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The Girl with the Hairy LegsAugust 12th, 2014 by roberthartley
Haunting the Baltic nation of Latvia is a creeping monster.
A matchbook cover is found in pursuit of this sadist that says "Sioux Falls, South Dakota." Missing is a Lutheran missionary. Her brother Luke is compelled to travel to Latvia in search of her, leaving his girlfriend Constance behind. Constance has begun a prison ministry in the South Dakota State Penitentiary.
But a stalker begins menacing her, a dark figure from the past, who threatens to reveal an ugly secret about her that no one must know. Meanwhile, the creeping monster continues to horrify Latvia.
Luke and a woman with whom he has fallen deeply in love stumble across The Creeper's den in the mediæval city of Riga, witnessing a chamber of horrors!
Fate plays a double hand in the shocking denouement of this romantic but cruel tale.
EMERALD IN THE EYE OF THE SKULLJanuary 23rd, 2014 by roberthartley
Told is a tale of horror, passionate love, and death in the lust for ancient emeralds!
Jeb, a lecturer at Harvard, is sent on a mission to plumb the mystery of these emeralds. He and his strangely aloof housekeeper, Lucy, enter a rainforest where Indians have been tortured for centuries, a place called the Devil's Paradise. A Monster guards these emeralds for which the eyes of humans are sacrificed.
Only after a cruel twist of fate is the shocking truth of this green horror revealed!
…for Amazon see
The Royal Road to ThebesSeptember 11th, 2013 by roberthartley
To lovers of the crafted word! The Royal Road to Thebes is published.
It is my expectation that everyone will go to Amazon, buy the book, and write a six star review.
What! only five stars?
Well, then, five stars will just have to do.
Anything else?
Oh yeah…we're gonna move out of the way quick—so as to avoid the stampede!
back cover of The Royal Road to ThebesSeptember 11th, 2013 by roberthartley
REFLECTIONS UPON DEATHAugust 7th, 2013 by roberthartley
Like a snake, death coiled itself around me, suffocating me in its grip.
The dreaded symptoms began with the summer. I experienced a debilitation that defied conventional treatment, winding up in the emergency room. Though the doctors and nurses were angels, my stay in the hospital during July was a nightmare from hell. Does it matter what this calamitous condition was? No; for everyone has faced similar challenges, or will, when life becomes fragile, and elusive. And you ask yourself: How unjust can my death be?
Four weeks remained for the publication of a memoir upon which I'd been working five years. Last fall I wrote a thriller to publish after the memoir. And I'd begun a second romantic thriller, half way completed, that had claimed my heart, for this writer falls in love with his characters and lives to tell their story. More vivid than life are these people who do the dance between horror and love, totally consumed by their passions. I live to tell their story—to breathe life into them.
And death. I speak of a time when life is unbearable, when death offers the silken hand of comfort, the cool fingers stroking the fevered brow, whispering in your ear—PERMANENT relief—to a willing heart caught in the agony of the moment, without a past, without a future, only the agony of the moment, and you know the sudden devastating pain of leaving someone you love, as your chances of survival are dwindling.
And your work is for nothing. My bitterness is without bottom; the sense of injustice too profound: the world has no symmetry. My work is for nothing.
But I survived. Dazed, vaguely disoriented, facing what seems a towering responsibility of work, I am here. My spirit lives. So, I shall:
…1] Publish the memoir and then the thriller;
…2] Complete my Romance; and
…3] Be happy.
OBSESSIONJune 10th, 2013 by roberthartley
Down to the black drooped willow leaves. The pool was black. Orange flowers stood in a row, their yellow-striped petals, curving backward. The orange was yellow-striped. Around the orange petals rose narrow leaves.
It had dragon eyes. The blue stick hung bluely. With dragon eyes the stick stared. It didn't move. I didn't move. It didn't move. I didn't move—then—gone.
I crept behind the drooping leaves, watched now from the drooping leaves. There. Close. A frog. Green with dark spots. The blue swung low, facing me from the side and turned and backed slowly away. The frog sat green and still: an eyelid. Blinked. Slowly. Unblinked. I waited. Holding a bucket I waited: eye black. Gold circled—then
I leapt from the leaves with the bucket big bucket high swinging over and down—heavy down down down in the water deep—
And I had him!
I had him.
[I was four years old when this story occurred. If you gaze into the blackness of the EYE, you can see me leaning over the lily pool.]
OBSESSION [long version]May 24th, 2013 by roberthartley
The yard rose deep with green blades of grass, green and warm-smelling. Close to cool earth I buried my cheek, feeling the blades long, and flat, and rough. Yellow grew: tiny yellow petals in tight hard bunches. Jagged green leaves smelled bitter and tasted even bitter-er. I crawled from knee to knee.
