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"Infirmary Mound" a PDGA C-Tier
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"Infirmary Mound" a PDGA C-Tier
"Infirmary Mound" Disc Golf Day!
Columbus Point Series '14 Overall Winners
Posted: October 6th, 2014 | Posted By: Paul | Questions or Comments
This is a PDGA C-Tier event
Where- Kinlsow Park, Sunbury, Ohio
When: Sunday, October 26th
Format- 2 rounds of 18- One day and one night.
- All Pro/Adv divisions will play 1st round from long tees and Glow round from short tees.
- Holes 1,4,8,11 and 15 have long tees.
- All other divisions will play 2 rounds of short tees.
Check-in/sign in-up: 3pm-4pm
First round tee off: 4:30 pm
Dinner will be served between rounds(menu TBD).
Second round tee off: DARK- Approx.- 7 p.m..( Glow discs only. No led's, ect, .ect.)
Entry fees:
Professional- $37*
Recreational- $22*
* If you are not a current or member of the PDGA you must pay a $10 Supporting member fee.
* All CFDGC members will get a $5 discount
Send check or MO made out to CFDGC to:
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Best carved pumpkin contest
Best costume contest
CTP prizes for all divisions
Presented by: Columbus Flyers Disc Golf Club
Special thanks to the Village of Sunbury!
All tournament inquires to TD Paul Jay at: email@example.com
Posted: September 30th, 2014 | Posted By: Paul | Questions or Comments
Sunday, the 9th of November
Presented to you by Licking Park District and the Columbus Flyers DGC
Public welcome to come out and play and learn the game of disc golf.
The Columbus Flyers will be holding two clinics as well as two 5 hole mini tournaments FREE for beginners and casual players. Nominal prizes to all competitors.
The five hole course will be set up from 10am – 5pm for casual play.
Clinics will be at 11am and 1pm
Mini tournaments to start at 12am and 2 pm
Bring the family out and have some fun learning one of the fastest growing sports.
Discs will be available for purchase at event. Prices range from $9-$18
Posted: September 11th, 2014 | Posted By: Paul | Questions or Comments
Congratulations to our overall divisional winners
Our apologies to Jim Fellows who had won Masters overall. An error gave it to Jeremy, and Jim wasn't there to stop us!
Congratulations Jim!
Both will get free 2015 CFDGC Membership.
Open- Steve Duros
Masters- Jim Fellows
Masters- Jeremy Binder
Advanced- Derek Bricker
Intermediate- Adam Montgomery
Recreational- Dimitrios Makridis
Recreational Women- Katie Holbrook
Posted: September 11th, 2014 | Posted By: Paul | Questions or Comments
Congratulations to all the divisional winners
Open- Brad Schick
Masters- Jeremy Binder
Advanced- Derek Bricker
Intermediate- Scott Kelly
Recreational- Dimitrios Makridis
Recreational Women-Katie Holbrook
Click here for complete results
Posted: September 11th, 2014 | Posted By: Paul | Questions or Comments
A PDGA C-Tier event
Saturday, the 8th of November
Presented to you by Licking Park District and the Columbus Flyers DGC
This event will be on a temporary track on Licking Park District property at Infirmary Mound Park.
The course will be set-up and available for practice on Friday the 7th from 10am-5pm.
Course layout below- Click on Pic- layout subject to change at TD's discretion
Park is located on Rt.37 east south of Granville, approx. 2.5 mi.
Registration: Field will be limited to 90 competitors
On-Line registration: Click Here : or
Mail check made out to CGDGC to: Paul Jay 2045 Tupsfield Rd. Col. OH. 43229
Entry Fees:
If you are NOT a CFDGC member you will be required to pay an additional $5 fee
If you are NOT a current or member of the PDGA, you must pay a $10 Supporting Member fee
Format: 2 rounds of 18 holes (Chainstar targets)-
Pro/Adv.-Long tees (Fly Pads)
Int./Rec./Jr's- Short tees-(Natural)
Format subject to change at TD's discretion
Sign-in/up: 7:30-8:15
Tee off 1st round: 9:00
Lunch- 1 hour after last card in. Subway orders will be taken at check-in. Brought to you fresh from Larry and Crew at Morse Rd. Subway and Alissia. Click HERE to download form: subway-form-1.doc
Posted: September 11th, 2014 | Posted By: Paul | Questions or Comments
The 18th Annual BHMO reaches it's GOAL!, raising $5000! for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society!
After players had to endure a continuous downpour, somehow, right on cue ;), the skies cleared in time for fans to come to the Final Nine, pushing our fundraising efforts to our goal.
We would like to congratulate all of the players, volunteers, staff, personal donors, spectators and tournament supporters for another great and successful event. We truly hope all of you feel a part of this success, because without you we could not achieve the goals we have.
To date the BHMO has now raised $60,500 for our charity in honor and remembrance of Brent Hambrick PDGA#2797!
Our efforts and passion in "Keeping Brent's Memory Alive" are as strong as ever and we look forward to next years event with the anticipation of knowing what we can achieve and how many people we will be helping with the funds raised!
Thank you to all of you!
Columbus Flyers DGC
Paul Jay- Tournament Director
Cory Clark- Tournament Director
Congratulations to all of the divisional winners:
Posted: September 10th, 2014 | Posted By: Paul | Questions or Comments
A Professional Disc Golf Association C-tier Event
Columbus Point Series #5
Lobdell Reserve, Alexandria, Oh.
