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I've been comparing the demo to every other UAD eq, and something about it has me picking it over every single other plug-in. It's not a soft eq, but it's also not hard in a bad way, it's got amazing punch and clarity. I can't quite get any other EQ to do what it does, and it has me considering using one of my 3 choices on it, despite it being $70 cheaper than other options like the API. Seriously, am I just crazy?
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I bought maag EQ4 plugin from plugin alliance some times ago... and then UA did this new emulation, so i tried the demo and compared to my Maag EQ4 from Plugin alliance.
And... THEY ARE THE SAME! They have the same presets... the same sound... in protools I created two tracks and copied the same snare sound with the same Maag EQ4 one from UA and one from Plugin alliance.... they did sound the same!!!!
To be sure of that i just inverted one track phase and then played the two tracks together, what i did expect was to hear a little difference, hear something.... but no sound, no sound at all, what a perfect phase inversion!!!! The two plugins are identical!
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Excellent sur les voix pour leur donner de l'air. Le "SUB" est également aussi étonnant et le 650 Hz sonne plutôt bien... Bon produit !
The Air band opens up tracks in a unique way. A welcome addition!
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It's long time since i tested out something with so big wow factor :-)
This is a very good sculpture EQ and this airband is amazing....
The Maag EQ4 is, by far, the best vocal plugin I've ever used. It can be used on many different things, but it's "Air Band" makes vocals naturally cut through the mix without it sounding strange. I couldn't recommend it any more.
This eq is working great for me on kick drums and vocals.
I always look at EQ as a necessity, not necessarily a luxury. I have a bunch of different eqs here at the studio both software and hardware. This is now my favorite... So straightforward yet so sweet. I will say. I have not used the hardware so I can't speak to its "trueness to reality", however it is a very very nice EQ. Such a sweet top end.
Acquiring the Maag EQ after assessing it in demo mode has proven one of my best purchases yet. It has made my mix session further efficient and I quickly find the vocal sound I look for as well as most other inst equalisation.
Thank you for bringing the Maag to the UAD platform!
Very silky, very smooth, very very beautiful processing of this plugin..
I can't imagine my mix without Maag EQ4...
I have been using UAD plugs from almost day dot but I have never written a review before. This is a great EQ I seem to be using it on everything, it wins 90% of shoot outs where Top end lift is required. I would recommend it.
This EQ is just fabulous. It solved all my problems with tracks not sounding right. It's so easy to bring life to every instrument, no matter if you need to let it shine more or if it needs more weight - a must have for serious producing!
If You want Moore Air "Space" on your Tracks....This is The Plug- in You need and Will Love...!!In short terms ; Pure Class A Sound..!!
ok so this is not my favorite eq by any means but it does something special to sound. I can use it on a single channel, bus or master chain and it really does give a high powered pristine sound to everything as long as you tweak properly. I must say though that what this thing does for vocals is it's most useful asset....you can sculpt a vocal sound outta this thing that will rival the pros as long as you recorded correctly. I've been searching for years for a plug to actually do magic to vocals...the search stops here. like I said, not my favorite Eq but my favorite Plug-in if that makes sense. fits more under the special processing category than it does equalization but WOW on vocals!!!!
This is already becoming a go to EQ for me after less than a week. Threw it on a classical piano track and the lows and highs shined. Through it on acoustic guitar and it popped. Added it in the bass track along with the Neve 88RS and it was solo good. The sub boost and the air EQ are magical but the frequencies in between dialled in to taste really help a track shine. In fact, threw this into my Mix Bus just to add air and it worked great.
I hadn't heard about the Maag EQ until I heard about it from a fellow UA user / producer. The air band concept totally blew me away, and now it's as essential on showcase voices and instruments, as my 1176s and EMT140s!


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1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
1/2 cup ketchup
2 teaspoons white sugar
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
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1 (14.5 ounce) can Italian-style stewed tomatoes, undrained
3 pounds ground turkey
1 sleeve roasted vegetable-flavored buttery round crackers (such as Ritz®), crushed
1 onion, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon dried thyme
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 clove garlic, minced
2 teaspoons ground black pepper
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (optional)
Made this for my boyfriend and he loved it! Used 2/3 ground round and 1/3 ground turkey - not much grease in the pan. Mashed potatoes as a side dish made this the perfect comfort meal (no other veggie needed with all the veggies in it). Split the meat mixture in half before baking; I will freeze the other half for another time. The tomato sauce mixture made a lot.
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The Sport I'm Not Sure I'd Let My Kid Play
September 18, 2012
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I just got back from a glorious weekend at The University of Tennessee, my alma mater, where, among other shenanigans, we whooped it up at the UT/Florida football game. Watching the players smash the $&*! out of each other got me thinking about my own littler player and whether I'd ever want to see him out there. I'm not so sure I would.
A bunch of old friends and teammates (I played volleyball at UT freshman year, which is how this New Yorker wound up in Knoxville) gathered for two days of bonding, laughing, dancing, tailgating, cheering, dancing some more and otherwise pretending we were still undergrads and not moms/wives/professionals/nearly pushing 40. It was an absolute blast (and a little surreal) to be back in a place that's filled with so many memories, a place where I truly became the person I am today. And while I haven't been a very good Vol fan in recent years, I do love college football. Being in Knoxville on game day brought back all of my Big Orange pride in a swell. ESPN's College Gameday was broadcast from campus on Saturday, which is a huge deal and caused an insane amount of excitement (and traffic). I got media passes so a few of my friends and I got to hang out on set. It was awesome to see how much goes into that show and how many people are required to make it run so smoothly (and to keep the guys from sweating off their makeup). It was also fun to see what posters get taken away for being inappropriate (my favorite nixed one: "Let me see your TDs") and how short Kenny Chesney, the celebrity picker, actually is (even smaller than you'd think, but cute). Of course it was amazing when Lee Corso put on the Davy Crockett hat and hugged our mascot Smokey (showing he picked Tennessee to win the game), but, alas it didn't end in our favor. (I think it had something to do with our QB throwing the ball to people other than his teammates, but I'm no expert.)
