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The phrase, a euphemism that shrouds responsibility and evades accountability, surfaced yet again this week when state officials acknowledged the obvious, the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge won't open as scheduled on Labor Day weekend.
"Obviously, mistakes were made," state Sen. Mark DeSaulnier told reporters after a closed-door briefing on the troubled project.
Indeed they were.
In fairness to DeSaulnier, he wasn't offering an official obfuscation for the broken bolts that are the most recent setback for the bridge. In fact, the Concord Democrat's next sentence was a succinct summary of the project's tortured history.
"When you define it as a $1.1 billion project when they started," he said, "and it's now a $6.3 billion project, and it's 10 years late and they can't tell us if it's safe, much less how safe it is, that's a failure."
Indeed it is.
The questions for DeSaulnier and his legislative colleagues, as well as for Gov. Jerry Brown, are whether the safety of motorists who will use the bridge has been assured, and who will be held accountable for these embarrassing — and costly — failures.
On Monday, the state's Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee — which is overseeing the project — issued a 130-page report that said Caltrans and several contractors share responsibility for the almost immediate failure of steel rods and bolts supposed to secure seismic-safety features of the new bridge. More than 2,000 similar high-strength fasteners are used elsewhere on the bridge.
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_______________ In the Year Two Thousand Eleven _______________ An Act relative to drivers license notifications. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: SECTION 1. The fourteenth paragraph of section 8 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- The registrar shall place on any application for an original license or license renewal a section for the applicant to voluntarily indicate an electronic mail or traditional mailing address. If the applicant fills out said section, the register may send a required notice of expiration of license by electronic mail or traditional mail to the applicant. |


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Hi Guys, so I got the dreaded "start error". Called 1-800 For Merc. He came and said battery was fine, but both my keys wont work and they don't even unlock or lock the doors. He said the fact that it says "start error" means there is nothing he could do that basically either the keys aren't talking to the car or the car isnt accepting the keys IR code. So it was towed to the dealership. So now the dealership is saying that the tranny leak at sensor (which I have ignored for years) has leaked fluid along the wires and ended up getting fluid in some control module. They say this control module is not allowing the car to start. So they need to order one and replace it to the tune of $1000. Well, I tend to not believe this. Car was running absolutely excellent and then just wouldn't start. Does this sound right? I saw some old posts where someone said the chrome ring around his ignition was loose, another that said the PCM module was bad. And then one post which said all I had to do was change the batteries on the key remotes and reprogram them?? Anyone have any thoughts on this? So damn frustrating to be at the dealer's mercy. |
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looks like the dealer may be right... module maybe fried or the key barrel cannot energise the key to read its code to authorise the start of the car see documents from workshop manual... drive authorisation does not touch the k40..
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START ERROR still should not prevent you from opening and closing doors etc... looks like your keys need to be re-syncronised to the car. to sync - direct the remote control signal towards the receiver in the front of the interior light and press the button twice briefly. - within 30sec place the key in the igntion and turn the key to pos 2 (dont start motor). locking system should be now operational. remove key and check |
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Of course if you haven't replace the connector you'll be wasting your time. The connector is less than $30 at the dealer (about $12 at Chrysler dealers) and about 15 minutes to replace.
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The Vudu box, which is already jam-packed with goodies, just got even more interesting.
The company announced a partnership with Brightcove that allows Brightcove media customers to distribute content right onto Vudu's $149 set-top box (or Entone box perhaps).
Brightcove might not ring familiar to many at first glance, because it's the behind-the-scenes engine rather than the content provider, but it's the online video platform that fuels a bunch of sites' web videos. Its first customer that will take advantage of the partnership with Vudu is Sony Music, which will show videos available in the Vudu Labs area of Vudu's service, which is where the company already has a library of web content.
You'll have to sit through advertisements for the "high-quality" content Brightcove will distribute, which we expect Sony Music to be the tip of the iceberg judging by Brightcove's customer list.
The company delivers its online platform to numerous newspapers, magazines, entertainment media and broadcast and cable companies, so it would stand to reason that the door to a motherload of web video, whether it's clips or full episodes, has been opened by Vudu and Brightcove here.
Especially with the Hulu-like ad support to keep money flowing to the content providers. So will it be Hulu, as it notes in its commercials, or Vudu that eventually takes over the world?
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3 Mile Veterinary Centre
3 Mile Vets is based in the south of Glasgow. We are a friendly, privately owned non-corporate practice offering an individual service tailored to our clients! Our premises at Paisley Road West, Cardonald is modern and state of the art, and we invite you to visit and meet our staff who will provide you with personal care to fit the individual needs of your pet.
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Every morning, Monday through Friday, blogger Matt Vensel will hook you up with reading material -- mostly on the Ravens but with some other Baltimore sports stuff, too -- to skim through as you slug down coffee and slack off at the start of your workday. That way he'll have an excuse to do the same to start his workday, too.