…Grass: up one blade a bee climbed…a water drop hung on the blade. A hopper went by and went by and went by and stopped. Then another came hopping over the grass and hopped again before I could reach him.
The shade behind the old build-ing where Daddy put the car felt cool. I was looking for nuts. Green clusters hung in the tree: black nuts lay on the ground. The shade broke into yellow pieces…yellow…yellow floating down and turning away. Wide spread the yellow, opening and closing, yellow-and-black, winging off to the shade near the kennel. It winged away just enough each time. I stood looking at that shade. Why are things so hard to catch? I wish some time I could catch some thing.
Every day was hot.
…Green plants covered the field, spreading low with round green leaves and pink clusters, sweet with hot scent. Bumblebees crawled the pink, bending them down, buzzing, crawling. A little mmm sound was all that came from me, thinking, There must be…some way, some way to catch one. There just must be.
Down to the black drooped willow leaves. The pool was black. Orange flowers stood in a row, their yellow-striped petals, curving backward. The orange was yellow-striped. Around the orange petals rose narrow leaves.
…It had dragon eyes. The blue stick hung bluely. With dragon eyes the stick stared. It didn't move. I didn't move. It didn't move. I didn't move—then—gone.
…I crept behind the drooping leaves, watched now from the drooping leaves. There. Close. A frog. Green with dark spots. The blue swung low, facing me from the side and turned and backed slowly away. The frog sat green and still: an eyelid. Blinked. Slowly. Unblinked. I waited. Holding a bucket I waited: eye black. Gold circled—then
…I leapt from the leaves with the bucket big bucket high swinging over and down—heavy down down down in the water deep—
…And I had him!
…I had him.
DON'T FRIGHTEN THE HORSESMay 8th, 2013 by roberthartley
For well over a century women have suffered under the burden of penis envy, one of many suppositions upon which Sigmund Freud built a career. Does anyone know the size of Sigmund? is a question many have asked. Was it small? did he suffer from penis envy?
Fortunately, an old colleague of mine from years past, offered the following:
It has been reported that in Vienna in 1895, Sigmund Freud led a gathering of prominent physicians, mesmerists and psychologists, many of them women, and, to lend emphasis to his theory, disrobed. The size of him could not be reported in standard units. However, several women fainted. Smelling salts were administered to a number of servants, one of whom, a Belgium lass, ultimately ran screaming from the building. The men sat in stunned silence. How filled with envy they were one can only imagine.
A warning was issued on the sidewalks and streets, for to scare the horses and frighten the children was considered the gravest of errors.
Tranquility returned to Vienna, eventually, no one daring to contemplate the
size of Sigmund again.
–Dr. Hartleystein, Memoirs of Vienna
LETICIAApril 24th, 2013 by roberthartley
One of the most unusual places on earth is Leticia, Colombia, a port on the Amazon River.
It is located at the very bottom of a narrow strip of land hanging down from Colombia into Peru. Brazil borders the east. Meandering through the heart of the rainforest, the Amazon River forms the southern border.
The population is only 33,000, but Leticia is a major port, and the center from which are shipped tropical fishes for aquariums. Huge homes have been built here by wealthy Colombians. Each day three major airlines fly from Bogotá as Leticia is a favorite destination of foreign visitors. Roads lead nowhere: local traffic goes by river.
Legend informs us that a Portuguese explorer lost on the Amazon died of starvation at the present site. The port was named in 1867 in honor of a young lady living in the Peruvian city of Iquitos named Leticia Smith.
Leticia is derived from the Latin greeting laetitia, meaning joy and delight. Laetitia is also the Roman goddess of fertility. Laetitia, the saint, is venerated as a virgin martyr. In mediæval England, she is Saint Letycie or Saint Lititia.
One day I want to write about the great English beauty of Iquitos, Peru, with her flaming red hair and flashing eyes, who bedazzled the daring explorers of the Amazon during the 1800s—a siren who drew these men to their deaths in the green gloom of the rainforest, dismal and impenetrable, their cries of despair unanswered in the horror of death. Maybe her hair wasn't red, and she may not have been English, but I want to tell her story; how the heart of the Amazon rainforest came to be named for her. Oh, Leticia, Leticia.
…Oh, Leticia.
…My Leticia…


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Rivers Inlet is 40 isolated miles of rugged beauty carved out of our Coastal Mountains.
From the start Good Hope has been in the business of big fish.
Every season, we turn a lot of hopes into reality: 35-40 pound salmon are average.