We got hooked up with seats on the 45-yard line (thanks, Lady Vols!), a few rows from the field. And here's where the title of this post comes from: Watching those boys smash into each other hurt a little more than usual because now that I'm a mom, I couldn't help but picture Alex out there. Many of the friends I was with have kids old enough to play sports and some play football. We talked a bit about our concerns, how we quiet those fears, what the coaches do to protect the kids and whether those of us with younger boys would allow it. There's no denying it: Football can be dangerous. But is it so dangerous that I'd prevent my son from becoming the next Peyton Manning? (Hey, a girl can dream, right?) And is it really that much worse than some of the other sports we gladly let our kids play? And what about life in general? I was an athelete and though I broke an arm (soccer) and an ankle (volleyball) my worst injury (a broken collarbone) came from a bike-riding fall in front of my house. We can't protect our kids from everything but football does seem a little harsher than most activities, no?
I was also at the NFL offices in NYC last week (amazing place!) meeting with a friend who works tirelessly on their health and safety issues. She helps to get youth football leagues motivated to adopt new and safer rules and regulations (check out USA Football's head's up tackling rules). Read their latest news and initiatives and watch this safe tackling spot produced by Peter Berg of Friday Night Lights fame ("Clear eyes, Full hearts, Can't lose!"--I love you, Riggins!). The best thing a football parent can do is to know this stuff inside and out. The NFL also works closely with the CDC on their Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports campaign to educate coaches and parents. Bottom line: They know head injuries are a problem and they want to be a part of the solution—namely to keep kids involved in a sport that is so beloved in this country by making that sport safer.
Needless to say, football has been on my mind a lot in the past few days. When I walked in from the airport on Sunday, Alex and my nine-year-old nephew were playing tackle-the-$%!@-out of each other football (even though Alex just turned five he's a tank so I was actually more concerned for his bean-pole cousin). Very apropos. Later that night, Alex was sporting his Sanchez jersey (he also has a Manning one, since, unlike with baseball, we're not super loyal to any one team—don't judge!) and he, Nick and I tossed the ball around. We play football a lot in the backyard. And the kid can throw. And catch. But is that a good enough reason to let him play a sport that I'm sure would make me a nervous wreck to watch? Nick is a huge football fan—college, NFL, fantasy—and I know he wouldn't hate it if Alex wound up on, say, The University of Michigan's roster. But even he has no interest in getting Alex onto a football team any time soon. Again, the kid is five so we have time.
Right now the only organized sport Alex plays is soccer, which he loves and is really good at. But of course he thinks he needs to slide tackle and do headers so it's not exactly a safe option either (the sport with the second most concussions behind football: girl's soccer). He also loves and plays a lot of baseball in the backyard, which seems awfully civilized compared to these others (though we've talked about how I'm not that keen on the time commitment I'd have to make for Alex to play serious baseball, right? Oy). At this point Alex loves playing all sports. But if he begged me to play organized football, would I let him? I'm just not sure right now and I'm curious to hear your thoughts. Would you let your son play tackle? At what age? Why/why not? Let's discuss. Oh, and Go Vols! Here are some photos from the weekend:
On the Gameday set--this is how close we got to stand!
The three of us have sons and, so far, none of them plays football. But that doesn't mean we don't love the sport!
The band making the big T for the team to run through. Pretty good seats, right?
In the stadium! (My old-lady complaint: everyone in our section stood the whole game--ouch!)
It's been 15 years since these girls were my teammates, but when I saw them again it was like no time has passed at all. GREAT times!


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Wikitravel talk:Naming conventions
Previous discussions have been moved to Wikitravel_talk:Article naming conventions/Archive.
Null and void
Can somebody please give me a clue as to how this referendum started? It's not official. We don't vote on Wikitravel. We come to agreement. See Meatball:VotingIsEvil for why. Sorry, but that's just the way it works. I know other wikis work other ways; this one works thing way.
I'd like to see some discussion about how official names help travelers better than the most common English name. Votes just don't count around here. --Evan 14:28, 13 May 2004 (EDT)
- Can somebody tell you how this referendum started? It started by public concensus - many people liked the idea of a vote. If you don't, then that's OK, but if, say, 70% of Wikitravellers do, then you can't ignore that majority. "Votes just don't count around here." Yes they do. I think that's a very narrow view. Remember that Wikitravel is a group project - the majority decides. If you want it to be your project, then why did you use Wiki in the first place. Sorry for being so frank, but I find insulting that after so much constructive debate with so many users, you come here and "nullify" this vote for no actual reason. We've actually achieved something with this vote, not only in the forms of voting, but in the forms of a constructive debate with other users. Every major contributor has given their input about what they feel about this issue, as you can read below. See Meatball:VotingIsGood. I think you are leading Wikitravel down the wrong path, honestly. The "travellers first" policy was originally a good one but has now been corrupted by a very narrow view of serving travellers needs without paying any attention at all to anything else. Yes, Wikitravel is travel-oriented, but, no, that doesn't mean we can forget the rest of the world and that doesn't mean we can use improper names.
- What I am angry at is your clear, uncompromising position on this vote being "null and void". Again, remember that Wikitravel is a community that works together to come up with answers. A lot of us prefer votes, that's why so many people voted in the referendum. Some people said YES, others said NO, but anyway, they voted and expressed their opinions in a democratic way. The reason in the first place why we have reached this discussion on official names is because, while the majority of users agree with using official names, mainly you and a few others do not agree.
