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Sundance isn't all coming of age stories, biopics, documentaries and brain-scratching indies. Some entries are just there to thrill and entertain, and while the upcoming "S-VHS" won't be threatening anybody for awards, if this teaser trailer is anything to go by, it still be one that has everyone talking.
A followup to last year's omnibus effort "V/H/S" (which also unspooled in Park City), this time around, segments have been helmed by Gareth Evans ("The Raid") alongside Timo Tjahjanto ("Macabre"), Eduardo Sanchez (co-director of "The Blair Witch Project") alongside producer Greg Gale, the returning Adam Wingard, Simon Barret, and "Hobo With a Shotgun" director Jason Eisner. And clinging them all together is a conceit that we'll let Sundance explain:
Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static—white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. But you must fight the urge to relax: this is no mere movie night. Those obsolete spools contain more than just magnetic tape. They are imprinted with the very soul of evil.
There's no release date or distributor yet, but we'd reckon that Magnet Releasing, who released the first compilation, are going to be interested in Round 2. Watch below. [via RopeOfSilicon]
David Stanley | January 17, 2013 1:10 AM
So you're gonna start your ad campaign with a shot of a little kid with a gun pointed in her face? I know it's a squirt gun, yeah-yeah, but I also know this is gonna be a brutal movie, so the inference here is not summertime fun but a little kid who's about to be shot in the face.
Do what you want. Sell your movie however you want. Free-ish country and all that. But my two cents? I love V/H/S. And I was really looking forward to this. But I don't want to see anything where the marketing seeks to remind me of Newtown in order to get me to pony up my dough. That's how I'll vote no on this flick.


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Fans lined up hours early outside of the Mass Mutual Center.
It was all for the chance to get inside, to hear and meet the team that brings the Red Sox into their homes. Wednesday afternoon, a meet and greet session was held with NESN's Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy and Jenny Dell.
"I would say they are a 10 out of a 10," said Chuck Assad, a Red Sox fan. "I cannot give them any higher accolades than that. They are really super."
And while it is a thrill for the fans, Dell told CBS 3 that it is just as exciting for the crew to meet the people who watch them on a nightly basis.
"The best thing is being able to interact with fans," said Dell. "That is a huge part of my job, especially since I am down on third base surrounded by fans at all times."
For Orsillo, Wednesday's tour stop held extra meaning. The play-by-play man got the chance to catch up with fans who remember him as the voice of the Springfield Falcons and Indians.
"We are now going to Portland and then Providence," said Orsillo. "I assume it will be more of the same, but it was a great stop here in Springfield. There are so many loyal, great fans."
While the tour stops continue, it will not be the last time we see the NESN crew on our air. CBS 3 Springfield is your NESN affiliate for Western Massachusetts.
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---- — Brown Bag series continues Thursday
PLATTSBURGH — "Disability Accessible Technology" is the topic of the next Brown Bag program sponsored by Behavioral Health Services North (BHSN) and the National Alliance on Mental Illness: Champlain Valley (NAMI: CV).
The talk is set for 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, in the second floor meeting room of Plattsburgh City Library on Oak Street.
Bring your lunch. Resource materials will be provided.
Future talks, all from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. are: "Holistic Approaches to Recovery" Jan. 3; "Health Homes: What Are They?" Feb. 7; "Transgender Teens" March 7; and "Autism: Ask Your Questions" April 4.
For more information, call 563-8206, Ext. 135, or 561-2685, or email email@example.com.
Immunization clinics planned in Franklin County this Month
MALONE — Franklin County Public Health Services will be holding two immunization clinics this month.
Clinics are: from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 124 Catherine St., Malone; and 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, 136 Broadway, Saranac Lake.
A parent with current immunization records must accompany all children. Vaccines will also be available for children and young adults. Vaccine is also available for children 18 and under who do not have insurance to cover their vaccinations.
Call 481-1105 for an appointment. Walk-ins are welcome.
Educational series offered to caregivers
ELIZABETHTOWN — The Alzheimer's Disease Assistance Center in conjunction with High Peaks Hospice and Palliative Care Inc. is offering a free educational series for caregivers.
The programs are held from 10 to 11 a.m. the second Tuesday of each month at Elizabethtown Hospital in the Board Room.
Topics include: "Understanding the Emotions of Caregiving" Dec. 11; "Dealing with Natural Feelings: Anger, Frustration and Guilt" Jan. 8; "Dealing with Family Members Who Won't Help (But Will Criticize)" Feb. 12; "Strategies to Cut Caregiving Stress" March 12; and "Creating Networks of Help" April 9.
For more information, call 564-3370 or 1 (800) 639-8045, Ext. 106.
Blood drives set
PLATTSBURGH — There are many opportunities to give blood in December through the North Country Regional Blood Donor Program.
Here's the schedule: 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. today, Essex County Department of Social Services; noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, Massena Memorial Hospital; 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, Beekmantown Fire Department, Point-Au-Roche Station; 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, Chazy Central Rural School; 3 to 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, Peru Fire Department; noon to 3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, American Management Association; 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, Brushton-Moira American Legion; 12:30 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, FCI Ray Brook; 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, AuSable Forks Ambulance Service; 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, Clinton County Government Center; 3 to 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17, Essex County Public Safety Building in Lewis; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, Northeastern Clinton Central School; noon to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, Glens Falls National Bank, Cornelia Street, Plattsburgh; 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, Wilmington Fire Department; 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, Alice Hyde Medical Center; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 24, CVPH Medical Center auditoriums; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28, Champlain Centre; and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31, North Country Regional Blood Center.
The Blood Donor Center, 85 Plaza Blvd., is open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Walk-in donors are encouraged. To learn how to host a drive, call 562-7406.