Our lodge and lounge, where the après fishing activity takes place.
It is hard to spend time here and not wonder at the beauty and the bounty. Good Hope, along with other lodges in the area, supports those scientists doing important work to tell us what we can do to be the best stewards of this incredible place and its wildlife.
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By: Bridget Carpenter
October 9 – 11 at 8 p.m., October 12 at 2 p.m.
Tickets: $5 students, $6 faculty/staff, $12 general admission
Shout! The Mod Musical
By: Phillip George and David Lowenstein
December 4 - 6 at 8 p.m., December 7 at 2 p.m.
Tickets: $10 students, $12 faculty/staff, $20 general admission
SHOUT! is the mod musical magazine that brings back the beautiful birds and smashing sounds that made England swing in the '60s.From cover-to-cover SHOUT! travels in time from 1960 to 1970 chronicling the dawning liberation of women. Just as Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark, Cilla Black, and Lulu were independent women with major careers, English and American women were redefining themselves in the face of changing attitudes about gender. SHOUT! reflects that change through the unforgettable music of the time. Though SHOUT! wears its heart on its sleeve, it also has its tongue planted firmly in its cheek. Everything from the period is recreated - from the fashions and the dances to the music and the hair; all of which is heightened and made just a tiny bit larger. With a shimmy and shake, the songs are tied together by hilarious sound bites from the period - from '60s advertisements for anything and everything - to lonely hearts letters answered by an advice columnist who thinks every problem can be solved with a "fetching new hair style and a new shade of lipstick."
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February 26 – 28 at 8 p.m., March 1 at 2 p.m.
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I Hate Hamlet
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April 16 – 18 at 8 p.m., April 19 at 2 p.m.
Tickets: $5 students, $6 faculty/staff, $10 general admission
Andrew Rally seems to have it all: celebrity and acclaim from his starring role in a hit television series; a rich, beautiful girlfriend; a glamorous, devoted agent; the perfect New York apartment; and the chance to play Hamlet in Central Park. There are, however, a couple of glitches in paradise. Andrew's series has been canceled; his girlfriend is clinging to her virginity with unyielding conviction; and he has no desire to play Hamlet. When Andrew's agent visits him, she reminisces about her brief romance with John Barrymore many years ago, in Andrew's apartment. This prompts a séance to summon his ghost. From the moment Barrymore returns, dressed in high Shakespearean garb, Andrew's life is no longer his own. Barrymore, fortified by champagne and ego, presses Andrew to accept the part and fulfill his actor's destiny. The action becomes more hilarious with the entrance of Andrew's deal-making friend from LA, spouting the laid-back hype of the Coast and offering Andrew a fabulous new TV deal worth millions of dollars. The laughs are nonstop as Andrew wrestles with his conscience, Barrymore, his sword, and the fact that he fails as Hamlet in Central Park.


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When winter arrived, we harvested our chillies before the frost could get to them and found ourselves facing Mt Chillington. Since we use dried chilli in pretty much all of our Indian dishes, drying and saving them was the most obvious answer for us, and there was a certain appeal in hanging bundles of homegrown produce from the ceiling too. Here is my entirely unsanctioned, over complicated, make-it-up-as-you-go-along guide to stringing, hanging and drying chillies.
This is Offbeat Home's archive of gardening posts.
We planted a vertical pumpkin patch in our tiny urban backyard
With urban living comes many advantages. Jules and I both walk or ride our bikes to work, we are a few minutes walk from a zoo, there countless numbers of cafes, restaurants, bars, playgrounds, etc. within walking distance. But there are also some disadvantages. Real-estate is a valuable commodity where we live and there aren't many lots that would accommodate the size garden we wish we could have so we have to get creative.
Why you should garden. Yes, even in hurricane-threatened New Jersey.
If I ever gave anyone one tip of advice it would be this: At some point in your life grow your own food.
Using dung beetles to keep poop in check and other backyard hacks for your dogs
In our post about composting pet waste Homie Maria told us how she used dung beetles in her backyard to keep her dog's poop in check. Of course we were all very intrigued, so Maria was kind enough to let us in on the dung beetle details. Including some other brilliant backyard hacks thought up by her gardening genius late husband…
Container gardening, what works?
I have been poking around and growing sweet potatoes in containers looks to be easy enough. So, I would like to do a potato box, too. But should we put that on our deck? or would the cement patio be better? What else grows well in containers? (In the Northern Mid-west?) I know we can't put anything out until near the end of May, but when should we start the sweet potatoes? Or… you know… any other suggestions?
Where can I get my hands on some comfrey?