- If you want to totally impose your own point of view, that is not OK on Wikitravel. Sure, debate it. Sure, argue it as heavily as you want. But don't impose it without any compromise. Therefore, I think by nullifying this referendum you are not only insulting the Wikitravellers which actually took the time to contribute to the discussion and vote, but you are also making Wikitravel an undemocratic community that defeats the whole purpose of wiki. If you can't be rewarded for contributing to Wikitravel by at least having a voice in how it is conducted, then I ask, what is the purpose of contributing to this project? So, until then, it's back to Wikipedia and Wiktionary for me. Again, sorry if I'm being too harsh, but that's the truth. Ronline 02:20, 14 May 2004 (EDT)
I'd like to put my ditto in here. Voting is not going to work here. There's a whole bunch of reasons why, but the only one I'll mention is that a "majority" is not a consensus and we work by consesus-- it's worked great and we should stick with it. Now I'm going to try and get back to my vacation... Majnoona 15:12, 13 May 2004 (EDT)
- See my comment above. Just some more points - majority is very important. In all democratic countries, voting is done by majority. This also applies in other aspects of society. Voting is the best way to gauge people's responses. Consensus might be better but we haven't reached any because none of you want to budge your stance on official names. If we had some compromise, maybe we could come to an agreement. But because we couldn't have any compromise, it has to come to this - a simple vote that determines things clearly. So, as a response, no, concensus has not worked great. It's done nothing to solve this official names problem. Voting will solve it. Ronline 02:20, 14 May 2004 (EDT)
What do you think?
I'd really like to know what everyone thinks about this unfair and stupid "Null and void" decision. I mean, we were this close to coming to a decision that everyone was happy with, and now it's been taken down . Makes you think what low point Wikitravel has reached. I think the Wikitravel community is excellent and all of you have done a great job not only on this page but also with this guide. Some people however, want to take that from us. I think, if this attitude from the Evan and Maj continues, Wikitravel will not work. Seriously, until now I saw Wikitravel as a much closer, more open-minded place to contribute than the Wikimedia projects. The contributors here are still great, but Evan especially has made this a hard place to contribute in. I mean, so many of us want to change to official names but due to him we're getting nowhere. What's the use of us contributing then? I used to think badly of Nils when he said he would refuse to contribute to Wikitravel any longer due to an issue he faced with copyright sometime ago. However, my opinion has seemed to change. I think we are facing more and more of these problems. The only way to form a happy, contributing Wikitravel community is by respecting public opinion. Ronline 03:04, 14 May 2004 (EDT)
Official name referendum
There has been a lot of discussion recently on whether to use the official English-language name of a city, or whether to use the most common English name of that city. This discussion has mostly centered on Indian cities (Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata or Bombay, Madras and Calcutta). Due to many arguments, it is time to call a referendum on whether people agree with changing articles to official English-language names. You can read the FAQ beneath the votes for more clarification on what will be changed and what will not.
There are two questions in the referendum. To vote in the referendum, please place your username beside your desired answer.
1. Do you believe that Wikitravel should use the official English-language names of cities or places (YES), or the most common variant (NO)?
- Ronline 04:53, 10 May 2004 (EDT)
- Jpatokal 06:30, 10 May 2004 (EDT)
- Professorbiscuit 15:44, 10 May 2004 (EDT)
- Paul Richter 09:49, 11 May 2004 (EDT)
- Akubra 15:27, 11 May 2004 (EDT)
- Mark 15:31, 11 May 2004 (EDT)
2. Do you believe Wikitravel should use the official short form "Czechia" rather than the common, officially-long form "Czech Republic"?
- Ronline 08:08, 10 May 2004 (EDT)
- Jpatokal 11:40, 10 May 2004 (EDT)
- Professorbiscuit 15:44, 10 May 2004 (EDT)
- phma 16:27, 10 May 2004 (EDT)
- Mark 15:31, 11 May 2004 (EDT)
- Huttite 08:27, 12 May 2004 (EDT)
What exactly will be changed?
If a majority of YES votes are recorded, this would mean changing Bombay to Mumbai, Madras to Chennai and so on. It would not mean changing articles to their native language name, for example, Prague would not be changed to Praha, Bucharest would not be changed to Bucureşti and Lisbon would not be changed to Lisboa. If the result turns out to be positive, the Article naming conventions of Wikitravel will also be changed.
Will this affect Wikitravel in a major way?
No. This is a relatively minor decision regarding simple name changes. This does not however mean that your vote doesn't count, or is unimportant. It is an issue that constantly pops up, so we need to decide it once and for all.
Will the Czech Republic article be moved to Czechia?
Yes. If the vote for Czechia is approved, all places will use official English-language name. The official short name for Ceska republika in English is Czechia. If the referendum of official naming turns out a YES result, but the majority of people disagree with changing Czech Republic to Czechia, the article will remain at Czech Republic.
- My dictionary does not have Czechia as a word. The nearest I get is Czech - of the Czech Republic. I would caution against using Czechia as it sounds like Chechnya and could cause confusion. Also what Official publication is the reference point for this "Official" name? - Huttite 07:25, 10 May 2004 (EDT)
- I thought this issue would come up, and that's OK - I will explain it in detail. Firstly, the fact that Czechia sounds like Chechnya is a comparison I didn't think of, but, upon close thought, it can be argued (but then again, what grounds is that for not implementing a perfectly good name change!?). OK, now to the reasoning. Czech Republic is by quite a significant margin the most common name, and it is correct and official. However, there is one problem with it. Czech Republic is akin to The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or to the Hellenic Republic. That is, Czech Republic is the long, official name of this country. The short name is Czechia, akin to the United Kingdom or Greece, using the examples above. This is because the Czech government declared Czechia the standard and official short form of the name. Yo u can read about this at http://www.czechia.org/. Therefore, if the referendum were to pass, we should use Czechia, instead of the Czech Republic, unless we would decide to use long names for everything (like using the United Mexican States, People's Republic of China, Republic of China for Taiwan, etc.). However, I agree that, as of the current moment, Czechia is a fairly pedantic chance - it is, in strict matters, the most correct term, but again, I agree that it would be a bit strange to use it (I have accustomed myself to using it now, instead of the Czech Republic, but it isn't commonly accepted). Therefore, we can exempt this from the future official naming policy, if the majority of people want to do so. That would be fine. I have therefore placed a second question above relating to the Czechia issue. I know it may sound like a minor issue, but I think with this referendum we can finally sort out a problem that has been popping up all over the place for a long time. Ronline 08:08, 10 May 2004 (EDT)
- Where is this "Czechia" thing coming from!? The CIA World Factbook (current as of Dec 18, 2003) gives "Czech Republic" as both long and short form. This referendum also says nothing about whether the long or short form should be used for naming articles, as I don't think any Czechs think saying "Czech Republic" is wrong -- it's a direct translation of Ceska republika! Jpatokal 06:30, 10 May 2004 (EDT)
- I explained the reasoning behind Czechia above. CIA World Factbook is actually incorrect on this matter. Even though it is the one resource that I trust most usually, it gives Czech Republic incorrectly, for no apparent reason. You're right, the referendum doesn't talk about short or long, but it does talk about stadardisation, and, as I mentioned above, of course we could use Czech Republic, but then we would have to name all of the other countries to names such as Hellenic Republic, Commonwealth of Australia, etc. to conform to this long-name usage. Like Bombay, I think using Czech Republic is a bit discriminatory - I will ask the Czech Wikipedia about this since they are Czechs, but anyway, it is a bit discriminatory to use the long name of a country for no reason, when the short name is shorter, easier to pronounce, more logical and more standard. Ronline 08:16, 10 May 2004 (EDT)
- Although in Dutch Tsjechië is used much more often than Tsjechische Republiek, I can't remember having encountered its equivalent in English. On the one hand, it sounds a bit weird and unfamiliar, but on the other hand, consistency is important. Right now, I haven't formed an opinion about it.