Kinslow Park, Sunbury, OH
Brent Hambrick Memorial DGC, Columbus,OH
Sept 6th
Presented by:
Columbus Flyers Disc Golf Club
Special thanks to Licking Park District
On-Line Registration
or you can be mail check made out to CFDGC to:
Paul Jay
2045 Tupsfield Rd.
Columbus, Ohio 43229
FIELD: Limited to 80-(Pre-registration recommended)
Registered Players
FORMAT: 2 rounds of 18 holes/ 1 round of 27
1st round at Lobdell
2nd round at Kinslow
3rd round at Hoover
TEE OFF FIRST ROUND-8:30 am(shotgun start)
Cards collected after each round
Play with same group for 1st and second rounds.
LUNCH: At least one hour from last card turned in at Sunbury.
Pro -$57*( Long Tees)
Masters-$47*(long tee)
Advanced-$37*( Long Tees)
Intermediate-$27*(Short tees)
Recreational/Jr.-$22*(Short tees)
*All CFDGC members rec. $5 discount
*All non/non current PDGA members must pay a $10 PDGA supporting member fee.
CONTACT: T.D. - Paul Jay- 614.203.0995 email@example.com
When lot on Batee Rd. is FULL, you must park at ballpark on Lobdell Rd. and we will shuttle you to and from, Carpooling suggested (drop off passengers at Batee Rd. lot)
Posted: August 20th, 2014 | Posted By: Paul | Questions or Comments
Dear Columbus Ultimate and Disc Golf Communities:
We are excited to announce this year's Andy 24 (www.andy24.org) Charity Event held on August 15-16th!!! This is the 16th Year of our charity Ultimate Frisbee tournament, and our organization is ready to keep growing our 5th annual Disc Golf tournament as part of the event. See you at the fields!
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Posted: July 22nd, 2014 | Posted By: Paul | Questions or Comments
PDGA C-Tier Event
Sat.-July 5th
Kudos to those who played a significant part in this events success!
Cory Clark-TD
Ken Blackwood
Rick Stevens
Mike Nevett
Chris D'Andrea
Bob Potter
Tim Potter
Jesse Santiago
Erik Zeng
Anthony Smith
Shawn Draughon
Alex Schmauder
Tonya Moore
Kurt Babcock
Joe Kovach III
Those of you who dragged a basket or tee pad to the road.
Three Boy's Maintenance
Hoover Watershed Maintenance
Columbus Parks and Recreation
Apologies if you were left off this list.
We would like to thank all players for a great day and representing the sport positively! Hoover is a unique venue with lots of exposure where this is important.
Congratulations to all the divisional winners!
Open- Tyler Horne
Masters- Steve Boylan
Advanced- Bradley Charles
Advanced Masters- Chris Tinsley
Intermediate- Buddy Holiday
Recreational- Dimitrios Makridis
Recreational Women- Tonya Moore
Posted: July 7th, 2014 | Posted By: Paul | Questions or Comments
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Saladang Song (Pasadena) -- Avoid this place!
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- Gypsy Boy Jan 20, 2004 07:24 AM
I was back in SoCal again last week and had a number of hound-worthy experiences. But before I get to the positive ones, I must write about this place because it was so outrageous. Not only did my sweetie, who lives in South Pasadena, recommend it on hearsay, but I saw it on the LATimes list of the 300 best. So much for hearsay and so much for the vaunted LAT. Wouldn't trust the Tribune here in Chicago so I don't know why I had to learn the hard way in LA. My error.
I have had bad food and I have had Thai food but the two combined in an atrocious experience on Saturday night. Saladang Dong in Pasadena is a factory, in the worst possible sense of the word (is there a positive one?) churning out food and customers at an astonishing rate. The doors to the very large room were constantly--and I mean constantly--opening and closing as new customers came in, old ones departed and the staff (waitresses and busboys) kept up a never-ending pace. Given how cold it was that night, that meant a regular (several times a minute without exaggeration) blast of cold air into the room. It's astonishing, particularly under the circumstances, that the staff couldn't have found another way in and out to the "patio," such as the walkway along the side of the restaurant. Adding to this, the room is glass walls, steel beams, and a concrete floor with a 40-foot (or more) ceiling. Nothing whatsoever to absorb or muffle sound. That means loud and this place was so loud we nearly had to shout across a two-top. Diners are shoehorned in, lots of large parties, and lots of noise. All accompanied by a large waitstaff running constantly to and fro.
Our waitress was so busy that she had to interrupt taking our order to do god-knows-what. We didn't see her again for ten minutes. When she returned, no apology, no explanation. Food was delivered quickly, as in: here it is, eat up, and get out. No one cared about anything other than getting the order placed and getting it delivered.
How was the food, you ask? Steamed dumplings were good, period. Fish cakes had nice flavor but were way too soggy from apparently being pre-made and kept until needed. We had three entrees and I will spare the details save to explain that we could have made better at home. When a half-pint of sweet black soy substitutes for a sauce, I'm not returning anytime soon.
(They also have a very odd "delivery" system. The waitress writes a large number on the paper table cover when she starts. When the food is ready, the busboys/servers wander around in the general vicinity, looking high and low for the right number. What kind of service is this?)