I've been wanting to plant comfrey for a couple years now but can't seem to find it commercially. Even found hint that it might be banned (?).
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White Flint Station reopens after person struck by trainComment
A person was struck and killed by a train at the White Flint Station on Metro's Red Line on Monday morning. The station was closed for a period of time, and single-tracking in the area continues.
Metro track work to affect Red, Blue, Orange, Green lines this weekComment
Midday and late-night track work will cause delays throughout the Metrorail system on four of the network's five lines through Friday.
Shady Grove Station closed for weekend Metro track workComment
WATCH: ABC7's Horace Holmes has the story on the expected delays on Metro caused by track work and all the events going on this weekend that will make it worse.
Metro top execs' salaries were $3.1M last yearComment
While WMATA is planning an across-the-board fare hike for later this year and wants local jurisdictions to help by pitching in larger subsidies, GM Richard Sarles and several other executives account for more than $3 million in salary.
Transit unions launch 'Occupy Metro' at Farragut Square
Dozens of transit workers brought a stagecoach, leaflets, and protest signs to Farragut Square today to demand better public transportation funding from the government.
Metro suicides on the riseComment
Metro is taking new steps to address a disturbing trend in train stations. Last year alone, six people died by suicide on the rail lines—four others attempted suicide.
Metro brake problems known for six years, board member saysComment
A Metro board member tells the Washington Post that WMATA knew for at least six years about problems with the brake systems on some rail cars, but did nothing to fix them because of financial reasons.
Metro broken elevator leaves disabled commuter strandedComment
A disabled commuter with a seeing eye dog says her commute turned into a nightmare after an elevator broke down.
Woodley Park, Cleveland Park stations closed for maintenanceComment
The Woodley Park and Cleveland Park stations will completely shut down for the weekend starting at 10 p.m. tomorrow night. Three other lines on Metro will also face delays through Sunday night.
Metro Silver Line final phase to cost $2.7 billionComment
Officials say the final phase of a project to extend Metrorail to Dulles International Airport and Loudoun County will cost $2.7 billion.
Metro's most dangerous stations revealedComment
Metro is out with a new report listing the most dangerous stations in the Washington region, and an Orange Line station in Northeast Washington tops the list, the Washington Examiner reports.
Suspect fleeing police hits MetroBus, causing chain reaction crashesComment
A suspect fleeing from Prince George's County Police--but not being pursued by police--crashed into a MetroBus in Southeast D.C. and caused a chain reaction with other cars and the bus involved. As many as nine people were injured.
Injured bald eagle found near Va. Metro euthanizedComment
A bald eagle found last weekend by Metro tracks near the Van Dorn Street station has been euthanized.
Metro: weekend work leads to delays of 15 minutesComment
Customers traveling by Metro train this weekend may experience delays of up to 15 minutes as a result of track work.
Metro crime rate higher than New York, Boston, other transit systemsComment
A Washington Examiner report says that serious crime on Metro has declined since 2010, but its crime rate was still higher last year than on transit systems in New York, Boston and other major cities.
Metrobus red light running videos: Red light runners from across D.C.Comment
From the most notorious intersections, such as on Pennsylvania Avenue SE and on 3rd Street NW, Metrobuses are being caught swerving through traffic and around stopped cars to beat red lights. Check out 20 of the videos here.
Metro bus riders can now receive e-mail alertsComment
Metro bus riders can now receive texts about route changes and delays.
Metro riders to weigh in on proposed fare hikesComment
Metro is asking riders to weigh in on a proposal to increase fares by at least five cents during a public hearing Monday night.
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ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio sheriff says a mountain lion, grizzly bear and monkey are the only animals still running loose after escaping from an exotic-animal preserve.
Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz (loots) also says his department has received numerous complaints since 2004 about animals at the property in eastern Ohio.
The farm owner apparently opened cages that housed dozens of dangerous animals and then committed suicide.
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Welcome to Australia's Virtual Herbarium (AVH).
AVH provides access to information obtained from the collections held in Australian herbaria.
Australia's herbaria house over seven million plant, algae and fungi specimens. The collecting data stored with these specimens provides the most complete picture of the distribution of Australia's flora to date.
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Samsung's Galaxy S5 leads the way with improved durabilityApril 15 - 12pm
SquareTrade, a top-rated protection plan has announced Samsung's new Galaxy S5 has rated 6/10 on its Breakability Score.
The SquareTrade Breakability Score ranks today's top devices based on how prone they are to break due to accidents.
Evaluating key elements such as front and back panel design, edge construction and materials, size, weight, friction quotient, water resistance and grip-ability, the SquareTrade Breakability Score is based on a number of factors, from physical characteristics to the results of SquareTrade's Drop Test.