Ravens tight end Dennis Pitta has come a long way -- and packed on a lot of pounds -- since he was a skinny kid in California. … Linebacker Ray Lewis was picked as one of the NFL's most overrated players in a recent poll by Sports Illustrated. … Rookie defensive tackle DeAngelo Tyson feels blessed for getting the opportunity to play last weekend against the Houston Texans. … Here are some first-half superlatives for the Ravens.
- Examining Ray Rice's workload so far this season
- Five Things We Learned from the Ravens' 43-13 loss to the Houston Texans
- 2013 Ravens cheerleaders [Pictures]
- Ravens clean out their lockers [Pictures]
- An early look at the Ravens' 2014 opponents
- "State of the Ravens" news conference [Pictures]
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The Ravens are struggling in life without Ray Lewis. … Even the Ravens' team doctor can't believe that linebacker Terrell Suggs returned so quickly. … Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is having a better season than Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco. … A look at the Ravens and how they are leading the league in penalties this season. … ESPN's John Clayton talked about the struggles of the Ravens' no-huddle offense on the road.
With the Ravens now on their bye, I will retire this section until next week. To tide you over, here are pictures of Ravens cheerleaders.
Here are five Ravens stats that stand out this week, including the team's struggles throwing the ball against the Houston Texans and Ravens coach John Harbaugh's track following the bye week.
Rookie running back Doug Martin had 214 total yards as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday night. … New York Jets linebacker Bart Scott might miss his first game since 2004. … Jets quarterback Tim Tebow talked about life as a backup. … The New England Patriots aren't worried about style points, either. … Green Bay Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings will have surgery on his abdomen and could be out a few more weeks. … Former LSU star and NFL hopeful Tyrann Mathieu was arrested Thursday and faces drug-related charges.


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Country Chef BBQ Sauces – Another Barbecue Sauce Review
For this week's Barbecue Sauce Review, I had a chance to try out all 6 Mike Espey's Country Chef BBQ Sauces: Original, Mustard, Hickory Smoked, Chipotle, Honey and Sweet and Spicy.
For this week's Barbecue Sauce Review, I had a chance to try out all 6 Mike Espey's Country Chef BBQ Sauces: Original, Mustard, Hickory Smoked, Chipotle, Honey and Sweet and Spicy.
For our second barbecue sauce review for today, we are going to review Burnt Finger BBQ Sauce and Rubs.
For this Barbecue Sauce Review, we tried a new barbecue sauce: Chicken and Barbecue Sauce Insurance which is made by Easy Peasy Foods.
A Local Washington D.C. Area Barbecue Sauce and Catering Company named Abrams BBQ Sauce.
Grilling with Rich Hops Back on the Gourmet Barbecue Sauce Wagon with Stonewall Kitchen's Barbecue Sauces.
For this Monday's Grilling with Rich Op-ed, we are excited that our good friend Shane from Drapers BBQ has written a "Meat Manifesto." We really like the idea. Rich and Shane originally talked about this a couple of months ago, we have already wrote about Craft BBQ Sauce.
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This is a very special Sunday Barbecue Sauce review we are going to be reviewing Guy Fieri's New BBQ Sauce Line!
For this week's Barbecue Sauce review we had a chance to review Cookies Bar-B-Q Sauce. We actually tried this barbecue sauce when we added it to our Barbecue Spaghetti.
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Couple caught in the act and other bizarre police news A couple was caught having sex on a softball field bench in Pennsylvania, and other odd news from the police beat. Not a homerun by any stretchA home plate on a baseball field. (Thinkstock)Richard McBride and his not-bride, Jennifer Harvey, will both go trial for an incident in June when the couple was caught having sex in public by not one, but 26 police officers. The officers were part of a bike police training session in Pennsylvania when they spotted ...View "Couple caught in the act and other bizarre police news " on Spundge
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Brand New Luxurious 3722 SQ FT Home with Private Pool and Spa, Billiard Table, Shuffleboard Court, 3 BR 3.5 Baths with High End Cozy Beds and Bedding. Each Bedroom has its Own Bathroom, and a Ceiling Fan ! The Wonderful Award Winning Design Features Elegant Travertine Flooring, Rich Granite Counter Tops, Custom Wood Cabinets, Stainless Steel Appliances Perfect for Entertaining, Including 2 Dishwashers, 4 Ovens, and 8 Stovetop Burners ! A Majestic Granite Kitchen Island Seats 9 ! This Patio Home Surrounds the Pool and Spa on three sides, so you can view the pool from the dining room, living room and family room/kitchen. The large 11,000 square foot lot also has an outdoor dining area with built in barbeque.
The home is 1 mile east of trendy El Paseo shopping, dining and entertainment, and 1 mile west of the Hyatt Grand Champions, and the new $65mm Indian Wells resort Clubhouse, the 'IW club'. Also at the Indian Wells resort are 36 holes of premium public golf, and home of the 'Skins' game.
There is a 50 inch plasma TV in family room with a large L shaped couch and 2 leather recliners, perfect for entertaining, as it is adjacent to the open kitchen and island! There is also a 42' plasma in the master bedroom, as well as a spacious bathroom with a large tub, marble floors and counters. A beautiful 8' pool table is available for use.
