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RICHMOND, Ky. — A woman who taunted the police in this central Kentucky town after her "wanted" picture was posted on the department's Facebook page was arrested just a few hours later.
The Richmond, Ky., Police Department posted a picture Tuesday taken from a Walmart surveillance video of a woman shoving a store employee and fleeing with $117 in stolen merchandise.
Police identified the woman was identified as 26-year-old Christina L. Bratcher.
Bratcher then posted comments on the RPD's Facebook page, taunting and swearing at the police and people who had commented on the photo.
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I used this formula to help with increasing and then diminishing return for y given an increasing x for a game.
Ie: Food production (output) is y. Food research is x.
The more research you put into x the more you produce, however after a certain point you get less reward.
y = atan(x - pi()) + pi()/2;
The + pi()/2 moves it up the y axis so you'd add more if you want it to start higher.
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La chapelle St Roch du 12e siècle, à l'entrée du village de Mons (83)... St Roch Chapel, 12st century, Mons (83), France.
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France is affectionately referred to as "the Hexagon" for its overall shape.
French history goes back to the Gauls, a Celtic tribe which inhabited the area circa 300BC until being conquered by Julius Caesar.
The Franks were the first tribe to adopt Catholic Christianity after the Roman Empire collapsed. France became an independent location in the Treaty of Verdun in (843 AD), which divided up Charlemagne's Carolingian Empire into several portions.
The French monarchy reached its zenith during the reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King, who stood for seventy-two years as the Monarch of all Monarchs. His palace of Versailles and its Hall of Mirrors are a splendid treasure-trove of Baroque art.
The French Revolution ended the rule of the monarchy with the motto "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!" On July 14th, 1789 angry mobs stormed La Bastille prison and began the Revolution in which Louis XVI, his wife Marie-Antoinette and thousands of others met the guillotine.
One decade after the revolution, Napolean Bonaparte seized control of the Republic and named himself Emperor. His armies conquered most of Europe and his Napoleonic Code became a lasting legal foundation for concepts of personal status and property.
During the period of colonization France controlled the largest empire in the world, second only to Britain.
France is one of the founding members of the European Union and the United Nations, as well as one of the nuclear armed nations of the world.
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TORONTO -- Blue Jays Minor League pitcher Alan Farina received a 50-game suspension without pay on Thursday after testing positive for a drug of abuse.
It was Farina's second violation, and he becomes the fourth player this year to be suspended under the Minor League Program. Last year, there were 105 suspensions in the Minors and an additional eight at the big league level.
Farina became susceptible to this type of suspension after he was removed from the Blue Jays' 40-man roster last season. Players who are on the 40-man roster cannot be tested for drugs of abuse.
"It's probably similar to Jeremy Jeffress a little bit," Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos said in reference to the pitcher who has tested positive for the use of marijuana in the past. "So when you're off the 40, there are implications.
"We definitely don't condone it, we're not happy about it. He's certainly embarrassed about it and he's going to have to learn either way. It's part of the game, and it just shows you that the program Major League Baseball has in place is certainly working."
Farina was limited to 24 1/3 innings last season as he made his way back from Tommy John surgery. He went 1-2 with a 5.18 ERA while striking out 24 and walking 14.
The 26-year-old was originally selected by Toronto in the third round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft. His best season came in 2010, when he posted a 1.24 ERA at Class A Dunedin and a 1.40 mark for Double-A New Hampshire.
The suspension is set to begin at the start of the Minor League season. Fellow pitching prospect Marcus Stroman also will begin the year on the suspended list after he tested positive for a banned substance in September.
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Oceania Cruises is proud to partner with FOOD & WINE TRAILS, America's foremost culinary travel company, in the offering of this tour. Food and Wine Trails tours are always kept intimate and visit sites not typically offered by mainstream travel suppliers. Their tours are always led by a knowledgeable, English-speaking sommelier, wine or food expert, cooking instructor or chef, who enjoys introducing visitors to some of the best and most authentic food and wine of their region.
Tuscany produces some of the most important reds in the world. It is a region full of tradition, but in continuous evolution since the introduction of international grape varietals that became common in the seventies. The term "super Tuscan" was penned when a group of winemakers began producing wines not in accordance to traditional blending laws. Today, you will visit the estate of one of those winemaking rebels and taste some of their "super" wines.