I should have checked the place out on chowhound but didn't. Shame on me. Having checked now, I find virtually nothing...a hint at the least. Later posts will highlight some of my better experiences, such as Tibet Nepal House (Nepal Tibet House?) and Trattoria Tre Venezie, both also in Pasadena. But for now, I cannot be clearer about this place. I'd suggest you avoid it; we will.
Gypsy Boy
re: Curt
actually i think it has some of the best thai food in town. special weird, though good steamed fish cakes, great thai iced tea (properly made), superb versions of pad kee moew w/ slices of duck (rich, tasty, and absolutely delicious), and a nice atmosphere, and at least decent service. been there about three times, and all times have been at the very least, good. but have not been to its original sister restaurant, salandang, so can't vouch for that one.
re: Briggs
You're right. I knew that a Chicagoan complaining about temps in the 50s would garner a response.... Wouldn't have bothered me if I had dressed for the occasion. But shirtsleeves in an inside restaurant seemed to me adequate. I wouldn't eat outside in any city when the temperature was in the 50s, unless I had on a jacket at the least. My point--which I am sure you got, in any event--is that one doesn't expect that kind of atmosphere indoors, in Chicago, Pasadena, or anywhere else.
re: Gypsy Boy
The outdoor patio has several heaters - but on a really cold night, it would not be my choice for seating. The indoor is comfortable, but I can imagine a table very near the door can be in the draft.
Pasadena has year round warm weather. It is unreasonable to expect that they design the place for chilly weather.
It is usually crowded and noisy, but we do not go to expecting the ambience of Tre Venezie, and vice versa. The waiters are as busy as can be expected in many crowded popular establishments in LA - no more no less.
We have always had pleasant experiences. We have taken family and friends and out of towners (Virginia) and everyone liked the place. We will continue to eat there.
re: Suvro
I do not expect them to design a place for chilly weather. I also do not expect a never-ending flow of traffic so that there is a constant stream of cold air coming into the restaurant. (And no, we weren't right next to the door--we were about four or five tables in.)
Crowded and noisy is one thing. I don't have any notion why you conclude that I expected a Tre Venezie ambience at Saladang Song. I didn't. (Just because I enjoy different types of experiences doesn't mean I expect hushed quiet at every place I go.) I also didn't expect to shout across my table. And I didn't expect the waitress to interrupt our order and return without comment or apology ten minutes later.
We have crowded restaurants here too. And we have poorly staffed ones as well. And I think it is always worth noting--regardless of ambience--if the staff is adequate to the demands placed upon it.
I'm happy that you and others are so satisfied with the restaurant. I don't gainsay your experience and won't argue that our experiences differed. That doesn't make mine any less valid, though.
re: Gypsy Boy
I don't think anyone's saying that your experience is not valid - perhaps what they're reacting to is your call to action in the subject line ("avoid this place!") by providing evidence of why they don't think other hounds should do so. I lived in Thailand for a year and happen to agree that it's some of the best Thai food I've had - so while we all appreciate hearing your opinions, we'd hate to see other hounds miss out.
We love Saladang! While we haven't been to her sister Saladang Song, I imagine the experiences are similar.
It's true, Saladang and Song are not intimate, romantic, or quiet spaces. They are almost always packed and bustling, but that's what we expect and don't mind. They are both modern rooms with high ceilings and large capacities lending to the activity and hustle bustle. The service has consistently been genial and effeicient for years. We don't come here to be doted on.
As for the food, one can argue about its authenticity. I personally am no expert and have no idea! That said, we have never been disappointed with anything we've ordered. In fact, the flavors are complex and original. Not to mention the presentation which couldn't be prettier - love those radishes carved into roses!
I'm sorry you didn't enjoy your dinner. Maybe it was an off night. Or perhaps the exposed ceiling, modern design wasn't your cup of tea.
Next time, Rambutan in Silver Lake may be a better option for low-lit, quieter Thai. Rambutan is a much smaller operation and while modern, with trip-hop music playing and young hip kids running the joint, retains an intimacy you may like better.
re: Suebee
"Saladang and Song are not intimate, romantic, or quiet spaces."
Actually, I think the patio at Song at night is one of the most intimate and romantic places in Southern California. The upward underwater spots in the reflecting pools making the walls shimmer around you, the palm trees rustling overhead, tables spaced far apart, and your own personal heater providing a little nest...it's wonderful; try it!
Personally, I would never choose the big room at Song over the patio. If I were asked to eat there, I'd just walk across the parking lot to the original Saladang. I don't blame an out-of-towner for not knowing to do this, though. Also, none of this should be interpreted as saying the O.P. did not experience what he says he did; it's only based on my personal experiences of Song & Saladang.
I've been to Saladang and Saladang Song dozens and dozens of times and have never had a bad experience. I've taken friends, I've taken family, I've taken out-of-towners, and everyone enjoyed the food and environment so much that they went back or plan to go back.
At Saladang Song, I am a big fan of many of their nightly specials, that rambutan appetizer, the curries, and the E-saan Combination (barbecued chicken, sticky-rice, and green papaya salad). Next door at Saladang, the lunch special is one of my favorite lunches anywhere -- a very refreshing Saladang ice tea (different from Thai ice tea), salad with a peanut sauce you literally can't get enough of, choice of entree (I like the yellow curry with that melty-tender chicken), and a delightful sherbert for dessert.