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There's a lot to like in this one-story design, Plan HMAFAPW00689 from Homeplans.com. With 2,916 square feet of living space on one level, there's plenty of room to spread out and live large.
The kitchen island is designed to seat five people and curves around so they can all talk to one another. This generous area opens to the conversation room, featuring a fireplace, windows and sliding doors to the backyard.
When it's time for dinner, head to the living and dining zone, which also leads outside.
A media room can become almost anything: home theater, office or craft room are just a few possibilities.
Three bedrooms grace the right side of the plan. The deluxe master suite offers a tray ceiling, sliding glass doors to the outside, a dressing area, dual walk-in closets, a double-bowl vanity and a compartmented toilet. The sunken shower area is highlighted with glass blocks. A garden whirlpool tub finishes off this area.
Extra storage in the garage will come in handy. And a full basement can be finished later or used for additional storage.
Bedrooms: 3
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How well do you know your town? The following is a little quiz. Sorry! No Prizes. Just your satisfaction. 1. Which railroad did NOT come into Delphos?A. A C & YB. C H & DC. B & O 2. What was the year of the Great Black Friday Fire in Delphos?A. 1872B. 1880C. 1868
3. When did the great Cholera Epidemic hit Delphos and the area?A. 1854 – 1855B. 1870C. 1860 – 1861 4. When was the Lutheran Church in Delphos formally organized?A. 1858B. 1854C. 1855 5. When did the first canal boat pass through Delphos?A. 4 July 1845B. 4 July 1847C. 4 July 1844 6. What was the name of the first boat to pass through Delphos?A. The MargueriteB. The MarshallC. The Eugene 7. How many settlers were in the first group of Germans to come to Ten Mile Woods (later Section Ten – then Delphos)?A. 42B. 44C. 41 8. Name the surveyor of the Miami – Erie Canal.A. Samuel ForrerB. Thomas WrocklageC. Thomas Clime 9. When was Delphos incorporated?A. 1852B. 1851C. 1850 10. What was the name of the first newspaper in Delphos?A. The KleeblatB. The Section Ten BudgetC. The Oracle 11. Who was the first Mayor of Delphos?A. C. C. MarshallB. Lester BlissC. William Cochran 12. Name the Delphos native who was known as the "World's Greatest Non-Professional Astronomer."A. Leslie PeltierB. Joseph ChambersC. Lester Porter 13. Who was the Delphos Centennial Queen?A. Glenna DittoB. Barbara MuellerC. Norma Ott 14. The first oil well in Delphos was not successful but in what year was it drilled?A. 1885B. 1886C. 1889 15. In what year was the Delphos City Building (fire station) built?A. 1890B. 1888C. 1892 16. How much did it cost?A. $14,500B. $16,000C. $13,875 17. Delphos was served by two female mayors. Name one.A. Edna Jane NolteB. Margaret MillerC. Christine Link 18. Name the famous western author who played baseball in Delphos in the 1890's.A. George KihmB. Zane GreyC. Roman "Red" GreyAnswers:(1 — C; 2 — A; 3 — A; 4 — A; 5 — A; 6 — B; 7 — A; 8 — A; 9 — B; 10— B; 11— B; 12 — A; 13 — B; 14 — B; 15 — B; 16 — A; 17 — A or B; 18 — B)
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hello everyone,
i have started a web development company.i have one year experience in doing such projects.
but as a company i require contract based work so anyone can help me in getting web development projects.
i've tried getting bushiness from companies like IBM,Accenture but it was no help fo me.
we deal in web development,java,DBMS(oracle)
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For a company with a single employee and a work history of 12 months, I'd suggest you look for smaller more manageable projects than IBM and Accenture. Try connecting with local networking groups and do some local marketing. Have you looked into your Chamber of Commerce? Be sure to tell family and friends what your skills are (without getting too technical) so they can act as your business ambassadors. Get in touch with some complimentary firms such as marketing agencies or branding groups that might be able to refer business your way. In this world it's more about the relationships that you build than anything else. Find some low barrier entry points in your local community to start with and you'll grow from there.TAKE A WALK OUTSIDE YOUR MIND.
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If you have just started a business, it's best to reach out to local networking groups and meetups that consist of members that you would like to sell your services to. From there, you can start building your connections and portfolio which will over time, bring you to the level where you can bid for projects from bigger consultancy agencies.Sprout Geek - Helping Small Businesses Grow!
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Minnesota Vikings
Kyle Rudolph - #82 - TE
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|2011, 2nd round, 11th pick by Vikings
Week Four fantasy tips: TEs
The late-week fantasy TE tips have Kyle Rudolph and Owen Daniels as strong options, but long-time stud Jason Witten should be relegated to the bench.
Vikings have big plans for Rudolph
One of the many pleasant developments in the Week One victory over the Jaguars was the heavy usage of TE Kyle Rudolph.
Vikings need more from tight ends
The Vikings desire to use more two-TE packages this season, but right now they can't get Kyle Rudolph or John Carlson on the field.
Ponder makes strides in Vikings' first action
QB Christian Ponder played far better than his stats indicated in the Vikings' preseason opener.
Vikings rookie report: Week 16
The win over the Redskins featured some standout rookie moments, including TE Kyle Rudolph's third-quarter touchdown reception and S Mistral Raymond's fourth-quarter interception.
Vikings rookie report: Week 15
The Vikings are at the point where they are evaluating their young talent for next season, and the results have been fairly mixed at best.
Five questions with PFW Vikings correspondent Tom Pelissero
Here are five questions we posed about the Vikings to PFW correspondent Tom Pelissero, who is the senior editor of 1500ESPN.com in Minneapolis.
Vikings must find more toys for Ponder
The Vikings have needs all over, but it's clear that rookie QB Christian Ponder needs more weapons next season.
Vikings rookie report: Week 13
Here's how key rookies performed in the Vikings' 35-32 loss to the Broncos Sunday.
Vikings rookie report: Week 12
Here's how the Vikings' key rookies performed in Sunday's 24-14 loss to the Falcons.
Vikings rookie report: Week 11
Here's how key rookies performed in Sunday's Vikings-Raiders game.
Vikings rookie report: Week 10
Here's how key Vikings rookies performed during Monday's loss to the Packers.
Vikings stock report: Week 10
Here are three stocks going up and three stocks going down after the Vikings' loss to the Packers on Monday night.
Vikings rookie report: Week Eight
Here's how the Vikings' rookies performed in the Week Eight win over the Panthers.
Vikings rookie report: Week Seven
Week Seven saw the Vikings play seven rookies, the most who have played so far this season. Here's how they performed agains the Packers.
Rudolph has been added to the NFC Pro Bowl team as an injury replacement for Tony Gonzalez of the Atlanta Falcons.||||||| Rudolph was selected to his first Pro Bowl. The second-year player out of Notre Dame had career highs with nine touchdowns, 53 receptions and 493 yards receiving in 2012. His nine touchdowns were tied for first in the NFC for TDs by a tight end. Rudolph is the first Vikings tight end to make the Pro Bowl since Byron Chamberlain in 2001. He is the sixth Vikings player selected for the Pro Bowl this season.
Rudolph caught three passes for 39 yards and one touchdown in a 23-6 upset of the Texans on Sunday.||||||| Rudolph is up to nine TD receptions and has enjoyed a good fantasy campaign.
Rudolph caught six passes for 51 yards and one touchdown on Sunday against Green Bay.||||||| After virtually disappearing in the middle of the season after a strong start, Rudolph has reemerged as a formidable fantasy option. He has caught 18 passes for 170 yards and three TDs in his last three games.
Coach Leslie Frazier says Rudolph and safety Harrison Smith passed the necessary concussion tests this week, clearing the way for them to play in a pivotal NFC North game at Green Bay on Sunday.||||||| Rudolph and Smith both left the game against Chicago last weekend with concussions, and it was unclear earlier this week if they would be available for the game against the Packers.
Rudolph passed his concussion test and could play Sunday against Green Bay.||||||| Rudolph, who scored a TD against Chicago last weekend, is a viable fantasy starter in deeper leagues.


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Celtics' pre-draft workout includes six point guards
Am told Celtics are bringing in 12 draft prospects to workout over the next two days, 6 of them point guards.— Baxter Holmes (@BaxterHolmes) May 23, 2013
Until we see the list, let's not speculate on what this means (re: RONDO!). With Terrence Williams dealing with legal issues, Danny could just want to take a look at a 2nd round prospect if he sees an opportunity to trade for a pick. In most mocks, almost half the players after the 30th pick are point guards.


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CATEGORIES MoviesWith the film portion of the South By Southwest Film Festival slowly winding down -- and with those crazy music-only people seemingly turning Austin into a deleted scene from "Southland Tales" -- what better time to give out some festival awards! SXSW did just that on Tuesday night, honoring the graffiti drama "Gimme the Loot" and the rock documentary "Beware of Mr. Baker," about Cream drummer Ginger Baker. Fun! Other winners included Richard Linklater's "Bernie" and even "X-Men: First Class"? Sure thing.
Narrative Spotlight, Documentary Spotlight, Emerging Visions, Midnighters, 24 Beats Per Second, SXGlobal and Festival Favorites Audience Awards will be announced separately Saturday, but for now, check out these SXSW winners.
Feature Film Jury Awards
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION Grand Jury Winner: "Beware of Mr. Baker" Director: Jay Bulger
NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION Grand Jury Winner: "Gimme The Loot" Director: Adam Leon
Special Jury Recognition for Performance: Jamie Chung - "Eden" Besedka Johnson - "Starlet" Nico Stone - "Booster"
Feature Film Audience Awards
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Winner: Bay of All Saints Director: Annie Eastman
NARRATIVE FEATURE Winner: "Eden" Director: Megan Griffiths
Short Film Jury Awards
NARRATIVE SHORTS Winner: "The Chair" Director: Grainger David
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS Winner: "CatCam" Director: Seth Keal MIDNIGHT SHORTS Winner: "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared" Directors: Rebecca Sloan & Joseph Pelling
SXGLOBAL SHORTS Winner: "The Perfect Fit" Director: Tali Yankelevich
ANIMATED SHORTS Winner: "(notes on) biology" Director: Danny Madden
MUSIC VIDEOS Winner: Battles, "My Machines" Director: DANIELS
TEXAS SHORTS Winner: Spark Director: Annie Silverstein
TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL SHORTS Winner: Boom Director: Daniel Matyas & Brian Broder
SXSW Film Design Awards presented by iStockphoto
EXCELLENCE IN POSTER DESIGN Winner: "Man & Gun" Designer: Justin Cox
Special Jury Recognition: "Pitch Black Heist" Designer: Andrew Cranston
Audience Award Winner: "The Maker" Designer: Christopher Kezelos
EXCELLENCE IN TITLE DESIGN Winner: "Les Bleus de Ramville" Designer: Jay Bond, Oily Film Company Inc.
Special Jury Recognition: "X-Men: First Class" Designer: Simon Clowes, Prologue Films
Audience Award Winner: "Bunraku" Designer: Guilherme Marcondes, Hornet Inc. SXSW Special Awards
SXSW WHOLPHIN AWARD Winner: "The Black Balloon" Director: Benny Safdie & Josh Safdie
SXSW CHICKEN & EGG EMERGENT NARRATIVE WOMAN DIRECTOR AWARD Winners: Megan Griffiths for Eden and Amy Seimetz for "Sun Don't Shine"
LOUIS BLACK "LONE STAR" AWARD Winner: "Bernie" Director: Richard Linklater
Special Jury Recognition: "Trash Dance" Director: Andrew Garrison
KAREN SCHMEER FILM EDITING FELLOWSHIP Presented to: Lindsay Utz
For more on the films, head to SXSW.com.