The higher a device scores on a scale from 1-10, the higher the risk of it breaking due to an accident.
"According to our research, 28% of smartphone owners, or about 44 million Americans, are considering buying the Samsung Galaxy S5," says Ty Shay, CMO, SquareTrade.
"With this level of demand, we really wanted to put it to the test against other hot Android phones in the market right now.
"It's good to see a major player like Samsung designing phones with accidental water damage in mind.
"We were also surprised to see how well the new S5 did in the drop test – as previous models suffered significant damage."
Comparing the Samsung Galaxy S5 to other highly anticipated new Android phones, the HTC One (M8) and LG Nexus 5, Samsung's latest edged out the HTC One for the victory.
SquareTrade's Breakability Score testing revealed the following:
• The new Samsung Galaxy S5 takes a big step forward in durability, performing well in drop and dunk tests.
• The Galaxy S4 has a Breakability Score of 7
• The iPhone 5s maintains a slight edge over all three Android™ phones, with a Breakability Score of 5.5
• The larger HTC One M8 took a step backward with a score of 6.5, performing poorly in dunk and slide tests.
• The previous generation HTC One is very durable, with a Breakability Score of 4.5
• The LG Nexus 5 scored a disappointing 7, failing dunk and drop tests.


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page 2 - In the Shadow of the Red Car
Safe to say, Egan was a more impressionable youth than most.
By May 8, 2008
There are a couple of other typical 1950s' themes as well, reminiscent of early rock 'n' roll movies: The kids have to convince their elders that sports cars are not inherently evil; it's the conservative old fogies in the town who oppose the sports-car race, but are eventually won over by earnest argument and good behavior, etc.
All very nice, but what really stuck in my sixth-grade consciousness (and has never left) is the image of that damaged MG TC being carefully and lovingly rebuilt in a rustic old garage. This was a vivid dream of almost unimaginable appeal to a car-loving kid in a small Wisconsin town. After reading the book, I was absolutely possessed with the need to acquire a totaled-out sports car and rebuild it myself, learning all about cars in the process.
And in real life, this almost happened to me.
When I was 15, a very cool local guy named Dave Orme came home from the Marine Corps with an almost-new white Austin-Healey MKII Sprite and immediately rolled it over while driving around one evening with his sister. They were both banged up, but without serious injury.
The car appeared structurally and mechanically undamaged, but every body panel was dented or battered. It looked like a cardboard Sprite that had been crumpled, then partially straightened out again, and the windshield frame was snapped off at the dash. The car was hauled back to a Cities Service station right on Main Street, and it sat there for weeks while the insurance claim was being settled. I visited the car every day and spent hours looking it over, trying desperately to find out what would happen to it. No one seemed to know.
Eventually, a wrecking yard in distant Pittsville, Wisconsin, hauled the car away on a flatbed. I was still too young to drive, so I begged my parents to drive me the 50 miles to Pittsville to check on the fate of the car. This they declined to do. ("How would you get it home, even if you had the money?") I threatened to hitchhike or ride my bicycle, so they let me make a very short long-distance call to the wrecking yard.
"We're parting the car out," a bored voice told me. "We don't sell any complete cars."
And so ended the saga of The White Sprite.
I got my revenge later, of course, by purchasing a TR-3 when I was 19 and thereafter restoring one old impossibly shot British sports car after another for the rest of my life, right up to the present, thereby dissipating any hope of intelligent investment or financial security.
And re-reading The Red Car on our vacation last week, I could see this whole destructive pattern being etched straight onto my young brain, like a laser beam cutting granite. Or maybe soft sandstone, or a bar of soap. Our original school copy had woodcut-style illustrations (I have since located a hardcover reprint through Amazon.com), and the picture of that beautiful but slightly crumpled MG TC sitting on those tall 19-in. wire wheels under a hanging garage light has stayed with me ever since.
I finished re-reading the book at a log cabin motel in Pinetop, Arizona, and set it aside on my nightstand. "How was it?" Barb asked.
"I think I've spent most of my life living in scenes from this book," I said.
The next day, we drove our Corolla to Sedona, Arizona (now there's a mellifluous confluence of words), and stayed with our friend Richie Mayer. On Saturday, Richie and I drove over to the nearby home of Al Moss.
Al, who's now retired, is the former owner of Moss Motors, a California business that sells parts for vintage British sports cars. He founded the company in 1949 because MG dealers never seemed to have parts or decent service for his MG TC or for the T-series cars of his many friends and fellow racers.
