge that Bonds and Drabek were headed out of town as free agents. The immediate future in the Steel City looked bleak. "It's going to be a few years," I told him.
We're at 18 years and counting.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are working on the longest streak of consecutive losing seasons in the history of the four major professional sports. Rather than rehashing what went wrong, it's easier to talk about what went right: The Pirates moved into PNC Park for the 2001 season, and it continues to be part of any discussion about MLB's best ballparks. (They christened their new home that year with 100 losses.)
And … that's about it. The Pirates haven't drafted well. Their owner forced them to take a safe college pitcher with the no. 1 overall pick in the 2002 draft, which is why they drafted Bryan Bullington instead of B.J. Upton. They rushed their players to the big leagues — 21-year-old outfielder Jose Guillen jumped straight from A-ball to their Opening Day lineup in 1997. Guillen was traded for bupkis two years later, and Pittsburgh was in his rear-view mirror by 2003, when he emerged as a middle-of-the-order threat.
That was the year the Pirates became the laughingstock of baseball. The Rule 5 draft is held every December to give teams with less talent on their rosters the opportunity to pilfer some from their wealthier brethren. It's a chance for teams like the Pirates to acquire players, in other words. Only the Pirates did such a poor job of identifying their best prospects (and protecting them from the draft) that five of the first six players selected were taken from their own roster. By the fifth pick, there was open laughter in the draft room.1
The Pirates hit bottom in the summer of 2007. With the no. 4 pick in the amateur draft, they bypassed collegiate star Matt Wieters in favor of left-hander Daniel Moskos, who would sign for $3.5 million less. Wieters is in his third season as the Orioles' starting catcher, while Moskos is trying to stick with the Pirates as a situational reliever. GM Dave Littlefield spent those savings and much more six weeks later, when he dealt two prospects to the Giants for veteran starter Matt Morris. Everyone in baseball could see the fork sticking out of Morris' right arm — everyone but Littlefield, who agreed to pick up the $15 million remaining on Morris' contract. Morris made 16 starts for the Pirates and had an ERA over 7 before being released the following April.
By then, Littlefield had been fired — with cause. New GM Neal Huntington has spent the past four years trying to rebuild the Pirates the way they should have been rebuilt all along — with patience. Every veteran player not nailed down was sent packing for prospects. The Pirates started to spend more money in the draft and in signing amateur talent from Latin America. The organization seemed headed in the right direction for the first time in two decades.
But the hole Huntington inherited was going to take years to climb out of. Even after 18 losing seasons, the Pirates were thought to be years away. If Hollywood had remade Major League last year, Rick Vaughn and Pedro Cerrano would probably have donned the black and yellow.
Maybe they have. How else to explain the 2011 season?
For the first three months of the season the Pirates played .500 ball, an astounding achievement for a team that lost 105 games last year. On June 28, the Pirates recalled an unheralded rookie outfielder named Alex Presley. Presley turns 26 next week; soon-to-be 26-year-old rookies are not supposed to be impact players. Presley hit a two-run homer in his first game, and the Pirates won, 7-6. Presley has kept hitting and the Pirates have kept winning. Presley had three hits Sunday, including an RBI single in the 11th inning. The Pirates won 7-5. He's hitting .352/.405/.521, and the Pirates are 11-6 since Presley was called up.
In the NL Central, where teams play musical chairs with the division lead, that's enough. After winning Friday night, the 48-43 Pirates found themselves ahead of St. Louis for first place.2 Pittsburgh dropped into a tie for second over the weekend, but Monday night Presley had two more hits and the Pirates shut out the Reds to move back into the lead, a half-game ahead of St. Louis and Milwaukee and four games ahead of Cincinnati in a four-team dogfight.
It's not entirely clear how they're doing this. Presley, a no-name rookie playing miles above his head, is the poster child for this team. The Pirates have one elite player, All-Star centerfielder Andrew McCutchen; he's the only regular hitting over .275, or who has hit 10 homers or drawn more than 35 walks. The Pirates rank just 11th in the NL in runs scored.
The strength of the team is its pitching. They rank fourth in the National League in runs allowed. Based on who's on the mound, that makes the Pirates a clear first in the majors in smoke and mirrors. Their rotation is a collection of soft-tossing finesse artists — the team ranks dead last in the NL in strikeouts — who are somehow getting guys out.
Paul Maholm, the ace of the staff, had a 5.10 ERA for the Pirates last year. He's walking and striking out roughly the same number of batters this year, only now his ERA is 3.06. Kevin Correia had a 5.40 ERA last season for the Padres while pitching in a home ballpark so big it can be seen from outer space. In Pittsburgh, he has a 4.04 ERA and made his first All-Star team.3
Charlie Morton went 2-12 with a 7.57 ERA for Pittsburgh last year. He has since revamped his pitching mechanics to duplicate those of Roy Halladay. The makeover resembles Halladay in the same way the picture hanging in your accountant's office looks like van Gogh's "Starry Night," but the results haven't been half-bad. That replica isn't worth nine figures, and the new Morton doesn't pitch like Halladay — in 102 innings, Morton has allowed 110 hits and 40 walks. And yet he boasts a 3.62 ERA.