- A number of countries have been refered to by the long form of their country's name for clarity. For example the Republic of Ireland is used for the country instead of Ireland because the latter can refer to the island of Ireland, including Northern Ireland. Similarly the United States of America is used because any lesser name is potentially confusing. I see using the long form of a country's name as acceptable when clarity is required. I consider the Czech Republic and Czechia to be in the same boat. While using Czechia is politically correct, the Czech Republic is clearer as the latter name is more widely known. Once Czechia is the popular name then is can be used as the article title. Meanwhile, a statement that Czechia is the official short English name should appear in the first paragraph of Czech Republic - (It wasn't stated there when I last looked - and that is the first place I would expect to find important information like this.) -- Huttite 08:27, 12 May 2004 (EDT)
- Actually, there is quite a significant different between the examples you gave above and the Czechia issue. Names such the Republic of Ireland, the Republic of South Africa, the (former Yugoslav) Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Moldova, USA, etc. are also used for disambiguative purposes - that is, so we do not cause confusion. For example, Moldova is also the name of a region in Romania, Macedonia is a region in Greece, Ireland can refer to the whole island and South Africa is also a geographical term for all of southern Africa. Czechia, on the other hand, is not less clear than Czech Republic, because there is no confusion over this term. Czech Republic is not used for disambiguation purposes, but rather arose for unknown reasons (in 1993, the Czechs already declared Czechia as the short name, but it didn't catch on). Also, you talked about politically-correct names. Well, Republic of Ireland, Republic of South Africa, etc are all more politically-correct than Ireland, South Africa, just like Czechia is more politically-correct than the Czech Republic. And, I think we shouldn't use Republic of Ireland and Republic of Moldova anyway because we are a travel guide after all, and while we need to be specific, we need to use general names for countries, not necessarily long political ones. When people type in South Africa, they are most likely to want to know information about RSA rather than, say, Lesotho. When people type in Ireland, they are less likely to look for information about Northern Ireland and so on. Anyway, even though this seems to contradict my whole point on Czechia (since I'm saying that we should use common name over official ones), it really doesn't. I'm in favour of using common, one-word names that are still politically-correct (like Mumbai) and, in the case of Czechia, that are a lot more practical and more logical. And, if we don't start the trend, who will? Ronline 08:55, 12 May 2004 (EDT)
- A number of countries have been refered to by the long form of their country's name for clarity. For example the Republic of Ireland is used for the country instead of Ireland because the latter can refer to the island of Ireland, including Northern Ireland. Similarly the United States of America is used because any lesser name is potentially confusing. I see using the long form of a country's name as acceptable when clarity is required. I consider the Czech Republic and Czechia to be in the same boat. While using Czechia is politically correct, the Czech Republic is clearer as the latter name is more widely known. Once Czechia is the popular name then is can be used as the article title. Meanwhile, a statement that Czechia is the official short English name should appear in the first paragraph of Czech Republic - (It wasn't stated there when I last looked - and that is the first place I would expect to find important information like this.) -- Huttite 08:27, 12 May 2004 (EDT)
- Although in Dutch Tsjechië is used much more often than Tsjechische Republiek, I can't remember having encountered its equivalent in English. On the one hand, it sounds a bit weird and unfamiliar, but on the other hand, consistency is important. Right now, I haven't formed an opinion about it.
- I explained the reasoning behind Czechia above. CIA World Factbook is actually incorrect on this matter. Even though it is the one resource that I trust most usually, it gives Czech Republic incorrectly, for no apparent reason. You're right, the referendum doesn't talk about short or long, but it does talk about stadardisation, and, as I mentioned above, of course we could use Czech Republic, but then we would have to name all of the other countries to names such as Hellenic Republic, Commonwealth of Australia, etc. to conform to this long-name usage. Like Bombay, I think using Czech Republic is a bit discriminatory - I will ask the Czech Wikipedia about this since they are Czechs, but anyway, it is a bit discriminatory to use the long name of a country for no reason, when the short name is shorter, easier to pronounce, more logical and more standard. Ronline 08:16, 10 May 2004 (EDT)
If the YES vote is successful, will that mean that there will be no article named Bombay?
Yes and no. While there will be no actual article with the name of Bombay, users will still be able to access the article on Mumbai by typing in, or searching for, Bombay. This is due to the fact that Bombay, and all links to it, will redirect to Mumbai.
Does this referendum affect the Romanian and French Wikitravels?
No. The Romanian Wikitravel will not be holding a referendum on this issue because it already uses official names like Mumbai, etc. The French Wikitravel does not use official names, and can hold a referendum if it desires. Just because the English Wikitravel is using a certain policy does not mean the others have to follow. However, if a YES result is reached, then it would be beneficial if the French Wikitravel would also use official names, since then all of the Wikitravels would use the same naming scheme.