First, you will make a short stop in the medieval town of Suvereto. An hour from Livorno, this 10th-century village is surrounded by stone walls that were built to protect the paved streets lined with rustic houses, historical buildings, and impressive churches. Here you can grab an espresso or cappuccino before taking a stroll through the heart of the 10th Century village.
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Need advice I just bought a 55 cub tractor
Hello everyone, I just bought a 55 cub tractor, I will be using it for a small scale market garden. It came with front and rear cultivators, land plow, homemade spring tooth harrow and a set of disc bed hillers. The tractor is in original condition and it runs well. The problem that I am concerned with is that when shifting into a gear it makes a grinding sound for a second. Once it is in gear it runs fine and no problems. THe only way I have found to prevent making the grinding sound is if it is in reverse press the clutch and let it roll a little then it will slide into gear without a sound. It is winter now and would like to make the necessary repairs before spring. I bought a service manual, operators manual, and a parts manual for it. SO I am hoping to do the work myself and hopefully learn about this tractor that I plan to have for a long time. Any suggestions on how to proceed from here. Thanks
Re: Need advice I just bought a 55 cub tractor
You may only need to adjust the clutch , or it may be sticking in the pilot bushing
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Try waiting an extra 10 or 15 seconds after pushing the clutch completely in before you go into gear. Takes a while for things to stop spinning in the tranny and I sometimes get in a hurry to change gears! Dusty B
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Engage the PTO and watch the shaft (assuming it is not driving any attachments). When it stops, the transmission gears have stopped. If it takes a long time for the PTO shaft to stop spinning (or does not stop at all) after engaging the clutch, I refer you to Boss's post above.
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Just in case you are not familiar with it, tractors do not have synchronized transmissions, so to shift on the fly takes some practice.
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First off, welcome to the forum!
Secondly, a combination of what LeeC and Dusty said above is this: When watching the PTO turning, time it to see how long it takes for the PTO shaft to stop once the clutch pedal is depressed. That amount of time would be the minimum you'll need to wait 'til the shaft stops spinning in order to shift the tranny w/o any grinding.
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Not sure what the temps are up in Conn but check your gear box for water and the right amount of gear oil. When I got mine it had about a quart of water in the gear box and the gears would grind before going in. once water was drained and gear oil was added the grinding stopped.
I also took the shifter off and flushed it out with deisel fuel before adding the gear oil.
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100% fluid change and lubrication per the operator's manual. Check antifreeze. After spring warm up flush the engine block and lower radiator housing.
Clutch adjustment is located to the left of the clutch pedal below the operator's platform. There may not be any adjustment left, throwout bearing worn out. In this case you will need to split the tractor and replace the throwout bearing.
Transmission is not synchronized. You need to let the transmission stop before trying to shift gears. If the transmission does not easily shift, you need to gently let out on the clutch to line up the gears in the transmission. Same action with the PTO.
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Make sure you grease the throw out bearing.
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Wow Thanks so much for all the responses, I really appreciate it. I am glad I joined this site. I can tell there are a lot of avid cub fans that know their stuff. I am hoping I don't have to split the tractor in half. Hopefully if will be one of the other things mentioned. Since I am new to this cub what are some basic tune-up things I should do to it or check for? I am planning on doing the oil and oil filter, fuel filter, possibly spark plugs, check the air filter. Check all fluid levels. Possibly drain and replace. What am I missing?
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For your first tune up conduct compression tests, adjust the valve tappet clearance. Check and perhaps adjust ignition timing - may not need to replace any parts unless there is a problem.
Definitely drain the transmission/differential (it's one unit) and replace fluid. Reason, tran/diff has a tendency to accumulate water from condensation.
Some commonly forgotten services. Air filter needs to be cleaned and oil replaced. To lubricate the distributor and distributor drive, you may still have plugs that need to be removed and grease zerks installed. Lubricate the wick under the distributor rotor. Lubricate the fan.
Operator's manual has a list of lubrication points and recommended lubricants.
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welcome , and good luck with your cub, I also have a 55
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Yes, owners manual and service manual will be your best bet at this point; as it sounds you're not that familiar with engines....especially Farmall Cubs. If you didn't understand properly, the air filter doesn't have an actual element to replace/clean. It has a cup of oil that traps dirt and other objects. You'll also want to check/drain and replace the Hy-Tran (hydraulic oil) in the TC Resivoir (hydraulic lift resivoir).