The home is not suitable for young children, or children who don't swim well, as it has 13 doors, including 11 french doors, and the pool/spa does not have protective child gates or nets.
King bed in master, Queen bed in Jr. master, and 2 full beds in 3rd bedroom. There are 4 large couches, that are very comfy for sleeping on as well, and extra pillows/bedding, etc.
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Kelowna 6th most dangerous city
Kelowna remains one of the most dangerous cities in Canada according to one of the country's leading magazines.
MacLean's Magazine released its annual report on crime in Canada this week and it shows Kelowna to be the sixth most dangerous city in Canada in 2011 among the 100 highest populated cities.
The year previous, Kelowna ranked seventh.
The report, issued for the sixth time has drawn the ire of several mayors and police officials for the methodology used in compiling the data.
In terms of methodology, MacLean's says it utilizes annual crime data obtained from Statistics Canada for municipal police services serving the nation's 100 largest populations, each encompassing a city or town of at least 10,000 people.
It takes rates per 100,000 people for six crime categories, homicide, sexual assault, aggravated assault, vehicle theft, robbery and breaking and entering, and calculates the percentage difference from the national rate.
The overall crime score ranking for the 100 communities was created in consultation with StatsCan, using its Crime Severity Index (CSI) score and calculating the percentage difference from the national score.
Maclean's calculated the ratios by dividing population of the area by the raw number of crimes.
According to these ratios Kelowna is 65.95 per cent above the national average.
In terms of the six crime categories measured, Kelowna showed up in two of those. The city is ranked 10th for sexual assaults with 89.2 per 100,000 population and 11th in auto theft with 487.3 per 100,000.
The city was also listed number four for impaired drivers with 637.6 per 100,000 and 13th in marijuana possession with 318 per 100,000.
For the third year in a row, Prince George topped the list as the most dangerous city in Canada followed by Victoria, Regina, Saskatoon and Fort McMurray.
Half of the cities in the top 10 are in BC (Surrey 8th, Chilliwack 9th) while all top 10 cities are located in the four western provinces.
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Great Surfing lesson From Airtime! - I have been living in Cyprus for two years and i finally stumbled across the Airtime website and gave Steve Morris a call to discuss whether i could take up surfing in Cyprus. He was very helpful and i popped into his brilliant shop the very next day. He then took the time to explain the basics and we agreed to meet for a lesson last weekend near Akrotiri. Although the waves were small, Steve did all he could to make the lesson informative and enjoyable and i loved it! Good price and very helpful. I am now going to get a board and start my journey! Can't wait! Thanks again to Steve, he is the man you need to get you started.
De babbsmonteiro87 , 09-03-2012
surfing - ooo im sooo glad that i found this website... i am going to pafos at the end of this month... and wondered if they did surfing... i started surfing in fuerteventura... and wanted to carrt it on... im excited to go and see steve i also have his number becuase i need to get a soft board for my self im sooo excited... i cant stand on the board yettt but i will be soonn.... are you stil out there annoynoumous who posted a wall post on 2nd feb x
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Cyprus Surf - So I moved to Cyprus in March2011 for work thinking that my surfing days are over in this land of flat seas and baking sun....how wrong was I?
Thanks to this site and the comments below I looked up Steve at Airtime in Limassol last week. Steve is a top guy with the true spirit of surfing deep in his bones. I'm a real part time paddler due to work (and age) but Steve took the time to discuss and think about what would be right for me and never once tried a hard sell and he never got impatient with me for all my dithering trying to choose a board! He gave me the full lowdown on all the places with full directions and then still offered to meet me. If you come to Cyprus for surfing (or other stuff like skateboarding, mountain biking or roller blading) you have to look up Steve - he'll help you out!
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A self-catering cottage sleeping six with wonderful broadland view along the River Bure from its spacious balcony and upstairs lounge.
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Ferry Marina Cottages are situated in a waterside location in the picturesque village of Horning. Sleeping 2-8 people they are furnished and equipped to a high standard.
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Harry's is the new cafe and coffee shop within the Helska leisure centre at Ferry Marina on the Northern Broads.
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Ferry Marina is located on the River Bure in the Broads. It's a perfect base to explore villages and broads.
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Dr. Evelyn Li, Candidate for Congressional District 17
Over the past decade, the US Congress has created a nation that is overwhelmingly dispirited and apprehensive due to overspending. Although we may sometimes enjoy the multitudinous features of our government-granted benefits, the truth is that we've outspent our means. We cannot afford our wants, and we need to face the fact that we are and have been robbing our posterity from the wealth they rightly deserve by spending it on this generation. This upward-spiraling sense of entitlement has caused us to lose our freedom to our growing list of creditors (including China), and has made it increasingly difficult to meet our basic needs as a nation.
We must remember that America's strength in the world comes not only from our economic prowess and abundance of natural resources, but also -- and especially -- our legacy of American-born values (such as duty, integrity, and accountability) and our financial solidarity. But we have been losing this reputation and reality of America, because of good intentions and poor investments. We must work together to fight against policies and laws that unwittingly bankrupt our future to "enrich" us today. Let's not be fooled that a great America is an America with great benefits. A great America is one that incentivizes, recognizes, and rewards innovation, industry, accountability, and integrity. That is how the fledgling America surpassed all the industrialized nations to become the #1 country in the world, and that is how we need to run our country to keep it that way.