I've never seen Saladang Song quite as busy as you described, so to be fair, that might explain the difference in the service you received and what I'm used to. It sounds like there were an unusual number of large parties on the night you went. But I do want to mention that I've never found the service less than pleasant, and have certainly never felt "shoehorned in" or like I was in a factory. It is often bustling, sure, but I don't mind that at all and I've also had several quiet meals there, too, especially on that gorgeous patio.
I am sorry to hear you had an unpleasant experience, but I will certainly be returning again and again.
I only ate there once but dream of going back. I have a perfect hole in my Monday schedule for lunch there and only have to drive about 30 miles out of my way....I can't wait.
Sorry your experience was bad.
Do you have a great Thai place in Chicago to recommend? Email me or hit the Chicago board...
The Grubs Thai restaurant of choice in Pasadena is Saladang Song. Many visits, never disappointed.
Love the concept a covered, yet "unfinished," venue for caringly prepared & table-served street food. Love the ambiance (altho we have not been there when it has been packed & it IS a very live room). Love the food. No fussy delicate flavors here. All dishes are robustly prepared w flavor that dazzles the palate.
On the Grub-o-meter, Song gets an 87. On the Gypsy scale, sounds like an 8.7. This is why there are political elections, Oscars, & Chowhound.
The Grays love Saladang Song and are happy to hear it will be a little bit less crowded now for us to enjoy!
I think I'm the first one to agree with the original poster. Saladang is a big waste of money and time. Much better thai food can be found at just about any place in Thai town. I've been there twice with friends and I find the flavors uninspired and basically geared towards gringos who don't like the funkiness of Thai food.
re: TofuMaster
I must chime in and say my opinion is similar to yours and Gypsyboy's. We went this past summer and had dinner on the patio with another couple. Nice setting but some of the dishes were down right awful. I had read so many rave reviews from Chowhounders that I walked away very confused. It wasn't even a case of figuring we just ordered wrong and I'll give it another try. There's just no way I'd go back.
re: Mel Carr
I went twice for lunch three years ago or so and can't remember specifics but know I was actively unimpressed.
re: TofuMaster
My Thai-born friends all love this place and actually prefer it to many Thai Town places simply because they find many of those places dirty and cook with lower-quality ingredients.
Saladang Song ranks as one of my favorite restaurants. My boyfriend and I have been there for Valentine's Day and the service was great, even with the crowds. The coconut shrimp is to-die-for.
Sorry you were there on a bad night. You're the first person I've heard complain about the place.
Im sorry about your bad experience...this is one of my favorite places to eat in LA. The food is great and cheap, and the architecture is great. I do admit that it can get VERY loud sitting inside, but I try to sit outside whenever I can.
re: garvanza girl
I've only been to Saladang once, but I do remember the decor and the nice architecture. I actually liked it and felt that it added to the dining experience, in a good way.
I'm getting tired of small, cramped restaurants. Today, for example, the chair behind me was wedged up against mine at Angelique Cafe in downtown LA, and I felt very uncomfortable. Eventually, we did move to another table.
re: katkoupai
"churning out food and customers at an astonishing rate"
Yup, thats what they do and I go to both, more often Saladang over and over and over.... I (we) always go early so as not to deal with what you described but it wouldn't deter me from going.
Saladang Song is the best thai restaurant in Pasadena. I had lunch there after flying in from Bangkok and I was happy to discover a new Pasadena haunt (I live in OC). Their lunch specials are wonderful, the portions are HUGE and the service is friendly (was there on a busy saturday-lunch) The pad thai lunch special was yummy, very generous with shrimps and their spicy beef with calamari and fried rice is something I'd go back for.
Saladang SONG - AVOID THIS STUPID REVIEW!!!!
I had to comment on this ridiculous title. For people coming from CHICAGO... HAHA... hey the tourist place is next door...go to Saladang (The original) Normal food that won't trip you out and the service is awesome... I have never seen a restaurant so in tune with the needs of its patrons. ANY server will help you out here and stop and ask if you need anything.. I wish more restaurants were like this.
For us locals...especially SGV people, we all have a great selection of asian cuisine at Saladang and the specialty Saladang Song restaurant is one of the few and greatest authentic places to eat. So since we all know this ... how about keeping the tourists at PF Changs..... HAHA enjoy your AMERICANIZED COMMERCIAL asian food!
re: teamcypher
Saladangs 1&2 - The PF Chang of Thai Food.
re: teamcypher
I rank Saladang as bad as PF Changs> we went once were so disappointed. Its Thai food for people to lazy to drive to Hollywood to get the real deal or for people that just dont care about getting Americanized crap. And saying that it is the greatest authentic place to eat? that is pathetic
Count us and our various Food Posse members among those who've never had any disappointing food at SS. Those corn fritter doodads are especially agreed by all to be deeply addictive. That said, the interior can be infernally noisy on a busy night with nothing but hard surfaces everywhere echoing the clatter of tableware and everybody trying to talk over the din. And the prices are at the upper edge of our everyday comfort level...so if we just want a decent Thai meal, we go to President. But if it's a bit of an occasion, or if we just haven't been there in a while, we'll go back to Saladang Song in a heartbeat.