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G'day to you and congrats on acquiring your very first new to you Cub
Simply answer. You said you already bought the Owner's Manual for it. Before you do a darn thing -- sit down, grab a coffee or two and READ THE MANUAL That would be the single most important thing you can do. Then once you have read it, take it outside with you and familiarize yourself oh the Cub with everything you have just read.
Then, you will be armed with enough basic knowledge to go over your Cub from stem to stern, and do the required maintenance on it before you tear into. One of the worst things one can do is to start tearing into your Cub with no clue. Reading is the single most important tool you have. Use it.
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Re: Need advice I just bought a 55 cub tractor
Thanks again for the advice everyon, I do have a lot to learn. I will read and reread the manual and start going through everything. I already found I had some more clutch adjustment left. I haven't tried it out yet. Hope it works.
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The earliest fossil of the homo sapiens family (human beings) was found in Ethiopia, dating back more than 200,000 years. Compared to this length of time, even the "ancient Sumerians" from 6000 B.C. are drooling toddlers.
Let's mention a few African heroes you may have heard of, for inspiration in the face of the continued economic inequality and violence which plague Africa today: Nelson Mandela, first democratically elected President of South Africa, who fought against apartheid and served 27 years in prison while advocating freedom and peace. Haile Salassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, who resisted Mussolini and the fascist Italian invasion of WWII, and who is worshipped as an incarnation of God by the Rastafari movement. Kwame Nkrumah, first Prime Minister of Ghana, advocate of uniting Africa in Pan-Africanism. Fela Kuti, inventor of Afrobeat music, who declared his home to be an independent state, ran for president of Nigeria, and to whose funeral ONE MILLION PEOPLE came to pay their respects.
In June 2001 the African Union was formed, consisting of 53 African States organized, like in the EU, around common economic and political development.
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COLUMBIA, SC (TheBigSpur) - It was already sort of a strange matchup -- the Gamecocks traveling away from home to play a non-conference team which isn't in the ACC. South Carolina travels to Central Florida Saturday at noon to take on the 3-0 Knights in what is all of a sudden also one of the week's marque matchups.
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Central Florida, which will play a nationally televised home game for the first time in school history, will look to continue an impressive start to the season with an opportunity to knock off a Top 25 team for just the second time in program history. The Knights have already defeated traditional power Penn State 34-31 two weekends ago.
The warning has been served: The Gamecocks can't just show up in Orlando and expect to win without playing well.
"We're playing UCF, a team that is sky high," South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier said. "They are 3-0 for the first time since 1988. A lot of them down there say this may be the biggest game they've ever had in the school. They have an opportunity, if they win, to jump into the Top 25 and maybe beat every team on their schedule. They're that a good a team. It's a huge game for all of us. It should be something special."
Spurrier has always instilled in his team to approach every game the same way, but that can be easier said than done. UCF's victory over Penn State serves as that reminder.
"They proved themselves beating Penn State on the road," senior cornerback Jimmy Legree said Tuesday. "They've got a lot to prove and they're going to come out hard, willing to win. We've got to stop them."Stopping teams has been a bit of a roller coaster for the Gamecocks defense this season. They've played well at times, but also struggled in a Week 2 trip to Athens when they allowed 41 points.The Gamecocks are allowing 365.7 yards per game and 25.3 points per game."Overall, I feel like we've played okay, but I still feel like we need to get better at everything," Legree said. "I feel like we'll get there eventually."UCF, which averages 36.7 points and 457.7 yards per game offensively, is led by junior quarterback Blake Bortles, who could be one of the best quarterbacks the Gamecocks face this season. Bortles has thrown for 816 yards and seven touchdowns on the season with just one interception.Legree sees it as a chance to show the defense is making improvements."For us, I feel like this is an opportunity for us to come into their town and shut them down," Legree said. "Being that we haven't played so well on defense, this is another opportunity for us to get better. They're a throwing team. We've got a lot more chances to make plays and show them that we can play with them."
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Here's a recipe for a quick and easy pantry soup
that just so happens to be gluten-free.
But here's my top ten.