We can reverse this recent decline in moral thinking and well-intentioned -- but poorly-managed -- policy making, and restore America to its once-bright identity. Let's embark on a journey of real change. Let's bring back America to our formidable legacy of down-to-earth values, and inspire our people to trust our government again.


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Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 11:30 PM
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So my wife and I have been living pretty tight for a few years. Every now and then we will overdraft our account and suntrust obviouslly charges us a $36 overdraft fee. I have called several times to speak with them b/c in back a few years ago when the banks were required to ask if their customer if they accepted or declined overdraft coverages, I DECLINED IT. I was told that was not the case and I have not really put up a big fight about it. Well tonight we got hit with a fee and it just didnt seem right on how the debits were arranged to cause this account to overdraft more than once.
I am quite frustrated with this and I decieded to research my decision to decline the service. Well I found the setting in my account that shows if you are enrolled or not and all my accounts have DECLINED checked and it gives a date as to when this decision was made and the date is 8/13/2010.
My question is now what. They have covered atleast 15 overdrafts over the past 2 years and I never agreed to this service. Infact I declined it b/c my thought was I would rather be declined then charged $36 per transaction. Should I go after all these charges b/c I declined this service and will I have a good case with them.
I dont know where to start but if I can stick it to them for doing this I would love to. We are talking about over $500 worth of fees that I didnt authorize. Any suggestions?
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When you are taking loan from institution, did you make some agreement with them or just took loan without any setting rules and regulations.
Because if you made some agreement with them then you can easily stopped by charging. Are you did that or not?
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Email The City of Rogers
Donation of the Month
Candles Donors: Frances Mills; Karen Russell Burks 2001.21.4; 2011.20.1; 2011.72.2 Due to their use as a light source candles have been around for centuries. With the use of kerosene in lamps and then the invention of the light bulb, candles as a light source diminished. However, candles are still popular for their ambiance and decorative uses. Even as the use of candles has changed the way they are made has changed very little. Candles have been made of various materials over the centuries. In the 13th century candle makers called chandlers made candles from fats saved from the kitchen or sold their own candles from within their shops. More common were candles made from animal fat, called tallow. The Tallow Chandlers Company of London was formed in about 1300, and by 1415, tallow candles were used in street lighting. Tallow candles had an unpleasant smell so candles made from beeswax were used indoors. By the mid-1850s paraffin wax, made by distillation of coal, became commercially available. Paraffin wax burned cleanly, and left no unpleasant odor, unlike tallow candles. Due to a low melting point, by the 19th century stearin acid was added to the mixture to create a higher melting point allowing the candles to last longer. The process of making candles has changed very little over time. Tapered candles, long narrow candles, are made by dipping the wick in a vat of hot wax and then pulling it out again and allowing the coating of wax to cool before dipping it again. This process takes a lot of time. In order to speed up the process long wicks were used and draped over a long rod, allowing several candles to be dipped at one time. The dipping method is still used for making decorative carved candles. Pillar candles or votives are made in molds. History records the first candle mold was used in Paris in the 15th century. Molds allow the wax to be poured into a pre-sized and shaped cavity, thus ensuring each candle was the same size. The use of molds also allowed the candle maker to get rid of the large vats of hot wax and allowed several candles to be made in a shorter period of time. Candles today are not used exclusively for light, but more often for the ambiance or just for decorative purposes. Many companies produce decorative carved candles. These candles can be found at most candle shops, but the highly carved candles featuring swirls, bows, and various colored wax can only be found at specialty candle shops. In the 1970s, there was a renewed interest in the arts and this included the making of candles. To cater to this interest Helen and Blanche Stire opened a candle store on South 6th Street in Rogers. They carried locally made candles featuring Early American cut and pressed glass patterns. Their shop wasn't open for very long, but the interest in decorative candles hasn't wavered. Candles have been around for centuries and it appears they are here to stay for several more centuries.
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Shifty Bat United States Show all reviews | Seldom do I find a floral fruity fragrance that is easy to remember, and rarer still would be one that I would wear. But Catalyst is a stonking wall of indolic flowers sweetened with just a hint of peaches and some amber in the base. I've read many claims that there is no sweetness in Catalyst, but this is not true; there is just enough sweetness here to structurally support the towering bitter herbal green. This is basically an old-school chypre without the leather. That said, women under twenty-five would most likely find this unwearable. Men over twenty-five, give this a go. 08 March, 2011 |
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To provide the opinion that this film is qualified as an accurate presidential portrail is just dumb.