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According to Civil War legend, Rear Admiral David Farragut was frustrated when one of his ships suddenly slowed during an assault on a small Confederate fleet and three forts during the pivotal Battle of Mobile Bay.
When he inquired, he was told that the ship cut speed due to naval mines in the waters — mines known as "torpedoes" — which had just claimed one of his warships. Farragut's famed response: "Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead."
Those exact words may not have been voiced during a landmark Sonoma County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday. But make no mistake, they could be heard. You could hear them in the passionate entreaty of Supervisor Efren Carrillo to his colleagues to press ahead with one of two major county-backed initiatives. He captured the significance of the vote, saying "This is really the county's moment ... and it's our future."
He is exactly right, but maybe not in the way he intended. This is certainly the county's moment when its ambitions will be put to the test.
That test will come, of all places, in the cities, those beastly independent communities that have been the source of such frustration for the county over the years regarding redevelopment, water, growth, water, garbage ... . Did I mention water? Those cities now essentially have veto power over two major county-driven initiatives. One involves giving up control of a major county asset — its central landfill off Mecham Road near Cotati — and handing its operations to a large corporation, Republic Services of Arizona, to operate for the next 20 to 30 years. The
other involves creating a power authority — Sonoma Clean Power — to give locals the option of buying more renewable energy than PG&E otherwise provides. The hope is the system also will foster the development of local solar, wind and other renewable power systems, reinvest profits in the community and create jobs.
Great idea. The problem is, as Californians have learned in suffering through the consequences of the state's costly attempts at deregulating energy markets and enhancing public employee pensions, there are torpedoes out there for bold initiatives that authorities claim won't cost the public a dime. And there's not a lot of enthusiasm right now for allowing government to launch into more.


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San Gabriel Mountains > Mount San Antonio (Mount Baldy) > Climber's Log
Mount San Antonio (Mount Baldy) Climber's Log
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|Various - 3X
|Various dayhikes, all from Baldy notch. One in 1993, one in 2001, one in 2005.
|Posted Oct 17, 2006 10:49 pm
|Devil's Backbone
Date Climbed: May 6, 2006
|Great trail. Great weather. First time above 10k feet.
|Posted Oct 4, 2006 1:56 am
|Lived in its shadow for 21 years
Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2000
|Finally got around to hiking it 8 years after I moved out of the LA area. Fun hike, but very hot and exposed to the sun. Heatwave in SoCal at that time. Ran low on water, stumbled out to my truck ... thank heavens there was a small pub just down the road!
|Posted Sep 18, 2006 7:29 pm
|Devil's Backbone (ascent), Ski Hut (descent)
|Day-hiked in September 2003. Lots of haze over the LA basin.
|Posted Sep 18, 2006 1:55 pm
|Check it oooout
Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2006
|See my Ski Hut Trail Route log post. Good conditioning hike.
|Posted Sep 15, 2006 9:14 pm
|8000 Meter Challenge
Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2006
|The 8000 Meter Challenge is a competition sponsored by JanSport between all outdoor retail companies; for example REI, SportChalet and Adventure 16. You have to summit Mt. Baldy, San Gorgonio Mountain and San Jacinto Peak in 24 hours. This was the first of the three peaks. We all began hiking at 4:50am, I summited at 6:57am and arrived back at the cars at 8:20. Total hiking time was 3 hours and 30 minuets. It was a very beautiful day and temperatures were nice throughout the hike.
|Posted Sep 9, 2006 12:39 am
|Baldy and 3 T's + Harwood
Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2005
|Did all 5 peaks in the heat! Crazy but fun.
|Posted Sep 7, 2006 3:32 am
|Bear Canyon
Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2006
|Still training for Whitney on Sept. 9. Hot day but nice route.
|Posted Sep 5, 2006 2:02 am
|Another nice day on Baldy
Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2006
|Nice casual hike up the ski hut trail and down the backbone. Very warm day. Hiked with long time friend John.
|Posted Sep 1, 2006 2:31 am
|Under the Lift
Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2006
|Went with my friend Bill who wanted to hike up under the ski lift and do the Backbone Trail. Kinda crazy but we did it. Gorgeous day with a nice cool breeze. That first part was steep, 1300' in a mile. We're training for Whitney in a couple of weeks. Nice day.
|Posted Aug 28, 2006 4:23 am
|SoCal HP Extravaganza
Date Climbed: Nov 24, 2005
|2nd SoCal highpoint. We took the lift to Devils Backbone. Pretty nice day. We could see the other 3 highpoints from the summit.
|Posted Aug 17, 2006 4:05 pm
|Many a good time
|I've hiked up Baldy so many times, I can't even count them all. My favorite time was when clouds covered the earth at 6000' feet. All the peaks around SoCal were identifiable, but the smog and garbage was not!
Magnificent when the views are clear, pretty good even when they aren't.
|Posted Aug 7, 2006 11:13 pm
|Route Climbed:Devil's Backbone
Date Climbed: May 23, 2006
|1st California Climb. Awesome view of ascent route from summit. Great desert views.
|Posted Aug 5, 2006 9:32 pm
|Ski hut trail/ Devils Backbone
Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2006
|Got on the trail at 8:15 and was on the summit by 11:30 after a nice stop at the Ski Hut. Broke in my new climbing partner Elliot with his first 10k peak. Loved the bowl on the way up and had a good time on the backbone on the way down. Had a nice little jaunt over to the west peak.
|Posted Jul 24, 2006 5:56 am
|Ski hut trail/ Devils Backbone
Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2006
|Training hike for my upcoming Mt. Whitney trek and for the 8000 meter challenge in September. Ran into 6 REI employees from the Rancho Cucamonga store on the way up and then on the way out I met another two employees from the San Diego store. Plus me that made 9 REI employees climbing Mt. Baldy that day and they were the only people I met up there. Weird...
|Posted Jul 6, 2006 4:43 pm
|Route Climbed: San Antonio Ski Hut Trail
Date Climbed: Jul 20, 1991
|This was my first dayhike with Sarah back in 1991. I remember that the trail was loose and that I didn't feel all that well on the summit, not having done any hiking in four years. Cucamonga Peak would be my next hike the following weekend.
|Posted Jul 5, 2006 9:05 pm
|Brian Jenkins
|Ski Hut Trail
Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2006
|While visitng my brother in LA, Anette and I hiked up this one. Started out at the TH at 9:30 am, hiked up to the hut pretty slowly and rested there a while chatting with the hutkeeper. Then went across the traverse to the ridge and slowly worked our way up. Better scenery than I expected. San Antonio Falls is nice (and popular) and the manzanita patches were great. Huge pinecones everywhere. At about 9200 feet on the last bit before the summit, Annie started to experience an altitude headache so we did not linger long at the summit.
Made our way back down a lot quicker and at one point, I was looking at a lizard on the side of the trail and I misstepped. Did a nice faceplant on the trail. Sweet bruise on my arm to show for it. Always impressive! ;- ) All in all, it was a much nicer hike than I expected. Such a great place right next to 15 million people. Hope to get back down there sometime to get up Gorgonio and Jacinto.
|Posted Jul 5, 2006 7:13 pm
|Ski Hut Trail
Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2006
|Nice and direct, up and down in a flash, great weather.
|Posted Jul 3, 2006 12:22 am
|Great day on the backbone!
Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2006
|Hiked the Devil's Backbone trail up and down in fantastic weather. Hit the trail at 8:30am, and made the summit at 11:30am, just in time to avoid hiking up in the heat. The views on this trail are some of the best I've ever seen.
|Posted Jul 1, 2006 7:06 pm
|Baldy Bowl/Devils Backbone loop
Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2006
|Great day to hike, weather was totally clear, but definitely warm. Baldy Bowl climb was sun-exposed, but summit was totally nice. Not a breath of wind on the summit, glorious day. View was awesome, 360 degrees, but a bit hazy. Stopped by for a snowball fight with my hiking buddy just below the summit at a couple small lingering late-season snowfields, just off the trail. Ran into a couple folks training for Whitney later in the summer.
Descended via Devils Backbone, Falls Road walk down from Baldy Notch was LONGGGGGGGG, felt like it would never end, temps probably 90-95 degrees....UGHHHH!
California County highpoint #18 for me!
|Posted Jun 28, 2006 8:52 pm