I only half-approve of the changes. What should I do?
Some people, for example, would like to see Bombay changed to Mumbai, but not the Czech Republic changed to Czechia, or Calcutta changed to Kolkata. That is perfectly fine, you can choose the best answer (YES or NO) and then explain it on this page.
Remember, this referendum is not a strict one - it would be great if people could give their opinion on this issue, give feedback on what and what not to change, etc.
- I disagree with the idea that simply holding a referendum on this issue will resolve it. These sorts of guidelines should be reached or agreed upon by consensus, not a simple majority - (though I would accept >80% support as indicating a consensus). Using the official name, especially if it is not well known and there is a well known or historically accepted alternative name will confuse people. Also what Official publication is the reference point for the "Official" names that will be used? Currently the reference is a Google Search on the alternative names. The most used name, of the alternatives, then becomes the article name. Under the current scheme, once the official name becomes the most popular it can be accepted as the article name. This way a little known official name does not get used without careful thought and good reasons. There may be situations where there are good reasons not to use the official name - such as a native land dispute make the official name offensive. I think locking the policy down to the official name is undesirable. Where alternative names exist, the article title should be justified in some reasoned way. The official name and popular usage are factors in that justification process. Article name changes should be proven as valid and widely accepted with a well argued case. -- Huttite 07:25, 10 May 2004 (EDT)
- I should've cleared these things up before the referendum, but anyway... this referendum is not binding in the sense that even if a simple majority says YES, changes will not necessarily take place absolutely. The referendum is here to validate the usage of official names by public concensus, so that it can be faired. This is because technically, we should be using official names because they are the most correct. No matter what Wikitravellers think, these names are the most correct. Now, this of course, sounds fairly aggressive, that's why we're holding a referendum. Again, "official" in this sense refers not to some obscure naming, but to the correct, fair name that countries set themselves, not some biased or old name that some English speakers use. It is by no means binding in the sense that we work by the rule of specificity. Eve after applying this rule, exceptions can be made to specific articles by reasoning and discussion. That is OK. But we still need a referendum to gauge Wikitravellers' response to this deeply dividing and controversial topic. Ronline 08:16, 10 May 2004 (EDT)
- I think this referendum has been set up in a rather hasty manner. Thought has been given to the what, but not the how. Yes, Ronline, a number of things should have been cleared up beforehand. Things such as you indicate: is this referendum binding or indicative. But also, how long will the voting last -- two days? ten days? a month? unlimited? Shouldn't we first set out and reach a general agreement about these "practicalities" before hurrying into voting? Even though I am in favour of using the so-called official names, I will restrain from voting at this moment. I will try to come up with some ideas to start a framework for referenda, if that is what we want. Policies are too important to change without proper thought and organization. Akubra 16:21, 10 May 2004 (EDT)
- well, though I incouraged everybody to plunge forward into a referendum, I have to say that I am in favor in general of being a bit less pedantic and more flexible about the individual cases. Otherwise I don't care much about place names, so long as we have redirects.
- I suppose that in part my opinion is probably to do with the fact that I grew up with a common law system where caselaw is the law, as opposed to a system like that in the country where I live now, which goes by the letter of the law.
- I'm trying to adjust, but I do find the later approache a bit pedantic. Also I find the unwillingness to let the name of each place have it's own rules a bit trying. Let's just try to concentrate on doing the right thing for a given city, page, user, whatever, not on how well we can follow some written guidlines that any one of us could change any time we like, OK?
- Meanwhile let's not put Ronline down for trying to do something to resolve the impass. His effort seem to me to be totally in good faith. -- Mark 16:30, 10 May 2004 (EDT)
- I never wanted to give the impression to put Ronline down. If I did, I apologize. I do think Ronline is trying to resolve something here, which I commend. I only wanted to make clear that we should be careful about the way we're doing it, otherwise we might create other problems. Akubra 16:50, 10 May 2004 (EDT)
- It's my turn to apologise. I think that may have been a bit strongly worded as well... I think I was actually more worried that my little rant would come off as a put-down. I don't think there's anything wrong with anything you've written. -- Mark 01:39, 11 May 2004 (EDT)
- Hi! No worries, I haven't felt as if anyone was putting me down - in fact, these sorts of discussions are what we want here at Wikitravel so we can actually resolve the matter in the most comprehensive way possible (not in a one-sided approach that then needs to be changed later!). Anyway, Akubra, you said you will refrain from voting. It's OK, but this refendum is indicative anyway, and it is a good decision to vote because then we can see general opinions. In fact, we should probably call this a poll' rather than a referendum - it is here to see what each user thinks, to get input from people, etc. Then, armed with the feedback and the results, we can make a good decision of changing the name.
- As I mentioned once before, things will be monitored on a case-by-case basis. I mean, we can have exceptions anytime, so that's not a problem. As a final note, don't feel that by voting YES in this referendum, and the result turns out to be YES, we will now have a no-exceptions approach to naming, and everything will become ultra-restrictive. Therefore, as long as you're in agreement to "official" names, I think you can go ahead and vote... but you don't have to if you don't want. I think it's great just that people are contributing to the discussion! Ronline 03:21, 11 May 2004 (EDT)
- I have been thinking it over and taking into account the latest comments of Ronline I have decided to vote. I will also try to work towards a guideline concerning referenda. Akubra 15:25, 11 May 2004 (EDT)
- I hope to make a first guideline proposal/draft this coming weekend. Akubra 16:05, 11 May 2004 (EDT)
Some English names differ from the local names only in diacritics, because people in English-speaking countries can't type them or don't know how. I think these should be at the local spelling, since we have UTF-8, and the others should be redirects. For instance, Sao Paulo should redirect to São Paulo, and Gyor, Györ, and Gyõr (the result of using the wrong ISO-8859 encoding) should all redirect to Győr. -phma 16:27, 10 May 2004 (EDT)
- This is a very important issue which I didn't think about now but crossed my mind many times before. I think, first of all, we need to understand that there is a difference between official names and official English-language names. A good example of this is Bucharest. In Romanian, the city is called Bucureşti. In English, the official name (the one used by the Romanian authorities) is Bucharest. Therefore, the article should go at Bucharest, not Bucureşti. In this sense, what we mean by official names still remains English, since it would be pointless to rename these cities to their native language official name (Moskva, Roma, Lisboa, Bucureşti, Beograd, etc.) Of course, implement redirects from these, but don't actually put the main article there.