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Rating: 3/5
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Posted: Wed Oct 8 2008
Like watching an Alison Jackson photo brought to life by a team of 'Dynasty' producer Aaron Spelling and 'The Queen' writer Peter Morgan , Oliver Stone's leaving-present for George W Bush is a ramshackle affair that borders on opportunist trash. But there's something grimly compelling about this maudlin, sporadically funny, dynastic tale of a rich boy made bad that makes up for what Stone's third and most moderate film about a US president lacks in journalistic rigour, dramatic invention and theoretical novelty. The biggest surprise of all is that Stone's film isn't half as wild or as damning as one might expect from the director of 'JFK' and 'Nixon'.What entertains most is the soapy, greatest-hits approach to Bush's back-story, alongside committed performances (especially from Josh Brolin as Bush), and an atmosphere of end-of-term ribbing, not least when Bush and his ministers get lost in the heat of his ranch while discussing 'shock and awe'. That the cast mostly play characters older than themselves – Thandie Newton is 35, while Condoleeza Rice is 53 – only adds to the air of school revue. There are laughs and there are moments that nail the forty-third president (such as the reconstruction of a disastrous press conference which Bush follows by retiring to eat pretzels, watch baseball and swallow non-alcoholic beer); but mostly the film falls between the two, never working fully as comedy and never entirely hitting the bullseye as critical biography. The key pressure points are familiar (booze, professional failures, paternal pressures, God); and the absences suggest restraint (the allegations of drug use, the National Guards service, the 2000 election).
What rescues 'W.' from being an extended episode of 'Dallas' is Stone's decision to limit scenes of Bush's presidency to the invasion of Iraq. We see scenes that compress and present the discussions and pressures that led to war: there's the neo-con influence of Cheney (Richard Dreyfuss), the militarism of Rumsfeld (Scott Glenn) and the reluctant acquiescence of Colin Powell (Jeffrey Wright). For audiences with short memories, it's sobering stuff.
Where does that leave Bush? With God and his father. The pop-Oedipal psychology that stresses the importance of a feud with Bush Sr (James Cromwell) and rivalry with his brother is given too much weight; it makes excuses for him. But the Jesus factor is handled more gently. 'W.' is neither coruscating nor edifying – but without the benefit of hindsight, it's probably the best we can hope for.
Author: Dave Calhoun
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Fri Nov 7, 2008
129 mins
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Jason Ritter, Stacy Keach, Rob Corddry, Teresa Cheung, Ellen Burstyn, Ioan Gruffudd, Toby Jones, Scott Glenn, Jeffrey Wright, James Cromwell, Thandie Newton, Richard Dreyfuss, Elizabeth Banks, Josh Brolin
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A March 2005 trip to Hong Kong by MichaelJM
Quote: This trip was highly recommended by my son and his fiancee, and as they were living in Hong Kong, who were we to dispute their advice? We were not disappointed.
But tourists love to eat on this quiet island. If you like seafood, this is the place to be. You will be spoilt for choice, and although there are not hundreds of restaurants to choose from, the ones that are there all seem to have their own charm and attraction. We settled for the Sampan Seafood restaurant (see separate entry), but you could have loads of fun just making your choice. Here the restaurateurs seem to accept that people are "checking out" their options. They will gently encourage you to look at the menu, check out the livestock, and consider their attractive seaview. But they don't approach you with the competitive edge that you'd expect from a small community so dependent on the tourists for their livelihood.
You can arrange a walk to suit your level of fitness, the level of energy you want to release and the time you have available. We were a bit short on time (a mistake, I feel) but still managed an interesting walk. I'm sure the ideal plan is to arrive at Yung Shue Wan, explore that area, have lunch, and then head south over the hills to Sok Kwu Wan. It's a good afternoon's walk, and then you can choose another restaurant before picking up the ferry from Sok Kwu Wan back to Hong Kong.
I'm sure that a day on Lamma will not disappoint and will give you an insight into the peaceful life of an un-hassled community.
Give yourself plenty of time here so you can stroll the island, take in the atmosphere, and most of all, enjoy a couple of wonderful meals.
Accommodation on the island seemed cheap (from our glance in the estate agent's window), and it is clear that short lets or stays in guesthouses are an option. I'd ensure a booking beforehand, because there is not an abundance of accommodation and it is so much cheaper than the rest of the islands.
Be warned many of the island's restaurants are closed on Mondays.
A map on the ferry jetty will help you orientate yourself, although there are numerous signposts around the island.
Soon it became evident that we would not be encountering the traffic problems of Hong Kong Island, as other than bikes, the only other form of transport on the island is a strange-looking single-person dumper truck-type vehicle clearly used for transporting heavy items around the island. Interestingly, the use of this motorised vehicle is not allowed near the pier within 15 minutes of the ferry's arrival or departure.
The only other way to get around the island is on foot, and from what we saw, this is the preferred method for both tourists and residents. You don't need to be a mountain goat, but, to be very clear, you will need to be fit and agile to manage the walk across the island.
Now, I don't want to pretend that this is a classy restaurant laid out with extravagant furnishings, but it feels much better than the seaside café it presents itself as being. White plastic garden furniture serves as the dining tables, although they are covered by crisp red-and-white checked tablecloths. We sat under a giant parasol adorned with Chinese lanterns, well away from Lama's main street.