Things That Make Me Hungry
- The relief of selling the house after 30 months of showings and price reductions and contracts falling through
- The excitement of starting over
- Letting go of the outgrown (again)
- Snapping a photo of my last full moon in the desert
- Finding childhood photographs of Colin and Alex on the beach
- Realizing we'll be gone before the second anniversary of the hip incident
- Finding a fourth floor studio to rent- six blocks from Santa Monica beach
- The sheer joy of shedding stuff
- Buying tickets to The Canyon showing at Grauman's Chinese Theater
- Thinking about tomorrow rather than yesterday
Spicy Pumpkin Soup Recipe with Coconut Milk
Originally published January 2007.I whipped up this quick and easy chowder to fortify our California-dreamin' souls. The recipe is a simple improv, straight from the pantry. The coconut milk makes it dairy-free.
1 tablespoon olive oil
Heat the olive oil in a heavy soup pot over medium-low heat and add the garlic, cumin and curry paste; stir for one minute. Add the pumpkin, fire roasted tomatoes with green chiles, roasted corn, and salsa. Stir to combine.
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Today is the last day you can have it your way for 55 cents at Burger Kings nationwide, as the fast food giant celebrates its 55th anniversary by selling its iconic burger at a bargain price.
There are Burger Kings in Bethlehem at:
- 3105 Schoenersville Road
- 2141 Stefko Boulevard
- 2165 Union Boulevard
- 3924 Linden St.
Enjoy an Original Whopper for just 55 cents, when you purchase any Whopper, including the new Wisconsin White Cheddar Whopper or the spicy Angry Whopper, available for a limited-time-only.
"Burger King is very excited to celebrate this amazing milestone with the Whopper lovers who have helped make it an American icon," said Flavia Faugeres, executive vice president and global chief marketing officer, Burger King Worldwide in a statement. "For 55 years it's been a fan favorite, and this weekend we encourage our guests to stop by and join in on the celebration."
To celebrate its 55 year anniversary, the company is also offeing a limited-time Whoppers menu including:
Wisconsin White Cheddar Whopper:
- Wisconsin White Cheddar Whopper: Prepared with fire-grilled, USDA-certified ground beef, topped with thick-cut hardwood smoked bacon, natural Wisconsin white cheddar cheese, juicy tomatoes, freshly cut lettuce, crunchy pickle slices, sliced red onions, all on a toasted sesame seed bun. Also available as a Whopper JR. Sandwich. (Suggested retail price starts at $4.49 and $2.19 respectively).
- Angry Whopper : Prepared with fire-grilled, USDA-certified ground beef, thick-cut hardwood smoked bacon, melted Habanero cheese, jalapeño slices, spicy onion petals, red ripe tomatoes, crisp lettuce and angry sauce, all served on a toasted sesame seed bun. Also available as a Whopper JR. Sandwich. (Suggested retail price starts at $4.49 and $2.19 respectively).
- Seasoned Sweet Potato Curly Fries: A new "twist" on the popular sweet potato fries seasoned with a blend of spices and served hot and fresh. (Suggested retail price starts at $1.89).
Prices and participation may vary; the Whopper JR sandwich is not included in this promotion.


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I've had a '58 lo-boy for a few years now and have everything I need but time to restore it. yep all the parts I need are on the shelf but I can't pull the tractor out of service long enough to do the job properly.
So another tractor to share the work may be the ticket.
A Farmall A is available about an hour and a half drives away. The "A" has always appealed to me and the price seems good on this one so it may be worth a look.
Going to look at it this weekend and because of the distance I'll likely either buy it or pass on it in one trip. The owner says he thinks it a '48. I can only hope the tag is still under the seat but if its not this may be tough. There are no hydraulics which suggests that its not a '48 but an earlier "A".
Is there another visual tell that I can see as a difference between an "A" and a "super A"?
Are the battery boxes or seat mounts different? Is there a carb change? Does the SA have a water pump and the A does not?
Is there a magneto on the earlier "A" models and not on supers?
Any help would be appreciated. There is not alot out there on the A farmalls as there is for the cubs.
Thanks, Mike.


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William Woodfill's habit of not using a washcloth in the shower may have saved his life.
"I felt this lump one day ... underneath my left breast," he said. "I knew it shouldn't have been there."