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Oleg Tchernytchenko, 35, of McClelland Street was indicted by a grand jury on charges of first-degree assault, first-degree reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child.
Police said Tchernytchenko called 911 at 1:50 a.m. Feb. 27 to report that his wife had a head injury. But rescue workers were met at the door by the woman, who had been shot in the hand, officers said.
She was taken to Adirondack Medical Center and transferred to Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington for treatment.
The children, ages 5 months to 4 years old, were taken into custody by County Department of Social Services Child Protective Services personnel.
Two of the kids were on the couch with their mother when she was allegedly shot while struggling with her husband for control of the gun. He had been drinking that day, police said.
Following arraignment Monday, Tchernytchenko was taken to County Jail in lieu of $50,000 cash bail or $100,000 insurance bond.
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My Elvis Costello sig Jazzmaster. My main guitar, fell in love with it at first sight and didn't even know it was an EC sig until I got it home (which I don't mind, big Costello fan). swapped in a Mastery bridge and it's perfect. Couch deadstock strap, Bullet coily cable.
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"The Dawson Community College baseball team has been on a roll of late" said Head Baseball Coach Aaron Carroll. "We have won 7 of our last 9 games".
The Bucs took 3 of 4 games from Bismarck State in their first MON-DAK conference series of the year. After splitting a non-conference doubleheader with Williston State, DCC has won 3 games in a row. They swept a doubleheader with the Miles City Outlaws by scores of 13-3 in both contests. On Wednesday, Dawson defeated Miles City Community College 4-2 on a windy afternoon in Glendive.
Next up for the Bucs is a four game conference series with Williston State College. Dawson will be in Williston this Saturday for a 1:00 CT DH and will return to Glendive to play a 1:00 MT DH on Sunday.
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Rigby's mother will never forgive
3:29am Thursday 22nd May 2014 in National News © Press Association 2014
The family of murdered soldier Lee Rigby, wife Rebecca Rigby (centre), lay tributes at the scene of his death one year after he was brutally killed by British Muslim converts Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale in Woolwich, south-east London, on May 2
The mother of murdered soldier Lee Rigby has said she will never forgive the two Islamist fanatics who killed him.
Fusilier Rigby's murder sparked shock across the country after he was run over with a car and then hacked to death by British Muslim converts Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale in Woolwich, south-east London, on May 22 last year.
Speaking a year after her 25-year-old son's death, Lyn Rigby told ITV's Good Morning Britain: "I will never forgive them for what they did to Lee. Never."
She sent a touching message, called "Once a Fusilier, Always a Fusilier" to be read at a memorial event for her son, held today outside Woolwich Barracks where he was stationed. His family are expected to hold their own private remembrance.
Mrs Rigby described the heart-breaking anguish of dealing with the death of her son.
She told the Sun newspaper: "No parent should ever have to bury a child but the nature of Lee's death was so violent that I can barely sleep at night, haunted by the images of my child lying bloodied and fatally wounded on the street.
"If I close my eyes I see Lee covered in blood. And when I do fall asleep I have nightmares in which I am running to try and save my son.
"I wake up in cold sweats with my heart thumping and I feel like I am going to die."
Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for a permanent memorial to the soldier in Woolwich, but this has been rejected by the local council and MP Nick Raynsford.
But Mrs Rigby told the Sun: "By refusing to honour his memory in a dignified fashion, they are creating a platform for further political hatred and unrest.
"Lee was a peaceful boy and we will never let his name be tarnished."
Lorna Taylor, whose son served with Fusilier Rigby in Afghanistan and who organised the petition, said: " Lee Rigby was a royal soldier killed in a royal borough and so why wouldn't you want to honour somebody who fought for your country with a memorial here where he was killed?
"Thousands of people have signed petitions calling for a memorial here so the council, Army and the Government need to stand up and support one of their own.
"As a mother of a soldier I am very passionate about supporting this campaign."
Mr Raynsford insisted there are already appropriate memorials to the young soldier.
He said: "The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers have installed a memorial bench in the cemetery in Lancashire where he is buried and his name will also be inscribed on the Army memorial at the national arboretum, so it's right that there should be memorials.
"Having a separate memorial at Woolwich raises difficult issues, in fact, it is very unusual for soldiers to be remembered where they fell. Their memorial is usually either in a military cemetery or in a regimental memorial, as is the case with Lee Rigby.
"A memorial outside the barracks might also attract the interest of extremists who might seek to build conflict between communities in the way that Lee Rigby's killers wanted to do."
Ingrid Loyau-Kennett , one of three women dubbed the "Angels of Woolwich" for the courage they showed on the day, was among those who returned to the scene today to pay her respects.
A year ago today she was checking Fusilier Rigby's pulse and confronting one of his crazed killers, Adebowale.
She said: "It has been a waste of three lives and of course a year on I still think about Lee Rigby's mother losing a son, it's a tragedy. I don't have flashbacks but I have been very emotional lately.
"This street looks like a normal street now but I can still see the body, see the crashed car and see the bloodied hands."
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She spent nine months after conceiving him, carrying him inside her, the most intimate relationship anyone can ever hope to have, then saw him grow to adulthood, as she fed and clothed him, along with his father, only for two ignorant savages, carrying out a ridiculous mandate gained from a course of religious indoctrination, to rob her of the rest of his life.
Bad enough he may have been killed in action, but being murdered in a London street, for no other reason than he was a committed member of the military, no, I suspect if it was not for the Christian...'turn the other cheek'... mantra, that millions have been compelled to tolerate, there would be a darned sight more than just his mother refusing to forgive.
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One of the saddest stories to emerge from the 20th century was the destruction of the Romanov dynasty at the beginning of the Russian Revolution. Tsar Nicholas II was unable to cope with the changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution, market forces, urbanization, and the rise of democracy and socialism across Europe; in addition, he was privately haunted by his son's crippling hemophilia. The Tsarina, Alexandra, wracked with guilt over her son's illness, turned to the notorious monk Rasputin, who alone was able to ease the boy's pain, a decision that provoked a terrible scandal. Thus were two decent, unremarkable people caught in the gears of history, trapped in a story that led to the brutal eradication of their entire family.
This saga has been turned into an opera, Nicholas and Alexandra, which premiered in September at Los Angeles Opera. Critics were unimpressed with Deborah Drattell's score, which is rooted in the doom-laden tones of Russian liturgical music, but Anne Bogart's production featured a striking design, with scenery by Robert Israel, costumes by Catherine Zuber, and lighting by Christopher Akerlind.
Israel set the action in a low-rise hallway of one of the Tsar's palaces, a cold, vast space with greenish walls and many windows. When the action moved to other locations, two more walls were brought onstage and placed in different configurations. Because of the set's low height, most of Akerlind's lighting was exposed; the lighting in general was harsh and cold, emphasizing the dire situation in which the characters found themselves. At times, another area behind the rear wall of the set was illuminated, revealing a chorus of Russian peasants. Throughout, Zuber's costumes worked a narrow palette of grays, lavenders, roses, and reds, using slightly exaggerated silhouettes in the women's costumes to indicate the passage of time over nearly 20 years (she dressed most of the male characters in varying styles of military uniforms). The overall effect was elaborate yet dilapidated, suggesting the not-entirely-successful influence of Western Europe in Russian culture.
This was all to the good, because, in separate conversations, all three designers agree that Bogart wanted a production that was stripped of any gratuitous sentimentality. "She didn't want it to be the movie-of-the-week version of Nicholas and Alexandra," says Zuber. "We wanted the theatricality of the piece to be right out there," adds Israel. "I think Anne and Bob and I are all interested in breaking down the superficial artifice of the theatre," says Akerlind. "We're interested in seeing the machinery, all the time. It somehow breaks down the idea that design is decoration and, hopefully, provokes a different kind of response."
Bogart, Drattell, Israel, and Zuber made a pilgrimage to St. Petersburg and Moscow, to research the project. "Both cities are strange," says Israel. "They're facades, and behind them it's very poor. The great Russian architecture is not in the palaces — at best, they're second-rate. The scale, the details, the ornamentation are all wrong. The good stuff is the indigenous architecture — the cathedrals, the churches. But [the Russians] were on the fringe of Western culture and, however much they wanted to be a part of it, they got the syncopation wrong."
Thoughts such as these translated themselves into Israel's setting, which was formal and grand, in a European style, but was also forbidding, empty, lacking in a certain grace. In a way, it suggested that Nicholas and Alexandra were trapped in a metaphorical prison long before the Bolsheviks arrived. In Bogart's staging, the title characters could often been seen huddling together, often with their children, the family forming a tight little island in an unfriendly universe.
In discussing the lighting aesthetic of the production, Akerlind mentions "this kind of bombardment of Nicholas and Alexandra, which underscores the sense of inevitability in the story." His concept of exposing the workings of the lighting extended to the obvious use of followspots on the leads. "I don't like it when you see designers trying to use them, but pretend that they aren't," he says. "I love the idea of performance and performers. In our work together, Anne and I rely on them a lot."
In addition to the followspots, Akerlind made heavy use of sidelighting to capture the characters. At certain times, he also poured harsh white light through the windows at the back of the set. To reveal the Russian peasants behind the set, he placed 300W A lamps between each window, with additional lighting from below, above, and from stage right, to create what he calls "a beautiful footlight effect." He also used footlights in far downstage positions to create sinister, shadowy effects for certain moments. The third act began with rather violently executed cues that caused dramatic shifts in the onstage lighting. "Anne wanted, after the pause before Act III, to jolt us into a sense of concentration, of engagement," he says.
Nicholas and Alexandra ran in rep with Hector Berlioz's La Damnation de Faust but, oddly enough, says Akerlind, "there is no real rep plot" at the LA Opera (the company performs at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion). "Al Miller is the production electrician and he had an assistant compile the two plots. We had very little conflict; I lit 95% of the opera with fixed units and Faust was largely lit [by Heinrich Brunke] with automated equipment." He adds that some gear was rented but "between what the Chandler has and what the Opera has, it's well-equipped — even HMI units. It's the closest I've come in the US to what you find in a German opera house." The equipment list for Nicholas and Alexandra consisted largely of ETC Source Four units, some PAR 64s, several HMIs, strip lights, Wybron scrollers, and ten Martin Mac 2000 units.
Despite the rather intellectual, highly theatrical approach taken by the other members of the creative team, Zuber sees it as "an opera about private moments." A big challenge for her was the opera's time frame, which runs from 1894-1917, "a big period of change. When we first see Alexandria, she has a fuller skirt with puffier sleeves; by the time we get to 1915, it's a very different silhouette." Nevertheless, she says, "You still want it to have a cohesion" to the production's overall look, so, to provide a sense of unity, "all the silhouettes define the waist and have very long lines and I did interesting things with the sleeves."
Interestingly, Zuber says that, according to her research, "[The Romanovs] were very insular, a family that shunned a high-profile life. They were devoid of ostentation. What I put Alexandra in was more glamorous than what she actually wore."
As for colors, Zuber says, "The piece was, in Anne's view, set in Alexandra's memory, which allows you the license to pull things in and out of focus. We started at the beginning [in a prologue set in 1918] with gray costumes and, as she remembered, colors started to come into it." In the early scenes, Alexandra is dressed in lavenders and roses, with a frillier look-elaborately pleated sleeves, fuller skirts; in the later scenes, when she is largely confined to a wheelchair, she is dressed in gray, with a severe, almost military silhouette. For her costumes, the designer used taffeta, velvet, silk, and chiffon.
In one notable scene that dramatizes some of the rumors about Rasputin, he hosts an orgy of sorts, with a group of upper-class matrons, who were dressed in what look like flaming red peignoirs. Nevertheless, Zuber says, the outfits "as based on historical research. Evening cloths [in the teens] became very skimpy." These costumes made use of velvet, chiffon, and satin, with "bits of fur and feathers and things like that."
Speaking of the profusion of military styles on the male characters, she says, "In my research, it seemed that everyone had a uniform." It suggests something about the imperial nature of Russian society, she adds: "Even if you never participated in military endeavors, it was very prestigious to wear a uniform of some kind."
In Bogart's production, a third set of non-singing characters-they were, in fact, members of the director's SITI Company-constituted an onstage presence, filling out the various tableaux and moving set pieces on and off stage. Zuber dressed them in long, eggplant-colored coats, which tightly hugged their bodies, providing a rather severe line. "It was tricky, trying to conceive what their silhouette should be," she says. "They weren't peasants or part of the military. They were their own entity. I tired to devise something that would move well and have and interesting silhouette-I felt that particular color would travel well through all the scenes."
Zuber could be speaking for all the designers when she says, "The challenge was to keep it theatrical, yet not deviate too far from reality and confuse the story we were trying to tell." Thanks to their work, the story of Nicholas and Alexandra emerged, in all its sorrow, into the cold light of day.