We started off with a pot of Chinese tea (with a never-ending tea supply throughout the meal) and then poured over the menu. What to have? It all sounded superb. As usual, we wanted a good selection and opted for spring rolls, baked crab with ginger green onion, fried prawns with scallops and cashew nuts, Garoupa cutlet with sweet corn, and fried rice in fook chowstyle. We chose a local beer and sat back enjoying the view and the endless supply of tea.
First to arrive were the spring rolls – I have to say that these were not the best I'd tasted in Hong Kong, but there was a very spicy chili sauce available as a dip. They needed this to pep them up a bit, as the "innards" were somewhat bland. But, if this was the low spot of the meal, everything else made up for this shortfall. The Garoupa was so well cooked that it virtually melted in the mouth, and the sweet corn sauce beautifully enhanced the delicate flavours of this freshly caught fish. Next on the table arrived the crab – sensationally presented but somewhat difficult to eat, as we were determined to pick every available morsel from the carcass. My only advice is to resist eating all the ginger, as it is particularly strong in flavour. Our waiter was not insensitive to our messiness (a sign of our appreciation of the meal, our son insisted) and brought a finger bowl and additional serviettes to the table. With a polite smile, he said, "finger bowl" – perhaps he thought we'd consume it with the rest of the meal!
The fried prawns came next (the tender meat exquisitely complimented by a delightful sauce and copious cashews) and then the rice. The rice was a massive portion and crammed with scallops, prawns, mushrooms, and pakchow – a meal in itself
The four of us struggled to eat everything, but with time on our hands, we paused, chatted, and then returned to the feast that lay before us. A cracking meal for little cost, we'd certainly recommend it to you.
Member Rating 5 out of 5 on April 12, 2005
Sampan Seafood Restaurant 16 Main St. Hong Kong
Attraction | "The Ferry Trip to Lamma"
Leaving the busy Hong Kong Terminal behind us, we were soon to enjoy a multiplicity of sights. On our left were the high-rise buildings of modern banking Hong Kong, and the livelier Kowloon quarter was on the right, but keep a close eye on the changing landscape of Hong Kong Island as the ferry powers its way towards Lamma. Buildings hug the shoreline, and the swish, ultra-modern landscape is replaced by less impressive high-rise buildings, and then older multi-storey apartments. Soon we were observing the more tired buildings of Hong Kong Island, then apartment blocks that would be dwarfed by the mighty buildings of Central Hong Kong. But hang onto the final glimpse of the island, as it is there that we spotted a few individual low-level residences clinging precariously to the craggy extremities of the island (expensive, I'm sure, but an amazing contrast to the rest of this side of the island).
At about this time, we spot the dominating towers on Lamma Island – the source of Hong Kong's power. But there's still a great deal of interest as the ferry makes its way to the second-largest of the outlying islands. The waterway is full of activity: ferries, fishing vessels, offshore container storage vessels (said to be Hong Kong's way of protecting its buildings for any cargoes that may be the remotest of fire risks), barges, speedboats, and small private boats. Not a minute passed without a significant change to the waterway. To the rear of the ferry, I'm transfixed by the wake our vessel is creating – strange what can fascinate a traveller!
We take a sharp right, then the whole of Lamma comes into view. Surprisingly, the electricity towers seem to give an air of mystery and majesty to the island, and it soon becomes evident that the island, despite its industrialisation, is a stark contrast to the bustle of Kowllon and Hong Kong. The waterway becomes less busy, and we are now seeing many more small boats – local fishermen, we presume – as we approach Lamma's jetty. To the left are small stilted wooden houses; to the right, Lamma's main street and two-storey buildings; and on the top of the hill, across a small bay, Lamma's power-creation towers. What a difference from the busy harbour we left behind 40 minutes ago!
Member Rating 3 out of 5 on April 12, 2005
Star Ferry Victoria Harbour Hong Kong and Kowloon +852 2367 7065
Attraction | "The shops & temples of Lamma"
Most restaurants have small aquariums, some integrated into the shop frontage, but others with tanks on the pathway. Set aside the morbidity that all the creatures happily swimming in the water will become some-one's food by the end of the day, and enjoy the antics of the fish as they flip around the tanks.
Lamma's fruit and vegetable stores were great advertisements for fresh and colourful products. The range and variety on the stalls was a privilege to see and I reckon it's far fresher than anything we see in England. I've never seen such vibrant colours and not a wilting leaf in sight! Local fishermen crouched over small containers of giant prawns and I have to say business seemed brisk – guess they were the main suppliers for the local restaurateurs as well as Lamma's residents.
Tourist shops prevail, but we aren't talking cheap, tacky goods – these shops sell in keeping with the bohemian environment of Lamma. Some quality shops sell hippy-type clothing befitting the '60s, well-carved woods, incense, wall plaques, teapots and bowls, ceramic-ware, and jewellery. Here you can buy all manner of locally made art and crafts, and most shops are just crammed with goods (backpackers beware as you swing those rucksacks around!). If you're still peckish, I saw some interesting local delicacies that could have been worth trying. The great thing about Lamma is that no one is out to sell you cheap watches or entice you away for a suit fitting! Shopping is civilised and pressure-free.