For the next month, he checked the lump, monitoring its progression as it grew from the size of a pea to the size of a lima bean.
"He couldn't stick anything in it, so he said that we had to take it out," he said of the surgeon who attempted to biopsy the growth with a syringe.
It was breast cancer.
"I went back fully expecting not to have cancer," said Woodfill, who noted that about 1,500 men a year are diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States. "And that was the big stunner … it flipped the switch from things are normal to things not being normal."
Woodfill had a mastotomy—an incision into the breast to remove the lump.
"That's when the fun started," he said. "I got through all of the pain and suffering and all of the tubes and drainage and all of that stuff."
Two months later, he went bowhunting.
"The hospital asked me if I wanted my name on the list for people to call and talk," he said. "I said sure, why not."
That was 20 years ago. Since then, Woodfill, who has lived in Sussex for 11 years, has fielded about a dozen calls from men diagnosed with breast cancer. Initially, he received phone calls every three or four months. Then it dropped off to a couple each year. Now, he's in a several-year lull.
"It's just me, the telephone and you," the 73-year-old explained.
They are unsure, full of doubt and scared when they call the retired Mercury Marine engineer.
"They call to talk about things that go on that you do and need to think about. I start babbling, like I am doing now," he said during a recent phone interview with Patch.com. "After a while, he gets enough information that he is comfortable."
He has received calls from far away places such as California, Washington and New York. Woodfill said he fields phone calls because men dealing with breast cancer need guidance and support, which he did not receive when he was diagnosed.
"There was no primary sort of lead in to it take make me feel like I was going to be OK," he said. "If they have a question to help them feel comfortable about what they are going to be doing, that's what I like to do."
During one phone call, a male breast cancer patient shared with Woodfill a story about receiving a new breast.
"He said that he did a lot of stuff on the beach and didn't like not having a nipple, so he had one tattooed in place," he said with a chuckle.
He refers men to Malebreastcancer.ca, a Web site started by Floridian Herb Wagner, a fellow male breast cancer survivor.
"He has a lot of dupe on there," Woodfill said, attributing some of the decrease in phone calls to him to web sites like Wagner's. "It's dropped off because there is more education now. Along with women's breast cancer, we all know that men get it to."
We also know that men also get better and go on with their lives when the cancer is detected early, Woodfill explained.
"The guy who have died from it is the guy that had waited too long," he said.
William Woodfill's number is (262) 820-0856.


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It's a bleak scenario. A massive earthquake along the New Madrid fault kills or injures 60,000 people in Tennessee. A quarter of a million people are homeless. The Memphis airport – the country's biggest air terminal for packages – goes off-line. Major oil and gas pipelines across Tennessee rupture, causing shortages in the Northeast. In Missouri, another 15,000 people are hurt or dead. Cities and towns throughout the central U.S. lose power and water for months. Losses stack up to hundreds of billions of dollars.
Fortunately, this magnitude 7.7 temblor is not real but rather a scenario imagined by the Mid-America Earthquake Center and the Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management at George Washington University. The goal of their 2008 analysis was to plan for a modern recurrence of quakes that happened along the New Madrid fault more than 200 years ago, in 1811 and 1812.
No one alive has experienced a major earthquake in the Midwest, yet geologists say it's only a matter of time. That puts a lot of uncertainty on disaster officials. Their earthquake precautions – quake-resistant building codes, for example – have never been reality tested. Some question if enough has been done to strengthen existing buildings, schools and other infrastructure. It is difficult to prepare for a geological catastrophe the public cannot see and has never experienced.
"We mostly react to disasters, and it's been extremely rare that we get ahead of things," said Claire Rubin, a disaster response specialist in Arlington, Va. "A lot of hard problems don't get solved. They get moved around and passed along."
Steven L. Lueker is among disaster response officials who worry about the New Madrid fault and another fault to the north, in the Wabash Valley. He's the emergency management coordinator for Jefferson County in Southern Illinois, and he rattles off likely impact statistics. One of the most important: The New Madrid fault is expected to generate a large-scale earthquake within the next 50 years.