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Review: Taste Inn, Lewisham
1:17pm Tuesday 10th January 2012 in Restaurant Reviews By David Mills
WHEN searching for genuine northern Chinese cuisine, Lewisham isn't normally the first place that springs to mind.
On entering Taste Inn, tables of Chinese customers busied themselves barbequing meat on an in-built table burner while a Chinese soap opera flickered on a TV.
The menu has the usual fast-food dishes seen in most Chinese takeaways.
These were quickly ignored in favour of the more interesting and unfamiliar dishes, which are not for the squeamish.
Delights such as blood curd, pig bowel, ox tripe, ham and veg with dried chilli and Chinese five spice set the tone.
To start, a cold dish of bean curd and preserved duck egg (£5.50) was comprised of silky tofu topped with shards of dark-brown egg.
The creaminess of the egg was offset by the soy and vinegar sauce, and the crunch of raw spring onion added a pleasing contrast.
Lamb with cumin (£7) was an aromatic concoction of slightly chewy lamb slices and onions fried with cumin seeds, while stir fried beef with fresh chilli (£7) was a spicy heap of tender beef, cooked with wood ear mushrooms, carrots and chunks of fiery red and green chillies.
Both were moreish and satisfying when accompanied by fluffy white rice (£1.50).
This treasure of Lewisham is not to be missed.
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CATEGORIES MoviesThings got pretty scary following the New York premiere party of 'Janie Jones,' a Tribeca Film release starring Abigail Breslin, Alessandro Nivola and Elisabeth Shue. 14 people -- including Nivola, 'The Good Wife' star Josh Charles, and 'Janie Jones' director David M. Rosenthal -- were trapped in a falling elevator at the Gramercy Park Hotel in Manhattan. Said Rosenthal to Vulture: "We initially thought we'd gone all the way to the basement and bounced on the springs."
The trouble started around midnight when 12 party attendees left the 16th floor rooftop terrace at the hotel. Packed already, the elevator stopped a few floors down, where, per Vulture, "a hefty older gentleman from the Netherlands" and his significant other waited.
"Everyone is yelling and hooting," said Rosenthal, "and the guy I'm sure was drunk and thinks it's a party. So they decide to jump in, and as soon as they jump in, the thing starts plummeting down. His girlfriend is lucky she didn't get killed because her foot was barely inside the door when the elevator dropped."
It finally stopped after nearly eight floors, trapping the passengers just below the second floor of the hotel.
Initially, the 14 made jokes about the situation, but soon began to lose patience. It was only after Nivola's younger brother, waiting for him in the lobby, realized something was amiss that hotel officials were notified.
After waiting for FDNY personnel to arrive, the confined passengers took action and climbed out themselves; the fire department reportedly arrived just before the last person was pulled out to safety.
Gramercy officials say the malfunctioning elevator will undergo extensive testing, but that isn't enough for Charles.
"Here's my quote," he said to Vulture. "If anyone stays at the Gramercy, take out insurance before you ride the elevator. If you go to the Gramercy, try not to die. Use the stairs."
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From reading most of your posts on here Marsu42 you seem to be going round and round in circles.
I have to admit I don't get that, imho I'm in the boat with lots of others starting sometime in 2012 looking for a ff, thinking about the old 5d2, being shocked by the overpriced 5d3 and then waiting for the 6d - that's not a circle, but a straight line.
Why not instead of idolising and agonising over equipment just go out and shoot some pictures?? Enjoy photography? Get your name out there sell some prints and that will make purchasing equipment easier.
Why do you assume I don't enjoy photography? What you read here is just a small part of me being annoyed by Canon and gearhead talk (but you're reading this too, aren't you?). I'm out every day taking shots and learning, just returned from taking nighttime shots of Berlin in the snow nearly freezing my fingers off (and gladly, because it was worth it). Imho I'm getting so many good shots it's hard for my old laptop to keep up w/o overheating.
And actually this post was intended to be about creativity, and esp. the kind that makes a difference in comparison to the gazillions of other pictures out there, growing by a million every day.
I know i gave you some stick the other day, but seriously just enjoy it.
I appreciate your advice and I know it's easy to get lost in tech spec sheets, but as written above writing in CR is not all I do. But shooting with my current equipment is just not made for commercial low light events, and since getting ok gear puts quite a strain on my budget I'm getting all the opinions I can get.