- However, there remains the grey area that you brought up - and that is relating to places that do not yet have a fixed English-language official name. For example, Sao Paulo or Győr. Placing the article at Gyor would be incorrect, because Gyor is not the official English language name. Therefore, it seems that the article should be placed at Győr, with a redirect from all those names you placed above, because, this city cannot be "translated" in English and therefore its official English language is still Győr, even though it contains a non-English letter (just how München is the official name of that city in Romanian, even though ü is a non-Romanian character).
- Reading your comment again, you said that some cities only differ in the use of diacritical. Then, we would place the main article at the correct local name, as stated above, with redirects from names such as "Sao Paulo" that are easy to type. I think that would be a great way. However, it isn't directly related to the referendum (don't get that wrong - thanks for bringing the topic up because it's an important one!), so therefore, if the referendum result is YES, or NO, it wouldn't affect these articles. I think, however, the rule is, as above, that , for cities which use diacriticals and have no English official name, we should keep the article at the diacritical local name, with redirects from different ways that users could type the city.
- That also begs the question - what do we do with cities that have obsolete English naming. This is because in the last few decades we have seen a reversal in history - names of cities were gradually Anglicised throughout history, but now we are actually seeing a greater usage of their local names. For example, the city of Iaşi in Romania was known historically, in English, as Jassy, but that usage has now disappeared nearly and been replaced by the native Romanian name. I think with these, we should use the most popular, current, official name as the base article, and redirect from the old name (for example, have a redirect from Jassy to Iaşi). Ronline 03:21, 11 May 2004 (EDT)
- English has 26 letters in its alphabet.
- Most English spelling is relatively phonetic, (or was when the word was first written down).
- Most English keyboards are not equipped with an alternative language character set, let alone the correct alternative language character set for the language concerned.
- Most search engines do not sort alternative language characters alongside the equivalent English language character according to phonetic sound, instead the sort is based on character code.
- Most English speakers do not know how to pronounce foreign character symbols. They do know how to pronounce an anglicised spelling - which may be better than mangling the local or official spelling in the foreign language.
- Thus for those reasons, I maintain that English language article titles should be anglicised to use the 26 letters of the English alphabet and not use alternative language characters. However the alternative language specific spelling(s) should be given at the first opportunity in the article. Also the alternative spelling(s) should be redirects to the primary English language article. We are writing in English, after all. Yes I understand that many foreign names have been corrupted through anglicisation but most foreign place names are in foreign languages, not English, so anglicisation is necessary, if only to indicate pronounciation. That, after all is the purpose of a written language. -- Huttite 08:27, 12 May 2004 (EDT)
- In theory, you're right. But, in practice, as I said in my statement above, there are many places which do not yet have English names. How are we then to anglicise them if they haven't been anglicised before? That would mean that we would basically have to introduce our own rules of standardisation, which would spell trouble. Also, it is fairly hard (it seems easy but it isn't) to anglicise foreign words into English. Just to give a few examples - how would you anglicise the following words: Luleå, Caransebeş, Győr, Jõgeva, Järva, Hafnarfjörður, Ólafsfjörður. Of course, we could go for the "amateur's approach" and just substitute letters with their closest English variant - therefore we would have Lulea, Caransebes, Gyor, Jogeva, Jarva, Hafnarfjordur, Olafsfjordur. But, to be more correct, we would have to use the real way, since 'õ' is different to 'o' and 'ð' is different to 'd'. Therefore, we would have to put: Luleaa, Caransebesh, Gyoer, ..., ..., Hafnarfjoerthur or -dhur, etc. The reason why those three dots are there for the Estonian places is because there is no standard way of representing 'õ' in English. So, as you can see, there will be many problems. If we just substitute, then we becoming politically-incorrect by using names that are really amateur, and by doing the proper way, things become complicated and may actually be harder to understand than the real name - Luleaa, for example, or Gyoer. No-one would associate with those names - many more would prefer Luleå and etc. I don't want to be imposing my own point of view too strongly, but in the Romanian Wikitravel, we use local names, and we're doing fine - no-one's had problems yet. Why shouldn't we do the same here? Ronline 09:06, 12 May 2004 (EDT)
- Huttite's points 1, 3, and (maybe) 4 are not a problem because both native spelling and anglicised spellings will always direct to the article, and in fact most of them already do.
- 2. I can't think of any Latin-based written language that is less phonetic than English!
- 5. This line of argument, and its justification based on the "traveler comes first" is, in my opinion, a dumbing down of the travel guide, at best unhelpful, and at worst a hindrance. I don't think it's asking too much of the traveler to know how to read and pronounce "São Paulo". I don't see how pretending that 'ã' is equivalent to 'a' is in any way helpful or makes things easier for the traveler.
- They do know how to pronounce an anglicised spelling - which may be better than mangling the local or official spelling in the foreign language.
- With the correct local spelling (diacritics), there's a chance that the prepared traveler will prononunce it correctly. And even if not, it will "gracefully degrade" to an anglicised pronunciation. But starting with the anglicised spelling will almost guarantee it's pronounced incorrectly!
- ...so anglicisation is necessary, if only to indicate pronounciation.
- It's anglicisation that mangles pronunciation!
- To pick an extreme example, look at Vietnamese. It uses the Latin alphabet but with lots and lots of diacritics, which are absolutely vital in pronunciation, and thus understanding. OK, you could probably get by by saying "nuh-TRANG" instead of "NYAH-chang" for Nha Trang, because the locals would be used to the mangled form, but in most places, I guarantee that reading a written Vietnamese word using English pronunciation will get blank stares.