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Cemitério da Recoleta
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O Cemitério da Recoleta é o mais antigo e aristocrático da Cidade. Em seus quase seis hectares estão sepultados heróis da Independência, presidentes da República, militares, cientistas e artistas. Entre eles, Eva Perón, Adolfo Bioy Casares e Facundo Quiroga. Os sepulcros e mausoléus foram obras, em muitos casos, de importantes arquitetos. Mais de 70 mausoléus foram declarados como Monumentos Históricos Nacionais. Está localizado em terras concedidas por Juan de Garay a Rodrigo Ortiz de Zárate, que fazia parte de sua expedição colonizadora. Depois foi instalado nesse lugar um convento de freis recoletos. Em 1822, depois da expulsão dos monges --como conseqüência da reforma Geral da Ordem Eclesiástica--, o horto do convento foi transformado em cemitério. Seu traçado foi realizado pelo engenheiro francês Próspero Catelin, e remodelado durante a gestão de Torcuato de Alvear como prefeito em 1881, que encomendou o trabalho ao arquiteto Juan Antonio Buschiazzo. O escultor italiano Giulio Monteverde realizou o Cristo que preside a capela.
O Cemitério da Recoleta é o mais antigo e aristocrático da Cidade. Em seus quase seis hectares estão ...
O Cemitério da Recoleta é o mais antigo e aristocrático da Cidade. Em seus quase seis hectares estão ...
O Cemitério da Recoleta é o mais antigo e aristocrático da Cidade. Em seus quase seis hectares estão ...
O Cemitério da Recoleta é o mais antigo e aristocrático da Cidade. Em seus quase seis hectares estão ...
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Overview and History
Holy steak and tango! In Buenos Aires they eat more meat than anywhere else in the world. When I was in New York I met a woman from Argentina who told me, "My father says to eat steak with rice and beans three times a day and you will be strong."
Argentina has some of the best grasslands in the world for raising cattle. Warm climate and open space have allowed the beef industry to thrive here, and you will not be able to avoid noticing that trend when you go out to eat. Steak houses here are called parillas, which means "grills". You can't throw a rock without hitting two or three of them. Sink your teeth into La Cabrera and die happy.
Here are some facts for whoever likes to read words on a photo website: Buenos Aires is the capital city of Argentina. With its population of 13 million, it's the third largest city in Latin America. Buenos Aires was made known to the Europeans around the sixteenth century.
Juan Diaz de Solis, a Spaniard, was the first European to land there. That was in the year 1516, and Juan was killed by the natives. Next up came Pedro do Mendoza, who established the "City of our Lady Saint Mary of the Fair Winds." Buenos Aires translates to fair winds, get it? Sailors, fair winds, trade routes, etc. It's a big city full of people who refer to themselves as "portenos" or people of the port. Portenos joke about how Mexicans come from the Aztecs, Peruvians from the Incas, and Portenos from the boats.
Back in the days of piracy on the high seas (who said those are gone?), rebellious portenos got annoyed with the Spanish policy of taxing all trade by requiring it to go through Lima. They set up a contraband trade route to circumvent Spanish taxation, eventually earning the status of an open port by the year 1700.
As in all places, a strong basis in trade led to financial independence for Buenos Aires. Word of the French Revolution spread there and its people began to seek their political independence as well, to become free of the Spanish crown.
Local militias successfully defended against two British invasions (1806 and 1807), and ran with that momentum to break free from Spain in 1810. May 25th is their national independence day, called May Revolution Day. Check out the Mataderos Fair or Feria de los Mataderos for local celebrations.
Getting There
First, close your eyes and chant,"steak, steak, steak, steak," while rubbing the leather of your belt with one hand and a fork with the other. Did it work? No? Then try an airplane.
Okay, there are three airports in Buenos Aires: the J. Newbery AeroPark Airport, the Comandante Espora Aero Station Airport and the Ezeiza Ministro Pistarini International Airport. Ezeiza is the main international airport for traveling to Europe and other continents.
Here's a brief layout from Ezeiza to Buenos Aires center: $26 on the minibus, $45 by car service, $40 in a taxi. It's approximately 35km from airport to center, time depends on traffic. If you don't like those prices, hop on a city bus for $1.35.
First off, money talks and you'll need to stock your pockets with pesos to start speaking the language down in Argentina. That doesn't mean it's expensive, just that pesos are the local currency. The Euro is about $4.60 pesos, the dollar is around $3.42 pesos as of the time of this writing. What time is that? Time to catch a cab out of the airport.