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Response to sponsored cycle ride 'overwhelming'
The mother of a girl who had a rare bone cancer removed from her arm at a Birmingham hospital plans to do more fundraising in future, having been overwhelmed by the support for her 220-mile sponsored bike ride.
– Lynne Evans, mother of Bethan Evans
The response to the cycle ride has been overwhelming. We never dreamed it would grow so big, but it just shows how our fantastic communities work in this area.
We have had people coming to our doorstep to drop off donations anonymously, which is amazing.


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Petzl Pro Traxion self-jamming rope pulley (http://en.petzl.com). Even as a 50-year-old lighting man, I don't always have local crew to help me rig moving lights. This pulley enables me to lift fixtures with relative ease.
Mike Jarvis, project manager production, Stage Electrics Birmingham, UK
I just got back from the NAB show, and I'm loving the Folsom ImagePro HD (www.folsom.com). In today's HD systems, I find this a very handy tool for trans-coding and scaling.
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hi there
i am currently finishing a BSc hons degree in architecture at apu in chelmsford and am looking for advice for the next step in my career
i have been told i am creative and would be suited to the idea of a conceptual architect. my cad skills are limited (a major factor which im planning to change) but i have no real exprience. i went straight into the degree in architecture after recieving my a-levels in art, law and maths. im currently adding to my portfolio but my problem is i am lacking a bit of technical skills. my technical skills are good but could be extremely improved and from advice, a work placement, or employment, would be an excellent way to increase these skills.
1. what should be in my portfolio that would excite employers or impress them to give someone in my predicment a chance?
2.does any one know of any good websites that are up to date with junior architect jobs in the uk? monster and other famous ones have so far given very poor results.
3.would it be better to for me to start another course, something in autocad or engineering to help my case?
any advice that could help my matter would be greatly appreciated.
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We decided to have a stroll around the ship,the casino very small it was inside {Brodie's Bar}plenty of shops some expensive,
We choose 6-30pm for dinner table of 8,mixture of N'WALES(us)S/WALES,DORSET&SCOTTISH,yes good mix.
Then the Captain welcomed us all on board with some bad news,not sailing till in the morning(Saturday)due to storms in the Atlantic.We set sail right on time next day we where going on a different route for our own safety,that was bad enough it was a bit nerve racking on times .But we hold our hands up to Captain &his crew.It was 3-days later thats when we hit the really bad storms scarey indeed,but we all tried to make the most of it for next few days.Thats when we got to know barmen in {Brodies Bar}they where all very friendly also polite with you nothing was to much trouble,we promised to mention them......ERICSON M SANTOS,MARCUS,DEXTER,ABILASH,AILEEN,NICK,SIMPSON ,STANFORD,REYNOLD,NIGEL,ROWELL,also JUSTIN casino manager,thanks too you all.
down sideof the ship:-badly planned,lack of toilets (female),no cover on any of the pools,sea screen far too loud it was in your face all the time.We ate Freedom Style most of the timeas we wasnot impressed with the Dinning Room menue
The ITALIAN,was very good indeed,some meals you had to pay extra for but we stuck to ones that was included plenty of choice,plus you get to sit by your-selves for a break.
Entertainment:-MARTIN DANIELS WAS VERY GOOD,CHER look alike was also very good,PHIL COLLINS,TOM JONES &ELTON JOHN was good,every body has different tastes.Also the Activities staff just great very helpfull,also The Sail Away parties where full of fun they really pushed the boat out on them!!!!!!x


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ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The ratings agency Moody's has downgraded Greece to the lowest rating on its bond scale, following a deal with private investors that would see them ultimately lose 70 percent of their holdings in Greek debt.
Moody's late Friday lowered Greece's sovereign rating to C from Ca, arguing that the risk of default remains high even a bond-swap deal with banks and other private investors, due to be completed this month, is successful.
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's took similar action on Feb. 27.


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Application Forms
If you live in Ireland application forms are available from most Post Offices, all Garda Stations, many Citizens Advice Centres and Libraries and also from the Passport Offices in Dublin and Cork. Forms are also available from Irish Diplomatic and Consular Missions overseas.
Applicants in Ireland who are unable to call in person to or who require large supplies of forms can also obtain the relevant application by contacting the Passport Offices here.
APS 1 form is for use within the State. APS 2 form is for use by persons resident outside the State.
The current form incorporates the application section, parental consent [for persons under 18 years of age] and statement of loss [where a passport is lost or stolen] into a single form.
There is an additional SOLE GUARDIAN AFFIDAVIT (PDF 99kb) form which must be submitted where a parent claims to be the sole guardian of a child seeking a passport. An Irish version of the Sole Guardian form may be downloaded here. (PDF 97kb)
The passport entitlement of any child born on the island of Ireland on or after 1 January 2005 is governed by the citizenship of a parent or the residency history of one of the parents at the time of the person's birth. Each passport application for children born in Ireland on or after 1 January 2005 must have additional evidence of citizenship or residence from a parent. Further information is available here:New Citizenship Changes effective from 1 January 2005
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- for a child with an Irish parent the Passport Office requires a birth cert or passport of that parent (birth cert is preferable)
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- Children born in Northern Ireland whose parents are non Irish/British/EU nationals are required to obtain a Certificate of Citizenship from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform before making a passport application. Declaration Form C for this purpose is downloadable from this site. (PDF 325kb)