- And at the very least, asking a Swede for directions to "MAL-muh" instead of "MAL-moe" (Malmö) will probably elicit a friendlier response. -- Paul Richter 09:29, 12 May 2004 (EDT)


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I don't believe that there will be 67 votes to ratify the START treaty unless the administration does two things first, commit to modernize our nuclear stockpile so as we have less nuclear weapons we know they're capable, if, God forbid, we need them; and secondly, to make absolutely clear that some of the statements by Russian president Medvedev at the signing in Prague that seem to suggest that if we continue to build the ballistic missile defense in Europe that they may pull out of this treaty they're just unacceptable to us. We need that defense to protect our allies and ourselves from Iran.


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Our home was built in 1997 and has a Hydr-o-dynamic jetted tub. We are the 2nd owners and have not been able to use the jets because the jets have so much force that the water shoots out of the tub and across the room. The pump is a Hydr-o-dynamic 3/4 HP. Can you help us identify what the problem is with the tub??
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CR Faerber: Thanks man, and yeah work all the time, it's the only way!
amaranthxx: Hey that's awesome Bridgmans Guide is really one of the reasons I'm here today. But, for other things, I've never really studied any sort of perspective texts, I'm under the impression that it's one of thsoe things that comes naturally if you just observe enough, and do enough studying. In terms of anatomy, one of my all time favourites is Vanderpoel's "Human Figure", uhm Loomis' figure drawing is also pretty good, although I am kind of hot and cold with that one. Michael Hampton, Figure Drawing: Design and Invention, is really great, especially if you're looking for a nice way to construct your figures, Vilpuu's Drawing manual is great as well. In some ways it's similar to Hamptons, but I find it to be less rigid. Now, I'm not saying you can, but if you do a google search...all of these might just come up as pdfs. But I never said anything. Haha...but overall, all the books in the world don't really help if you don't suppliment it with looking at actual people, I love, lovecastle.org they have a gesture drawing tool...places like pixel lovely have it too. I'm just partial to the one I mentioned. Anyway, good luck XD
HarbingerofIllRepute: Gadzooks
Eternal Apprentice: Haha thanks man...I've got some studies to put up later in the night. YAY
Hey guys, here's a quick WIP. Hope you enjoy it, gotta love the Brad Rigney blue. XD
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Here's some studies, cause you know I can...I guess...I dunno bleh
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Your skills are really coming along, Glad your here to help us all out . It is helpful for me to see sketchbooks that show Improvement such as yours. I wish I could help, but looks like you are working on what you need. Thanks for the help in my Sketchbook, for some reason I hadn't noticed the darker blues going to shades of grey.
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"I spent my childhood dreaming about who I would be as an adult, now I am an adult I spend my life dreaming of who I was as a child"
"I play Guitar because I like music, I draw because I have to."
Hey man, thanks for stopping by! These hands are really lovely, just some of them have too long fingers in my opinion. Also I agree with amaranthxx on those ink pieces, just great! Keep it coming
My sketchbook - Please, help me grow Critique very appreciated
Hey man real nice work going on in here!
I think your biggest improvements are your colour choices and edge control in your digitals, they've really sharpened up over time and practice.
I read Ville's comment about Gurney and Sargent in one of your previous pages,
they helped my charcoals and pencils improve a lot for me so if you haven't had a look at them
I highly recommend Gurney's Colour and Light book for painting and Sargent's for drawing and values.
Your pencil work for your figures and faces are rendered beautifully and your proportions seem great so keep pushing man!
That blueish WIP looks great so far, awesome mood!
Oh lordie lordie lawd... Your hand studies are killing me.
They look so clean, so alive, not dead like mine, rofl.
I mean, the way you draw ONE line, i draw a thousand.
Clearly you've got it all under 1000% control! Awesome work man!
it is a long and tiring journey, this. You are putting in the hours at least!
Looks good! Keep it up!
Brad Rigney!!!!!! Yeah that guy can set a mood in the dark *if you know what I mean* HA!
I wanna get EVERYBODY's skill on this site and just make it into a pill form. Take twice daily after meals.
Do a lot of work and your work will be as good as your ambitions.
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nice new wip, cant wait to see some progress done on it!
great studies and hard work. keep up
Hey man, looking good them studies, love your color .D
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thanks for stopping by my sketchbook dude, sick amount of studies you got here, solid rendering too
Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook. Your work is awesome!
Your line quality is crazy good Psycho, looking forward to more.
If you have a moment, Help me improve with critiques. thank you Sketchbook
Awesome Sketchbooks
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Stryno: Hey man no problem and thanks a lot, I'm finding that I know more than I think I do sometimes...so I'm always happy to share the knowledge, if I can help someone not make the mistakes I've made so far, that's great.
jakubvavrik: Thanks man! and yeah some of them are...but a lot of them are my hand, and I do have pretty long fingers.... AHHH it's probably my fault haha...thanks for pointing it out.
BenjaminJL92: Thanks man, I've had Gurney's book for around a year now...I read it cover to cover when I got it, and now it's sitting beside my bed, I've been meaning to make it my night time reading....haha. I've actually always been kind of intimidated by sargent...I'v etried a bunch of master studies of his work...and they tend to fail pretty bad. But I'm gonna keep trying,
Lyraina: Thanks, I was really trying to push for that.
Murderotic: Haha thanks so much, but a lot of times I feel like I'm not doing much better than I would be scratching something into a rock. I'm really unsure of myself and my abilities. Haha...but thank you so much for you're words.
Jesus Food: Yeah man, it is a long journey, it's been the longest, yet best year of my life.
tsabu: Thanks man I will!
Eternal Apprentice: Haha I wish I could do the same thing man!
kevin_: Thanks man...I'm trying to push it, hopefully it doesn't turn out like complete shit. XD
dhilipsomesh: thank you very much!
Liberty : Oh my colour?!? HAha thank you, I'm so not confident with colour, compliments on it always take me aback.
Tofa: Thanks man! I'm trying.
BlackLightG: Haha thank you so much
TNiznet: Man, it's funny I don't think it's really all that good...but I mean I'm super happy you like it! Come back again.