At the end of main street's shops, we saw a small, less than ostentatious temple. The smell of burning incense oozed out of the entrance, and I could not resist a quick look. This compact working temple was stacked with religious icons and once my eyes became accustomed to the dingy lighting I was struck by the obvious care and devotion that was afforded this temple. It was spotless – shame the store cupboard door was open and the cleaning goods on display. Fresh fruit and vases of flowers adorned the small room, and numerous lanterns hung from the ceiling.
To the left of the door was a strange-looking Buddha sporting a bizarre smile, but take time and look into those eyes. They have a caring and kindly look about them and will follow you round the temple. Brightly coloured pennants flank this idol, and the reds, yellows, and greens are complimented by similar hues in two embroidered triangles of flowers. Above hangs a single unlit red bulb, but quite what that's about is anyone's guess. I have to say that this temple did not command the reverence that most do, not helped by its uncared for exterior.
Member Rating 3 out of 5 on April 14, 2005
Lamma Lamma Island Hong Kong +852 2807 6543 (HK T
Attraction | "A Walk Around Lamma"
There are several notable features of our walk. First, it was very tranquil, and we were able to enjoy the sounds and sights of Lamma's birdlife. The birdcalls were constant, although often it was difficult to spot where the calls were coming from. Second, we were able to enjoy the plant life. There was a huge variety, including small banana plantations and some amazingly fragile-looking creeping plants that had, over the years, attached to hanging cables and presented itself as an amazingly delicate curtain gently blowing in the breeze. There were bright-red bristle flowers (looking almost artificial) and twisting petals of a bright yellow flower – this trip has inspired me to learn a little more about the plants I saw.
As we walked up the steepish slope, we saw the smallest of temples. Worship was in progress, so I didn't intrude – a shame, really, as I would have liked to compare this temple with the one on the main street. We clambered to the top, passing a variety of homes clinging to the hillside, and found ourselves in someone's garden. They saw us and waved (perhaps they're used to tourists taking the wrong track), and we made our way down. This time, we saw the industrial towers of Lamma's electricity generation plant poking over the top of the hill.
We saw a signpost and followed in the direction of Sok Kwu Wan – again, there was some interesting vegetation and views of the waterways and the rest of the island. But… we were faced with an unsigned choice and took the right fork - yet another dead end in someone's garden. This place is a maze of tracks, and if we'd have had more time, we'd have asked for directions (the locals seem very friendly, and most speak good English). But time was not on our side, so we made our way back to the main town.
The big shame about the island is that they don't seem to know what to do with their garbage. Dumped household items could easily distract you from the inherent beauty, and I was just left wondering why any community would want to look out onto rusting bedsteads, mouldy carpets, and abandoned white-goods.
My son told us, too late, that if we'd made it to the summit, we'd have had superb views of the whole area and a walk back down the hill would have given us a great beach and place to swim.
Member Rating 4 out of 5 on April 15, 2005
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The Young Curators project is for young people who are interested in learning more about art and how museums work. These workshops will focus on the 'Animals in Art' exhibition. Participants will be involved in curating the exhibition and developing additional interactive elements. No previous experience required. For 13 – 19 year olds. *
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After all these years, I still don't have a Wikipedia page (I'm not losing sleep about it, just so your mind is at ease). So, for those who want it, here's a brief biography of Matthew Wayne Selznick, from memory.
Origins of Matthew Wayne Selznick
I was born on July 14, 1967, a Friday, in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. I lived there until 1976, when (after about six months in Albuquerque, New Mexico) my family moved to southern California. The timing was just right for me to see "Star Wars" at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood… by then, of course, I'd already read the novelization and the Marvel Comics adaptation, so the movie was almost an afterthought!
I spent part of the last few years of elementary school in Glendora before my family moved to Mission Viejo, where I spent the remainder of my public school education at Barcelona Hills Elementary School, Niguel Hills Junior High, and Capistrano Valley High School.
Matthew Wayne Selznick's Creative Origins
The first short story I remember writing had something to do with an evil triceratops who captured grapes with the intention of imprisoning them on the beach until they turned into raisins. I'm not sure what grade it was or how old I was, but I do recall that it was written on that horizontally-oriented brownish paper with the wide lines.
I wrote my first "novel" in sixth grade — "FanFacSci." It was illustrated, included a character that spoke in rhyme until he (or the author) was too tired to do so, and nabbed me my first, and to date, only, award for my fiction, the Barcelona Hills Elementary School Principal's Award. Yes, I still have it. No, it's not on display.
I started playing bass guitar when I was sixteen, and acoustic guitar when I was seventeen or eighteen. I wrote my first song (with musical assistance from Roger Huff) in February of 1985. The first song I wrote entirely myself, words and music, dates to May of that year.
Matthew Wayne Selznick In The Late Eighties
After high school, I moved out of my parents' house, went to work at a record store, and played semi-casually in an acoustic duo. In 1987 or so, I moved in with my girlfriend and her mom in the coastal town of San Clemente, where I formed my first "real" band, psychopathway, with my girlfriend and two of her pals from high school.