Well, he still has that TC, which he bought almost new in 1948 (yes, the exact year of my birth) for $2050. I say "almost new" because he bought it from a young mom with two kids who'd won the car in an essay contest ("Why I like a Philco TV") and didn't want it. He's been alternately racing the car and driving it on the street ever since.
Al fired up the TC and took me for a drive up one of the many beautiful winding roads through the mystical Red Rocks around Sedona. On the way home he let me drive. The 60-year-old MG felt tight, smooth and remarkably solid as it snarled down through the hills. The warm desert air smelled like sage and juniper.
"Eventually, I'm going to get one of these cars," I told Al as we cruised along, watching the red buttes and mesas throwing late afternoon shadows across the landscape. "I've wanted one for quite a while."


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Well, that makes Sen. Wyden a hypocrite. Why didn't the Dems pass this when the House was in session, and it was not merely symbolic?
"I've seen enough to know I've seen it all" The Democrats want to lower taxes for businesses and the Republicans said no, even if it was an empty, meaningless gesture.
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Perfect for romance, friends having fun or chill out family time. Sleeps 6
Experience the real Italy. Tranquillita is a newly built 3 double bedroomed apartment, furnished and equipped to the highest level. Two large balconies and a large double living room with 42' plasma TV (SKY included). Situated just 40 minutes from Bergamo (airport), one hour from Lake Como and Lake Lecco and one hour from the popular ski resort of Fopollo. Travel in any direction from Cornalba and you'll stumble upon quaint towns with cobbled streets filled with restaurants, delicatessens and designer shops. This is non-commercial Italy, welcoming and beautiful. Do as much or as little as you like. Play tennis, swim in the local pool or take a trip to the 'Citta Alta' in Bergamo and the famous spa town of San Pellegrino. Walk to the local bar and try home made pizza, those with an interest in rock climbing will find a willing tutor here. Take the 2 minute drive to the historic town of Serina, enjoy a swim or a stroll in the park - though there's great temptation to just stay and relax on one of two large balconies, enjoy a glass of local wine and take in the stunning location of this undiscovered paradise. However you'd be missing the opportunity to visit Lake Como, Lake Garda or the lesser known Iseo.
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We bought this property and furnished it ourselves i.e. we chose everything from the floor tiles to the kitchen bathroom and all the furnishings. We learnt to speak Italian and have a fantastic trust worthy relationship with the local people of Cornalba. Our housekeeper is called Cinzia and she's always there should there be a problem.
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We love the locals, they are so friendly. Go to Bar Hardy and ask Fiorella to cook her special pasta - and she will, even on a non restaurant evening. Our Italian friends have visited us in England.
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Hundreds seek to fill vacant positions at Pro's Ranch Market.
Job hunters turned out in the hundreds to fill recently-vacant positions at Pro's Ranch Market stores, where a federal audit led to the firing of some 300 workers.
Roxanne Nieves, one of the many that came out in search of a job, said she came to apply after she heard about the layoffs.
"We heard they are firing a lot of illegal people, so we're here to apply," she said.
Nonetheless, she and many others felt guilty about taking the jobs of the people who had just been fired.
"To me, it's pretty hard to see everybody losing jobs," one job hunter said.
About 300 of the 1,500 total employees at the six Phoenix supermarkets were let go this week after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement audit found them to be working illegally.
Attorney Julie Pace said the company has I-9 forms on everyone and uses E-Verify to check employees' eligibility to work, but that is not always enough.
"The company wouldn't know if someone is using counterfeit documents," Pace said.
Pace also called on the federal government to help companies comply with hiring laws.
"We need an easy program for employers to use to hire people — safe, easy, quick — so we don't have to deal with ICE audits," she said.
Pro's Ranch Market is among some 1,600 U.S. businesses, including 84 in Arizona, that have undergone ICE audits since July 2009.
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1985 Lyrics - Manic Street Preachers
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In 1985, I placed a bet and lied,
losing all that I had,
at least with all my heart intact.
In 1985, Orwell was proved right,
Torville and Dean's bolero,
redundant as a sad welsh chapel.
In 1985, in 1985.
So God is dead, like Nietzsche said,
superstition is all we have left.
Circle the wagons, we're under attack,
we've realised there's no going back,
we've realised there's no going back.
In 1985, the Civil War failed why?,
kept hidden like scars of birth,
nature unable to soften the words.
In 1985, my words they came alive,
friends were made for life,
Morrissey and Marr gave me choice.
In 1985, in 1985.
So God is dead, like Nietzsche said,
only 16 years of age, he said.