In other cities I have lived in (NY, Seattle, Bay Area), you had pretty good Americanized Thai pretty much everywhere and had to work hard to find the more Thai focused spots. In LA, it seems just the opposite: incredible stuff like Jitlada, the Sherman Way gaggle, Wat Thai, all aimed at Thai residents while the Americanized stuff is usually just hideous. So Song stands out for what it is, a place to take people who really just want Pad Thai and good ingredients in a nice outdoor setting, not a culinary adventure of any sort. Like my parents. That said, the heat with which Pasadenans defend their bourgie comfort food, while just about failing to mention a single dish, is really remarkable!
re: EricW
substitute "thai" for chinese in the following strip:
(which can also be found online at: http://www.secretasianman.com/archive... for july 10th)
OK, I came to this post because a couple nights ago finding ourselves in Pasadena we had to pull out our Zagat (gak), and found our way to Saladang. We just loved it. The eggplant (black bean sauce) dish I had was the best (of its sort) I've ever had (but I thought this was a Chinese dish?).
So I guess this thread leaves me with several questions:
1) Saladang Song is a "specialty" version of Saladang, located just across the parking lot from it? Who knew?! (Not this tourist); I'll have to go back. Recommendations please?
2) Where is "Thai Town" please?
FWIW, I've actually been under the impression that Chicago has some of the best Thai food I've eaten in this country. I've wondered, actually, without ever having been to Thailand, whether there might not be different cooking styles possibly linked to different indigenous peoples in Thailand that got transferred by immigrants ("discontinuously") to different US cities? Because it seems to me that Chicago-Thai food tastes quite different from NY-Thai food which is definitely different from Phila-Thai food, and in turn also different from LA-Thai food. While yet different restaurants within those cities all seem more alike to one another. I've fancied that perhaps someone well-versed with the subtleties of this cuisine might be able to distinguish different 'home" locales of these different cities' offerings. Or maybe I'm just making it up...but at the least, this might explain why what seems to be (near-) universally acclaimed as one of LA's best Thai restaurants seems nearly inedible to a Chicagoan?
re: aliris
Hey aliris,
The current Thai Town is located near the 101 Freeway and Sunset / Hollywood. I'll leave the discussion of city-specific Thai immigration to the experts.
Lastly, where did you read that Saladang is the "near universally acclaimed LA's best Thai restaurant"?! Saladang is in NO way LA's best Thai restaurant.
Do a search on the LA Boards for more recent postings, but you'll find some fantastic, authentic Southern Thai-focused cuisine at Jitlada, and my two favorites for some authentic cooking at Thai Nakorn and Renu Nakorn (I love most of their Northern Thai specialties as well as their more popular specialties :).
5233 1/2 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Thai Nakorn
11951 Beach Blvd, Stanton, CA 90680
Renu Nakorn Restaurant
13019 Rosecrans Ave, Norwalk, CA 90650
re: exilekiss
Thanks, exilekiss! Mwa, I should say I guess. I have indeed been doing much reading about Thai places on this board and elsewhere since writing this yesterday. What a firestorm (so to speak). Let me note, pedantically, for the record that I said "*one of* LA's best Thai...." I think that's probably still pretty much born out by my perusing of these boards. [although I guess I can agree that this would be more accurate if "popular" were substituted for "best"]. I guess there's some controversy out there as to the authenticity, ambience, etc. But there seems also to be an awful lot of commenting (i.e., there's a large "denominator"; lots of people are commenting) about the place and by and large it seems fairly positive.
Which is not to diminish the astonishing achievement of Jitlada's truly universal raves. Wow. I can't wait to try it but it would be doubly difficult for a place so well-built-up to actually match such high accolades.
Thanks for the information and additional recommendations. I confess to not even knowing where Stanton is.
Wish I had two stomachs so I could get to all this great food out there!!


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Voldemort opened his eyes. The sharp light pierced his pupils but he continued to look ahead. He was waiting. He was waiting for Ginny.
The tall trees sheltered him from all possible weathers, wet, cold, sunny and rainy. It was ok now. He would be able to gain his full strength back. He would be able to rein once more. He would be able to become the most feared wizard on the planet once more. He would be able to do anything. However the long, winding road seemed endless and it felt like Ginny would never come; never help him. But she did.
He glowing red hair could be seen in the distance as she approached Voldemort. He sat up straight and gave a high pitched, cold laugh. But it wasn't a happy laugh. Oh no. It was a laugh of victory. A laugh of power. A laugh of glory. He peered at his long, white fingers and his sliver finger nails. He peered at the wrinkles that had been maturing ever since his rein was over. Ginny was coming. It was ok now, he reassured himself. He heard her soft footsteps crunch in the gravel and looked up.
"Ginevra Potter," he whispered quietly.
Ginny bowed her head low.
"Yes my Lord," she answered nervously.
"And you have brought what I asked for?"
Voldemort gave a groan.
"Bring it here," he croaked.
Ginny held it out to him timidly. Her mind urged forwards but her body was pulling her back. Was Voldemort to be trusted? Should she help him? After all, he was the most feared wizard on the planet. Her long, slim arms reached forwards and she handed Voldemort the box. Voldemort took it, his hands shaking. He slowly lifted the flimsy lid to see what was inside. Ginny stood silently, staring at a speck of dust on her shoe.