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Bands get great reception at Cornbury music festival (From Banbury Cake)
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Music fans enjoy the fun at Cornbury Festival
Updated 8:20am Sunday 6th July 2014 in News By Pete Hughes, Reporter covering Abingdon and Wantage, South Oxford and Kennington. Call me on 01865 425431
Music fans have been enjoying the bands at the Cornbury Festival in North Oxfordshire.
The festival at Great Tew Park kicked off on Thursday and is expected to attract 20,000 visitors over the weekend.
One of the bands getting a great reception today from music fans was Hunter & the Bear.
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once again, went out with a -4 wild and was not awarded the call of the wild card
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once again, went out with a -4 wild and was not awarded the call of the wild card
3 times now I have gone out in a game with a -4wild and won the hand, for some reason I am not getting the call of the wild badge, I just succeeded in doing this 5 min ago. please fix this
there was nothing wrong with the old games that aol gave us.
this sucks big time
why are the games soo slow,Games.com is the only one that does it.
PLEASE FIX PROBLEM. I am not the only one that it does it to.
this is really stupid
I use google chrome to play this game. Your games make my computer hum when the game is playing! When I scroll down to the leader scoreboard, my computer stops humming. And in between games, it is quiet too .Very weird! Please fix!
What have you done with this game ?? Having the option to select a color (red, green, blue or purple) with your wild card is absolutely MEANINGLESS when the cards are no longer color coded to match. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Please go back to the original version.
Bye Bye ssssssssssssssooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnny thinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngs wronnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng withhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh thissssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
please fix this system
Is anyone READING the comments???? All of us are tell you it is broke !!! Please fix it!!! Alot of people have left becuse of ALL of Games .Com is not listening!Super Crazy 8's is unplayable!
Who cares about the global leaderboard? It took me over a year to get 500,000. The global leader has 46,000,000,000 ??? Bull, just like this idiotic 'upgrade'. Obviously, no testing. Put it into production and let us stupid consumers deal with it. Do your sponsors know this is going on? If they do you might lose some.
This new format is awful bring back the old one please
new game aol is suck alot of peoples complain about it cause problems no chat off and on sometime freeze
Game freezes up. Can't finish!!
This is rubbish, games freeze and don't add on your points. You've changed it for changes sake only as nothing wrong with the old set up.
I don't like the new setup either!
Please Old Game back not New Games!!!!!
damn it a lot peoples do not like new game it trouble games i was play then cut off my games why why suck my money payment monthly $11.99 I like old game they like old games not new game mess games
If there is a heart under the prompt "Play Now", I am not seeing it. I would like to be able to list my favorite games. Can't say that the new format is any improvement over the old one.
Hate this new system! Bring the old site back!
i hate this new format sucks big time
Its been not recording newer and higher scores for days now. Bring back the old way.
Fix this game, I had a fantastic game of 2838 and nothing. Also it is not adding points, I have lost hundreds in the last few days. Bring back the old set-up if you can't get it to work!!!!@!!!
Why am I not on the leaderboard with my score of 2838
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As kids prepare to go back to school, parents are spending hundreds of dollars to get them ready.
But for some, like Tamera White Butterfly of Manderson, getting supplies is a major hassle and a major expense.
School starts for her two kids next week, and this year, there's no question they'll be ready. "I don't have to worry about them ... borrowing pencils and what not," she said. They'll be getting backpacks full of supplies at the beginning of the school year. "They don't have to borrow from their friends or their siblings," said White Butterfly. "It's their own." The backpacks delivered to the Rockyford School on Wednesday are courtesy of the Kola Foundation, a group of MBA students from the University of Illinois. "We did a lot of brainstorming," said Kola president Shelly Wohadlo, "like, 'Okay, this is a community in need, this is a community we want to help. What can we do?'" The answer was obvious to a bunch of students: promote education. "The next generations are really what we have to look forward to step into those roles," Wohadlo said, "and with the right education, the right skills, they can make those changes for themselves in their own communities." The group has a long list of plans for the next year.
Members want to create how-to videos for reservation students about business plans and college financial aid, and start a mentorship program through Skype, just to name a couple.
The backpacks just kind of fell into their laps. "We had it work out that one of our alumni from the Kola Foundation is working at a company called United Stationers," she said. So they got $2,500 worth of supplies for free -- enough for 150 backpacks.
The nonprofit group Re-Member coordinates projects like that with volunteer groups, the members of which number around 1,200 or 1,300 a year.
Along with fixing up houses and building beds, Re-Member tries to provide thousands of supplies-filled backpacks for families on the reservation.
"They're expensive, and where do folks and families get them around here?" said Ted Skantze, director of Re-Member. "There's not a big department store around they can just go and pick and choose." "It's not only my family, but everybody on the reservation who gets a backpack," White Butterfly said. "It helps them out a lot."
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Resources, Support, and Funding Makes Austin A Startup Hotbed
There's no doubt that when you're considering some of the hottest startup ecosystems in America, Austin has to be near the top of your list. Not only is it the home of the annual SXSW festival, but the city itself is experiencing rapid growth on an unprecedented level; there are anywhere between 80 and 150… Read more »
A Prediction on the Future of the Connected Car
The connected car trend has been dominating the tech spheres lately, and this year's SXSW was no exception. And while it had its anticipated place among most of the SXSW fanfare, Dr. Chandra Bhat, Director of Transportation Research at UT Austin, brought the connected car to light in a very different way. During his sessions… Read more »
Katiri Zuluaga and Springboard Enterprises Are Supporting Female-Led Startups
The video below is part of an interview series we did at SXSW 2014. Our SXSW Startup Celebration was sponsored by .CO, CEA, Revolution and LivingSocial. We thank them for their support! It has been over 50 years since the President's Commission on the Status of Women was established under President Kennedy's New Frontier and led to the official end of discriminatory policies affecting… Read more »
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By JOE LoTEMPLIO
---- — PLATTSBURGH — City of Plattsburgh councilors will vote Thursday night on the 2013 budget, which features a 5.2 percent tax-levy hike that in large part will fund retroactive firefighter pay.
That's 3.3 percent more than the 1.9 percent that Mayor Donald Kasprzak proposed in his own budget plan, which was presented to the Common Council last Oct. 1.
Mayor Pro Tem and Budget Officer James Calnon said the bulk of the increase stems from a contract settlement the city must pay to city firefighters. Late last year — after the mayor presented his own plan — an arbitrator awarded raises of 2.9 and 3 percent in retroactive pay for, respectively, 2008 and 2009.
The award amounts to more than $600,000, with $285,700 of it in the 2013 budget. Overall, the city's tax levy will be up $303,508 for 2013, with the 5.2 percent rise the maximum allowed under the state tax cap.
"About 94 percent of the tax-levy increase is because of this arbitration award," Calnon said.
"I don't understand how an arbitrator can give out raises that are about double what the tax cap lets us raise in revenue."
Plattsburgh Permanent Firemen's Association President Terry Feazelle said it was the city that chose to go to arbitration.
"What we offered would have been better for the city than what the arbitrator awarded, but the city turned us down," he said.
"It's not our fault."
The State of New York Public Employment Relations Board opinion and award states, in part: "Although there are some exceptions, Plattsburgh firefighters, at all ranks and longevity steps, earn far less than their counterparts in the cities identified by both parties as comparables; and, as the (Plattsburgh Firemen's) Association argues, they are seriously underpaid in comparison to the city's police force.
"The 5 percent increases the association seeks would not close these gaps, but given the chair's finding that the city is in relatively healthy financial condition, an increase that would make firefighter salaries somewhat more competitive is in order."
Calnon said he is not blaming the union.
"It's not anybody's fault, but it is a fact that more than 90 percent of the tax-levy increase is because of this arbitration award," he said.
The $53 million budget also includes increases in garbage-collection and water rates, as added by the council.
Garbage pickup would go up about 50 cents per week, Calnon said, and the fee for water infrastructure investment would increase about 70 cents per month.
Some fees in the City Clerk's Office would also see a small rise, among them $5 more for a taxicab license.
The proposed tax rate would go from $10.41 per $1,000 of assessed property value to $10.76.
With assessments increasing about 2 percent on average this year, the owner of a house whose assessment went from $125,000 to $127,000 would pay about $65 more in taxes for 2013 if the budget is approved.
"Certainly, no one likes tax increases, but I think we have done a pretty good job of managing the things we can control," Calnon said.
"The arbitration award was a killer, but it is something we have to deal with."
In addition to the arbitration award, the city has been hit with large bills from the state for the Employee Retirement System in recent years, and health-care-premium costs for workers also have been rising.
The retirement obligation for the city in 2013 is about $3.5 million. In 2009, it was $1.2 million.
Health-care premiums are up about $400,000 for 2013.
The council, which has been holding budget sessions since late October, would use about $2.275 million of the city's fund balance to offset taxes. Kasprzak had recommended using about $2.4 million.
There would still be about $1.7 million left in the fund balance, which is within recommendations of the State Comptroller's Office.
The council also dropped the contingency fund from $250,000 to $100,000.
"We haven't hardly spent any of the contingency money and probably won't again, so we thought we would lower it," Calnon said.
The council added $60,000 to the Plattsburgh City Library budget, which has been struggling in recent years.
Councilors also agreed to leave $515,000 in the retirement fund in anticipation that the city will get hit again with a large bill from the state in 2014.
There are no layoffs or service cuts in the 2013 budget, but Calnon warned that next year could be different.
"Just about every municipality in the state is dealing with pretty much the same issues we are, and when you have a cap in revenue, it gets really hard," he said.
"We had a 35 percent tax increase here a number of years ago (2005), and we certainly don't want to ever return to those days, but you can't go on like this forever."
The council meets at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall; session are open to the public.
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Gulf Front Sunset Heaven in Belleair Beach
- bedrooms 2
- baths 2
- sleeps 4
- pool yes
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type Condo
- community
- rates (USD) $ 2,350 - $ 3,350 / month
vacation rental description
The spectacular sunsets along with the sound of waves from the Gulf
of Mexico will make you think you are in heaven! Just walk outside
and enjoy the breath taking natural setting of a beautiful private
beach with various wildlife such as dolphins and seabirds. Our Gulf
front condo resides in the quiet and residential Belleair Beach
community. Inner coastal waters as well as spectacular upscale homes
are just walking distance away. The city of Belleair Beach is located
between the resort towns of Clearwater and Indian Rocks.
vacation rental location
property availability
- dates with deals
- unavailable dates
Last modified on 03-18-2014 at 5:20 PM.
email owner view full calendar
Lynn and Jerry Wiszowaty (313) 881 7996
condo rental amenities
This 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo features living room and master bedroom
access to a third floor private balcony with an awesome sunset view
over the Gulf of Mexico. A fully equipped kitchen and dining room
area makes "eating in" fun as you enjoy the relaxing beach life.
This condo is fully furnished with new carpet, and new king-size
master bedroom furniture. A full size washer and dryer in unit as
well as covered safe parking make your stay very comfortable.
An on site pool and beach toys are there for your wet pleasures.
If the cool Gulf breeze is not good enough, the condo has central air
conditioning as well as stereo, VHS/DVD, HDTV with local cable,
phone service, and free wireless internet.
No Smoking and No Pets Please!
activities and attractions in Belleair Beach Gulf Coast Central
This condo is located just 40 minutes from Tampa/St.Petersburg
Airports and is couple miles south of award winning Clearwater Beach
with its Pier 60 sunset activities. Restaraunts and shopping of all
varieties are nearby. The Clearwater marina with dinner cruises,
deep sea fishing, jet skiing, parasailing, and dolphin watch is just
minutes away. The internationally known resort called John's Pass
with its restaraunts, stores, and water craft fun is just 12 miles
south. Nearby Tampa attractions include the Performing Arts Center
and the Cruise Line Port. Busch Gardens and Disney/Sea World are
just 90 minites away.
vacation rental rates
Ask About Seasonal Rates !
January - April - $3350/month
May - August - $2600/month
September - November - $2350/month
December - $2900/month
Rates includes all utilities, digital cable TV, local phone and wireless internet.
- Rentals less than 7 months, please add 12 % tax.
- Holidays extra.
- Payable in U.S. funds only.
- No refunds on cancellations made less than 45 days prior to
scheduled arrival date.
- Please add $ 100 cleaning fee.
- An additional $500 safety/damage deposit is required before arrival
that is refundable.
- Tenant pays additional electrical cost over $200/month.
- E-mail or call owners for pricing negotiations.
Lynn and Jerry Wiszowaty (313) 881 7996
accepted payment methods
Prior to paying a reservation deposit, always verify payment instructions by calling the phone number displayed on this listing page. By contacting the owner directly and paying by an approved method - credit card, paypal, check or bank transfer - your reservation payment will be protected up to $1,000.Learn more in our Security Center
Top things to do in Belleair Beach
- Gulf Swimming
- Fishing/Boating
- Golfing
- Dolphin and Sea Life Siting
- Pier 60 Arts, Crafts, and Street Shows
Top things to do on a budget
- Walking the Beach
- Swimming
- Fishing
- Boogie Boards/Skimmers
- Botanical Gardens
Top things to do with a family
- Gulf Water Fun
- Busch Gardens/Sea World
- Disney World
- Clearwater Beach
- John's Pass
Lynn and Jerry Wiszowaty , owner