See all the tears, for the walking dead,
we've realised there's no going back,
we've realised there's no going back.
In 1985, I placed a bet and lied,
losing all that I had.
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In 1985..
I was 9 years old and remember the times; Coalmines being shutdown, lively-hoods and communities destroyed. All against the backdrop and constant reminder of an Olympic Gold a year earlier. A truly amazing rhetoric here from the Manics.
1985 - Manic Street Preachers | Reviewer: Dai | 11/7/04
Containing footage from both the local area where the Manics spent their early years growing up and from what I believe to be the Falklands War, this is a typical Manic Street Preachers video. No over the top footage and no special effects, yet the video is still compelling, particularly as I am from the same area as the Manics. A very nitty gritty video that shows the collapse of the local mining and steel industries and this is shown equally as much in the lyrics in the song, if at first u dont understand them, just read deeper into them and it talks about the detremental effect that the years surrounding 1985 have had on life in the South Wales valleys. The Manics back to their best?...not quite, but still class. (9/10)
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Boffin's wall of BEES shields farms from stampeding elephants
A British researcher who studied elephants' fear of being stung by bees has been given a gong for developing a fence of beehives to reduce clashes between humans and the mighty mammals. Dr Lucy King's invention stops the giant animals from wandering onto farm land and causing havoc because they are so terrified of swarms of the …
Cost of beehives
Must be quite expensive to buy a beehive every 10 meters.
Buy beehives?
Wouldn't they just make them? Surely people must have cultivated bees in Africa before?
Expensive in effort and expertise then maybe
There must be a diminishing return on building them in terms of honey yield.
Who cares about honey yields..?
"...effort and expertise then maybe..."
Seriously, who gives a damn about the honey? The hives are there to protect the crops - If they do that, any honey harvested is pure bonus. And since the bees themselves will reproduce to populate the hives, maintenance costs are minimal.
Brilliant idea - simple, cost effective, low maintenance. What's not to like?
not really
I've worked with a few beekeepers, and the design of hives is quite simple; any half-decent carpenter can build them. Making the wax comb foundation is a bit trickier, but I'm sure someone could set up an operation with support from a microlending bank. Honey yields might not be great with that many hives close together, but it's essentially free.
>Who cares about honey yields.?
The Bees?
I suspect half the hives could end up empty if they can't make enough.
"...half empty..."
Again, "who cares?"
So long as the hives are occupied at all, they're effective.
Which is the key point.
And there must be a market for locally grown honey?
Neat solution, polinator and protector.
This needs to get implemented in Dwarf Fortress as soon as possible.
is this another Australia in the making?
so we're going to take what we've been told is a "fragile ecosystem" and introduce a massive increase of one particular life form to deal with another? Especially when, in order to get the coverage needed to be useful, large scale bee breeding programs will need to be instituted, with plenty of opportunity to "improve" the species for "economic" reasons?
or are going to be assailed by the global warming alarmists who see an increase in the "aggressive Africanized" honey bees as a sign of the Thermocalypse and not a thing to do with a massive increase of cultivation of said bees for "fencing"?
The bees are NATIVE. Relax a bit, eh?
Now this is whatI want my kids to aspire to
useful, practical science, not some lip-synching twat on a "talent" show.
Now, who is going to create an environmentally friendly wall to protect the elephants from the stampeding corporations?
One word
More bees.
World Apiarist Security Patrol
Commander = Buzz Lightyear.
Honorary President = Sting
One wonders...
... does this particular species of bee posses extensible Titanium stings? Elephants having a certain reputation for being thick skinned and all...
Brit Boffin BONUS!!!!! - You can make Mead from Honey
Beehives - Hollow Logs or Woven Grass, Minor labor, otherwise Free!
Reliable Pollination for crops, provides higher yields, all Free!
Highly Deterrent, Intelligent Elephant Defense Perimeter - Cost of labor and some bee stings, otherwise Free!
All the Honey you need to make Mead - Nearly Priceless, you can drink it or sell it, your choice.
Dr. Lucy King saving Elephants from themselves (and Angry Villagers) - Cannot put words to how priceless that brilliant gal is, ought to get some kind of Nobel prize for that one.
Brilliant, elegant and simple.
And as others would have said, any honey harvested is pure gravy.
I'll get my anti-bee suit on the way out.
um, no...
Bees make honey, not gravy.
Gravy grows on trees cultivated in Parliament.
It would be enough with just the sound of bees.
Forget the bees! They're a fussy, doomed species anyway--high maintenance even on the way out. But there's a market for elephant-proof, elephant-detecting, solar-powered kit of a proprietary, DRM'n'TPM'ed nature to playback copywritten--nay, patented--digital bee sounds as and when necessary, from singletons to swarms, to protect the precious GM crops in certain farmers' fields ... at a price, of course. IT? I love IT!
can this scale up?