"You want me to go now?" she asked quietly.
Voldemort nodded his pale head, still not looking up to face Ginny. She turned away and slowly walked down the dusty path. Her mind was spinning. Was this the right option? Had she done the right thing? She stuffed her hands in her jeans pocket and felt some paper crackling in her trembling fingers. She gently pulled it out and smoothed out the creases. It was the note that Hermione had given her to dispose of.
Meet me in the same place tonight,
Ginny read it in disgust. She hated the fact that her brother was being fooled by some idiot know it all. Then again, it was her who was fooling Harry. She closed her eyes and wished. She wished that she had never had the dream. She wished that Voldemort was actually dead. But magic couldn't cure these things. It was just life. That was what happened. She sighed and carried on walking. It was like Voldemort was permanently trapped in his mind, locked to her thoughts and feelings. Why was this happening to her?
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Finally got my Battle Ram. I oversaw the EA this time.
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btw. int. shipping 21. USD, to Austria. Not too bad. I thought, it would be higher for that beast :hmgrin:
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that Looks simply awesome. love your pics.
... and I have to try to get a spare Skeletor Axe to mod it, the way you did. perfect work. :hmgrin:
wow, I LOVE the shots in the snow. they look great.
may I ask: is the Skeletor Axe the one from Plundor with added Detail?
Could you post a Picture where the axe is shown better?
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Indias diplomatic efforts are bearing fruit. This attack was not on India. Complete world was challenged. Islamic organizations in Pakistan first become as charity and religious out fits and than start destroying the civilization with the sole aim to rule the masses of not own country but of the whole world. The simple and gullible people fall for this kind of baits. For them religion is surpasses reasoning and rationality. In India also we have some organizations following the same line need to be checked. In case they succeed to enter into Govt we will have the same fate.Answered by Durlabh Khanna, 16 Jan '09 04:04 pm
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The room was a lil stale smelling and ac didn't work to well elevator was slow and didn't like that we paid 22 dollars a day for parking at the hotel for the price we paid for the room that should have been free
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This hotel was exactly what the other reviews said, great location, decent price but the front desk staff were just not what I would consider friendly. They were short with their answers, sometimes border line rude, but the location is a block from little Italy, and right off the highway for easy access to anywhere in San Diego.
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toilet did not work very well
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WiFi was weak, bath water pressure was weak, furniture looked cheap and beat up and there was no late checkout.
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Since im new to actually TRYING(and failing) to conceive, i was wondering since this month i have noticed the correct(i think) cm as opposed to other months inhad none, do i still used the pre seed just in case? Or just rely on my own cm? Thanks for any advice.
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I am also using pre-seed since I have noticed decreased CM. It does not hurt to try anything at this point.


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CPSC Commissioners vote on section 1101 update 6(b) notice of proposed rule.
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¿Sabía que 87 es el promedio de niños y niñas menores de 5 años que se ahogan cada año en y alrededor del hogar? El 80 por ciento de estos ahogamientos ocurren en la bañera. Entérese de cómo prevenir este peligro.
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Edgar County Genealogy Library will close at 4pm on Friday, November 21, and reopen at 9am on Wednesday, December 3. Happy Thanksgiving!
"How to start" genealogy information at Honeybee Festival
Do you want to research your family history but don't where to start? Ask Judy!
Volunteer ECGL librarian Judy Cash will be at the Historical Society's booth at the fairgrounds on Honeybee Festival Friday (Sept. 26, 9am-5pm) to answer questions about beginning your genealogy research. Four-generation genealogy charts and family group sheets will be available in the booth.
Edgar County Genealogy Library will be closed that Friday.
ECGS to meet Sept. 8
Edgar County Genealogy Society will meet Monday, Sept. 8 at 7pm, in the Library of the Historical Museum Annex. The Historical Society will be meeting in the main room.
Following a short business meeting, Larry Soberg will talk about his trip to and research in Norway.
And the award goes to . . .
This year's Edythe Stephens Award was presented to Phyllis Sutton at the June 2 ECGS annual meeting.
Sutton is a member of ECGS, volunteer librarian at Edgar County Genealogy Library, and genealogist who photographs tombstones and indexed hundreds of names in the 1940 U.S. census. The award was announced by last year's winner Linda Cary.
ECGS began presenting the award in 1990 as a tribute to Edythe Stephens and to honor those who make outstanding contributions in the preservation of local genealogy and history.
Annual meeting June 2
Edgar County Genealogical Society will hold its annual meeting at 7pm on Monday, June 2. The Edythe Stephens Award will be presented following the business meeting.
ECGS approves new bylaws
Edgar County Genealogical Society met on April 7, at 7pm, in the Historical Museum Annex. The proposed bylaws were approved by unanimous vote. The bylaws are now located in the members section of the website.
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This semester, the Community and University Honors Seminar at Duquesne University was charged with outlining business models for a nonprofit organization that will operate out of the August Wilson house in the Hill District. This experience required my fellow classmates and me to learn a lot about a neighborhood that many of us were unfamiliar with. While learning about the Hill District neighborhood, I came to realize that the needs of the community were much different than I had expected them to be. Only after becoming informed, active, critical, and questioning citizens were we able to uncover exactly what it was that the community needed. In addition to having to uncover what the needs of the Hill District Community were, our class also came to realize that we would also need to use the resources available to us in the most effective ways possible.