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They don't represent the brand at all!!! They just look like trash with a 20+ thousand dollars bag!!!
another birkin post, another kardashian post – yeah, doubly boring zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
these women are on every site I go to, I'm so tired of seeing them! Am I the only one on the earth that is tired of them!
You said it "with each bit of extra attention they get, their value goes up" .. so when are people going to stop giving them attention.. like this article just has…
her new found 'style' is just crap…all she wears now is black and thats pretty hard to screw up…
oooh Kim always finding her with their Hermes collections a lots of colours and skins makes me jealousy :D
In the airport photo she looks "styled perfection" – she must have changed for the paps – because there's no way in hell anyone can take an 8 hour flight from Paris in leather leggings and sky high Louboutins. I am looking at those fine ankle straps and all I can think of is DVT.
Please for the sake of those who avail you audience, do oblige us BROADER CONTENT AND AUTHENTIC REVIEWS OF HANDBAGS/PURSES which is lacking here,in lieu of drivel about subjects we have NO INCLINATION! Thank you.
Enough of them, puh-lease!!!!! it reflects on the society we are all in, TRASH & CHEAP! Please, guys, can you post real TALENTS who adores purses. Thank in advance!
ugh still can't stand her and her family.
The Croc Birkin is such a beautiful bag and the first photo in the gallery, Kim has such an awful outfit on…..
they degrade this bag to the max, trashy family who aren't anything but fake, thanks tv land for putting them on the air…..jerks
Like seriously… "STOP HATING"


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GARNER — For the past four years, the Wake County school board has been known for verbal and even on occasion physical confrontations between its members.
But as the nine board members began a two-day planning retreat on Friday, what struck them and those coordinating the event is how much they agree on things now.
The last two election cycles have resulted in the elimination of all the remaining conservative Republican board members, producing a near-complete Democratic majority.
"We've struggled as a board," school board Chairwoman Christine Kushner said at the start of the meeting. "Wake County expects aspirational leadership. We now have a board of nine people dedicated to public education, dedicated to this school system."
Board infighting heated up after the 2009 elections resulted in a 5-4 Republican majority. The 2011 elections flipped the board to a 5-4 Democratic majority. Arguments and votes often fell along partisan lines on issues such as the role of diversity in student assignment and who should be superintendent.
Last fall's election produced a board of seven Democrats, a former Democrat and a Republican who was not endorsed by his own party.
Still, the new board hasn't been completely harmonious. Members' vote to replace Keith Sutton as chairman angered some leaders in the African-American community.
Equity a top issue
In their first retreat in more than a year, board members talked Friday at White Deer Park Nature Center in Garner about their goals for the next year and what they considered to be the hot-button topics facing the state's largest school system.
"This retreat is all about making this board as sensitive as possible ... to addressing the challenges of providing a world-class education for our children," said David Forbes, a sociologist, teacher, preacher and civil rights leader who is one of the meeting's two facilitators.
Meeting in small groups, the board members came up with a very short list of issues, with the top item being providing equity so that students and teachers have what they need to be successful.
"It's really the elephant in the room that we must all address," Sutton said.
The level of agreement and the shortness of the list surprised John Connolly, a former superintendent who is the other meeting facilitator.
"If any board has the ingredients to be great, you have it in Wake County," he said.
School board Vice Chairman Tom Benton said it speaks highly of the board that members came to a consensus.
"We're starting from a place of reasonable harmony," said board member Susan Evans.
Race equality
But going forward, Sutton and board member Monika Johnson-Hostler said that when they talk about equity, they shouldn't forget about the role race plays in the issue. Johnson-Hostler pointed to the statistics they reviewed Friday showing the lower graduation rates of African-American and Hispanic students compared with other groups.
"There's a huge pressure being one of two African-Americans on the board," she said.
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