The bees over there must be a lot sturdier than the varieties we have here in Europe. Here, keeping colonies from collapsing due to a staggering array of factors (varroa mites and other parasites, bacteria and viruses, wasps (and soon hornets from France), starvation, cold, pesticides, being too weak to survive due to stubbornly swarming away the majority of the population in the hive, etc, etc), is what makes beekeeping less a hobby, and more a vocation.
Even though the climate will help some of these problems (cold and starvation), I still doubt that beehives can just be set up and forgotten, and maintaining the sheer number of hives to surround even a small farm would be a full time job.
Not to mention, where will all these bees come from? And what will they eat? They will all be competing for the same resources (nectar and pollen from flowers), so beyond a certain density of colonies per area, the competition will mean that some of the colonies will either move out, or die.
This is not to say I am not impressed with the idea, but it seems to have some holes in (rather like the elephants if they get too near the fence :P )
... also known as KILLER BEES
is it these fellows ?
To patent that
I suppose you have to turn it into a software patent.
Oh, come on...
Give bees a chance
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Did expanded shopping hours translate to higher dollars?
Retailers were definitely encouraged by the enthusiasm shown for the additional shopping day as people abandoned their festivities early to take advantage of pre-Black Friday discounts and doorbusters. In fact, ShopperTrak found that Thanksgiving Day represented 11.6% of the holiday weekend sales compared to 3.6% in 2012. There was even an increase of 2.8% in shopper traffic and 2.3% in retail sales compared to Thanksgiving and Black Friday of last year.
However, the holiday power hours didn't yield the power purchasing retailers wanted.
In spite of retail efforts to compensate for modest shopping forecasts with longer hours and steeper discounts, the four-day weekend only brought a small 1% gain in national sales and a decrease of 4% in retail traffic from the prior year. Specific product sectors and regions fared better than others, but shopper traffic and sales for brick-and-mortar were predominantly down for the entire weekend.
Interestingly, although Thanksgiving may have been hot, Black Friday was not, with shopper traffic falling by 11.4% and retail sales by 13.2%. Shoppers were merely focused on getting their shopping done a day earlier by taking advantage of heavy discounts rather than expanding purchasing behavior over both days. Some had even been enticed into stores by sales earlier in the month. With a 3.9% decrease in average shopper spending compared to the same weekend last year, retail efforts didn't lead to the impulse buying they needed. Consumers did their research, made their decisions and planned their shopping strategies ahead of time – and they didn't stray from their lists.
Although only a few weeks remain, the holiday season is far from over. ShopperTrak anticipates that four of the strongest shopping days should occur right before Christmas (Dec. 22, Dec. 20 and Dec. 23, respectively) with "Super Saturday" (Dec. 21) traditionally being the second strongest of the season.
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This Friday stands to be one of, if not THE biggest game in the history of the Marathon football program.
The Red Raiders visit 6-time defending state champion Stratford on Friday.
Last year the Red Raiders were 5-0 going into the Stratford game, lost, and ended the season on a 5-game losing streak. They're 5-0 going into this game again, and if they want to take the program to the next level, it's a game they need to win.
"Our motto this year has been, 'take that next step,'" said head coach Todd Stoffel. "We told our guys, this is a 'next step' kind of game. The kids are looking at it as the game that get us to that next level. Then, a conference championship is within reach."
The Stratford-Marathon battle will be the Spotlight Game of the Week on The Hilight Zone Friday night.
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You fled from medication 'cause it only causes pain
You won't go to the doctor who keeps calling you insane
You're lost even when you're going the right way
You mean the world to me even though you might be crazy
And you said we wouldn't make it
And look how far we've come
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The things you say you make me fall harder each day
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By late Tuesday night we might find that we voted for a shift in the Washington power base, with some congressional races decided by margins of fewer than 5,000 votes.
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When obsessed hardware man George Baker sold his antique inventory to Rick Bosserman, Bosserman promptly saw precious metal. One man's OCD is another man's treasure, right? And Hinge, sited in College Park near the Fairvilla Megastore, has aisle after aisle of gleaming brass, copper and iron stuff. Pre-Revolutionary door locksets, wooden ice skates, rooster weathervanes … it just goes on and on. Complimentary vintage candy (anyone remember Mary Janes?) fits the vintage theme. Look for the eerie rows of colorful Depression-era glass Southern Belles on a shelf in the back, lined up like so many Stepford wives.
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