To introduce the notion that things are not always as they appear, Terry Baltimore, the Director of Community Engagement at the Hill House Association, spoke with our class on various occasions. At one of these events, Ms. Baltimore led a tour of the Hill District and stressed the importance of eliminating the negative stigma of the Hill District and getting to know the neighborhood for what it truly is. In order to do this, she suggested that we ask others to share their experiences and stories with us so that we might get to know them a little better. Ms. Baltimore also expressed that things are not always as they appear, and that you do not have the full story until you hear it for yourself first hand.
In order to determine the needs of the Hill District community, our class surveyed various community members and asked them about the general needs of the Hill District and how the August Wilson house could provide for these needs. Although we had originally thought that the Daisy Wilson Artist Community should establish a center for artistic expression, we soon discovered that a community center with more flexible utilities would be more appropriate. Additionally, in attending two Rice on the Road lectures I heard from community members how important their close relationships to each other were. For many, the Hill District community is a place in which they have been born and raised, and now are raising children of their own. Being a part of this neighborhood comes with a sense of pride that is unique to the residents of the Hill District. As students, we were outsiders of this community; we did not understand the dynamic amongst the community members and initially found it difficult to come up with plans for development within the Hill District. Although our seminar has many talents and resources to offer the community, it is important that we use these in the most efficient ways possible. In fact, using your talents to the best of your ability is a social duty.
As a student at a university, I have many resources accessible to me and I have gained many skills from my time spent here. However, I have realized that it is more important that I know what to do with these skills and resources than to actually have them. The work of the social justice seminar required constant reevaluation of our processes and our progress. Often times, we decided that reassignment of tasks was necessary based on experiences that fellow students have had as well as what resources were available to them. In this way, we were able to most effectively provide for the community that we were serving. Based on this experience, it is clear that coordination between various communities, such as our University and the Hill District, is necessary.
In regard to the class, I believe that we could have accomplished much more work if we had known the problems that we were trying to solve earlier in the semester. However, learning by trial and error has provided valuable lessons in how to go about problem solving in the future. This class does not provide an isolated example of problem solving. Regardless of the career paths that my fellow classmates and I plan to pursue, we will encounter tasks in which we will need to satisfy the needs of an individual, community, company, etc. This will require the application of determining needs as was practiced in this class. Additionally, it will be useful to combine the resources of various people, institutions, etc. in order to meet these needs most effectively.


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WASHINGTON - The Senate on Thursday delayed action on a measure that would help the Maryland's seafood processors hire much-needed foreign laborers as pickers and shuckers by relaxing limits on certain work visas.
Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., offered a plan to remedy the shortage of seasonal non-agricultural workers who are here on H2B visas, which are currently capped at 66,000 nationwide. The cap hits seafood processors particularly hard, since they often rely on immigrant workers.
"They could go out of business," said Larry Simns, president of the Maryland Waterman's Association of the processors. "There's nobody else to do that job. People have died off that used to do it."
Under Mikulski's plan -- which was offered as an amendment to the $80 billion emergency supplemental appropriations bill for military action in Iraq and Afghanistan -- workers who have entered the country on an H2B visa within the last three years would not be counted toward the cap. The change would only last for two years.
"I know we need comprehensive reform," Mikulski said Wednesday during debate in the Senate. But she stressed the need for action now, before the summer begins, so the industries that are currently understaffed "can survive."
Mikulski had hoped the amendment would get through the Senate this week, but an aide said leadership "did not give a commitment that her amendment would get a vote" as the Senate wrangles over the supplemental budget bill. So Mikulski cut off debate on her own amendment, a move that is expected to force the question on Monday.
Mikulski in February introduced a bill to do the same thing, the Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2005. Businesses pleaded for the relief after the H2B cap was reached on Jan. 3, leaving many industries, particularly those that needed workers in the late spring and summer, short the number of workers they need.
Industries cannot put in requests for H2B workers until 120 days before the start of their season, which puts summer businesses like seafood processors at a disadvantage.
"H2Bs are a problem," said Chris Foster, deputy secretary of the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development. "When they reach the cap, they shut down. . . . That's a significant impact predominantly on the Eastern Shore."
Foster said with the "very, very seasonal economy" on the Eastern Shore, the unemployment rate can range from 4 percent to 10 percent during the year, but during the summer months it's at zero, and there is a worker shortage.
Sandy Sharp with the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce said that without enough H2B workers the resort town "is going to be hurting" from a business point of view.
The Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation said 9,384 H2B workers came into the state in 2004. About one-third of those workers were landscapers, and 1,360 were in construction.
Just 948 visa holders worked processing crabmeat, shucking oysters or doing other seafood jobs. The true number of needed workers is hard to quantify, Foster said, because the cap is reached before all of the businesses can apply.
Simns said that picking and shucking is not minimum wage work, and "you can make a good living doing that if you're good with your hands." But processors still need help getting workers, he said.
"The ladies that used to it got better jobs in offices and stuff," he said. "There's nobody to take their place. . . If we can't get them back they're going to be in bad trouble."