We performed intermittently, mostly in and around Orange County, and outlasted my relationship with the girl, though not by much. Our sound was a noisy mesh of psychedelic and punk, filtered through inexperience, exhaustion, and alcohol. I played bass, electric guitar, and shared the vocals.
Around this same time, I began tinkering with what would eventually become my fantasy genre storyworld, The Shaper's World, and wrote several science fiction, horror and literary short stories. I was also involved in the creation and distribution of two issues of a "lit zine," a DIY literary print magazine that was called RFD its first issue and Samizdat for the second and final issue.
Matthew Wayne Selznick In The Nineties
The early nineties found me in a series of media retail jobs (mostly video stores…) living in San Clemente, Costa Mesa, and Irvine, California, and playing in a guitar pop band called Loveless. Our biggest claims to fame were opening for largely forgotten bands like Mary's Danish and the Havalinas and for doing an obligatory cover of "Wicked Game" by Chris Isaac because… the nineties.
I also wrote a crapload of songs and started doing my first solo gigs playing acoustic guitar and singing. I would play a lot of solo gigs in the nineties, at one point averaging four or five a week at various coffeehouses and small clubs.
I did a whole lot of writerly tinkering in the early part of the decade, while not actually finishing very many pieces. However, in 1994 I sold my first piece of fiction, a short Shaper's World story called "Trouble Day," to a Canadian semi-pro fantasy magazine called Bardic Runes.
In 1993, I founded a band for the first and, so far, only time; recruiting the guitarist and drummer from the great pool of talented strangers to be found in the pages of The Recycler, a free classifieds magazine. PIGBAT was, musically speaking, my favorite band, a power trio awash in reverb and catharsis. We didn't play with anyone you've ever heard of… but it was an artistically enriching collaborative experience I've yet to top. PIGBAT lasted a couple of years before people's personal lives and migrations stopped it from being viable.
In 1998, I created one of the first shared universe webzines (based on an early incarnation of my Sovereign Era storyworld), Sovereign Serials. It would continue into 2001 before I retired it to focus on larger projects. Also in the late nineties, I released a few issues of a one-sheet litzine called THING that was distributed via subscription and friends across several southwestern and western US states.
My personal life was as rocky and dramatic as it can only be in your early twenties, and I managed to carry that through to greater or lesser degrees through the entire decade and into my thirties. I moved to Long Beach, California, in 1992, as did the girl I'd met the year before. She became my first wife in 1995; we separated near the end of 1999 and were divorced by the summer of 2000.
Matthew Wayne Selznick in the Aughts
A friend would come to my solo acoustic performances and complain that my songs belonged in a band setting. So, when he started a band in the very late nineties, I hopped aboard as bassist and shared songwriting and vocal chores with him and his girlfriend. We were called Running Erin.
We didn't play all that often (one of the reasons I eventually quit was because we practiced three times a week and performed before audiences about once every three months), but while in that band I got to open for Los Lobos and the X / Blasters spin-off band The Knitters, and even sing on stage with the latter band. Running Erin also teamed with Not Afraid! Productions to produce a fun, faux "rockumentary" that results in two music videos of songs I wrote, so those are nice artifacts of that time.
I married my second wife in 2001 and moved to the desert town of Hesperia in 2002. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
While my musical output diminished to almost nothing in the desert, I discovered podcasting in 2004 and joined the first wave of podcasters in October of that year. While I don't consider myself much of a podcaster these days, it's not an exaggeration to say that the medium changed my life.
I also launched my career as an independent author while living in Hesperia when "Brave Men Run — A Novel of the Sovereign Era" became the first-ever book with an initial simultaneous release in paperback, five DRM-free ebook formats, and free podcast editions in 2005. The book revived my Sovereign Era storyworld, was nominated for an inaugural Parsec Award, became one of the all-time most popular and well-reviewed titles at Podiobooks.com, and, when it was re-issued in paperback by Swarm Press in 2008, reached number 56 on the Amazon.com overall bestseller list.
In the aughts, I left retail (hopefully forever) and worked with Jason Calacanis and team to help create the first iteration of Mahalo.com, and then dipped my toe in the world of big entertainment interactive marketing as a producer for Jetset Studios. Both experiences were educational… and we should leave it at that. I also founded my creative services company, MWS Media, in 2000. I started providing fiction and non-fiction editing for independent authors and quickly expanded to handle every aspect of bringing creative endeavors to fruition, to market, and to an audience. "Because Doing It Yourself Should Never Mean Going It Alone."
My second marriage lasted until the end of 2009. By July of 2010, I returned to Long Beach, happy as a clam to be back in a city I love.
Present Day Matthew Wayne Selznick
As of late 2013 / early 2014, I'm a full time, if not horribly successful, creative services provider and creator with more than a dozen titles on the market. I've got Origins, ENnie, and KeyArt award nominations in my pocket, and a new novel in the stores. My free serial fiction-by-subscription service is going strong, and there are several fiction and non-fiction titles in progress. I'm living in a city I love with a woman I love, and I'm looking forward to whatever's next!