Hey guys, here's the digital studies from the past two days, uhm and a WIP for the new Teen Challenge...lots to do on it, busy busy.
OH and I don't know if anyone noticed, or cares, but I put my skype name in my profile, it's in the corner of my stuff in the post too...I mean I'm sure you get what I mean...if anyone's bored and they wanna talk, feel free to add me. If I'm on I'm more than happy to talk about art, or really anything.
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Duuude thank you for the comment ! but your clearly crazy because look at you ! every time i look in your sketchbook i get a little scared at how much you are improving ! Its exciting to imagine what life might be like in a few years so long as we just keep going !
Looking great bro, seeing some nice hard work! but in the last eye with the reflection of the sword,the reflection should be a bit distorted because the eye is a ball. I'm thinking of a piece by Esher. Link
Hey psychobudd thanks for dropping by my sb. I love that wip at the top of this page, got alot of quiet menace to him.
That eye of the reptile, siiiiiiick!!! amazing!
The hand studies are great! I love the saturation in the skin tone. Keep going!
I love your SB. I do! I do! I do! The reptile eye is so good...!
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You work hard, really nice studies
this one has really amazing newly seen style to me
Simple, bold and effective
What the... you are killing it
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urrrgghhh. you do so. much. work. All motivated now for when i get home, i really should stop looking at your sketchbook at work, makes the day drag on because i get motivated to do art... keep up that good work!
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If you have the time please show me some love and +watch or come by and check out my progress and crit me!
Those hands are amazing, even though you chose very hard poses!
Maybe add fingernails, next time?
JerryActric: Haha thanks man, but I think the same thing when I see your progress O_O and totally, I can't wait, I mean I've been drawing for a year...I'm no where close to where I want to be, but I have improved since I started, so I really can't wait until I actually get good at this.
Steeliebob: Dude you're totally right thanks, I don't know how I didn't catch that.
Azimuth: Thanks man, I really really like that one...he's an evil dude haha.
reborn-gp: OH thank you very much.
BoxOfSecrets: Thank you, that was actually the main point of those studies, is to get a better handle on natural looking skin tones.
FalconessN: Hehe, thanks you so much. ^_^
Matija Vuk: Thank you, and I really love that sort of graphic inked look as well.
Liberty: Haha thanks...still not good enough though.
Jaik: 11:11 make a wish. Hey thanks man ^_^ Glad I could inspire you, I still think I'm not working enough though. T_T
Lyraina : Thank you very much. Fingernails eh, hmmm maybe.
Hey guys, ever had one of those days, where stuff just sucks...well that was today for me. I felt like I just couldn't draw...wahhh. Anyway, tomorrow is a new day, gonna buck up do some studies work on some work and get back in the saddle. Anyway, uhm some hands...there's 50 I think, they were fun, I was doing gestures of them, one a minute. ^_^ Some are Bumskee's some are mine, and some are from photos...uhm what else a WIP of the WIP...uhm a fail portrai and a fail life study, what did I learn today...that mid afternoon sun is damn hard. Also got my pencils...blahhh not enough. T_T
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Man... always so much work!! @@ Whenever I feel lazy, i come to your sketchbook and get back to work. hahaha
Really like the eye with the sword in it... got a great feeling to it.
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CCM Faculty Concert, Pianist Yelena Beriyeva
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November 8, 2013
The Concord Conservatory of Music presents Yelena Beriyeva, who will perform a solo concert on Friday, November 8th at 7:00 pm. Ms. Beriyeva is a member of the CCM piano faculty. Her performance will include Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 18, which has been nicknamed 'The Hunt' for its jaunty rhythms, and Brahms' Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118, one of this Romantic Period composer's later works. Ms. Beriyeva will...
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The new Renault Zoe is probably the first all electric car to emerge from a major manufacturer which is aimed at a mass market. By that we mean it is not priced for Californian millionaires, has four wheels and no strange habits, and can carry the shopping as well as a bundle of family members.
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President's Fiscal Year 2015 Budget, the Good and the Bad
On Tuesday the White House unveiled its Fiscal Year 2015 federal budget proposal. There are positive aspects that further deficit reduction and responsible budgeting as well as drawbacks.
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05 March 2014 - On Tuesday the White House unveiled its Fiscal Year 2015 federal budget proposal. There are positive aspects that further deficit reduction and responsible budgeting as well as drawbacks.
03 March 2014 - President Obama will unveil his Fiscal Year 2015 budget request on Tuesday, about a month later than required by law. In anticipation of the release, Fix the Debt offers seven things we would like to see in the budget in order to put the country on a sustainable fiscal course.
26 February 2014 - On Wednesday, House Ways and Means Committee Chair Dave Camp (R-MI) unveiled a discussion draft of legislation to revamp the federal tax code. The proposal is a promising development that hopefully will spur bipartisan engagement on an issue critical to promoting economic growth and fixing the debt.
25 February 2014 - When it voted to lift the debt ceiling, Congress also repealed reductions to the military cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for working age retirees that was originally included in the Ryan-Murray budget deal. The change now only applies to service members beginning this year and later. The change was a step back in addressing our long-term fiscal challenges.
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20 February 2014 - The Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia are winding down this week, but the games in Washington will continue. Politicians on both sides of the aisle are trying to outdo each other with increasingly outrageous budget tricks.
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Laila always has to have her sunglasses on,she's not even 2! She's always saying she's COOL...so I thought taking her pic with her shades on would be the cutest thing...and behold she sticks her tongue out! gotta love it!
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Great fun - Saratoga Springs is now holding a place in my TPATH five fav shows..... Thanks so much for the acoustic version of Rebels!
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Above: Exterior image of the San Diego Air & Space Museum.
Come to the San Diego Air & Space Museum Call of the Skies Summer Camp. Pilots, to your planes! We'll be on our computer flight simulators every day, and along the way, we'll get the history of aviation from hot air balloons to jet flight. See the whole museum, build working model gliders, and conclude each day flying historical planes on the simulators. A great camp for the future pilots and the budding aviation history expert!
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Time: August 5-9, 9:00am - 12:00noon
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