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Weve always thought scrapple tasted a bit like cat food (and were 100 percent okay with that), which is why were getting such a kick out of a new study mentioned in the Los Angeles Times. Eighteen volunteers were given an array of foods (duck-liver mousse, pork-liver pt, pured liverwurst, Spam, and Newman's Own dog food), and only three of the participants correctly I.D.d the dog food! Eight participants mistook the liverwurst for dog food, four thought it was the Spam, and an astonishing 72 percent mistook the dog food for pt. We hear that in the next study, scientists will ask people to distinguish between durian and a diaper thats been lying out in the sun all day.
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The Art of Marbling
August 19, 2014 | by Dan Piepenbring
From Oguz Uygur, a Turkish filmmaker, comes this video on ebru, or marbling, a design style in which artists create intricate patterns using floating, vividly colored inks and then transfer them to paper. Uygur's parents are skilled marblers—they're the ones you see here—and his video gives a sense of the patience and precision required to bring off such impressive patterns as "the nonpareil marble," "the peacock marble," or "the entwined comb marble."
In order to make the colors "float," you'll need a bed of viscous mucilage, known as size. You can make this from moss or seaweed extracts—you know, whatever you have lying around the house. Once that's in place,
The colors are then spattered or dropped onto the size, one color after another, until there is a dense pattern of several colors … Each successive layer of pigment spreads slightly less than the last … Once the colors are laid down, various tools and implements such as rakes, combs, and styluses are often used in a series of movements to create more intricate designs.
Rookie has a helpful guide to do-it-yourself marbling (no viscous mucilage required—just turpentine). For truly dedicated autodidacts, there's Josef Halfer's The Progress of the Marbling Art: From Technical Scientific Principles, an 1894 manual that goes into exhaustive (and perhaps exhausting) detail on every facet of the art. Its distinctions are fine: Halfer reminds that the gray snail marble is not to be confused, for instance, with the common greenish-gray snail marble, or the grayish-green snail marble. They're different.
The Summer Issue: Matteo Pericoli
June 20, 2011 | by Sadie Stein
Matteo Pericoli, whose illustration "A view from 62 White Street" is our summer issue's cover, has worked as an architect, illustrator, author, journalist, and teacher. He is the author, most recently, of The City Out My Window: 63 Views on New York. I caught up with him at last week's launch party to ask him a few questions about the cover.
Can you describe your approach to work?
I like to think that lines and words have much more in common than one would instinctively think. So in the drawings that I do, I try to choose the best possible lines, the most efficient, the most essential. Not just my drawings but line drawings in general are ways to tell stories, not just visual representations.
Tell me about this drawing.
One thing of course is that it's Lorin [Stein]'s view; one is that it has shutters, which are not very common in the city. What's interesting is point of view: It's only here. It's nowhere else, and there's nowhere else like it. I don't look for any aesthetically interesting composition. I don't see beauty, I see narrative.
You have drawn a great deal in New York, which seems like a place full of narrative, but not one that necessarily gives of itself easily.
First and foremost, there is always what people perceive of a place. And once there is a shared agreement about a place, a city gives itself easily, as you say. It takes a long time to get to the innermost reaches of a place. When I started drawing in 1998, the first drawings I made were all about the island and the outermost viewpoints. I would ride the Circle Line. I was an alien. I got to know the exterior before I began to draw the innermost.
And in 2001, when Manhattan Unfurled came out, right after 9/11, I was thinking about skylines, cities.
A Letter from the Editor
June 1, 2010 | by Lorin Stein
To the Reader:
Welcome to the The Paris Review Daily, a culture gazette brought to you by the editors of The Paris Review.
Since its founding in 1953, The Paris Review has devoted itself to publishing "the good writers and good poets," regardless of creed or school or name-recognition. In that time the Review has earned a reputation as the chief discoverer of what is newest and best in contemporary writing.
But a quarterly only comes out…well, you know. We have been looking for a way to keep in touch with our readers between issues, and to call attention to our favorite writers and artists in something close to real time. If the Review embodies a sensibility, this Daily will try, in a casual and haphazard and at times possibly frivolous way, to put that sensibility into words.
Taking inspiration from the Review's founding editor, George Plimpton, our mode will be participatory journalism, our beat the arts. We will write about what we love, not as critics, but as participants—as amateurs in the Plimptonian sense of the word. That anyway is our aim. Furthermore we hope that you will enjoy the Daily and—most of all—that you'll write in and tell us what you think.
If you are like us, you hear a lot of gloomy talk about the future of reading, but you don't quite recognize yourself in these discussions: books are the reading you care most deeply about, and you doubt that's going to change. You love your favorite blogs, but you also know when to turn off your devices. You read your favorite magazines faithfully—and if sometimes you skip the fiction, it's not because you think new writing is in some sort of inevitable decline. It's probably because you are what Roberto Bolaño called a "desperate" reader, on the lookout for a story that will speak more directly to your condition.
"Perhaps the critics are right," wrote William Styron half a century ago, in the Review's first issue: "this generation may not produce literature equal to that of any past generation—who cares? The writer will be dead before anyone can judge him—but he must go on writing."
In the same spirit, we say there is plenty to interest us in the writing of our moment, and not only in the writing. Everywhere we look, whether it's the new painting, film, or YouTube clip, we find beauty sufficient unto the present day, the only one we've got.
Ever faithfully yours,
Lorin Stein