And then there is Jeff Karstens, who entered the season with a career record of 12-27 and an ERA over 5. So far, he's not fooling anyone — in 108 innings, he has struck out just 60 batters, while surrendering 17 home runs. And yet he ranks second in the NL with a 2.34 ERA.
The Pirates' success this season is a house of cards built on quicksand in the center of a mirage. They are 15-6 against the dregs of the National League, the Cubs and Astros, and 35-38 against everyone else. According to Baseball Prospectus, they have a 4 percent chance of making the playoffs.
And yet I still think they should go for it.
The question "What should the Pirates do?" has a Pavlovian response conditioned by years of losing: If it's July, the Pirates need to be sellers. Trade any veteran with value for young players who might improve the team in the future. Rinse, lather, repeat.
The Pirates can't do that this year. No matter how flimsy their record is, those wins and losses are in the bank, and no team can betray its fan base by throwing in the towel when they're a half-game back. If they can't be sellers, they might as well be buyers.
That's particularly true because the youth movement they've been building since 2007 is still years away from reaching its potential. It doesn't help that the Pirates' top picks in 2008 and 2009, third baseman Pedro Alvarez and catcher Tony Sanchez, have both been disappointing as pros. The Pirates' top three prospects, right-handers Jameson Taillon, Stetson Allie, and Luis Heredia, are all 20 years old or younger. Gerrit Cole, who was the no. 1 overall pick in this year's draft and is expected to sign next month, might be the only impact player to debut with the Pirates between now and 2014.
Even if the Pirates were to hew to tradition and sell off their marketable players for prospects, Pittsburgh would still need everything to go right to be contenders in 2012 or 2013. They would need unexpectedly good performances from unheralded players, and they would need their NL Central rivals to underachieve. They would need a season, in other words, like the one they're having right now.
The Pirates will have a better idea if they should be buyers or sellers soon enough. Monday's win was the first of six straight games against the Reds and Cardinals. Then they're looking at seven games against the Braves and Phillies leading up to the trade deadline. They could easily be six games out after that stretch, in which case they'll probably feel comfortable auctioning off some veterans.
But if they can hang tough for the next two weeks, the Pirates need to be aggressive buyers. Their elite pitching prospects should be untouchable, but anyone else should be fair game if the Pirates can pick up a third baseman who can hit, a first baseman who can improve on Lyle Overbay's .238 average and seven homers, or a starting pitcher whose deal with Beelzebub isn't about to expire.
Sure, it's unlikely that the Pirates will stay in the thick of the NL Central race for the next 70 games. But that's nothing compared to how improbable it is that they've stayed in the race until now. Resurrecting a franchise often requires a miracle. The Pirates are more than halfway there.
Rany Jazayerli runs the Rany on the Royals website and co-hosts The Baseball Show with Rany and Joe podcast. He is one of the original founders of Baseball Prospectus, and works as a dermatologist in suburban Chicago.


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My rain preparations will include back-up shoes, a large golf umbrella, heavy cloaks, and a determination to have a good time, despite the weather
(Maybe a spare change of clothes in the car.)
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Subject: Re: [Ayreton] Event plans for the weather?
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Parking shouldn't be too much of an issue.There's limited shelter. We don't have anything list side other than what people bring. So we'll probably need to cozy up under friendly shade fly's. We won't do fighting in the barn, so it will be the best place for people to hang out if the rain is heavy at points.If it's raining too much in the morning for the novice tourney, then we'll have to cancel that.Given the forecast, we'll probably try to hold the morning court in the barn and whether permitting, have the processional lead from their to the field.Overall, we'll do the best we can and adjust as needed. As long as everyone's willing to just settle back and roll with it, I'm sure we'll have a good time.--RichardMud is a possibility on the gravel roads, but if you take time to avoid it and stay on the grass you should be okay.On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 7:43 AM, young <philipwhite@...> wrote:
Howdy All!
Checking the forecast tomorrow, it looks like we have a good chance of some ugly storms in the morning.
What kind of back up plans should local people know about to be ready for tomorrow?
I've not been to the site so some words of wisdom would be very helpful!
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Should we be worried about parking our cars and then not being able to get out?
Will we have shelter avalible for people who don't have pavillions or sun shades to set up?
If we are using the barn for activities (like fighting) will there be room to have people in there too?
Is the ground going to handle the water well? Or, should we be concerned about mud?
Any other ideas would be great. Thanks!
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