Within the city you can use the bus, taxis, car services or the subway. Another few options are rental car agencies and the ferry services. The subway is the quickest way to move around the city but the above ground modes are way more fun, loud, jostling and everything else.
People and Culture
If you haven't been on a bus in South America before, you are in for a treat. Bus collectives operate the city busses, there may be as many as one hundred and fifty different operators. "Jesus guides my truck" and "I'm looking for a girl with no brothers" are some of the stickers you may see on the windshield. Forget about recognizing the company by its color scheme, every bus has a ton of colors on it in big wide stripes, and then as many hood ornaments as possible. I can't say enough about the busses, the luggage storage racks, the riding on the roof, the throwing trash out the windows, etc.
Bring some trainers, cleats, sneakers or whatever you call them to kick the football around in your down time in Buenos Aires. If Argentina wasn't 75% Roman Catholic, football would be the national religion.
This is the country which gave birth to football legend Diego Maradona, alright? Yes. Yes. There are ten major football stadiums just in Buenos Aires, if that gives you any indication.
Surprisingly, Buenos Aires has the second largest Jewish population in all of North and South America, second only to New York City. Who knew?
And if that wasn't enough to get you buying a plane ticket, Argentina ALSO has the largest Muslim population in the Americas. What could they be doing to attract all these people, besides eating amazing steak and dancing tango and salsa every day of their lives from birth? oh. right.
As for tango, people still dispute its origin but they do agree that the 1880's in Buenos Aires are the time when it blew up. In brothels, by the way. Ah, those sailors!
Things to do & Recommendations
Today the tango is developed to such an intricate and fluid dance that you can go see it performed professionally any night of the week.
For live music, check out Estudio Obras which is known as the "Cathedral of Rock."
Buenos Aires, being the most open-minded community in Latin America, has a thriving gay and lesbian scene.
Where to go? Try the areas around Recoleta cemetery even though it's tending towards the touristy stuff.
Arcos del ferrocarril (from Libertador y Infanta Isabel to Av. Sarmiento y Casares) is another place to poke around between Thursday and Sunday nights.
Dinner runs late. Clubbing starts at 2am (STARTS I said.) After hours spots, party people, loud sound systems... you can find it all in Buenos Aires. Now dance off some of that steak, man!
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Nearly half of the student body from the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts made the 10 hour trek south to Washington, DC to attend the 2011 March for Life.
"Students left campus at 6:30 last night and arrived in Washington early this morning," said Annie Clark, Thomas More College's Director of Student Life. "We are returning to New Hampshire in just a few hours. We will be away from campus for 36 hours, and 21 of those hours will have been on a bus—all because we think it is vitally important to stand for life."
"I am proud of our students," said Thomas More College President Dr. William Fahey. "This is a tremendous act of bearing witness to the culture of life. Our College's commitment to defend the sanctity of life can be clearly seen in the actions of its students. I am confident that young people like this will lead in our country the renewal of culture."
Thomas More College students were heartened to join so many others who were eager to make their voices heard on the issue of life.
"What is particularly encouraging is that so many people struggled to get here and are standing in cold weather so they can send a strong message to government officials," said Thomas More College senior Adam Lyczewski.
Adam is an immigrant from Poland, and he saw many similarities in the March for Life to his own country's history.
"I was born and raised in Poland," said Adam. "This reminds me of my own country's Solidarity Movement where people came together to fight for a good and just cause."
Thomas More College chaplain, Rev. Richard Kelley, has been to the March for Life 15 times. "The fight for life has been a long and arduous battle, but I am deeply encouraged by the number of young people I see today. With colleges like Thomas More instilling in young people a commitment to the sanctity of human life, I believe the future will be on our side."
Students attending Thomas More College are given a deep appreciation and understanding of the sanctity of all human life from conception to natural death, said Dr. Fahey. "As part of our curriculum, students develop an understanding of the life issue on both the philosophical and theological levels so they are prepared to defend their position in the public square."
Thomas More College students are regularly seen engaging the pro-life cause throughout New England and in Washington, DC. Thomas More students pray in front of abortion clinics, attend marches and rallies, and assist pro-life charities throughout the region. Each year, classes are cancelled so that students are able to travel to Washington to attend the annual March for Life.